2015考研英语阅读英文原刊《经济学人》：现实比电影好得多

　　2015考研英语复习正是强化复习阶段，考研英语阅读在考研英语中占了40分，所以考研英语阅读是英语科目中重要的一项。新东方名师范猛老师曾建议过考研生需要坚持每天泛读10-15分钟的英文原刊。强烈推荐了杂志《经济学人》.杂志中的文章也是考研英语的主要材料来源.希望考研考生认真阅读，快速提高考研英语阅读水平。

　　Truth is nicer than fiction

　　现实比电影好得多

　　A horrible film is generating a lame debate

　　一部糟糕的电影引发一场蹩脚的争论

　　HORRIBLE bosses come in many flavours. There arepsychopaths, bullies and prats. Incompetent bosses areirksome, too. The bosses at New Line Cinema are notincompetent, in that their films make money, but theyare still villains. For “Horrible Bosses”, their latest offering,is a crime against art and common sense. The viewer isexpected to believe that being propositioned by JenniferAniston is so traumatic that it would drive a man to plother murder. Kevin Spacey (pictured) plays a moreconvincing psychoboss. But his talents are wasted on alame script.

　　糟糕的老板会以多种形式出现。有精神病患，恶棍还有傻蛋。蹩脚老板也令人生厌。然而新线影院的老板们并不蹩脚，因为他们的电影能赚钱，但是他们做的还不够好。因为他们的最新作品《恶老板》，犯下了反艺术和常识之罪。剧组期望中的观众会觉得詹妮弗.安妮斯顿的挑逗是如此令人痛苦，以致于他们觉得剧中人物会对她起谋杀之心。凯文.史派西(如图)则扮演了一位更加令人信服的变态老板。但是他的才能却浪费在不尽如人意的剧本上。

　　To make matters worse, the film has inspired a torrent of management drivel. OfficeTeam, arecruiter, warns of “Horrible Boss Syndrome”, which “can have serious implications” for morale.An American survey finds that 46% of employees have worked for an unreasonable boss atsome point. Nell Minow, a critic, says the film reflects “the bitterness of the post-meltdownera”.

　　而更糟糕的是，这部影片激起了一阵狂潮，矛头直指管理层。一位招聘人员OfficeTeam提醒人们要警惕“恶老板综合症”对员工士气造成的严重影响。美国的一项调查发现，46%的雇员都曾在职业生涯中遇到过不近乎人情的老板。批评家Nell Minow表示，该影片反映了“后衰退时代的痛苦”。

　　All this fuss suggests, not that bosses are growingmore horrible, but that employees expect them to bemore agreeable. Laws ban discrimination, theinternet allows people to air their complaints and theprevailing management culture emphasisessensitivity.

　　所有这些小题大做的抱怨表明，老板们并没有变得更加糟糕，而是员工们希望他们变得更加讨人喜欢。法律禁止歧视，因特网允许人们发布怨言，而当前盛行的管理文化则强调关爱体贴。

　　The monsters of the past knew no such checks. JohnHenry Patterson, who founded the National Cash Register Company in 1884, would set thedesks of inept employees on fire. To find similarly forceful bosses today, one must look East.When Zhang Ruimin took over Haier, a Chinese white-goods company, in 1984, he smashedone of the company’s products to pieces with a sledgehammer to show what he thought of itsquality. Hollywood could use a few bosses like Mr Zhang.

　　过去的恐怖老板不懂得这样对待员工。1884年一手创立美国计算机服务公司的John Henry Patterson会放火把无所作为的员工的桌子烧掉。今天要想再找出同样强有力的老板，必须把目光投向东方。当1984年张瑞敏接管中国白色家电公司海尔之时，他用一把大锤子把公司的一件产品砸成碎片，以表明他对公司产品质量的看法。好莱坞可以用些像张先生这样的老板。

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