In American business meetings, people are expected to participate verbally (口头上), or else others may think that they are uninterested in the meeting. Active participation involves the following:
1. Starting a discussion, bringing up new ideas and topics, and making suggestions.
2. Asking people for opinions, information, and explanations.
3. Repeating ideas and explanations for those who can’t understand you.
4. Encouraging people to speak by accepting different points of view.
If an employee appears to be passive at a meeting, Americans may feel that the person is not contributing to the meeting.
"Brainstorming" is a common practice at American meetings. The purpose of brainstorming is to express as many ideas as possible on a given question or problem. This technique is used to collect all the ideas of the group, without stopping to discuss or evaluate the value of each suggestion. First peop
A. Not natural.
B. Not popular.
C. Coming from outside.
D. Not one's own.
American people have always been moving from one place to another throughout the history of their development: The history of the American people is, (21) , the history of the movement of the American people. They moved from the colonies of the East Coast to the open space of the (22) . They moved from the country and the farm to the city. (23) , Americans have been moving from the cities to the suburbs.
Pioneer Americans began (24) from the East Coast to the West 250 years ago. They moved west for many reasons. (25) reason was that they could obtain (26) open space and land (27) farming. Americans liked large open spaces, and they liked the freedom and independence to (28) the land in their own way. Some of the land became farms. Important minerals were discovered in some areas, so some of the land became (29) . Other large areas became farms and cattle ranches. There seemed to be enough land for everybody. B
A. towns
B. factories
C. mines
D. farms
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