Service enterprises include many kinds of familiar businesses. Examples include dry cleaners, shoe repair stores, barber shops, restaurants, hospitals, and hotels. (1)In many cases service enterprises are moderately small because they do not have mechanized services and limit service to only as many individuals as they can accommodate at one time. For example, a waiter may be able to provide good service to four tables at once, but with five or more tables, customer service will suffer.
(2)In recent years the number of service enterprises in wealthier free-market economies has grown rapidly, and spending on services now accounts for a significant percentage of all spending. For example, private services accounted for about 20 percent of U.S. spending in 1994. Wealthier nations have developed postindustrial economies, where entertainment and recreation businesses have replaced most raw material business such as the mining, and some manufacturing industries. M
People celebrate many kinds of anniversaries—birthdays, weddings, dates of employment, and so on. Some think that spending a lot on these is a waste of money, while others believe that they are of importance to the young and the society. Before any conclusion is reached, we need to look into this issue closely.
It is well justified to celebrate anniversaries, as every individual in the society enjoys the freedom of spending money on what they like. Parties and activities are organized to celebrate people’s birthdays as they hold specific meanings, which is a good opportunity for friends and relatives to catch up on each other’s life. Also, carrying with them a series of special meanings, weddings are often celebrated in an as impressive and luxurious way as possible. Much of the celebration is an expression of good spirit and cheer, as well as a demonstration of friendship and family bond.
However, luxurious birthday and wedding celebrations have
A. birthdays
B. vacations
C. weddings
D. dates of employment
How many different kinds of emotions do
you feel You may be (1) to find that it is very hard to
specify all of them. Not only (2) hard to describe in words,
they are difficult to (3) . As a result, two people rarely
(4) all of them. However, there are a number of (5)
emotions that most people experience. When we receive something that we want, or something happens (6) we like, we usually feel joy or happiness. Joy is a positive and powerful emotion, (7) for which we all strive. It is natural to want to be happy, and all of us (8) happiness. As a general (9) , joy occurs when we reach a (10) goal or obtain a desired object. (11) people often desire different goals and objects, it is (12) that one person may find joy in repairing a A. small B. little C. insignificant D. minor 我来回答: 提交
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