Predicting the future is risky business
for a scientist. It is safe to say, however, that the global AIDS epidemic will
get much worse before it gets any better. Sadly, this modern plague will be with
us for several generations, despite major scientific advances. As of January 2000, the AIDS epidemic had claimed 15 million lives and left 40 million people living with a viral infection that slowly but relentlessly erodes the immune system. Accounting for more than 3 million deaths in the past year alone, the AIDS virus has become the deadliest microbe in the world. In Africa nearly a dozen countries have a rate higher than 10%, including four southern African nations in which a quarter of the people are infected. This is like condemning 16 000 people each day to a slow and miserable death. Fortunately, the AIDS story has no A. The Spread of HIV — Will We Ever Cure AIDS B. The Worse Situation of AIDS — Will AIDS Ruin the Human Race C. The Statistics of AIDS — Will AIDS Spread around the World D. The Potential of HIV — Will Asia Become the Core of AIDS [单项选择] Predicting the future is always risky. But it’’s probably safe to say that at least a few historians will one day speak of the 20thcentury as America’’s "Disney era". Today, it’’s certainly difficult to think of any other single thing that represents modem America as powerfully as the company that created Mickey Mouse. Globally, brands like Coca-Cola and McDonald’’s may be more widely known, but neither concludes 20th-century America in quite the same way as Disney.
The reasons for Disney’’s success are quite a lot, but ultimately the credit belongs to one person - the man who created the cartoon and built the company from nothing, Walt Disney. Ironically, he could not draw particularly well. But he was a genius in other aspects. In business, his greatest skills were his insight and his management ability. After setting himself up in Hollywood, he single-handedly pioneered the concepts of branding and merchandising -- something his company still does brilliantly today.
But what
A. painting. B. creativity. C. management. D. merchandising. 我来回答: 提交
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