基础英语(2004年)

mental system that is superior to its own. If our newly emerging global consciousness and our revitalized global ethos are going to reflect the knowledge and wisdom of the global ecomind, we will have to develop a consciousness and an ethos that are as dialogical, inclusive, and nurturing as the global ecomind. For this, to expand dialogue is the means. What is desired is a dialogical dialogue rather than a dialectical dialogue, in which one attempts to refute the claims of one‘s opponent.

Of course, the intended purpose of expanding this dialogue cannot be to foist(5) religion upon business, or any other social institution. Such an attitude runs counter to the fundamentals of inter-religious dialogue. In fact, it is important to recognize that the traditional ―osmotic‖(6) wall of separation between ―the religions‖ and the enterprises of business, science, and technology preserves a civic value that is as crucial as the separation of church and state. However, we should also recognize that the religions-in-dialogue are a potential source of knowledge and wisdom—a valuable resource that can aid in defining and implementing a global ethic.

Here again, the parallel efforts of business leaders and the religions-in-dialogue to develop a global ethic, as well as the dialogical confluence (7) of their efforts, represents an important opportunity. Expanding the dialogue among the world‘s diverse religious traditions, so the conversation concerning a global ethic includes businesses that are entering a new stage in the development of social responsibility, should help prepare the way for the emergence of something like a recalibrated social matrix(8), which will necessarily reflect a global consciousness and a newly complexified global ethos.

Notes:

(1) ecosphere—生物圈，生态圈

(2)calibrate—调整，调节

(3)holistically— 全面的，全盘的

(4) template—模板，样板

(5)foist—（暗中）把……强加

(6)osmotic—渗透（作用）的

(7)confluence—汇合，聚集

(8)matrix—母体，策源地

Questions (Give brief answers):

1. What are the two functions of inter-religious dialogue the author discusses in paragraph 2?

2. The author makes an analogy between the living ecosystem and healthy social structure in

paragraph 3. What is the major similarity between them?

3. What could be a good subtitle for paragraph 4?

4. What are the three functions of a dialogical co-evolution in an ecosystem in paragraph 5?

5. In paragraph 6, the author says that a dialectical dialogue is different from a dialogical

dialogue. What is the major difference between them?

IV. Reading the following story, then answer the questions: (40ps)

Growing up fast

This girl, this Susan Reed, was an orphan. She lived with a family named Burchett that had some more children, two or three more. Some said that Susan was a niece or a cousin or something; others cast the usual aspersions on the character of Burchett and even of Mrs. Burchett: