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Английский язык
от ketrinsoledar
Complete the sentences with correct forms of the words in brackets. For thousands of years, humans have conducted business across (1) (GEOGRAPHY), political and cultural boundaries. It seems that it is easier to communicate with colleagues and clients in other countries now in today's 'socialized' world. But too often, we are (2)_ _(CARE) about what we say and are far less attuned to how our words can be (3) (UNDERSTAND) because of cultural biases. Business language is filled with nuance and thus is subject to (4)_ (MISINTERPRET) even by well-informed and (5)_ (THINK) speakers who are all fluent in English. When you are leading a global 42 team of employees from different cultures, your words can be magnified or minimized (6) (SIGNIFICANT) based on your listener's cultural context. Chinese managers never criticize a colleague openly or in front of others. The Dutch, on the other hand, always try to be honest and straight-forward when giving feedback. Americans are trained to wrap positive messages around negative ones. The French are conditioned to criticize (7) (PASSIONATE) and provide positive feedback sparingly. More direct cultures tend to use what linguists call upgraders, words preceding or following negative feedback that make it feel stronger, such as absolutely, totally, or strongly. By contrast more (8)_ (DIRECT) cultures use more downgraders, words that soften the criticism, such as kind of, sort of, a little, a bit, maybe, and slightly. Помогите Пожалуйста сделать срочно даю 15 баллов