Beingaperpetuallearner

Cross-culturalCommunicationontheTelephoneCheckthatyouunderstandwhathasbeensaid.Repeatthemostimportantinformation,andlookforconfirmation.Askforrepetitionifyouthinkitisnecessary.Remembertoothatdifferentcultureshavedifferentwaysofusinglanguage.Somespeakinaveryliteralwaysoitisalwaysquiteclearwhattheymean.Othersaremoreindirect,usinghints,suggestionsandunderstatement(forexample‘notverygoodresults’=‘absolutelydisastrous’)toputovertheirmessage.NorthAmerica,Scandinavia,GermanyandFranceare‘explicit’countries,whiletheBritishmakingclearexactlywhattheymean.OnereasonforthisseemstobethattheBritishuselanguageinamoreabstractwaythanmostAmericansandcontinentalEuropeans.InBritaintherearealsoconventionsofpolitenessandatendencytoavoidshowingone’struefeelings.ForexampleifaDutchmansaysanideais‘interesting’hemeansthatitisinteresting.IfanEnglishmansaysthatanideais‘interesting’youhavetoworkoutfromthewayhesaysitwhetherhemeansitisagoodideaorabadidea.Meanwhile,forsimilarreasonsJapanese,RussiansandArabs—‘subtle’countries—sometimesseemvagueandrudetotheBritish.Iftheysayanideaisinterestingitmaybeoutofpoliteness.Theoppositeofthisisthatplainspeakerscanseemrudeanddominatingtosubtlespeakers,asAmericanscansoundtotheBritish—ortheBritishtotheJapanese.TheBritishhaveatendencytoengageinsmalltalkatthebeginningandendoftheconversation.Questionsabouttheweather,health,businessingeneralandwhatonehasbeendoingrecentlyareallpartoftelephoning,layafoundationforthetruepurposeofthecall.Attheendofacall,theremaywellbevariousrequests,Nicetalkingtoyou,Sayhellotothefamily(ifyouhavemetthem)andlookingforwardtoseeingyouagainsoon.Asharp,briefstyleoftalkingonthephonemayappearunfriendlytoaBritishpartner.NotallnationalitiesareaskeenonsmalltalkasBritish!Beingawareofthesedifferencescanhelpinunderstandinghelpwithdifferentculturaltraditions.Thedifficultyonthephoneisthatyoucannotseethebodylanguagewhichcanhelpinunderstandingpeople.Choosethebestanswerforthefollowingquestions.5)WhichofthefollowingisnottrueabouttheBritishattheendoftelephoneconversation.?

φ10@100/200(4)表示箍筋为一级钢，直径为10，加密区间为100，非加密区为200，均为四肢箍。

甲公司月初“应付账款”账户贷方余额为400万元。本月发生下列业务：(1)赊购原100万元，增值税额为17万(2)偿付上月所欠货款280万元。月末甲公司“应付账款”账户余额为()万元。()

市场上短期国库券利率为5%，通货膨胀补偿率为2%，实际市场利率为10%，则风险报酬率为7%

某企业按年利率4.5%向银行借款200万元，银行要求10%的补偿性余额，则该借款的实际利率为（）

在其他条件相同的情况下，同一公司发行的3年期债券与1年期债券相比（）

某人存入一笔钱，想5年后得到10万元，若银行存款利率为3%，则现值应存入（）万元

某企业发行面值为1000元的债券，票面利率为8％，每年年末付息一次，五年到期还本。若目前市场利率为10％，则该债券应当是（）。

某项年金，前3年无现金流入，后5的每年年初流入500万元，若年利率为10%，其现值为（）万元。