[英语学习]新视野大学英语B4U9 section A.ppt

Paras. 1~4 Does Mickey Mouse have a beard? ?No. Does this mean that French men seeking work with the Disney organization must shave off their moustaches too? It depends. Paragraph 5 A labor inspector took the Disney organization to court this week, contending that the company’s dress and appearance code — which bans moustaches, beards, excess weight, short skirts and fancy stockings — offends individual liberty and violates French labor law. Paragraph 6 The case is an illustration of some of the delicate cultural issues the company faces as it gets ready to open its theme park 20 miles (32 kilometers) east of Paris in five months’ time. Paragraph 7-1 The Disney management, which is assembling what it calls a “cast” of 12,000 to run the theme park, argues that all employees, from bottle washers to the president, are similar to actors who have to obey rules about appearance. Paragraph 7-2 Anyway, a company spokesman says, no one has yet put his moustache before a job. As one new “cast member” put it: “You must believe in what you are doing, or you would have a terrible time here.” Paragraph 8 But what the people think of Euro Disney? People everywhere are wondering whether Europeans would like the American recreation. Paragraph 9 * For all its concern about foreign cultural invasion and its defense against the pollution of the French language by English words, France’s Socialist government has been untroubled about putting such a huge American symbol on the doorstep of the capital and has been more concerned about its social effect. *It made an extraordinary series of tax and financial concessions to attract the theme park here rather than let it go to sunny Spain. Paragraph 10-1 ? The theme park itself will be only part of a giant complex of housing, office, and resort developments stretching far into the next century, including movie and television production facilities. As part of its deal with the Disney organization, the government is la