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Why did Alex fail to receive the warm response he had hoped for? [originaltext]
Why did Alex fail to receive the warm response he had hoped for? [originaltext]
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2023-07-21
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Why did Alex fail to receive the warm response he had hoped for?
As the new sales director for a national computer firm, Alex Gordon was looking forward to his first meeting with the company’s district managers. Everyone arrived on time, and Alex’s presentation went extremely well. He decided to end the meeting with the conversation about the importance of the district managers to the company’s plans. "I believe we are going to continue to increase our share of the market," he began, "because of the quality of the people in this room. The district manager is the key to the success of the sales representatives in his district. He sets the term for everyone else. If he has ambitious goals and is willing to put in long hours, everyone in his unit will follow his example." When Alex was finished, he received polite applauses, but hardly the warm response he had hoped for. Later he spoke with one of the senior managers. "Things were going so well until the end", Alex said disappointedly. "Obviously, I said the wrong thing." "Yes", the district manager replied. "Half of our managers are women. Most have worked their way up from sales representatives, and they are very proud of the role they played in the company’s growth. They don’t care at all about political correctness. But they were definitely surprised and distressed to be referred to as ’he’ in your speech. "
选项
A、He used too many quotations.
B、He was not gender sensitive.
C、He did not keep to the point.
D、He spent too much time on details.
答案
B
解析
细节题。本题询问Alex为什么没有受到他所期望的热烈反应。文章最后一句说But they were definitely surprised and distressed to be referred to as“he”in your speech.(但是她们听到在你的演讲中总用“他”来指代她们感到吃惊和反感),they指的是到场的女性district managers。由此可见Alex失败的原因是由于他对于涉及性别的用词不够敏感所造成的。B选项的gender sensitive意为“性别敏感”。A是说他用了太多引语;C是说他没有抓住重点;D是说他花了太多时间在细节上,均不符合文章内容.因此B是正确答案。
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