首页
登录
职称英语
[originaltext] Life-style is the way a person lives; it includes work, leisu
[originaltext] Life-style is the way a person lives; it includes work, leisu
游客
2024-02-19
24
管理
问题
Life-style is the way a person lives; it includes work, leisure time, hobbies, other interests, and personal philosophy. One person’s life-style may be dominated by work, including few social activities. Another’s may involve hobbies, recreational activities, or personal philosophy.
There is little doubt that life-styles are changing and that these changes will have an influence on the way business operates in the years ahead. Several factors are. causing life-style changes in U.S. society.
First, there is more leisure time than ever before. The workweek is now less than forty hours, as compared to seventy hours a century ago. Some experts believe it will be twenty-five hours or less before the year 2020. Several firms have adopted four-day workweeks with more hours per day. Others have cut the number of hours working each week. Reduced work schedules mean increased leisure time.
Second, families have fewer children than before -- and young couples are postponing childbirth instead of having their children early in the marriage. This trend has forced many businesses to modify their competitive strategies.
Gerber Products Company used to advertise "babies are our business -- our only business." Now Gerber products include infant clothing, stuffed animals, and accessories such as bottles, baby’s carriages, and baby powder.
Third, people are better educated and more prosperous now than they were earlier. These advantages bring with them the freedom to question current life-styles and examine new ones. Inquiries of this nature have sometimes led to personal life-style changes.
选项
A、Life-style of different people is the same.
B、Different people may have completely different life-styles.
C、It’s doubtful whether life-styles are changing.
D、The changes of life-styles have’ no influence on business.
答案
B
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3463679.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]Millionsofwordshavebeenwrittenaboutyoungpeopleinthe
[originaltext]Millionsofwordshavebeenwrittenaboutyoungpeopleinthe
[originaltext][31]Mr.Fosterstartedhispublishingbusinesswithonlyone
[originaltext][31]Mr.Fosterstartedhispublishingbusinesswithonlyone
[originaltext]Cambridgeisabout90kilometresnortheastofLondon.[28]It
[originaltext]Cambridgeisabout90kilometresnortheastofLondon.[28]It
[originaltext]Cambridgeisabout90kilometresnortheastofLondon.[28]It
[originaltext]W:EnglishLanguageCenter.HowmayIhelpyou?M:Yes.I’mcalli
[originaltext]W:Haveyoufoundanythingwrongwithmyteeth?M:Notyet.I’mstil
[originaltext]W:Haveyoufoundanythingwrongwithmyteeth?M:Notyet.I’mstil
随机试题
Ascientistoncesaidthatstudyingthestarsfromtheearthis【C1】______lo
Previousstudieshaveshownthatparentswhoeatmorefastfoodandspen
[originaltext]W:Americaisanationofimmigrants.EventheAmericanIndiansa
SNMPv2提供了3种访问管理信息的方法,这3种方法不包括( )。A.管理站向
2019年2月1日,某小型微利企业内审人员发现的下列事项中,会影响企业2019年
现代国际分工的模式中( )。A:资源禀赋所起到的作用越来越大 B:资源禀赋所
影响运输需求价格弹性的因素包括()。 A.货物种类 B.运输需求的时效性
现浇钢筋混凝土悬挑板的主要受力钢筋应布置在()。A.板面 B.板底 C
肠易激综合征患者典型的腹痛特点是( )。A.具有季节性发作的特点 B.没有规
患儿女性,产后一周出现腹胀、瞌睡并出现轻度黄疸.伴呕吐胆汁样物,腹泻黏液血便。查
最新回复
(
0
)