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UNIT 8Section One Tactics for ListeningPart 1 Spot DictationCorporate Social Responsibility (企业的社会责任)Once upon a time, all- or almost all- businesses were (1) greedy and rapacious, sparing a thought for their (2) workers or the environment only in order to (3) workout how to exploit them. Then bosses found their (4) consciences guided (or sometimes forced) by (5) customersor critics from the (6) non-profit world. They discovered the idea that companies should not exist only to make a profit but to (7) serve society Thus corporate social responsibility (CSR) got its (8) start as a business fashion, and it is now hard to find a firm that has not (9) come up with an earnest (10) statement about its relations with the wider world.CSR is closely linked with the principles of (11) Sustainable Development in proposing that enterprises should (12)be obliged to make decisions based not only on the financial factors but also on the social and environmental (13) consequencesof their activities. Issues like environmental damage, improper treatment of workers and (14) faulty production leading to customers inconvenience or danger, (15) are highlighted in the media.Some investors and investment fund managers have begun to 16) take account of a corporation s policy in making (17) investment decisions Some consumers have become increasingly sensitive to the CSR performance of the companie s 18) from which they buy their goods and services. These trends (19) have contributed to thepressure on companies to （20） operate in an economically, socially and environmentally sustainable way.Part 2Listening for GistSmall retailers across the United States are facing the same challenge: competition from shopping malls （大型购物中心） and chain stores （连锁店）.But, in downtown Dickson, Tennessee, a group ofetail merchants （零售商） havebanded together （紧密团结起来）to win back （赢回） their customers who have beenattracted toshopping areas （商业圈） in the neighboring big city.Dickson is a typical small American city. It has quietresidential areas （居民区） and a nice little downtown that was once a thriving retail center. But according to David Hamilton, president of Dickson's Chamber of Commerce （商会）,highway construction over the past several years changed that. Being just 65 kilometers away from a big city like Nashville, Mr Hamilton says, presents another challenge to Dickson's downtown shopping area. "Because we're so close to Nashville, and becauseso many people work in Nashville, when they think about shopping, they think of going to Nashville malls."But small business owners in downtown Dickson didn't give up. Instead, they decided to fight back. More than 40 of them founded the Retail Merchants Association of Downtown Dickson. Members of the new association are committed to success; theypay monthly dues （月缴会费）and meet periodically to suggest and discuss creative ways of attracting more shoppers to downtown. Mr. Williams says one idea is creating events modeled on the annual Christmas parade through the downtown area that attracts a large number of city residents. Freerefreshments （茶 点, 小吃） and giveaways （免费样品） will be part of these regular events. Mr. Williams says the group is also planning to beautify the downtown area withplants and paint.Though it might seem hard to compete with big chain stores, small retailers have an advantage. They have a personal approach in serving customers. Chamber of Commerce president David Hamilton agrees. He says retailers in his city serve customers well, and customers in return, should support them by shopping in their stores.The downtown area is the heart of a city. And members of Dickson's new Retail Merchants Association are determined to work together to keep the heart beating - to revitalize（｛£o。

恢复生气） downtown Dickson so it is once again a busy, welcoming place for people to come and shop.ExerciseDirections: Listen to the passage and find its topic sentence.The topic sentence is"In downtown Dickson Tennessee a group of retail merchants have banded together to win back their customers who have been attracted to shopping areas in the neighboring big city."Section Two Listening ComprehensionPart 1 DialogueHaving Their Babies at Home-What about ... um ... the number of mothers who are now choosing to have their babies at home. Is that a, a growing number in Australia?-It's still a very very small proportion at the moment and therefore many, um, hospitals are thinking of actually introducing birthing centers, birthing units. We have one at our hospital at the moment, where the, the unit is set up as a bedroom and a kitchen and the woman can actually walk around in comfort and just pretend it's her own home.- So it's like a home in the hospital?- Yeah, it's like a little maisonettein the hospital and, er, it's so close by to the theatre and delivery suites （产房） that if anything should go wrong （出故障） and did go wrong they could be moved around quite quickly and safely.- Marga。