1.Students taking business courses are sometimes a little surprised to find that lectures on business ethics have been included in their syllabuses of study.—（Students taking business courses sometimes wonder why their courses include the topic of business ethics.）選修商業(yè)課程的學生多少感到驚訝地發(fā)現(xiàn)他們的課程中，還有關于商來道德方面的講座。
1）be surprise/pleased/delighted/glad/happy/sorry，etc.to do sth.：對……感到驚訝/高興/興奮/抱歉等。
又如：Henry's friends were delighted to hear of his success.
亨利的朋友聽說他成功了，感到很高興。
I'm very sorry to tell you that you didn't pass the exam.
我很抱歉地通知你，你考試沒有通過。
2）ethics：（plural）moral principles that control or influence a person's behaviours道德
business ethics：moral rules or principles governing the behaviour of people involved in the business of selling and buying，which include fair play in conducting business，not operating dishonest practices，such as swindles，fraud，bribery syllabus：a list of the topics，books，etc.that students should study in a particular subject at school or college.商來道德
2.they may be tempted to bend their principles to get what they want.為了達到目的，他們可能會做出違心的事情。
1）be tempted to do sth.：受到吸引、誘惑而去做……。
又如：The boy was tempted to play the computer games after class every afternoon.
這個男孩每天下午放學后都被吸引去打電子游戲。
He was tempted to take a well-paid job a big company had offered.
他很想接受一家大公司答應給的一份高收入的工作。
Nothing would tempt her to leave her aging parents alone in the countryside.
她決不會把年邁的雙親單獨留在鄉(xiāng)下不管。
2）bend one's principles：do things against one's principles rather unwillingly 勉強做違背自己原則的事情。
Sometimes people will bend their principles to meet their desire for money and power.
有時候人們會做一些違背原則的事情以滿足他們對金錢和權(quán)力的欲望。
注意以往學過的近似的意思：There would be no powerful will bending hers.
（那時）再也沒有人把自己（的意志）強加于她了。
3）to get what they want 是目的狀語，修飾謂語may be tempted to bend their principles.
3 .……bribery in various forms is on the increase in many countries and，in some，this type of corruption has been a way of life for centuries.—（……bribery in its various forms is increasing/becoming more and more common in many countries；in some this type of corruption has been the typical pattern of behaviour for hundreds of years.）在許多國家，形形色色的賄賂形式在增加；在有些國家里，這類腐敗現(xiàn)象幾個世紀以來早已成了一種事的模式。
1）on the increase：increasing增加。
又如：Crime is on the increase in that country.
那個國家的犯罪現(xiàn)象在增加。
The unemployment in that country is on the increase.
那個國家的失業(yè)在增加。
2）a /one's way of life：一種（或某人的）生活方式，一種正常的辦事模式。
又如：Early to bed and early to rise is his way of life.
早睡早起是他的生活方式。
Dinning out，especially on holidays，is a way of life for the people in big cities.
在外面餐館吃飯，特別是在節(jié)假日，是大城市許多人們的一種生活方式。
Spending today what you will earn tomorrow is becoming a way of life for many young city people.
今天花將來掙的錢逐漸成為城市里許多年輕人的生活方式。
4.suppose you were head of a major soft-drinks company and you want to break into a certain overseas market where the growth potential for your company is likely to be very great indeed.—（……you want to sell your company's soft-drinks in a foreign country for the first time because you think in future these drinks will sell very well though at the present they may not be popular.）假設你是一家重要軟飲料公司的頭頭，你想打入某個對公司發(fā)展前景看好的海外市場。
1）you were是虛擬語氣。
If you were… head of：頭頭，…之首
head of state國家元首；
head of government政府首腦；
head of school一校之長；
head of family一家之長
2）break into：to become involved in a new business activity打進，侵占；破門；而入；突然… Some foreign companies are trying to break into the Chinese market.一些外國公司想方設法打進中國市場。
He lost his keys，so he had to break into his house.他丟了鑰匙，因此不得不破門而入。
The thief broke into running when he saw a policeman.這個小偷一看見警察拔腿就跑。
3）potential （for）：the possibility of sth.happening or being developed or used……可能性，有潛力，存在市場 The new product has a great potential for sales （could be sold in large quantities）。這種新產(chǎn)品將來可能會賣得很俏。
Seeing the potential for nuclear attacks，the family built a shelter.這家人認識到可能會發(fā)生核攻擊之事，就修建了防空洞。
They all agree that the potential for conflict between the two parties is great.他們一致同意兩個派別發(fā)生沖突的可能性相當大。
4）be likely to do / be：will probably do / be可能會發(fā)生（或成為）。
He is likely to be our new manager.
他很有可能成為我們的新經(jīng)理。
5.the Minister of Trade makes it clear to you that……貿(mào)易部長明確表示……
make……clear：明確表明，有三種不同的形式：
1）make sth.clear，如：I think I've made my intentions very clear.
我想我已經(jīng)把我的意圖表達清楚了。
2）make oneself clear，如：I wonder if I've made myself clear.
不知大家是否明白了我的意思。
如果make的賓語是that從句，則在賓語的位置用it，將從句置于clear之后。
3）（向某人）明確表示……。
又如：The doctor made it clear to his family that the patient didn't have more than three days to live.
醫(yī)生毫不含糊地向家屬表明病人多還能活3天。
6.……you are also likely to avoid“bureaucratic delays”，as he puts it.
（If you promise to pay this official a large sum of money）……
同時，正如他說的那樣，你還可能避免“因官僚主義而延誤”的情況。
（you will probably also manage to get things done smoothly without“bureaucratic delays”，to use his own words.）
Because of unreasonable complicated official rules and processes before you can get sth.done or approved.For example，if you want to get permission from government officials to do something，you have to go through a lot of complicated processes and are likely to wait for a long time before you get it.
1）be likely to do / be：will probably do / be可能會發(fā)生（或成為）
2）as he puts it 是方式狀語從句。
1）be surprise/pleased/delighted/glad/happy/sorry，etc.to do sth.：對……感到驚訝/高興/興奮/抱歉等。
又如：Henry's friends were delighted to hear of his success.
亨利的朋友聽說他成功了，感到很高興。
I'm very sorry to tell you that you didn't pass the exam.
我很抱歉地通知你，你考試沒有通過。
2）ethics：（plural）moral principles that control or influence a person's behaviours道德
business ethics：moral rules or principles governing the behaviour of people involved in the business of selling and buying，which include fair play in conducting business，not operating dishonest practices，such as swindles，fraud，bribery syllabus：a list of the topics，books，etc.that students should study in a particular subject at school or college.商來道德
2.they may be tempted to bend their principles to get what they want.為了達到目的，他們可能會做出違心的事情。
1）be tempted to do sth.：受到吸引、誘惑而去做……。
又如：The boy was tempted to play the computer games after class every afternoon.
這個男孩每天下午放學后都被吸引去打電子游戲。
He was tempted to take a well-paid job a big company had offered.
他很想接受一家大公司答應給的一份高收入的工作。
Nothing would tempt her to leave her aging parents alone in the countryside.
她決不會把年邁的雙親單獨留在鄉(xiāng)下不管。
2）bend one's principles：do things against one's principles rather unwillingly 勉強做違背自己原則的事情。
Sometimes people will bend their principles to meet their desire for money and power.
有時候人們會做一些違背原則的事情以滿足他們對金錢和權(quán)力的欲望。
注意以往學過的近似的意思：There would be no powerful will bending hers.
（那時）再也沒有人把自己（的意志）強加于她了。
3）to get what they want 是目的狀語，修飾謂語may be tempted to bend their principles.
3 .……bribery in various forms is on the increase in many countries and，in some，this type of corruption has been a way of life for centuries.—（……bribery in its various forms is increasing/becoming more and more common in many countries；in some this type of corruption has been the typical pattern of behaviour for hundreds of years.）在許多國家，形形色色的賄賂形式在增加；在有些國家里，這類腐敗現(xiàn)象幾個世紀以來早已成了一種事的模式。
1）on the increase：increasing增加。
又如：Crime is on the increase in that country.
那個國家的犯罪現(xiàn)象在增加。
The unemployment in that country is on the increase.
那個國家的失業(yè)在增加。
2）a /one's way of life：一種（或某人的）生活方式，一種正常的辦事模式。
又如：Early to bed and early to rise is his way of life.
早睡早起是他的生活方式。
Dinning out，especially on holidays，is a way of life for the people in big cities.
在外面餐館吃飯，特別是在節(jié)假日，是大城市許多人們的一種生活方式。
Spending today what you will earn tomorrow is becoming a way of life for many young city people.
今天花將來掙的錢逐漸成為城市里許多年輕人的生活方式。
4.suppose you were head of a major soft-drinks company and you want to break into a certain overseas market where the growth potential for your company is likely to be very great indeed.—（……you want to sell your company's soft-drinks in a foreign country for the first time because you think in future these drinks will sell very well though at the present they may not be popular.）假設你是一家重要軟飲料公司的頭頭，你想打入某個對公司發(fā)展前景看好的海外市場。
1）you were是虛擬語氣。
If you were… head of：頭頭，…之首
head of state國家元首；
head of government政府首腦；
head of school一校之長；
head of family一家之長
2）break into：to become involved in a new business activity打進，侵占；破門；而入；突然… Some foreign companies are trying to break into the Chinese market.一些外國公司想方設法打進中國市場。
He lost his keys，so he had to break into his house.他丟了鑰匙，因此不得不破門而入。
The thief broke into running when he saw a policeman.這個小偷一看見警察拔腿就跑。
3）potential （for）：the possibility of sth.happening or being developed or used……可能性，有潛力，存在市場 The new product has a great potential for sales （could be sold in large quantities）。這種新產(chǎn)品將來可能會賣得很俏。
Seeing the potential for nuclear attacks，the family built a shelter.這家人認識到可能會發(fā)生核攻擊之事，就修建了防空洞。
They all agree that the potential for conflict between the two parties is great.他們一致同意兩個派別發(fā)生沖突的可能性相當大。
4）be likely to do / be：will probably do / be可能會發(fā)生（或成為）。
He is likely to be our new manager.
他很有可能成為我們的新經(jīng)理。
5.the Minister of Trade makes it clear to you that……貿(mào)易部長明確表示……
make……clear：明確表明，有三種不同的形式：
1）make sth.clear，如：I think I've made my intentions very clear.
我想我已經(jīng)把我的意圖表達清楚了。
2）make oneself clear，如：I wonder if I've made myself clear.
不知大家是否明白了我的意思。
如果make的賓語是that從句，則在賓語的位置用it，將從句置于clear之后。
3）（向某人）明確表示……。
又如：The doctor made it clear to his family that the patient didn't have more than three days to live.
醫(yī)生毫不含糊地向家屬表明病人多還能活3天。
6.……you are also likely to avoid“bureaucratic delays”，as he puts it.
（If you promise to pay this official a large sum of money）……
同時，正如他說的那樣，你還可能避免“因官僚主義而延誤”的情況。
（you will probably also manage to get things done smoothly without“bureaucratic delays”，to use his own words.）
Because of unreasonable complicated official rules and processes before you can get sth.done or approved.For example，if you want to get permission from government officials to do something，you have to go through a lot of complicated processes and are likely to wait for a long time before you get it.
1）be likely to do / be：will probably do / be可能會發(fā)生（或成為）
2）as he puts it 是方式狀語從句。