Martin Lynch, an American businessman, had been going on vacation to a small Mexican fishing village for a number of ears. One morning while going for a walk along the beach, he saw his friend Pablo Perez, a local fisherman. Martin watched Pablo _ his boat and pack the fish in a box. Martin noticed Pablo was smiling and looked very happy. He could also see several large fish in the boat. Martin greeted Pablo and asked how long it took to catch the fish. "Just a few hours," replied Pablo. Martin asked, "Why didn't you stay longer and catch more fish?" "I have enough for my family," Pablo said. "And what do you do with the rest of your day?" asked Martin. "I take a nap, play with my children, spend time with my wife, and go into the village to see my friends and play cards, I have a full and busy life." Martin explained that if Pablo worked longer hours and caught more fish, he could make more money. With the extra money, Pablo could buy more boats and catch money more fish. By selling the fish, Pablo could open his own factory and sell direct to supermarkets. "Then what?" asked Pablo. "Well you would probably have to move to Mexico City to run the business. Finally, you would be able to sell your business and make millions of dollars," replied Martin. "How long will that take?" asked Pablo. Martin thought for a while and said it would probably take at least 15 years. "And then what" asked Pablo. "Well, that's the best part," Martin said. "You will be able to retire, buy a house near the ocean, sleep longer, play with your children, spend more time with your wife, see your friends, and play cards." What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What's the story's main character's name?
2. Where was he from?
3. Where did he like to holiday?
4. Did he have a friend there?
5. What was his friend's name?
6. What was Pablo's job?
7. How did Pablo spend his free time?
8. What does Martin advise him to do?
9. Why does Martin think he should do that?
10. What could he do with the money?
11. What would happen next?
12. Would Pablo be able to stay in the fishing village then?
13. Where would he have to go?
14. Why?
15. How much could he sell the business for?
16. How much time would pass before then?
17. What could Pablo do after selling the business?
18. How did Pablo look when Martin saw him?
19. What was in the boat?
20. How much time did he need to catch them?
Answer: 1. Martin Lynch
2. He is from America
3. a small Mexican fishing village
4. Yes
5. Pablo Perez
6. a local fisherman
7. I take a nap, play with my children, spend time with my wife, and go into the village to see my friends and play cards
8. worked longer hours and caught more fish
9. he could make more money
10. Pablo could buy more boats and catch money more fish
11. By selling the fish, Pablo could open his own factory and sell direct to supermarkets
12. No
13. Mexico City
14. run the business
15. millions of dollars
16. at least 15 years
17. You will be able to retire, buy a house near the ocean, sleep longer, play with your children, spend more time with your wife, see your friends, and play cards.
18. smiling and looked very happy
19. several large fish in the boat.
20. Just a few hours

Time:2017-01-24 From:kekenet.com Editor: clover

The head of China's largest online seller Alibaba does not think China and the United States will have a trade war despite comments from the Trump administration.

Jack Ma is the chairman of the Alibaba Group. At the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, he said, "China and (the) U.S. will never have a trade war. Give Trump some time. He's open-minded, he's listening."

_ said he would do all he could to prevent trade relations between the countries from getting worse.

Last week, Ma met with Trump at the Trump Tower in New York City. The Chinese billionaire is said to have discussed a plan to permit one million small U.S. businesses to sell goods on Alibaba's online shopping platform.

During the campaign and after winning the presidential election, Trump strongly criticized the Chinese government's support for its businesses. He blamed unfair trade policies for taking away U.S. jobs. And he said that China unfairly controls the exchange value of its currency, the yuan.

Trump also has threatened to place import taxes on goods from China and other countries in response to their trade policies.

According to theSouth China Morning Post, Ma said, "American international companies made millions and millions of dollars from globalization." He added that the U.S. should not blame the loss of jobs and companies on globalization.

However, a new study by an American business group says many U.S. businesses feel unwelcome in China. The companies say the cost of doing business in China is increasing. They add that rules and regulations are unclear or not enforced in a consistent way.

The American Chamber of Commerce in China led the study, which looked at responses from 462 companies.

William Zarit is chairman of the chamber. He says trade policies in China make it difficult for American companies. He says, "we feel that over the last few years that we've been taken advantage of to some extent, with our open market and the lack of open areas in the Chinese market."

Another major concern for U.S. companies in China is fake products. Fake products are copies of the originals that cost businesses with the legal right to sell them millions of dollars each year.

Ma defended Alibaba's efforts to fight fake products on its shopping platform. He said his company is doing all it can to fight the problem.

"Fighting against fake products is a war against human greediness," Ma said.

I'm Mario Ritter. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. How does Jack Ma describe Trump?
2. What company does he work for?
3. What is notable about them in China?
4. Where did he meet with Trump?
5. In which city?
6. Where was the World Economic Forum held?
7. In what country?
8. What did Trump criticize China for?
9. Do American businesses want to work with China?
10. Is China known for fake products?
11. Is Alibaba making effort to remove fake products from its site?
Answer:
1. open-minded
2. Alibaba Group
3. largest online seller
4. World Economic Forum
5. Davos
6. Davos
7. Switzerland
8. unfair trade policies
9. yes
10. yes
11. yes