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第8课 韩国和其他快速发展的亚洲国家——其进步和问题 Here Comes Korea, Inc. 一、（Excerpts）（摘录） Like Japan in the 1960s, the old “Hermit Kingdom” is poised for将迎来 an assault 冲击on the world’s markets 像20世纪60年代的日本一样，一个古老的“闭关自守的国家”已准备好向世界市场发起冲击。 The ritual begins shortly after dawn.As the early morning light filters through the windows of Lucky-Goldstar’s towering corporate headquarters in Seoul, Koo Cha-Kyung, chairman of the $8 billion conglomerate, issues instructions that echo around the world.In Huntsville, Ala., 200 factory workers are producing a million Goldstar color televisions yearly.In California’s Silicon Valley Koo’s white-frocked research scientists delve into the mysteries of state-of-the-art semiconductor technology.In Jubail, Saudi Arabia, the company is putting the final touches on a sprawling new petrochemical complex.It is an impressive display of global reach, and a harbinger of things to come.As one of Koo’s lieutenants puts it: “Our future lies in becoming a truly global company.” 黎明后，仪式开始。当晨光透过汉城乐喜金星公司高耸的总部大厦的窗户时，这家拥有80亿美元资本的跨行业公司董事长具滋暻向全世界发布了引起反响的指示。在阿拉巴马州的亨茨维尔，200名产业工人每年生产100万台“金星”彩电。在加利福尼亚的硅谷，身着白色工装的研究人员在探索目前最先进的半导体技术的秘密。在沙特阿拉伯的著拜尔，该公司正在进行一个新的宠大石油化学企业的最后试验。这充分显示了其全球的势力范围，也是即发生的许多事情的预兆。正如具滋暻的一名下属所言：“我们的未来就是成为一个真正的全球性公司。” For South Korea as a whole, that seems as much a prophecy as an ambition.Like Japan in the 1960s, the country is poised for an assault on the world’s export markets.Its surging $81 billion economy is churning out a flood of increasingly sophisticated products, from shoes, toys and telephones to video recorders and microprocessors.Korea’s mighty conglomerates dominate Middle East construction, and they command key shares of the world’s shipbuilding, textile and steel industries.Their affiliates, joint ventures and subsidiaries girdle the globe, stretching from Australia, Indonesia and India to Norway, Spain and Gabon, Hyundai and Daewoo, with annual sales of $10 billion and $6 billion respectively, are pushing into the U.S.auto market, riveting the atten