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自动化学院 英语国家社会与文化 学 号：专 业学生姓名：教师： 2014年月1.-- A country’s image and influence arise from its comprehensive powers which include both the hard power and soft power, a. define a country’s soft and hard power b. analyze the relationship between the two c. illustrate the role they play in shaping a country’s image and influence d. interpret either of the two countries (UK, USA) soft and hard power and the factors that contribute to them: A、Comprehensive power is composed of hard power and soft power. The hard power is defined as dominant strength including fundamental resources(land mass, population, natural resources and so on),?economic?strength,?military?strength, scientific and technological strength, etc. The soft power is defined as invisible?influence and spiritual power which refer to political power,?cultural power,?diplomatic?force, etc. B、Distinctions?and?relations?exist?in?the two kinds of power. The hard power and the soft power are not the?simple addition and subtraction?relations,?instead they are complementary, mutual restricted?and coordinated. Hard power is the tangible carrier of soft power and soft power is the intangible extension of hard power. Hard power plays an essential role in a nation’s image and its influence. Hard power is a fundamental basis to support other functions. A nation’s comprehensive power mainly depends on its hard power. A strong soft power of a nation can safeguard people’s rights, make people’s cultural and social life more colorful and improve people’s energy and vigorous. Increasing ethic people in a nation attract other nations to exchange, travel and resident forever. Therefore, a country’s image and influence is mainly lie in its hard power, while soft power perfect the image and influence. C、For example, if a country wants to host the Olympics, it should be strong enough and has the ability to support a large amount of cost. In this condition, hard power is significant. All in all, when a country has a