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1、UnitTwoValuesTextATheRichestManinAmerica,DownHomeWarm-upQuestions:1.Whatdoesthethemeofthisunit,value,referto?Aprinciple,standard,orqualitywhichisconsideredworthwhileordesirable;价值标准，被认为是值得的或需要的一种原则、标准或性质Valuescanbeseeneverywhere.DifferentpeopleholddifferentValues.Suchasfairness,responsibility,hard
2、working,devotion,loyalty,ect.2.DoyouknowsomeofthestoriesaboutthevaluesoffamouspeopleorAmericanmillionaires?Forexample,AbrahamLincolnregardedhonestyasanimportantvalue.Whenworkingasashopclerk,heonceoverchargedacustomer.Althoughthesumwasinsignificant,Lincolnwalkedalongdistancetoreturnthemoney.BillGat
3、esoncesaidthathewouldleaveonlyonemilliondollarstohisoffsprings,anddonatealltherestofhiswealthtothesocietyformedicalresearchandeducation.Somepeoplefindithardtounderstand.Butinhismindgenerosity,theurgetosharemoney,isregardedasanimportantvalue.Andinthisarticle,thewriterleadsustotheinsightofthevalueof
4、arichpersoninAmerica.SamWaltonisarichman,buthedoesn’tliveacompletelydifferentlifefromordinarypeople.Inthistextwearegoingtolearnsth.aboutSamWalton,andlet’sseewhetherhehassomeofthosevalues,andhowhebehaves.Backgroundinformation1.SamWalton&Wal-Mart:In1962,aforty-fouryearoldmannamedSamMooreWaltonopened
5、hisfirstWal-MartstoreinArkansas.HepreviouslyownedasmallvarietystorecalledFive&Dime,buthehadhismindsetonmuchbiggerideas.Waltonhadgainedanunderstandingofprovidingtopcustomerserviceandhopedthatadiscountstoreofferingavarietyofproductswouldattractlargenumbersofcustomers.Hewasright.SamWaltonquicklybecam
6、eamulti-milliondollarsuccessstory,moresuccessfulthanhecouldhaveeverdreamed.Wal-MartwasrankednumberoneoftheFORTUNE500.Walton’sthreebasicbeliefswererespectingeveryindividual,providingtopnotchcustomerservice,andstrivingforexcellence(TheWal-MartWay).Hewantedtohavethebestretailstorewiththebestcustomers
7、ervice,thebestemployeesandthebestprices.2.TheWal-Martwayoflife:(Paragraph17)TherulesofworkingestablishedbySamWalton.Heconcludedthem“TenRulesForSuccess”asguidingthecorporationofthecompany.①Committoyourbusiness.②Sh
