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Meditation in Indonesian Businesse
精讀原文：
It looked like a typical business meeting. Six men,neatly dressed in white shirts and ties filed into theboardroom of a small Jakarta company and sat downat a long table. But instead of consulting files orhearing reports, they closed their eyes and began to meditate, consulting the spirits of ancientJavanese kings. Mysticism touches almost every aspect of life in Indonesia and business is noexception. One of the meditators said his weekly meditation sessions are aimed mainly atbringing the peace of mind that makes for good decision-making. But the insight gained frommystic communication with spirits of wise kings has also helped boost the profits of his fivecompanies.
Mysticism and profits have come together since the 13th century introduction of Islam toIndonesia by Indian Moslem merchants. Those devout traders, called `Wali Ullah'or `thoseclose to God,'
energetically spread both trade and religion by adapting their appeals to the native mysticismof Java.
Legends attribute magic power of foreknowledge to the Wali Ullah. These powers werebelieved to be gained through meditation and fasting.
Businessman Hadisiko said his group fasts and meditates all night every Thursday to becomecloser to God and to contact the spirits of the great men of the past. `If we want to employsomeone at the managerial level, we meditate together and often the message comes that thisman can't hole onto money or he is untrustworthy. Or maybe the spirits will tell us he shouldbe hired.'Hadiziko hastened to add that his companies also hold modern personnelmanagement systems and that formal qualifications are essential for a candidate even to beconsidered. Perspective investments also are considered through mystic meditation. `With themind relaxed and open, it is easier to be objective in judging the risk of a new tation and contact with the wisdom of the old leaders sharpens your own insight andintuition. Then you have to apply that intuition to the information you have and work hard tobe successful.'Mystic meditation helped reverse a business slide his companies experiencedin the mid-1980. Operating with normal business procedures, he lost more than$3 millions inthat year alone.
Meditation brought back his peace of mind. Putting the right persons in the right jobs andgaining confidence in his business decisions were the keys to a turning around that hasbrought expansion and profitability. The mysticism in Handspike' s boardroom is part of agrowing movement in Indonesia called Kebatinan一the'search for the inner self.' One of hismanagers, Yusuf Soemado, who studied business administration at Harvard University,compared the idea of mystic management to western system of positive thinking. `Willpowerand subconscious mind are recognized as important factors in business. Such approaches aspsycho-cybernetics, Carnegie's think and growth rates, or the power of positive thinking arewestern attempts to tap the same higher intelligence that we contact through meditation,' hesaid.
【閱讀練習題】
is the most important factor in their doing business?
[A] Mysticism.
[B]Religion.
[C] Meditation.
}D} Investment.
do they consult?
[A] The spirits of ancient Javanese kings.
[B]Wali Ullah.
[C] Old Kings.
[D] Carnegie.
did Hadisike hasten to add'his companies also hold modern personnelmanagement
systems'?
[A] He thought Mysticism was not so good as expected.
[b]To show they too focused on qualifications.
[C] To show they hired qualified persons.
[D] To show the possibility of combination of the scientific management with religion.
rding to the passage, the function of the meditation is
[A] to gain profit from the god.
[B]to gain peace of mind to make decision.
[C] to gain foreknowledge.
[D] to gain objective conclusion.
does'operating with normal business procedures'refer to?
[A] Adopting the western way of doing business.
[B]Ordinary way of doing business without meditation and fasting.
[C] Contact with God.
[D] Putting right persons in the right jobs.
【答案詳解】
1.C沉思。這在第一斷已有說明。
A.神祕主義。是個總的概念，籠罩生活各方面。而不是具體的做法和重要因素。B.宗教。D.投資。
2.A爪哇古代帝土之精靈。答案在第一段。
B. Wali Ullah是指印度穆斯林商人。這些虔誠的商人叫做Wali Ullah或者成爲接近主的人。傳說神話也把先知的力量歸功於Wali Ullah o C.老帝土。D.卡耐基，1835-1919是生於蘇格蘭的美國鋼鐵工業家和慈善家。他有一套管理企業的辦法，稱爲卡耐基思想(管理法)。
3.B他們也重視資歷、才能。這在第三段中第二行起，商人Hadisiko講話清楚說明“如果我們要僱傭管理人員，我們就一起沉思，常常會有這種信息來臨:這個人不能管理錢財或者他不可靠。也可能神靈告訴我們應當僱傭他。接着他匆忙補充說他的公司也採用現代人事管理系統，即要考慮僱傭的人員最根本的條件仍是正式資歷”。
A.他認爲神祕主義不像想象中那麼好。C.表明他們僱傭人才。上下文說明，他所以補充是說明他們也重視資格。D.表明科學管理和宗教結合的.可能性。Hadisike語中沒有這種意思。但不能說他們僱傭人才不管宗教。
4.B得到冷靜頭腦來決策。這在第三段後半部分講到。“遠景的投資也是通過神祕的沉思加以考慮。有着放鬆和開放的頭腦，易於客觀地判斷新投資的風險。沉思和過去領袖的接觸會是你的洞察力和感官變得敏銳。“第一段第五行”其中一位沉思者說每星期的沉思會主要目標是帶來一個平靜的頭腦，作出好決策。”
A.從上帝那裏得到利潤。C.取得先知。不對，先知的能力歸於Wali Ullah o D.得到客觀的結論。文內只提到，頭腦放鬆容易客觀地判斷投資風險與否，並不是客觀的結論。
5.B沒有沉思和齋戒的常規作生意。見第三段中，神祕的沉思幫助扭轉公司生意滑坡而正常買賣步驟，這一年就損失了300萬美元。這兩句對比的話說明B項內容。A.採用西方買賣方式(交易方式)。文內沒有點明正常就是西方方式。C.和上帝接觸。D.知人善任。
【閱讀詞彙學習】
ale into魚貫而入，排隊進去
rta雅加達
meditate
沉思，冥想，反省
爪哇
Tavanese
爪哇的
mysticism
神祕主義
boost
促進，增加，提高
devout
虔誠的，熱誠的
appeal (to)
向……呼籲，求助於，魅力
legend
傳說，神話
fasting
禁食，齋戒
hold onto
抓緊，保住
personnel management system
人事管理制度
perspective investment
遠景投資
venture
(商業)投機，風險
sharpen
使~一敏銳/尖銳，磨尖
business slide
買賣l企業滑坡，下滑
turn around
(生意)好轉，轉變
subconscious
下意識的，潛意識的
cybernetics
控制論
Carne}ie
卡耐基
tap
開拓，選擇
【難句解析】
Mysticism touches almost every aspect of life in Indonesia and business is no exception.
在印尼神祕主義似乎涉及到印尼生活的各個方面，商業也不例外。
Those devout traders, called `Wali Ullah' or those close to God,'energetically spread bothtrade and religion by adapting their appeals to the native mysticism of Java.
這些虔誠的商人，叫做Wali Ullah，或者“接近主的人”，把他們的祈求呼籲跟爪哇當地的神祕主義相結合。他們通過這一途徑積極熱情地拓展商業買賣和宗教信仰。
Putting the right persons in the right jobs and gaining confidence in his business decisionswere the keys to a turning around that has brought expansion and profitability.
恰當的工作崗位使用合適的人選，對企業決策具有信心使形式好轉的關鍵。它給你帶來拓展和利潤。(或任人唯賢，指揮若定使扭萬增盈，大展宏圖的關鍵。)
Search for the inner self.
探索內心的白我。
Such approaches as psycho-cybernetics, Carnegie' s think and growth rates, or the power ofpositive thinking are western attempts to tap the same higher intelligence that we contactthrough meditation.
類似心理控制論、卡耐基思想、增長率、或者積極思考能力等觀點是西方開拓高智能的辦法，而我們是通過沉思冥想來和高智能聯繫的。
【寫作方法與文章大意】
這是一篇新聞報導，講述印度尼西亞商人如何經營公司。主要採用一般到具體寫作手法。一開始就點明他們以獨特的方式一一不看文件，不聽彙報，而是閉上眼睛沉思，向古代帝土的精靈請示來經營。這種神祕主義兒乎涉及印尼生活的各個領域，商業也不例外。後面每段都圍繞這一主題而寫。第二段寫來源。第三段，應用於商業方面的具體例了，第四段，和西方管理方法對比。
