7 .... In reaction / response / answer to the event / phenomenon / idea / question , some people say / think ....

But do they realize...?

7.1 Now most people get their news and information about the things that are happening at home and abroad from television. They believe the things they hear and see on television. Probably most of the information is true, and we can believe it. But shall we always believe the information which television gives us? Do we never suspect that the given information might be slanted, distorted or the truth totally denied?

現(xiàn)在大多數(shù)人都是從電視上知道國內(nèi)外發(fā)生的事和新聞的。他們都相信在電視上看到和聽到的事。大多數(shù)消息可能是真的，我們能相信。但是我們是否總是要相信電視給我們的消息呢？難道我們從不懷疑所給的消息可能有偏見，或已歪曲了，或真相已被徹底隱瞞了？

7.2 In the past few years big business has fallen to a low level in public esteem. A recent Gallup poll shows that big business came in last, in terms of the quality of the products, among all the enterprises which sell household appliances in Shanghai; at the top of the list were small business or business from small towns. in response to the poll, many businessmen argue that this public attitude is due to the inadequacy of their advertising and can be cured by stepping up their advertising campaigns. They are only fooling themselves. Do they realize that the real problem for their loss of public respect is what they have been doing, not what they have been saying about themselves?

在過去幾年里，大企業(yè)在公眾中的信譽(yù)已下降到一個(gè)低水平。最近的蓋洛普民意測驗(yàn)表明，就產(chǎn)品質(zhì)量來說在上海出售家用電器的所有企業(yè)中，大企業(yè)位居榜末，而小企業(yè)或鄉(xiāng)鎮(zhèn)企業(yè)名列前茅。對(duì)此許多大企業(yè)人士認(rèn)為公眾的這種態(tài)度是由于廣告宣傳不夠造成的，只要加大廣告宣傳聲勢(shì)，就會(huì)扭轉(zhuǎn)局面。這是在自欺欺人。難道他們沒有認(rèn)識(shí)到失去公眾信譽(yù)的真正問題在于他們所做的，而不是所說的？