世界是平的 英文影评

第一篇：世界是平的 英文影评

Review of “Outsourced”

“Outsourced” is a typical fish-out-of-water tale about a young American telemarketer who learns that his job is being shipped overseas.Todd Anderson(Josh Hamilton)spends his days managing a customer call center in Seattle until his job, along with those of the entire office, are outsourced to India.Todd rejects but when his boss informs him that quitting would mean losing his stock options, he has to go to train his Indian replacement Puro(Asif Basra).Out of constant cultural misunderstandings, Todd(Josh Hamilton)is frustrated with everything in India.He eats food by using left hand which is taboo in India.Left hand is considered as dirty hand, which is used for clean something.That’s why Todd(Josh Hamilton)can’t find toilet paper in washroom.It is quite different from America.Also Todd(Josh Hamilton)sees the personal questions, which asked by the hostess, as an embarrassing invasion of his privacy.She questions Todd during his classes, tells him he needs to know more about India.Because of cultural diversity, Todd(Josh Hamilton)has difficulty making the call center employees understand what their American customers expect.In order to get the length of a call down to six minutes, Todd(Josh Hamilton)teaches the Indian employees to speak in American way.While an employee Asha(Ayesha Dharker)questions Todd(Josh Hamilton)during his classes, tells him he needs to know more about India.She becomes his teacher on such mysteries as Kali, the goddess of destruction(“Sometimes it is good to destroy.Then things can start again.”)Todd(Josh Hamilton)also shows Asha(Ayesha Dharker)the American value and offers her the job of assisting Puro(Asif Basra)when Todd(Josh Hamilton)leaves.“Asha can do anything.” It strengthen Asha(Ayesha Dharker)’s belief to be an independent modern woman.Todd realizes that he too has a lot to learn-not only about India and America, but about himself.He soon discovers that being outsourced may be the best thing that ever happened to him.“Outsourced” is a modern day comedy of cross-cultural conflict and romance.It is a film bursting with affection for its characters and for India.It is about people learning to really see one another.It has a fundamental sweetness and innocence.2

第二篇：英文影评《世界是平的》(Outsourced)

英文影评:《世界是平的》（Outsourced）

If Ayesha Dharker and the Kamasutra are waiting for me on the other side, outsource me up, Spock

Newcomer writer/director John Jeffcoat is making a mini-splash with what could be the next big thing in “up the corporation” comedies.Even better, it is a romantic comedy with comely Ayesha Dharker providing the on-screen chemistry.Hamilton’s character Todd has graduated from college, probably like Hamilton’s previous character Grover in “Kicking and Screaming,” and has gravitated into the kind of dead end job that made “Office Space” famous.As in the latter flick, outsourcing is rearing its ugly head in the form of shipping customer service jobs to(where else?)India.As the film points out, everything that can be handled via phone or e-mail is being re-birthed on another continent and connected to the American pots of gold by satellite umbilicals.The workers Todd supervises will be the first to go and he will be next, that is, unless, he travels to India to train his replacement.So the plot goes, if he toes the line he will get his retirement and if he doesn’t he will live in a cardboard box.This is only the first of more than a few sophomoric mistakes made by Mr.Jeffcoat and co-writer George Wing, but we are given notice in the first few shots of dreamy Seattle that we are expected to suspend disbelief here(after all, it isn’t raining„.).Traveling to India, Todd makes mistakes dumber than any of us ever made going anywhere overseas, even in high school.Of course, his boss is even dumber.But that’s not the point.The point is that even though his girlfriend has dumped him and is sleeping with another guy when he calls and his corporate structure treats him like an indentured servant he stills loves the USA.That is, until he meets Asha, played by seductive Dharker.Between Asha’s homework on the Kamasutra and a neighborhood full of Indians who look and act more like North Carolinians, Josh learns that maybe the best things in life aren’t stock options.Josh is going to train Purohit(Asif Basra)to be the next supervisor of the order fulfilment(sic)department that will soon have its one and only call center in a small town about a hundred miles from Bombay.The very repeating of the department title of “order fulfillment” becomes funny after a while, at least for those in the audience with the patience to let it grow on them.But the new position, paying mountains of rupees a year, is the promise of a dream come true for Purohit.He needs it to marry the love of his life;a love as dear as the love Todd lost while he was abandoning his stateside life in favor of a customer fulfillment career.So Asha is not only the symbol of a different perspective, a kinder gentler capitalism, but she is the start of something great.Parents never fear, the film treads lightly when it wonders anywhere near the sexual.In one of the most amazing shows of modesty on the contemporary screen, Asha actually has clothes on in bed with Todd.The fact that she behaves more like a Hollywood starlet than a promised Indian bride will probably be glossed over by the average American watching the film.She is at least as virtuous as the girl next door.At least the girl next door in New York.Or Seattle.The film misses a couple great angles, like the 50” flat screen of Todd’s dreams to which Purohit is completely hip, but which never materializes.That would have been a great twist to have come back over the wall as Todd hands out his daily alms.In the end, if everybody doesn’t get what they want, they get what they need.The final twist is good hearted and clean-cut fun;as touching as it is believable.What goes around comes around.

第三篇：世界是平的 影评Outsourced

Outsourced《世界是平的》

If Ayesha Dharker and the Kamasutra are waiting for me on the other side, outsource me up, Spock

Newcomer writer/director John Jeffcoat is *** a mini-splash with what could be the next big thing in “up the corporation” comedies.Even better, it is a romantic comedy with comely Ayesha Dharker providing the on-screen chemistry.Hamilton’s character Todd has graduated from college, probably like Hamilton’s previous character Grover in “Kicking and Screaming,” and has gravitated into the kind of dead end job that made “Office Space” famous.As in the latter flick, outsourcing is rearing its ugly head in the form of shipping customer service jobs to(where else?)India.As the film points out, everything that can be handled via phone or e-mail is being re-birthed on another continent and connected to the American pots of gold by satellite umbilicals.The workers Todd supervises will be the first to go and he will be next, that is, unless, he travels to India to train his replacement.So the plot goes, if he toes the line he will get his retirement and if he doesn’t he will live in a cardboard box.This is only the first of more than a few sophomoric mistakes made by Mr.Jeffcoat and co-writer George Wing, but we are given notice in the first few shots of dreamy Seattle that we are expected to suspend disbelief here(after all, it isn’t raining….).Traveling to India, Todd makes mistakes dumber than any of us ever made going anywhere overseas, even in high school.Of course, his boss is even dumber.But that’s not the point.The point is that even though his girlfriend has dumped him and is sleeping with another guy when he calls and his corporate structure treats him like an indentured servant he stills loves the USA.That is, until he meets Asha, played by seductive Dharker.Between Asha’s homework on the Kamasutra and a neighborhood full of Indians who look and act more like North Carolinians, Josh learns that maybe the best things in life aren’t stock options.Josh is going to train Purohit(Asif Basra)to be the next supervisor of the order fulfilment(sic)department that will soon have its one and only call center in a small town about a hundred miles from Bombay.The very repeating of the department title of “order fulfillment” becomes funny after a while, at least for those in the audience with the patience to let it grow on them.But the new position, paying mountains of rupees a year, is the promise of a dream come true for Purohit.He needs it to marry the love of his life;a love as dear as the love Todd lost while he was abandoning his stateside life in favor of a customer fulfillment career.So Asha is not only the symbol of a different perspective, a kinder gentler capitalism, but she is the start of something great.Parents never fear, the film treads lightly when it wonders anywhere near the ***ual.In one of the most amazing shows of modesty on the contemporary screen, Asha actually has clothes on in bed with Todd.The fact that she behaves more like a Hollywood starlet than a promised Indian bride will probably be glossed over by the average American watching the film.She is at least as virtuous as the girl next door.At least the girl next door in New York.Or Seattle.The film misses a couple great angles, like the 50” flat screen of Todd’s dreams to which Purohit is completely hip, but which never materializes.That would have been a great twist to have come back over the wall as Todd hands out his daily alms.In the end, if everybody doesn’t get what they want, they get what they need.The final twist is good hearted and clean-cut fun;as touching

as it is believable.What goes around comes around.

第四篇：《世界是平的》读后感

世界平而不坦

——读《世界是平的：21世纪简史》与《凌志汽车和橄榄树》有感

世界是平的。正如托马斯·弗里德曼在其著作《世界是平的》一书中写道的那样：由于电脑、互联网等通迅技术的飞速发展，导致信息传递的成本急速降低，从而打破了世界各地人们的地理阻隔，每个人都可以在同一起跑线上竞争合作，全球的政治、经济、文化会发生史上空前的变革，而且这种变革正在无情地推进着。

然而世界平而不坦。读完《世界是平的：21世纪简史》洋洋洒洒500多页的书，联系自己的认识和接触，在面对这个所谓“平”的世界时我却不平静了。这个世界被一群开着碾压机的人无情碾过，所经之处不再有缤纷各异的花朵和各具特色的芳香，剩下的更多是千篇一律、精心设计的标准，然后那些司机回过头看着被碾平的世界，向周围还没有轮子高的人们露出了难以解读的微笑。一如作者在姊妹书《世界是平的——凌志汽车和橄榄树》中的观点：“凌志汽车”是全球化的典型代表，它将人们带入一个对全球化经济理解新的道路中；相对于这种理念，“橄榄树”则代表更传统的家庭、民族、地区性、传统文化等更为传统的因素，它们为人提供内心需求中稳定的一面。

一、记录和揭示时代的巨变

读这两本书，你会发现真如作者自己所说的那样：如果你将《凌志汽车和橄榄树》与《21世纪简史》这两本书放在一起时，你将会发现全球化划分为三个伟大的时代，第一个时代从1492年持续到1800年，即全球化1.0版本，“全球化1.0”主要是国家间融合和全球化，劳动力推动着这一阶段的全球化进程，这期间世界从大变为中等；第二个时代可称为2.0版本，这一时代从1800年一直持续到2000年，中间曾被大萧条和两次世界大战打断，“全球化2.0”是公司之间的融合，各种硬件的发明和革新成为这次全球化的主要推动力——从蒸汽船、铁路到电话和计算机的普及，这期间世界从中等变小；3.0版的全球化是从2000年开始的，个人成为了主角，肤色或东西方的文化差异不再是合作或竞争的障碍，软件的不断创新，互联网的普及，让世界各地的人们可以通过因特网轻松实现自己的社会分工，这新一波的全球化正在抹平一切疆界，世界变平了，从小缩成了微小。

全球化趋势不可逆转，作者试图通过全球化这个维度来解析社会的巨变，以及我们这个时代未来的变迁，史诗般地记录了社会的变化和声音，以解析我们这个时代的现在和未来。

二、争斗：凌志汽车和橄榄树的永恒主题

全球化并不是就是鲜花盛开，完全的竞争也意味着一个残酷的竞技场。因此对全球化的评价也分成两级：赞成全球化的人强调的是机会均等，反对全球化的呼声强调的是利益均等。因为一个“机会均等的公平竞争”，有时是极不公平的。就像不同国籍的学生去哈佛、耶鲁等名校就读的难度也是不同的。

“凌志汽车’是全球化的象征和缩影，代表了全球化的技术与经济，也正是这股力量让世界扁平化，用全球史观的角度解读便是一种文明的碰撞和冲突。“橄榄树”而橄榄树则是和平的象征，它意味着国家、民族、宗教、语言和家园，相对应，橄榄树象征着固定，植根于一处的本土形象。

今天，任何希望繁荣的社会必须不断地努力建造一辆高标准的“凌志汽车”并将它开出去，走向世界。但任何人都不应该心存幻想，认为只要参加全球化经济活动，他的社会就会健康了。如果参加全球化经济活动要以国家被同化为代价，如果参加的个人认为他们的“橄榄树”的根被全球化体系破坏了，或被冲掉了，这些“橄榄树”的根就会被激怒，他们就会起来反抗并阻止全球化进程。就像前段时间看到的一条这样的新闻：英国一位9岁的小女孩在股东大会的听众发言中要求首席执行官唐·汤普森停止“欺骗儿童购买你家食品”，批评麦当劳刻意绕过家长、直接向儿童推销产品的做法。没有“凌志汽车”的国家绝不可能强大，也不可能走得太远；没有健康的“橄榄树”的国家也绝不可能有牢固的根基或全部的对外部世界的开放，所以保持它们之间的平衡要经过不屈不挠的斗争。

我本人也觉得，全球化无论好坏，可能是现代化无可逆转的趋势，不过现在为此做好准备的，大多并不是穷国，因此这种骤然放开的格局，最终造成的也许是强者更强，弱者更弱。对他描绘的这个新世界，我很难立刻鼓掌欢迎，对不少弱势的人群来说，这个前景未来也许使自己越竞争越有力，可第一关太难了，他们也许还没进门就倒下了。

全球化将深刻地影响我们的经济、社会、政治生活的各个方面，改变每个人的工作方式、生活方式乃至生存的方式。不论是政府部门、商业部门、社会部门、各行各业的管理者、员工还是自由职业者概莫能免。弗里德曼一针见血的指出了世界未来的趋势和方向。

世界平而不坦。最后我还是想用一句官方的话来结束：“全球化是一把双刃剑，它既能促进经济增长繁荣,又能使周期性经济波动的影响具有全球性;它既能提高一部分人的生活水平,又可能加剧全球范围内贫富分化和不平等;它既能为人们带来经济福祉,又可能产生全球性生态环境问题;它既能增强人们之间的相互依存,也会引发各种暴力、冲突甚至战争。总之机遇与挑战并存。”

第五篇：《世界是平的》读后感

《世界是平的》读后感

在宁波大学成教学院参加浙江省农村中小学骨干教师领雁工程初中校长班培训期间，我的身边带着一本书，这是我半年前从新华书店购得但一直没认真读的一本畅销书。是美国《纽约时报》的专栏作家托马斯·弗里德曼用了4年时间写成的一本重点论述“全球化”的专著。现在，利用这段“闲静似水”的日子，我看完了这本书，虽然我依然认为我并没有读懂这本书，但似懂非懂之间，它让我思考了很多，收获不小。

弗里德曼在书里用生动的故事、已有的术语和概念，描绘了全球化这种体系。他突出了“凌志汽车”和“橄榄树”的冲突——全球化体系和文化、地理、传统以及社会的古老力量之间的紧张状态。他还详尽地叙说了全球化在那些感觉到全球化残酷性的人群中所产生的强烈反作用。他清楚地说明了应该如何才能保证这一体系的平衡。他的观点是：全球化不只是一种现象，也不只是一种短暂的趋势。它是一种取代冷战体系的国际体系。全球化是资本、技术和信息超越国界的结合，这种结合创造了一个单一的全球市场，在某种程度上是一个全球村。

在看这本书的时候，我总是把自己头脑中已有的经济全球化的理论或者认识调动出来与之进行一个广泛的对比，确实感到经济全球化汹涌而来，同时也深感自己知识的匮乏。

弗里德曼不愧是记者身份，他用几近煽情的手法和大胆的想象来解读全球化，确实给人耳目一新的感觉，有点象在看电影，也有点象在读一篇扣人心弦的悬疑小说。但读完之后，冷静地做一分析，你就能读到作者本身并不是经济学家，因为他对经济全球化的解释比较大胆。

我对经济全球化的理解来源于传统的马克思的政治经济学，就像我们大多数人了解费尔巴哈和黑格尔是从认识马克思恩格斯和列宁开始的一样，但这一点并不妨碍我对马克思的政治经济学的认同感。按照马克思的理论，推动人类历史向前发展的决定因素是生产力，生产力中最重要的因素是科学技术，而我们平常眼见最多的东西－－形形色色的经济现象，社会现象，乃至文化现象和生活方式均来源于和决定于我们肉眼看不见摸不着的生产力和科学技术。所以从这一点来说，是人类的智慧，是科技造就了过去、今天和未来。在原始社会，一切愚昧和文明均产生和决定于生产力和科学技术，直到今天也是如此。尽管他的表现方式千差万别或者说今非昔比，但人类社会向前发展的规律并没有改变，经济全球化同样如此。以互联网为核心的科学技术的发展使我们人与人之间的距离感和时空感消失了。我们甚至能常常感到和布什或者是内贾德坐在同一条板凳上。这就是技术，把这个世界紧紧联系在了一起。

弗里德曼指出，由于市场的全球化，特别是资本市场的全球化，使这个世界的经济敏感得比流感来的还快，比禽流感的传播还要迅猛。有点像“蝴蝶效应”。或者你仰天长叹一口气，就引起了“卡特尼娜”飓风。你跺一跺脚，就引发了“东南亚海啸”。世界各国的经济联系越来越千丝万缕，越来越荣辱与共。由于资本市场的一体化，可能我们已经不能辨别世界500强企业到底是哪个国家的。

弗里德曼对环境问题表示了高度的关注，指出引起环境问题的原因经济的不合理发展，但同时指出解决环境问题还是得靠科技，人类必须走一条科技进步与环境保护共同发展的道路。

因为并不从事于经济领域，我是读不太懂这本书的，但还是收获了紧迫感。深感国家要强大，要走出狭隘，走出在世界低端市场徘徊的囹圄，还是得靠人才。面对汹涌而来的全球化浪潮，无论是企业，还是政府，如果缺乏全球战略型的人才，无疑是个巨大的硬伤。企业缺乏全球化视野的人才，就难以在经济发展浪潮中浮沉，国家缺乏全球视野的人才，就难以在世界范围内把握自己的命运。此时此刻，我更深秋的感受到，作为教育工作者，我们的工作对于国家的发展和民族的振兴具有着怎样的意义，我们今天的工作就是明天国家的实力。

当前，中国正在走一条科技兴国的科学发展之路，这是适应经济全球化的不二选择。中国也正经历着一场巨大的教育变革。在培训的这段日子里，我们听了很多讲座，有教育领域的，也有经济范畴的，有管理经验的，更有教育思想的，我们的教育该何去何从，哪些是我们必须继承的，哪些又是我们必须变革的，经济已经是全球化了，教育作为意识形态的东西，也会全球化或者已经全球化了吗？教育的全球化和经济的全球化又什么区别吗？具体到我们每一所学校，具体到我们教育工作中的每一个环节，我们该以怎样的时代眼光和国际眼光去审视？我们培养的学生能参与二十年后的国际竞争吗？当然，我无法对这样的大问题做出回答，但我们需要这样的思考，这就是《世界是平的》这本书带给我的启发。