Working together

Unit 5

Lesson 1 Getting to know the workplace

• Vocabulary:• Pension scheme

养老金，津贴； 计划• Child-care facilities

设备，工具；便利• Trade union representatives

工会代表• Recreational and sports facilities

运动休闲设施

Part A work in pairs

• Work in pairs and study the floor plan （地面图） and also the items in the box.

• Answer the extra questions as follows:– WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE NEW MAN?

– Where is he from?

– What is the name of the Personnel Manager?

– When is the canteen open?

– Is there anything special about the office the newcomer will be working in ？

Part B Work in pairs

• Discussion:

• Which point do you think are the most important?

• Part C work in pairs

• Have a look at the vocabulary

• Discuss the questions in the book

Lesson 2 Different kinds of companies

• Part A Work in groups• Discuss the following questions:• Which are the five largest or most

important companies in your region?• Which sectors of industry or product

groups do they belong to?• Make a list of the products they make or

the services they supply.• Compare your lists with another group.

Part B Work in pairs

– Fill each gap with the words in the book

– Discuss the questions in the book

Effective and efficient

• Effective:– Primary sense: having the intended effect—

an effective technique for reprocessing waste metal.

– Extended sense: impressive and striking—an effective speaker

Efficient:

– like effective, suggests desired results, but in a relatively effortless and very economical way, with minimum of waste.

• —An efficient engine is one that generates a great deal of power for each unit of fuel consumed.

• --An office manager is efficient if he is well-organized and capable of effective action in performing his duties.

Lesson 3 Company organization

• Part A Listen

• Listen and fill in the blanks

• Answer to the question: Robert Leaf, Weimin Tan

Part B Work in pairs

• Do the discussions in pairs • Attention: some American job titles differ from British

ones, which are used in the exercise. These are the equivalents:– USA GB

• President Chairman• Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Managing Director

(MD)• Vice-President Director• Financial Controller Accountant• Director (e.g. Personnel Director) Manager (e.g.

Personnel Manager)

Lesson 4 Company Development

• Vocabulary:• Decade 十年• Synonymous 同义的• A fledgling firm 初出茅庐的，羽毛

未丰的• Spearhead 充当先锋；先锋部队• Power engineering 电力工程• Array 排列，部署• Subsidiaries 子公司

• Milestone 里程碑，转折点• fiscal year 财政的，会计的• Zest 风味；热心• Civil engineering 土木工程• Proprietorship 所有权• Limited liability company 债务，负债• Assets 资产• Recommence 使重新开始• Acquisition 获得；获得物• Takeover 接收；接管

• Part A Reading

• Part B Homework—draft a short letter briefly summarizing the background, history and experience of your company

Lesson 5 Working with others

• Part A Reading• Suggested answers for the first extract:• workers• the assembly line and economies of scale• a quarter of employees fix their own• the workers decide• employees• employees• there are no central computers• there are no controls over expenses and

business travel• he makes his own

Suggested answers for the second extract:

• pumps, dishwashers and cooling units

• they have increased fivefold

• good, $30 million

• 23 percent is exported

• free of debt

Lesson 6 Women’s work

• Part A Work in pair for the discussion—on women’s career

• Part B Discuss in groups the reason for the changes of the women’s work features

• Part C Subjective discussion on the questions in the book