劍橋商務(wù)英語中級第二版1a-teamwork

Unit1aTeamworkUnit1TeamworkI.AssessingteamTeam:agroupofpeoplewhowork,act,orplaytogetherTeamworkCooperativeworkdonebyateam(especiallywhenitiseffective)Cooperativeeffortbythemembersofagrouporteamtoachieveacommongoal.

Unit1TeamworkA.DiscussionEncourageeveryonetospeakandcontributetothediscussion.Whatmakesagoodteam?

Unit1TeamworkWordtips:becooperative齊心協(xié)力worktowardscommonobjectives朝著共同的目標(biāo)努力exchangeviews交流看法sharethesamevalue具有相同的價值觀shareinformation共享信息developcreativethinking創(chuàng)新思維

bringfreshideainto…h(huán)olddifferentpointofview不同的觀點(diǎn)

Unit1Teamworkemphasizeteamspirit強(qiáng)調(diào)團(tuán)隊精神attachimportancetoteambuilding重視團(tuán)隊建設(shè)developteamwork開拓團(tuán)隊協(xié)作ahigh-performanceunit高效的團(tuán)隊throughcollectiveefforts共同的努力sticktoschedule嚴(yán)格按計劃進(jìn)行aneffectiveteam精銳的團(tuán)隊

Unit1TeamworkWhatmakesagoodteam?Themembersworktowardsacommonobjective.Theydiscussrolesandallocatethemtoteammembers.Theyco-operatefullywitheachother.Theyhelpindividualsdevelopwithintheteam.Thememberstrusteachother.Everyonemakesanequalcontributiontotheteam.Themembersshareinformationeffectivelywithintheteam.Theylistento

differentpointsofview.Theytalkopenlyandhonestly

withintheteam.Whenpeopleareunderpressure,othersofferhelp.

Unit1TeamworkAllocatev.togivesthofficiallytoaparticularpersonorthing~sth(forsth)~sth(tosb/sth)

e.g.Jobshavenowbeenallocatedtoallnewstaff.We'dallocatedanhourforeachinterview

Unit1TeamworkB.ReadingReadthearticleandanswerthequestions

WhatdidCussonsdo?Cussonsbroughtin1).threeexpatriatemanagerstoworkwiththelocalsalesstaffinprojectteams,2).aconsultant,whoorganizedtwoone-weekcourses,workingonteam-buildinganddevelopingcreativethinking.

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Whatbenefitsdidthisbring?1).Financialbenefits:reportingsavingsof￡200,000fromthefirstcourseandexpectedsavingsof￡700,000fromthesecond.2).Invisiblebenefits:allowedtheparticipantstomeasureprogressagainsttargetssetonthecourseandhavemadepeopleexcitedabouttheirjobs

Unit1Teamwork1.Theresults,asCussonsdiscovered,canbespectacular.Spectacularadj.)(attractingattentionbecause)impressiveorextraordinary引人注目的;出色的;與眾不同的

Unit1Teamwork2.

Polesapart：bewidelyseparated;havenothingincommon.本文題目利用了雙關(guān)語，指卡森公司與其新收購的波蘭分公司原先在團(tuán)隊合作、公司管理等方面大相徑庭，而通過培訓(xùn)、調(diào)整等一系列措施，雙方彌合了這方面的差距。題目的字面意思是“不再有兩極之遙”，可意譯為“彌合差距”

Unit1Teamwork3.WhenPeterWelcharrivedatCussons’newlyacquiredfactoryinPolandin1993Acquirev.

tobecometheownerof;tobuy;togetthepossessionof

Unit1Teamwork4.Unrodaquicklygrowintoa￡22mbusiness.Businessisusedespeciallytomeanabusinessthatisownedbyanindividualorfamilye.g.Theyruntheirowncateringbusiness

Unit1Teamwork5.It’snoteasytogetpeopletotakeonresponsibilitiesTakeontoagreetodosomeworkorberesponsibleforsomething

Takeonresponsibility承擔(dān)責(zé)任

beaccountable(tosomeoneforsomething)

Unit1Teamwork6.……beaccountablewhenthingsgoeswrongAccountableadj.~(tosb)(forsth)requiredorexpectedtogiveanexplanationforone'sactions,etc;responsiblee.g.Iamdirectlyaccountabletomanagementfortheworkofmyteam

=beheldaccountablefore.g.Theyshouldbeheldaccountablefortheiracts.

Unit1Teamwork7.Cussons

broughtinthreeexpatriatemanagerstoworkcloselywith……Bringin=callin

接納，使某人任職

toasksomeonetobecomeinvolvede.g.Hewasbroughtinlastyearasthedirectmanager.他去年正式出任總經(jīng)理。

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Cussons

broughtinthreeexpatriatemanagerstoworkcloselywith……expatriate

n.personlivingoutsidehisowncountry居於國外的人;僑民e.g.AmericanexpatriatesinParis居於巴黎的美國人

Unit1Teamwork9.Edmondstoworkontheteam’smanagerialskills.Workon

totryveryhardtoimproveorachievesomething

e.g.Atrainerhasbeenbroughtintoworkonthe

fitness

Unit1Teamwork10.Theimaginativeideasparticipantscameupwithwereelectric.Electricadj.fullofexcitement;makingpeopleexcited

Unit1Teamwork11.Wewantedtothrownewlightsonoldproblems.Thrownewlighton…

，提供線索，情況。e.g.Thenewfactsthrowsomelightonthematter.新的事實(shí)給弄清楚這事情提供了線索

Unit1Teamwork12.Theyputondiscos.Puton

toputarecord,tape,orCDintoamachineandstartplayingit

Unit1Teamwork13.ButthereturnswearegettingfromthemarehugeReturnn.theamountofprofitorincomethatyougetfromaparticularinvestmente.g.businessreturns營業(yè)收入smallprofitsandquickreturns薄利多銷SuggestedanswerDCBF

Unit1TeamworkII.Arrangingacourse

A.ReadingReadthefaxandanswerthequestions

Unit1TeamworkProfilen.adescriptionofsb/sththatgivesusefulinformation簡介，概況e.g.Webuiltupadetailedprofileofourcustomersandtheirrequirements

Unit1TeamworkAgreeon

達(dá)成一致e.g.Wecouldn'tagreeonadate/whentomeet.

關(guān)於日期[什么時候見面]，我們未能取得一致意見。

Unit1TeamworkSuggestedanswer:1.52.Londonintheweekof11February3.Tobuildtheteamandagreeonobjectives,roles,andschedulesforthelaunch.Theyalsoneedtodiscusscommunication4.asap

Unit1TeamworkB.Don’tforgetsectionMakingarrangements建議具體的時間和日期(Suggestingtimesanddates)Howabout/whataboutthefollowingweek?Shallwe

say8February?詢問對方意見(Askingforsuggestions)Whenwouldsuiteyou?Didyouhaveatime/placeinmind?

Unit1Teamwork告訴對方時間不合適(Sayingweareunavailable)I’mafraidI’mbusythen.I’msorrybutIcan’tmakeitthen.用現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時來表示已經(jīng)作出的安排(Usingthepresentcontinuousfortalkingaboutfixedarrangements)They’reworkingonanotherprojectuntil12February.

Unit1TeamworkC.OralpracticeWorkinpairs.Lookattheadvertisementfortheteam-buildingcoursesbelow.WhichofthecoursewouldbethebestfortheCarichaelteam?Howwoulditbenefitthefiveteammembersandtheproject?

Unit1Teamwork1.ExecutiveAdventuresoutdooreventshelpbuildleadingbusinessteamsbyincreasingpersonalawarenessofabilitiesandcomplementaryskillsincolleagues.公司經(jīng)理野外歷險活動通過增加對同事身上所具有能力以及互補(bǔ)性技能的切身認(rèn)識，有助于公司領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的團(tuán)隊建設(shè)。

Unit1TeamworkComplementaryadj.twopeopleorthingsthatarecomplementaryaredifferentbuttogetherformausefulorattractivecombinationofskills,qualitiesorphysicalfeatures~(tosth)e.g.Theacquisitionofthebuscompanyiscomplementar