《當代商務英語綜合教程》課件-Unit 14 Always Changing

Contents1TextAAlwaysChangingLanguageinUseTextBLEGO—OnlytheBestIsGoodEnoughWarm-upQuestions:2Warm-upQuestions:1.Haveyoueverexperiencedanysuddenchangesinyourlife?Ifyes,wouldyouliketoshareoneofthemwithus?2.What'syourattitudetowardchange?Doyouviewitassomethingpainfulorsomethinghopeful?Pre-classTask13Pre-classTask1Readthetextonceforthemainidea（s）.Donotrefertothenotes,theglossaryordictionaries.TextA

AlwaysChanging4PassagePleaseexcusemeifI'malittlepensivetoday.Markisleaving,andI'mfeelingkindofsad.Youprobablydon'tknowMark,butyoumightbeluckyenoughtoknowsomeonejustlikehim.He'sbeentheheartandsouloftheofficeforacoupleofyearscombiningexemplaryprofessionalskillswithasweetnatureandgentledisposition.He'sneverbeenallthatinterestedingettingcreditfortheterrificworkhedoes.Hejustwantstodohisjob,andtodoitsuperblywell.15PassageAndnowhe'smovingontoanexcitingnewprofessionalopportunity.Itsoundslikeitcouldbethechanceofalifetime,andwe'regenuinely,sincerelypleasedforhim.Butthatdoesn'tmakeitanyeasiertosaygoodbyetoadearfriendandtrustedcolleague.2TextA

AlwaysChanging6PassageLifehasawayofthrowingthesecurveballsatus.Justwhenwestarttogetcomfortablewithaperson,aplaceorasituation,somethingcomesalongtoaltertherecipe.Aterrificneighbormovesaway.Someoneinthefamilygraduates.Achildfindsnewloveandloyaltiesthroughmarriage.Thefamily'sprinciplebread-winnerislaidoff.Ourabilitytocopewithchangeanddisruptiondeterminestoagreatdegree,ourpeace,happinessandcontentmentinlife.34TextA

AlwaysChanging7PassageButhowdowedothat?Philosophershaveconsideredthequestionforcenturiesandtheirresponseshavebeenvaried.AccordingtotheauthoroftheBiblicalbookofEcclesiastes,comfortcanbefoundinrememberingthat“toeverythingthereisaseason,andatimetoeverypurposeunderheaven.”KahlilGibranurgedhislistenersto“l(fā)ettodayembracethepastwithremembrance,andthefuturewithlonging.”5TextA

AlwaysChanging8PassageAfriendofminewhoworksforthegovernmentisfondofremindinghisfellowbureaucratsthat“survivabilitydependsuponadaptability.”Andthenthere'sChristheCaliforniansurf-rat,whooncetoldmethattheanswertolife'sproblemscanbesummedupinfourwords:“Gowiththeflow.”6TextA

AlwaysChanging9Passage“It'slikesurfing,”Chrisexplained.“Youcan'torganizetheocean.Wavesjusthappen.Youridethemwheretheytakeyou,thenyoupaddlebackoutthereandcatchthenextone.Sure,you'realwayshopingfortheperfectwaveyoucanget,like,youknow,totallytubular.Butmostlyyoujusttakethemthewaytheycome.It'snotlikeyou'retryingtonailJell-Otoatree,youknow?”7TextA

AlwaysChanging10PassageI'mnotexactlysure,butIthinkChriswassayingthatlifeisaseriesofeventsandtheycanturnouttobebothgoodandbad.Nomatterhowdeftyourorganizationalskillis,therewillalwaysbelife-influencingfactorsoverwhichyouhavenocontrol.Thetrulysuccessfulpersonexpectstheunexpected,andispreparedtomakeadjustmentsshouldtheneedarise—asitalmostalwaysdoes.8TextA

AlwaysChanging11PassageThatdoesn'tmeanyoudon'tkeeptryingtomakeallyourdreamscometrue.Itjustmeansthatwhenthingscomeupthataren'texactlyinyourplan,youworkaroundthem—andthenyoumoveon.Ofcourse,somebumpsalongtheroadoflifeareeasiertotakethanothers.Arained-outpicnic,forexample,iseasiertocopewiththanthesuddendeathofalovedone.Buttheprincipleisthesame.9TextA

AlwaysChanging12Passage“Change,indeed,ispainful,yeteverneedful,”saidphilosopherThomas60Carlyle.“Andifmemoryhasitsforceandworth,soalsohashope.”We'regoingtomissMark,justlikeyou'llmissthatgraduate,thatneighbororthatnewlywed.Butratherthandwellonthesadnessofourparting,we'llfocusonourhopesforabrighterfuture—65forhim,andforus.Andthenwe'llgooutanddoeverythingwecantomakethatfuturehappen.Untilourplanschange—again.101112TextA

AlwaysChangingPre-classTask213Pre-classTask2ChoosethestatementthatbestexplainsyourunderstandingofTextA.1.C2.D3.B4.C5.APre-classTask314Pre-classTask3Readthetextasecondtimetoreviewthevocabularyincontext.Studythenewwordsandtheirdefinitions.Pre-classTask315GlossaryPre-classTask316Pre-classTask317Pre-classTask318In-classTask119In-classTask1Readthetextathirdtimeforabetterunderstandingofthemainpoints.Explaininyourownwordsthefollowingsentencestakenfromthetext.In-classTask1201.Nomatterhowdeftyourorganizationalskillis,therewillalwaysbelife-influencingfactorsoverwhichyouhavenocontrol.（line47）1.Eventhoughyouaregoodatorganizing,itisstillimpossibleforyoutohavecontrolovereverythinginlife,andsomefactorsthatyoucan’tcontrolcanalwaysinfluenceyourlife.2.Thetrulysuccessfulpersonisawarethatsth.unexpectedwillalwayshappeninlife,andoncethereisneedtomakeadjustment(thisconditionisquiteofteninlife)heisalwaysready.2.Thetrulysuccessfulpersonexpectstheunexpected,andispreparedtomakeadjustmentsshouldtheneedarise—asitalmostalwaysdose.（line49）In-classTask121In-classTask1223.Itjustmeansthatwhenthingscomeupthataren'texactlyinyourplan,youworkaroundthem—andthenyoumoveon.（line53）3.Itjustmeansthatwhensth.thatisnotinyourplanhappens,youshouldgraduallychangeyouroriginalplaninsteadofstickingtoitstrictlyandthengoon.In-classTask223In-classTask21.Readaloudparagraphs5～9.2.Answerthefollowingquestions.1）Isitpossibletoorganizeallthethingsinone'slife?1)No.Itisimpossibletoorganizeallthethingsinone’slife,sincetherewillalwaysbelife-influencingfactorsoverwhichweyouhavenocontrol.In-classTask2242）AccordingtoBiblicalbookofEcclesiastes,howtofindcomfort?3）Whycanlifebecomparedtosurfing,accordingtoChris?2)Comfortcanbefoundinrememberingthat“toeverythingthereisaseasonand,andatimetoeverypurposeunderheaven.”3)Lifeisjustliketheocean,whichyoucan’torganize.Andtheanswertolife’sproblemisjustliketheapproachtosurfing—youridethewavewheretheytakeyou.In-classTask2254）Sincetherewillalwaysbelife-influencingfactorsoverwhichwehavenocontrol,whatdoseatrulysuccessfulpersondo?4)Thetrulysuccessfulpersonexpectstheunexpected,andispreparedtomakeadjustmentsshouldtheneedarise—asitalwaysdose.In-classTask226In-classTask23.ReadandcomparetheEnglishsentences,payingattentiontothebold-typedpartsandtranslatetheChinesesentencesbysimulatingthestructureoftheEnglishsentences.In-classTask2271)你似乎認識到生活中并沒有什么是持久的，但這一認識并沒有使你更容易接受這點。Onecansympathizewithbothgroupsofchildren,butitdoesn’tmakeateacher’slifeanyeasier.2)如果人們乘坐公共交通工具，那么交通擁堵會在很大程度上得到緩解。Theeconomicrecoveryreliestoagreatdegreeonconsumerbehavior.In-classTask2283)歌曲有一種超越國界的能力。Don’tworry,andrememberthatthingsalwayshaveawayofworkingoutintheend.4)無論價格再漲，總有人買。Nomatterhowgreatyourachievementofworkis,youshouldneverforgetmodesty.In-classTask2295)人們越來越多地從個人追求中而不是家庭里獲得享受和滿足。We’veheardthatmostpeopleherecommutebybicycleratherthanbycar.In-classTask230In-classTask24.Discussthefollowingwithyourclassmatesandpresentyourideatotheclass.Doyouagreewiththeauthoraboutchangeinlife?WhyorWhynot?31TextATextTranslation人生處處是轉(zhuǎn)角如果我今天有些郁郁寡歡，請原諒我。馬克就要離開了，我覺得有些難過。或許你不認識馬克，但是你可能還是非常走運地認識某位和馬克一樣的人。好幾年來，馬克都是辦公室的靈魂人物，他的專業(yè)技能堪稱典范，并且性情溫和。對于自己出色的工作表現(xiàn)，馬克從來不熱衷于爭風邀功。他只想好好做他的工作，并把工作完成得盡善盡美。132TextATextTranslation現(xiàn)在，馬克要向一份激動人心的新職邁進了。聽起來這是個一生難得的契機，而我們也真心誠意地替他高興。但這并沒有讓和這樣一位親愛的朋友以及值得信賴的好同事道別來得容易一點。生活用它自己的方式不斷向我們拋出曲線球。當我們剛開始和某人融洽相處，或是適應一個地方或一種境況時，某事就發(fā)生了，改變了原來的一切。例如，很好的鄰居要搬家了；家里的某個成員畢業(yè)了；孩子找到了愛人，在婚姻的殿堂里尋獲忠誠；家里養(yǎng)家糊口的主力軍被解雇了。2333TextATextTransl