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

Unit1Teamworkemphasizeteamspirit強調(diào)團隊精神attachimportancetoteambuilding重視團隊建設(shè)developteamwork開拓團隊協(xié)作ahigh-performanceunit高效的團隊throughcollectiveefforts共同的努力sticktoschedule嚴格按計劃進行aneffectiveteam精銳的團隊

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承擔責任

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性技能的切身認識，有助于公司領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的團隊建設(shè)。

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