工商英語課程講義U.ppt

1、New International Business English,Viola Shao Email: ,Unit 5 Working together,This unit looks at various aspects of working in business and occasions when people may be expected to talk about their workplace.,5.1 Getting to know the workplace (P. 41),Work A: Listening This section covers the importa

2、nt question of finding ones way about a companys premises either as someone who is new to the company or as a visitor. It concentrates on office life and how offices are laid out. Please fill out the plan of the offices with corresponding numbers.,Vocabulary,Accounts Dept. 會計部（英） Canteen 食堂，食品室 Gent

3、s toilet 男士洗手間 Ladies toilet 女士洗手間 Lifts 電梯 Stairs 樓梯 Marketing Dept. 市場部 Photocopying room 影印室 photocopier 影印機，復印機 Purchasing Dept 采購部 so to speak 可以說，可謂 hand sb./sth. over to sb 把轉交給，移交給 handy- adj. 近的，方便的 (= near) pension scheme 養(yǎng)老金計劃,Key,8,1,11,2,4,7,9,12,10,Stairs 3,5,6,Personnel,Ladies,Main En

4、trance,Work B: Advice for the first day,Arrive twenty minutes early. Wear your smartest clothes (not trousers if youre a woman). Go to the hairdressers the day before. Smile at everybody you meet. Make a note of everything anyone tells you. Show your new colleagues pictures of your family.,If youre

5、a smoker, dont smoke in an office you share with someone. If youre a non-smoker and the person you share the office with is a smoker, say you dont mind if they smoke. Enquire about the company pension scheme. Ask who the trade union representative is.,Work B: Questions,Decide which are the six most

6、important pieces of advice that youd give to your friend for their first day at work. Add your own advice.,5.2 Different kinds of companies (P. 43),Work A: Which of these companies do you know? Match them up with the sectors of industry and the product groups in the chart.,Vocabulary,sector of indus

7、try 產業(yè)分類： primary industry 第一產業(yè) secondary industry 第二產業(yè) tertiary industry 第三產業(yè) product groups 產品大類 aerospace 航天 chemicals 化工，醫(yī)藥 food processing, beverages 食品加工，飲料 electronics 電子 hotels and restaurants, catering 酒店，飯店，餐飲 insurance 保險 airlines 航空 telecommunications 通訊，電信 retailing 零售,Background info,B

8、NP Paribas 法國巴黎銀行 British Airways 英國航空公司 Sears Roebuck 美國百貨公司運營商 Saab-Scania 瑞典薩伯斯堪尼亞發(fā)動機公司 Bayer 德國拜耳制藥集團,Work B: Gap-filling,Fill each gap with one of these words.,Work B: Key,Divisions of economic activity Although the structure of each country is different, their economies can be shown to have si

9、milar sectors. When speaking of business or economic activity, commentators normally recognized three major sectors: primary-agriculture, fishing, mining, construction secondary-crafts and manufacturing tertiary-services, including education, banking, insurance, etc. The occupational structure The t

10、ypes of activities that most workers are occupied in differ, sometimes dramatically, from one country to another and from one time to another. In most developing countries (and in all countries before the 19th century), the vast majority of the workforce work in the agricultural, or primary sector.

11、Their work is almost entirely manual, and most of the countrys labour power is concentrated on the basic task of feeding the population. In fully developed countries far more of their productive resources are directed towards other economic activities. In the United States and Canada, for example, o

12、nly 4 and 7 per cent, respectively, of all employed persons work in agriculture, fishing, and mining, compared to more than 70 per cent in China.,5.3 Company organization (P.45),This section deals with the division and departments of a company and the use of job titles within the company.,Work A: Li

13、stening,Listen to the recording and fill in the names and job titles that are missing.,Work A: Key,Managing director: Robert Leaf Finance Director: Weimin Tan Marketing Manager: Rosemary Broom Production Manager: George Harris Personnel Manager: Deirdre Spencer Research and Development Manager (R&D

14、Manager): Dr Tarcisius Chin Planning Manager: Chow Fung General Manager, Singapore Factory: Lee Boon Eng,Equivalents in job titles,USA President Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Vice-President (VP) Financial Controller,GB Chairman Managing Director (MD) Director Accountant,5.5 Working with others (P. 4

15、8),Work A: Reading Read the following extracts from an article about a Brazilian company. Choose the best title (1). Answer the following questions (2).,Vocabulary,democratic- adj. 民主的 bureaucratic-adj. 官僚的 abandon- vt. 舍棄，廢除 (=abolish) expenses- n. 支出，費用 business travel 出差 make decisions 做決策 vital-

16、 adj. 關鍵的，必備的 assembly line 流水線，生產線 rewarding- adj. 回報的，有好處的 in bulk 大量，散裝 be consigned to oblivion 被淡忘 crawl- v. 爬 fivefold- adv. 五倍 hyper-inflationary adj. 過度膨脹的,Work A: Suggested answers,1. The title is The Worlds Most Unusual Workplace 2. Answers to Questions 1. Workers 2. The assembly line and

17、economies of scale 3. A quarter of employees fix their own 4. The workers decide 5. Employees 6. Employees 7. There are no central computers. 8. There are no controls over expenses and business travel 9. He makes his own,Work C: Expressions (P.50),Agreeing: Thats exactly what I think. Thats just what I was thinking. Thats a good point. I agree entirely. Quite r