【正文】 d not let ego affect his judgment on whether the idea is acceptable or not. Paragraph(s): 1 2。 Main Idea: A pany is just like a football team. Every member has the duty to help achieve the team’s goal and the right to offer ideas.Task Two Reading Between the LinesRead the following sentences carefully and discuss in pairs what the author intends to say by the italicized parts.1) If there is one player missing, the team is handicapped. (Para. 4)..., the team cannot function properly.5) If your leader or team members see that you can handle rejection of your ideas in a mature manner, it is only to your own credit. (Para. 10)... it is only to your advantage. / ... it is only in your favour.3) Nothing can alter the fact that your children are your own responsibility. (Para. 9) (hide, reveal, change) change2) Conventional wisdom (一般人的看法) has it that practice makes perfect and that expertise is the natural oute of years of practice. (Para. 4)5) A wise leader tends to praise in public and criticize in private (私下). (Para. 11)Checking Your Comprehension1 Answer the following questions with the information contained in Text B. 1) What is the basic meaning of being a member of a team?The basic meaning of being a member of a team is that you have the social skills to have open, productive relationships with other workers so that collectively you can all get done what you need to get done.5) How important is flexibility to team players?Flexibility is a key trait that every team player needs to develop if he or she wants to be successful.2 In Text B there are some ideas that industrial psychologists advise us to keep in mind when we are working as a team. Find out the information and plete the following table. The first one has been done for you.Key Idea Compliment coworkers and subordinates in public, but criticize in private. Accept feedback from others and let your defenses down when you listen.Physical Cues 3) The villagers are not merely satisfied with enough food to eat. They are also eager to learn modern advanced skills for farming.7) A firm belief in yourself is all that is needed to alter your life. No one except you alone can change it.11) Some of my friends are experts in this regard. From them you can seek professional advice on the issue.15) You must not take her criticisms of your plan personally . Actually, what she said does make sense to us all.2) To his credit , he won the first place in the 1000meter race in spite of his illness.6) He is a man of creative thinking and hates to follow the herd in everything he does.2) Their proposal was not in line with ours. So we failed to agree on the issue of longterm cooperation.6) The success of the project relies on good teamwork, so we should try our best to cooperate well with other departments of our pany.9) Joe is not good at languages, but when it es to mathematics he’s the best in the class.3) On our way back home from the subway(地鐵) station, we got caught in a heavy shower(陣雨).7) She always had high expectations of her staff。10) The film was boring。 5) k 12) c 13) l4) We will not attack unless we are attacked (attack)。7) I will e to the meeting provided that you let (let) me know in good time.11) It is raining heavily now. If it weren’t raining (not rain) we wouldn’t be staying indoors.3) “Joe can’t have done such a thing. He is such a conscientious young man,” Mary said.Mary said (that) Joe couldn’t have done such a thing, for he was such a conscientious young man.7) “Don’t forget to take your notebooks with you, class!” the monitor said to us.The monitor reminded us not to forget to take our notebooks with us.(get in the way of sth.)We’ve worked together for a long time and have never let our differing opinions get in the way of our friendship. (let one’s defenses down)They usually don’t mention their requirements until you are beginning to let your defenses down. (more often than not)If you are more often than not affected by fear and worry, you will find this book very useful. (chances are high that …)If you don’t have a plan of what you will do every day, chances are high that you won’t do much.