【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 successful teamwork. Ss then decide if they work in a good team Reading 1 Ss read through an article and decide how Cussons improved teamwork at its Polish subsidiary. Ss then read the text again and match endings with sentence stems. Vocabulary Ss match verbs, prepositions and nouns from the text, then summarise what happened at Cussons. ? Arranging a course Reading 2 Ss read a fax from the Polish subsidiary and answer prehension questions. Speaking Ss make a telephone call to change the arrangements for the meeting mentioned in the fax. Language focus Ss focus on language for making arrangements Assessing teams 7 Warmup question: ask briefly about Ss‘ experiences of being a member of team and their role in the team. I. words and expressions: 1. work towards a mon objective 朝著一個(gè)共同的目標(biāo)努力 2. share information 共享信息 3. different points of view 不同的觀點(diǎn) 4. （ be） under pressure 有壓力 5. teamwork 團(tuán)隊(duì)協(xié)作 6. major brands 主導(dǎo)品牌 7. sales department 銷售部門(mén) 8. sales staff 銷售人員 9. pany culture/ enterprises culture 公司文化 10. management consultant 管理顧問(wèn) 11. managerial skills 管理技能 12. creative thinking 創(chuàng)新思維 13. team building 團(tuán)隊(duì)建設(shè) 14. effective management style 有效的管理方式 15. food and acmodation 食宿 16. a survival course 生存技巧培訓(xùn)課程 17. profile 簡(jiǎn)介，概況 18. board games 董事會(huì)競(jìng)賽游戲、管理層競(jìng)賽游戲 19. simulation 模擬訓(xùn)練 20. market mania(extreme enthusiasm)營(yíng)銷激情，營(yíng)銷狂熱 21. go for profit 追求利潤(rùn) 22. behind schedule 進(jìn)度落后于計(jì)劃、遲于預(yù)定 時(shí)間 23. stick to the schedule 嚴(yán)格按計(jì)劃進(jìn)行 II. Speaking: Ss work in pairs and rank the characteristics of a good tem. Expression for talking about teamwork: cooperative 齊心協(xié)力的 have munication problems 交流有困難 attach importance to team building 重視團(tuán)隊(duì)建設(shè) develop team work 開(kāi)拓團(tuán)隊(duì) 協(xié)作 an effective team 精銳的團(tuán)隊(duì) a highperformance unit 高效的團(tuán)隊(duì) exchange of views 交流看法 emphasize team spirit 強(qiáng)調(diào)團(tuán)隊(duì)精神 share the same values 具有共同的價(jià)值觀 8 collect efforts 共同努力 III. Reading 1． Read the article on P8 about how Cussons developed teamwork at its Polish subsidiaries. What did Cussions do? What benefits did this bring? Suggested answer: Cussons brought in three expatriate managers to work with the local sales staff in project teams. It also brought in a consultant, who anizesed two oneweek courses, working on teambuilding and developing creative thinking. Cussons has seen financial benefits, reporting savings of ￡ 200, 000 from the first course and expected savings of ￡ 700, 000 from the second. The courses have also allowed the participants to measure progress against targets set on the course and have made people excited about their jobs. 2． Explanation: 1) Poles apart： 是一個(gè)慣用表達(dá)，意為 ―完全相反 ‖、 ―大相徑庭 ‖； 同時(shí) Poles 又指波蘭人。本文題目利用了雙關(guān)語(yǔ)，指卡森公司與其新收購(gòu)的波蘭分公司原先在團(tuán)隊(duì)合作、公司管理等方面大相徑庭，而通過(guò)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 ‖。 2) Uroda SA: SA es from French Socie ?te‘ Anonyme, also S/A or .股份有限公司 3) newly acquired factory: newly bought factory 4) toiletry: articles or products used in washing or dressing Here it means the factories or firms that produce them. 5) a ￡ 22m business: here business means 工商企業(yè)，商行，公司 6) take on responsibility:承擔(dān)責(zé)任 7) be accountable (to sb for sth): be responsible for 8) bring in a consultant: engage sb as a consultant 9) work on managerial skills: 致力于管理技能 10) e up with ideas (answer, solution, plan):find or produce 11) electric: exciting。 thrilling 令人興奮、激動(dòng)，刺激 12) throw/cast new light on：提供線索、情況；幫助弄清楚 13) put on disco 表演了 disco, put on a concert, put on a play 14) returns: profit。 benefit。 report 贏利、收益、匯報(bào) eg. business returns 營(yíng)業(yè)收入 small profit and quick returns 薄利多銷 15) progress is measured against… sth is pared with sth IV. Use the phrases to describe what happened at Cussons in Poland. 9 1. take on responsibility 2. bring in a consultant 3. work on managerial skills 4. e up with ideas 5. put on discos Suggested answer: Earlier at Cussons people did not work well in teams. Everyone had to wait for decisions made by the manage and it was not easy to get people to take on responsibility for anything. Cussons decided to try and deal with the problems and brought in a consultant called keith Edmonds to work on managerial skills. He anized teambuilding courses. The participants worked together and came up with creative ideas. For example, they put on discos. Arranging a course V. Reading 2 1. Ss read the fax on p9 and answer the questions. 2. Work in pairs. Student A looks at the activity sheet on p145. Student B looks at the activity sheet on p150 and make arrangements. Language for making arrangements: The following phrases are useful for making arrangements: ? Suggesting times and dates How about/ What about the following week? Shall we say 8 February? ? Asking for suggestions When would suit you? Did you have a time/place in mind? ? Saying we are unavailable I‘m afraid I‘m busy then. I‘m sorry but I can‘t make it then. ? Using the present continuous for talking about fixed arrangements They‘re working on another project until 12 February. VI. Summary 1. We have dealt with the topic Teamwork。 we can talk about teamwork with the help of words and expressions in the article we read. 2. We have talk about the skills we can use in reading for the general ideas and for specific information. 3. we have learnt the language of making arrangements. VII. Homework 1. Review words and expressions 10 2. Work in pare: make arrangements with phrases in the unit. 相關(guān)背景知識(shí) 新聞?wù)Z篇結(jié)構(gòu)簡(jiǎn)介 本教程中閱讀部分的材料大多是摘自報(bào)刊雜志的商務(wù)新聞報(bào)道，熟悉這類語(yǔ)篇布局的特點(diǎn)有助于更好地把握語(yǔ)篇的主要信息，提高閱讀效率。下面對(duì)此類新聞?wù)Z篇的結(jié)構(gòu)作一簡(jiǎn)介。 新聞?wù)Z篇一般由標(biāo)題 (headline)、導(dǎo)語(yǔ) (lead)和正文 (body)三個(gè)部分組成。 標(biāo)題 標(biāo)題常被視為是新聞報(bào)道 的 ―眼睛 ‖，常常以獨(dú)特、新奇的表達(dá)方式和顯要的位置展示在讀者面前，以達(dá)到引人注目的效果。作者常利用比喻、雙關(guān)、壓韻、防擬等修辭手段，使標(biāo)題的語(yǔ)言簡(jiǎn)潔精練、發(fā)人深省。 Unit 1a Reading 1（ 2）的題目 No longer Poles apart 就是一個(gè)雙關(guān)。 導(dǎo)語(yǔ) 導(dǎo)語(yǔ)一般指新聞報(bào)