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Unit 2 working the land 课时作业课时作业 learning about language 一 语法填空 Whether in the workplace or the football field effective teamwork can produce amazing results However 1 work successfully as a team is not as easy as it may seem Effective teamwork certainly does not just happen automatically it takes a great deal of hard work and compromise There are a number of factors 2 must be in place to make a good team Effective leadership is one of the most important factors of good teamwork The team s leader should possess the skills 3 create a positive working environment and motivate and inspire the team members to talk a positive approach to work and be committed An effective team leader will promote a high level of spirit and make them feel 4 value Communication is a vital factor of all interpersonal relationship and especially that of a team Team members must be able to express their feelings share ideas and see each other s opinions Conflicts will arise 5 well a team functions together The best way to deal with conflicts is to have some organized methods of handling conflicts Team members should be able to voice their concerns 6 fear of offending others Instead of avoiding conflict issues a practical approach that 7 settle them quickly is much better It is often advised that the team leader sit with the conflicting parties and help work out their differences without taking sides and try to remain objective if possible The team leader 8 set a good example to create good teamwork In order to keep team members positive and motivated the team leader 9 needs to show these qualities The team turns to the leader for support and guidance So any negative words or behaviors on the leader s part can be disastrous Regardless of 10 type of work you are in knowing how to effectively work on and with a team is going to be extremely important to your success and that of your team 二 选词填空 A approach B shape C previously D evident E secret F date G hardly H remains I irrelevant J potential K particularly Swedish Archaeologists Make New Discoveries Archaeologists have begun exploring an unknown ancient city at a village called Vlochos five hours north of Athens The Archaeological 11 are scattered on and around the Strongiloveni hill on the great Thessaliam plains and can be traced to several historical periods What used to be considered remains of some 12 settlement can now be upgraded to remains of a city higher significance than 13 thought says Robin Ronnland PhD student in Classical Archaeology and Ancient History at the university of Gotheoburg and leader of the firework We came across the site which has never been explored before in connection with another project last year and retailed the great 14 right away Working together with the Swedish Institute at Athens and the local archaeological service in Karditsa the Vlochos Archacological Project VLAP was started with an aim to explore the remains The project s research team completed the first field season during two weeks in September 2016 Ronnlund says that the hill is hiding many 15 Remains of towers walls and city gates can be found on the mountaintop and slopes but 16 anything is visible on the ground below The ambition is to avoid digging and instead use 17 such as ground penetrating radar This will enable the team to leave the site in the same 18 as it was in when they arrived The success of this method is 19 from the results of the first field season We found a town square and a street network that indicate that we are dealing with quite a large city The area inside the city wall measured over 40 hectares We also found ancient pottery and coins that can help to 20 the city Our oldest finds are from around 500 BC but the city seems to have flourished mainly from the fourth to the third century BC before it was abandoned for some reason maybe in connection with the Roman conquest of the area Ronnlund believes that the Swedish Greek project can provide important clues as to what happened during this violent period in Greek history 三 选择适当的句子填空 To Please Your Friends Tell Them What They Already Knew The research emeraged out of some real life observations shared by Gilbert and co authors Gus Cooney and Timothy D Wilson Conversation is the most common of all human social activities and doing it well requires that we know what our conversation partners most want to hear 21 says psychological scientist Daniel T Gilbert of Harvard University When our friends try to tell us about movies we ve never seen or albums we ve never heard we usually find ourselves bored confused and underwhelmed 22 And yet as soon as it s our turn to speak we do exactlly the same thing to our friends with exactly the same consequences We wanted to understand why this happens Gilbert explains The researchers decided to do this by conducting a series of experiments In their first experiment the researchers assigned participants to groups of three with one person acting as the speaker and the other two acting as listeners Speakers watched a video and then tried do describe it to the listeners Some of the listeners had seen the video the speakere was describing and others had not 23 When the speakers were done speaking the listeners rated them on these aspects The results showed that speakers predictions were exactly backwards Speakers expected listeners to respond more positively to their stories when the listeners had not seen the video they were describing 24 Although speakers expected listeners to enjoy hearing about a novel experience more than a familiar one it was actually the other way around A second study showed that when asked to predict their own reactions before hearing the story listeners made the same mistake that speakers did 四 翻译 1 现如今人们越来越关注自己的生活品质 concerned 2 春游的小学生们没能抵制住商贩们的花言巧语 resist 3 只有通过参与志愿者活动才能有效地增强中学生服务大众的责任感 Only 4 家用轿车普及带来的便利不容否认 但随之产生的能源浪费 空气污染和交通拥堵 等问题发人深思 While 参考答案 语法填空 1working 2 which that 3 to create 4 valued 5 however 6 without 7 settles 8 must should 9 himself herself 10 what 选词填空 HICJE GABDF 选句填空 DEAF 翻译 1 Nowadays people are more and more concerned about the quality of their o