综合商务英语二册Unit 9

1、综合商务英语教程 第二册Unit 9 Teamwork,Time 3*90,Contents: 1. Talking about team and teamwork 2. Simple past perfect tense 3. Writing summary,Objectives When the learners finish learning this unit, they should be able to talk about the advantage and disadvantage of working in a team write a summary,What is tea

2、m spirit,1. Lead-in,Team spirit is the willingness to cooperate as part of a team. It improves the ability of individuals to work together and boosts morale. Are you a team player? Take the test in the textbook and find out the answer,2. Vocabulary Building,morale optimism interdependent collaborate

3、 leadership empathy,Fill in the blanks with the given words,recognize unnoticed benefit profound colleagues consider,Employees who work well together and themselves part of a team tend to communicate better, according to a report by the University of Florida. Employees working as a team often learn

4、to minor variations in communication among their , and close team members may be able to pick up on subtle inflections and non-verbal communication cues that may otherwise go . Enhanced communication between team members can have a effect on the teams overall performance, and the entire organization

5、 can from teamwork that leads to better communication,consider,recognize,colleagues,unnoticed,profound,benefit,3. Reading,Read the case study on team building from Zemo Trevanthan and Associates, Inc. Can you guess what service does that company provide when you finished reading,Changing a Plants Ma

6、nagement Culture,Read the following statements and decide whether they are true or false. Write T for True and F for false,T,F,T,F,F,T,) 1. Different ways of management in different groups bring about mismatched expectations and miscommunication. ( ) 2. The company can function as a whole since peop

7、le are very friendly to each other. ( ) 3. The feedback from the staffs was unexpected for the leadership team. ( ) 4. The leadership team figured out a way to build a new team spirit by themselves. ( ) 5. The leadership was made by one director who took other directors interests into consideration.

8、 ( ) 6. The initial meetings influence on teamwork and performance dont fade away even after three years,Discuss with your partner, express your opinions on what makes a good team based on this case study,Simple past perfect tense,4. Language Focus,Form of the simple past perfect tense The past perf

9、ect is formed with had + the past participle. Examples：“They are a team?” some staff members had asked. Back at the plant, there was uniform feedback that something significant had changed. Three years later, this leadership team had undergone several personnel changes. and felt that their teamwork

10、and performance had risen to the highest levels they have ever experienced,We use the past perfect tense: referring to an earlier past 2. as the past equivalent of the present perfect 3. for unfulfilled hopes and wishes,Complete the sentences with your own words. 1. I had never before I . 2. By the

11、time , he had already . 3. I had never until I . 4. My after I had already . 5. The movie had by the time we . 6. When I , some else had already,5. Speaking,Mutual support is the essence of teamwork without which effectiveness would be reduced. Giving reasons when you want to express agreement shows

12、 that you have been listening and thinking about what the speaker said attentively. Besides, it is more important to give reasons when you disagree with someone so that you can be able to say what you want to say without offending the other person, and your disagreement can be more convincing,Work i

13、n pairs. You two are the managers of a company which has decided to take a team-building training course in order to intensify the team spirit. Discuss the form of this training course with your partner using the above expressions,Student A: You think the training course should be an outdoor activit

14、y which involves a combination of intellectual and physical challenge such as canoeing and mountain climbing,Student B: You think its better to hold this training course indoor so that employees and managers can have a good opportunity to communicate and know each other better,6. Summary,Working in

15、a Team: Advantages and Disadvantages,Write a summary of the advantages and disadvantages for working in a team. You need to use conjunctions and to make your writing cohesive, such as “and”, “but”, “in addition”, “however”, “while”, “in contrast”, etc,Here is an example you can refer to: There are many advantages of teamwork. With more minds set o