剑桥商务英语中级第二版1a-teamwork

Unit1aTeamworkUnit1TeamworkI.AssessingteamTeam:agroupofpeoplewhowork,act,orplaytogetherTeamworkCooperativeworkdonebyateam(especiallywhenitiseffective)Cooperativeeffortbythemembersofagrouporteamtoachieveacommongoal.

Unit1TeamworkA.DiscussionEncourageeveryonetospeakandcontributetothediscussion.Whatmakesagoodteam?

Unit1TeamworkWordtips:becooperative齐心协力worktowardscommonobjectives朝着共同的目标努力exchangeviews交流看法sharethesamevalue具有相同的价值观shareinformation共享信息developcreativethinking创新思维

bringfreshideainto…holddifferentpointofview不同的观点

Unit1Teamworkemphasizeteamspirit强调团队精神attachimportancetoteambuilding重视团队建设developteamwork开拓团队协作ahigh-performanceunit高效的团队throughcollectiveefforts共同的努力sticktoschedule严格按计划进行aneffectiveteam精锐的团队

Unit1TeamworkWhatmakesagoodteam?Themembersworktowardsacommonobjective.Theydiscussrolesandallocatethemtoteammembers.Theyco-operatefullywitheachother.Theyhelpindividualsdevelopwithintheteam.Thememberstrusteachother.Everyonemakesanequalcontributiontotheteam.Themembersshareinformationeffectivelywithintheteam.Theylistento

differentpointsofview.Theytalkopenlyandhonestly

withintheteam.Whenpeopleareunderpressure,othersofferhelp.

Unit1TeamworkAllocatev.togivesthofficiallytoaparticularpersonorthing~sth(forsth)~sth(tosb/sth)

e.g.Jobshavenowbeenallocatedtoallnewstaff.We'dallocatedanhourforeachinterview

Unit1TeamworkB.ReadingReadthearticleandanswerthequestions

WhatdidCussonsdo?Cussonsbroughtin1).threeexpatriatemanagerstoworkwiththelocalsalesstaffinprojectteams,2).aconsultant,whoorganizedtwoone-weekcourses,workingonteam-buildinganddevelopingcreativethinking.

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Whatbenefitsdidthisbring?1).Financialbenefits:reportingsavingsof￡200,000fromthefirstcourseandexpectedsavingsof￡700,000fromthesecond.2).Invisiblebenefits:allowedtheparticipantstomeasureprogressagainsttargetssetonthecourseandhavemadepeopleexcitedabouttheirjobs

Unit1Teamwork1.Theresults,asCussonsdiscovered,canbespectacular.Spectacularadj.)(attractingattentionbecause)impressiveorextraordinary引人注目的;出色的;与众不同的

Unit1Teamwork2.

Polesapart：bewidelyseparated;havenothingincommon.本文题目利用了双关语，指卡森公司与其新收购的波兰分公司原先在团队合作、公司管理等方面大相径庭，而通过培训、调整等一系列措施，双方弥合了这方面的差距。题目的字面意思是“不再有两极之遥”，可意译为“弥合差距”

Unit1Teamwork3.WhenPeterWelcharrivedatCussons’newlyacquiredfactoryinPolandin1993Acquirev.

tobecometheownerof;tobuy;togetthepossessionof

Unit1Teamwork4.Unrodaquicklygrowintoa£22mbusiness.Businessisusedespeciallytomeanabusinessthatisownedbyanindividualorfamilye.g.Theyruntheirowncateringbusiness

Unit1Teamwork5.It’snoteasytogetpeopletotakeonresponsibilitiesTakeontoagreetodosomeworkorberesponsibleforsomething

Takeonresponsibility承担责任

beaccountable(tosomeoneforsomething)

Unit1Teamwork6.……beaccountablewhenthingsgoeswrongAccountableadj.~(tosb)(forsth)requiredorexpectedtogiveanexplanationforone'sactions,etc;responsiblee.g.Iamdirectlyaccountabletomanagementfortheworkofmyteam

=beheldaccountablefore.g.Theyshouldbeheldaccountablefortheiracts.

Unit1Teamwork7.Cussons

broughtinthreeexpatriatemanagerstoworkcloselywith……Bringin=callin

接纳，使某人任职

toasksomeonetobecomeinvolvede.g.Hewasbroughtinlastyearasthedirectmanager.他去年正式出任总经理。

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Cussons

broughtinthreeexpatriatemanagerstoworkcloselywith……expatriate

n.personlivingoutsidehisowncountry居於国外的人;侨民e.g.AmericanexpatriatesinParis居於巴黎的美国人

Unit1Teamwork9.Edmondstoworkontheteam’smanagerialskills.Workon

totryveryhardtoimproveorachievesomething

e.g.Atrainerhasbeenbroughtintoworkonthe

fitness

Unit1Teamwork10.Theimaginativeideasparticipantscameupwithwereelectric.Electricadj.fullofexcitement;makingpeopleexcited

Unit1Teamwork11.Wewantedtothrownewlightsonoldproblems.Thrownewlighton…

，提供线索，情况。e.g.Thenewfactsthrowsomelightonthematter.新的事实给弄清楚这事情提供了线索

Unit1Teamwork12.Theyputondiscos.Puton

toputarecord,tape,orCDintoamachineandstartplayingit

Unit1Teamwork13.ButthereturnswearegettingfromthemarehugeReturnn.theamountofprofitorincomethatyougetfromaparticularinvestmente.g.businessreturns营业收入smallprofitsandquickreturns薄利多销SuggestedanswerDCBF

Unit1TeamworkII.Arrangingacourse

A.ReadingReadthefaxandanswerthequestions

Unit1TeamworkProfilen.adescriptionofsb/sththatgivesusefulinformation简介，概况e.g.Webuiltupadetailedprofileofourcustomersandtheirrequirements

Unit1TeamworkAgreeon

达成一致e.g.Wecouldn'tagreeonadate/whentomeet.

关於日期[什么时候见面]，我们未能取得一致意见。

Unit1TeamworkSuggestedanswer:1.52.Londonintheweekof11February3.Tobuildtheteamandagreeonobjectives,roles,andschedulesforthelaunch.Theyalsoneedtodiscusscommunication4.asap

Unit1TeamworkB.Don’tforgetsectionMakingarrangements建议具体的时间和日期(Suggestingtimesanddates)Howabout/whataboutthefollowingweek?Shallwe

say8February?询问对方意见(Askingforsuggestions)Whenwouldsuiteyou?Didyouhaveatime/placeinmind?

Unit1Teamwork告诉对方时间不合适(Sayingweareunavailable)I’mafraidI’mbusythen.I’msorrybutIcan’tmakeitthen.用现在进行时来表示已经作出的安排(Usingthepresentcontinuousfortalkingaboutfixedarrangements)They’reworkingonanotherprojectuntil12February.

Unit1TeamworkC.OralpracticeWorkinpairs.Lookattheadvertisementfortheteam-buildingcoursesbelow.WhichofthecoursewouldbethebestfortheCarichaelteam?Howwoulditbenefitthefiveteammembersandtheproject?

Unit1Teamwork1.ExecutiveAdventuresoutdooreventshelpbuildleadingbusinessteamsbyincreasingpersonalawarenessofabilitiesandcomplementaryskillsincolleagues.公司经理野外历险活动通过增加对同事身上所具有能力以及互补性技能的切身认识，有助于公司领导的团队建设。

Unit1TeamworkComplementaryadj.twopeopleorthingsthatarecomplementaryaredifferentbuttogetherformausefulorattractivecombinationofskills,qualitiesorphysicalfeatures~(tosth)e.g.Theacquisitionofthebuscompanyiscomplementar