大学英语精读1 U6 Sam Adams,Industrial Engineer

1、Unit 6,Sam Adams, Industrial Engineer,Warm-up Questions,What do you consider your biggest strengths/ weaknesses as an employee?,Look cute! Creative/ innovative Efficient / organized Sense of responsibility,Talk too much Careless sometimes Soft-hearted/Unrealistic Sensitive,Are you a well-organized p

2、erson? Give us some examples, please. If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Shopping list/ to-do list Plan your career,Suppose you were the manager of a factory. How would you arouse your workers enthusiasm for production?,Content,New Words every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. 幸福的人大体相似,

3、不幸的人各有各的不幸,8. Bachelor 学士/单身汉 April 14th: Black Day May 14th : Yellow 使摆脱 e.g. A part-time job will relieve you of the burden of debt. 14. boring/ bored adj. Bore sb to tears/ death使厌烦至极,15. Absent-minded adj. 心不在焉的 Absent adj. 缺席，心不在焉的 16. Assembly line 装配线 17. Recognize v.认出，识别，承认 Recognition n. r

4、eceive popular recognition 得到普遍赞赏,18. Work shift 轮班 e.g. His father worked shifts in a steel mill. 19. Daydream 白日梦 20. Observation n. 观察 Observer n. 观察者 Observe v. 观察 e.g. Observe what is best and to strive to universalize these qualities.,21. Oral written 22. Decrease increase 23. Background n. 背景

5、 Educational/ working-class background 24. Setting n. 环境，地点 e.g. Rome is the perfect setting for romance.,25. Productive adj. 多产的 e.g. Training makes workers highly productive. 26. Promotion n. 晋升，促销 Sales promotion Promote v. 促进，推动 promote economic growth,27. Incentive n. 刺激，动机 incentive system奖励制度

6、，激励制度 e.g. There is little or no incentive to adopt such measures. 28. Suggestion n. 建议【可数 Advice n. 建议【不可数 e.g. Someone came out with a most useful suggestion.,29. Compliments n. 致意，问候，恭维 e.g. You can do no harm by paying a woman compliments.,Passage Analysis,When a boy, he was the “efficiency expe

7、rt ” for the family,After graduation from college he was asked to work as “consultant” in a shirt factory,Sam was greatly surprised at the degree of disorder of the factory,He made many suggestions and his suggestions were well-received.,True or False,1) Sam liked neatness when he was a child. ( ) 2

8、) Sam said that he was modest enough to take others advice. ( ) 3) Mr. Hobbs owned a big and efficient factory. ( ) 4) There was no quality control in the factory. ( ),F,F,T,T,bossy-modest,small-big,True or False,5) The assembly line work flow was regular. ( ) 6) Sam believed that the plans worktabl

9、es were too low. ( ) 7) During his first week in the factory, Sam painted pictures on the wall. ( ) 8) Sam believed that in a factory beautification of the setting would lead to greater productivity. ( ),F,irregular-regular,F,high and uncomfortable - too low,F,looked round and made notes-painted pic

10、tures,T,True or False,9) Sam believed that the workers would be more efficient if they had two coffee breaks. ( ) 10) Mr. Hobbs was not pleased with Sams report and immediately sent him away. ( ),T,F,grateful and gave him some reward -not pleased and sent him away,back,Detailed Analysis,1. happen to

11、 偶然发生；发生 e.g. I happened to be out when she called. e.g. How did you happen to be a tourist guide? 2. industrial engineer 工业工程师 Detailed analysis of use and cost of men, materials and equipment Increase productivity, profit and efficiency,3. Be well organized and neat 井井有条且整整齐齐 4. Neatly folded 折叠整齐

12、,5. Efficiency expert: n.+n. =a very efficient person kitchen utensils 厨房器皿 quality control 质量监控 Work flow 工作流程 assembly line 装配线 6. Expert at/in (doing) sth e.g. Chen Lu is an expert at figure skating. 【花式溜冰,7. A good foundation for a career e.g. There is no foundation for the charges. 这些指责没有根据。 8.

13、 Bossy adj. 专横的，颐指气使的 e.g. She remembers being a rather bossy little girl. 9. Bachelors degree in economics/management 经济/管理学士学位,10. Plant n. 工厂，车间，设备，植物 v. 种植，培养 e.g. Fords car assembly plants. 福特公司的汽车装配厂 11. Come in on 参加 12. On a basis =on a basis of 按原则; 以方式 e.g. Were going to be meeting there o

14、n a regular basis.【定期 e.g. They want all groups to be treated on an equal basis.【平等,13. look round/around: 游览；仔细察看 e.g. She left them looking around the shop and headed back onto the street. 【逛商场 14. Be amazed at吃惊于 Be amazed that e.g. Youd be amazed at how many people fall in this trap. e.g. Dont b

15、e amazed that your computer can read your mind.,15. As a result 结果 e.g. All singers kept together . As a result, the performance was successful.,vs,16. Except for 除了以外：具体细节的修正 Except 除去，不包括：同类整体中除去一个部分 e.g. She doesnt do anything _ sit and watch TV. e.g. I didnt eat any meat _ fish very occasionally

16、. Keys: except for, except,17. Go on a strike 罢工 e.g. In France, polls indicate that some 70 percent of the French support the strikes. 18. Hold up 耽搁，举起，经受住考验 e.g. She held up her hand stiffly. e.g. Im not sure if the argument holds up, but its stimulating.,19. A great deal of + UC n. 不可数 A number/

17、large numbers of + C n. 可数 Plenty of + UC&C n. 不可数&可数 I have _letters to write today. I spend _ time/money on shopping. Keys: a number of , a great deal of,20. I wonder why= I want to know why 我想知道为什么 e.g. I wonder why youre homed by the police. Lyrics Guess: I wonder how, I wonder why,21. Oral repo

18、rt: 如果实行质量检验，你们就会大大改进成品 如果把装配线重新设计下，生产流程就会达平稳，并能节省时间和精力 如果降低工作台高度，机器操作工作业时就会舒服些 如果厂方播放悦耳背景音乐，美化一下单调的环境，工厂的生产率大大提高 如果工人们上、下午各有一次15分钟的休息时间喝咖啡，他们效率会更高 如果工作出色能经常得到加薪提拔， 工人们会有更大的生产积极性,22. Talk over sth with sb 详尽地商议，说服 e.g. He always talked things over with his friends. 23. Keep up with the times 与时俱进 Ke

19、ep up with 不落在后面，赶上（思想） e.g. Hurry up, or you wont keep up with them. e.g. Young girls like to keep up with the latest fashions.,Useful Expressions,着手做某事 结果是 工业工程师 工业管理 井井有条且整整齐齐 效率专家 高品质 伪劣产品 打下良好的基础,set out to do sth,turn out,industrial engineer,industrial engineering,to be well-organized and neat

20、,efficiency expert,high quality,products of poor quality/ fake commodity,lay a good foundation,next,back,Useful Expressions,工程建设项目 学士学位 担当顾问位置 短期 最令人奇怪的 质检 举行罢工 耽搁,construction project,bachelors degree,come in as a consultant,on a short-term basis,most curious of all,quality control,go on strike,hol

21、d up,Useful Expressions,导致 商讨 跟上 生产流水线 工作流程 背景音乐 美化乏味的环境,result in,talk over,come up with,the assembly line,work flow,background music,beautify the dull setting,1) expert 2) amaze 3) quality control 4) relieve 5) assembly line 6) fire 7) major 8) decrease 9) management 10) productive,1) are the basi

22、s for any good relationship between nations 2) is the great efficiency of the public services 3) was held up by a thick fog over the airport 4) two major earthquakes in its history, one in 1906 and the other in 1989 5) the professor was often absent-minded in his personal life 6) result in an employ

23、ees being fired,1) relieve 2) decrease 3) whatsoever 4) career 5) Unfortunately 6) results in 7) background 8) As a result 9) recognized 10) hold up keep up with 11) furthermore,12) on a basis 13) boring 14) findings 15）talk over 16) productive,1) impossible 2) aware 3) unfortunate 4) literate 5) un

24、necessary 6) frequent 7) impatient 8) adequate 9) unsealed,10) finished 11) unfair 12) likely 13) irregular 14) direct,1) management 2) managed 3) inspected 4) inspection 5) would consult 6) consultation,7) bore【讨厌的人 8) Bored 9) assembled 【集合的 10) assembling,Especially = specially + adj. Especially

25、特别；尤其【不同寻常 Specially 特别地；专门地【特殊目的，被动词前 1) especially/specially 2) especially 3) specially 4) especially 5) specially 6) especially/specially,Spend time (in) doing sth 1) They spent two whole months working on the design of the machine. 2) The artist spends most of his spare time collecting butterfly

26、 specimens. 3) The manager spent three hours talking to Sam yesterday morning. 4) He spent the whole morning trying to solve the math problem.,Except for 除了以外：具体细节的修正 Except 除去，不包括：同类整体中除去一个部分 1) except 2) except for 3) except 4) except for 5) except 6) except for,Used to didnt use to/ did use to 1)

27、 His nephew didnt use to visit him at Christmas. Did his nephew use to visit him at Christmas? 1) didnt they 2) didt you 3) wasnt there,1) first of all/ most important of all 2) most curious of all 3) most important of all 4) worst of all,1) efficiency 2) Furthermore 3) amazing 4) observation 5) fou

28、ndation 6) career 7) reorganize 8) assembly 9) findings 10) management 11) suggestions 12) productive,13) background 14) relieving 15) holding up 16) Unfortunately,UNCLE,1)places/roles 2)bored 3)enjoy/like 4)traveling/going 5)hour rush hour交通拥挤时间 6)the 7)in 8)telling/ordering 9)didnt 10)until,11)job

29、 12)mine 13)take/accept,26)what 27)problems,14)stay 15)at 16)being 17)understand 18)so 19)boring/dull 20)work 21)an 22)until 23)on 24)right/correct 25)so,Spot Dictation,7) lying 8) satisfied 9) pulled out 10) Embarrassed,1) took out 2) searched 3) assistant 4) make a list 5) correct 6) articles,Tran

30、slation,1) 据报道，那条铁路曾因洪水而停止修建。 Its reported that, hold up 2) 罢工结果，资方接受了工人的要求。 Strike, result in, management, demands 3) 煤矿工人们决定为争取更好的工作条件举行罢工。 Coalminers, working conditions, go on strike for 4) 我很想买这本英文词典，遗憾的是我身上带的钱不够。 Unfortunately,5) 我想先和你讨论一下这篇文章的英译稿，然后再把它寄给霍布斯先生。 Talk over, the English translation of 6) 那位外国专家希望在三年内达到所有的目标。 Foreign expert, achieve 7) 一个科学家要跟上本领域的新发展，你认为必须做些什么? Keep up with, in his field 8) 作者认为，如果优秀工人经常得到加薪和提拔，他们就会有更大的生产积极性。 Pay increase and promotion, incentive,1. It was reported that the building of the rail