2015年新编剑桥商务英语unit6.ppt

1、Module 6,Reading,Vocabulary,Listening,Grammar,6.1 Recruitment,Employment news,Hiring and firing,Employment case studies,Passives,What would you be doing 2 years from now?,What would I do after graduation?,Warm-up brainstorming,Imagine 2 years later, you have to start job-hunting. Where do you start?

2、 List as many ways as possible.,Ways of job-hunting,6,Job fair,Friend/parents referral,Head-hunter/ recruitment agencies,Newspaper recruitment ads,Online recruitment,Job-hunting,1,4,5,2,3,6,Recruitment adssample I,Secretary/Receptionist required for Accountant firm in city center. Proficiency in MS

3、Office, good interpersonal skills, and good telephone manners essential. Candidate should hold a diploma from a recognized business school. Experience an advantage though not a necessity. Apply with resume, copy of diploma and three references.,What qualifications are essential for the position? Pro

4、ficiency in MS Office, good interpersonal skills, and good telephone manners. 2. Can a newly-grad with no experience apply for the job? Why or why not? Yes, because experience is not a necessity. What should we send in our application? Resume, copy of diploma well call you! When most people apply fo

5、r a job they expect to go in for an interview. But not Jenny Jamieson. When a company rang her to arrange an interview they heard her voicemail and she was hired. Jenny came from a singing family and was trained in speech and music. She is now the voice of the company on all its automated messages a

6、nd call centre systems. I suppose Im always cheerful and smile a lot and I think people hear that on the phone, says Jenny.,Text B,Car Plant workers Win Lottery,Harry Lane was one of six employees at a UK car plant who received their 9.5 million winnings from last Saturday nights lottery and announc

7、ed they wouldnt be going back to work. 61-year-old Harry said, Ive been retired for two days now. I thought Id have to work for another four years but this like a dream! Harrys only plans so far are to pay off the rest of his mortgage and take his grandchildren on holiday. No one at his old factory

8、was available to comment on how they would be replacing the six workers.,Text C,Hiring and firing (vocabulary),hire, recruit, employ,X:dismiss, sack, fire 裁员：lay off, make redundant,Give notice(离职通知), walk out/resign(辞职) *take voluntary redundancy:自愿离职 redundancy pay遣散费,Listening: Employment case st

9、udies,Listen to five speakers describing what happened to them at work. Match the speakers to actions A - G.,Speaker 1 _ Speaker 2 _ Speaker 3 _ Speaker 4 _ Speaker 5 _,walked out of the job was made redundant took someone on was fired gave notice was hired part-time took voluntary redundancy,E,G,C,

10、A,B,Listening script,S=Speaker S1: Id really had enough. The people there were great and I really liked my supervisor but it was just too boring. I only started in order to make a bit of extra money when I was a student. I didnt intend to stay this long and especially not after I finish my degree. S

11、o they said they were sad to see me go but they understood. Anyway, I told them when I wanted to leave, but they said I didnt need to worry about what it said in my contract, so I didnt actually have to work the full four weeks S2: Someone had to go. We havent been getting the orders for a while so

12、it was clear that theyd be laying people off sooner or later. Anyway, I thought rather than wait Id go now and take the money. It was a good deal and it gives me a few months to find another job. S3: Well, its a good position and suits anyone who doesnt want to work every day of the week. We had thr

13、ee applicants but it was obvious who was right. I think Samantha will be perfect. Shes keen and flexible which works well for both sides. And I think she can work at weekends, too, so thatll come in useful. Especially around Christmas time.,S4: I couldnt believe it. OK, so Ive been late a couple of

14、times but my boss said it wasnt a problem as long as I made up the extra hours in the evening. And then someone, and I can guess who, reported me. You know, that one who works in accounts whos always gossiping about other people. She said Id been taking stationery from the cupboard and using it for

15、personal correspondence. The manager asked me to come into the office so I could see what was coming. I wasnt going to wait around and get a lecture. I was through that door before anyone could stop me. S5: The first thing Im going to do is take the family on a nice long holiday while we can still a

16、fford it. Then Ill start thinking about what Ill do next when I get home. Theres plenty of time, though for someone of my age Im not sure what Ill get. Maybe Ill just work part-time until my pension begins. Its only seven years. Pity really. I would have liked to have stay on till retirement. Mind y

17、ou, its worse for some of the others. Theyve got another twenty years to go. I mean, where will they get another job round here,Grammar: Passives,1. Complete sentences 1 8 with the passive form using the verb in brackets.,1. If we catch an employee stealing, they _ (give) a verbal warning. 2. At pre

18、sent, the policy on dismissal _ (review). 3. I _ (offer) a redundancy package i simply cant refuse it! 4. The company _ (set up) by the familys great-grandfather. 5. The new performance-related bonus means that we _ (give) a further 10% extra every month. 6. Im not sure what happened exactly. The in

19、cident needs _(look) at quite carefully. 7. It _ (hope) by the whole board that you will accept our generous offer. 8. It isnt like her to be late. She must _ (delay) at the airport.,are given,is being reviewed,ve been offered,was set up,will be given,to be looked,is hoped,have been delayed,2. Compl

20、ete this report by underlining the correct from, active or passive.,Report on the dismissal of Ludwiga Chuhova Introduction The aim of this report is (1) to assess / to be assessed whether Ms. Chuhova (2) unfairly dismissed / was unfairly dismissed and if the correct procedure (3) followed / was fol

21、lowed by her line manager. Findings First of all, it (4) has found / has been found that Ms. Chuhova (5) had failed / had been failed to arrive for work on three occasions. On the first occasion, when the manager gave a verbal warning, she (6) reports / is reported to have said that it was none of h

22、is business. On the second occasion, the line manager (7) gave / was given her a written warning. When she failed to arrive for work a third time, she (8) dismissed / was dismissed with immediate effect. Conclusions and recommendations In conclusion, the manager (9) appears / is appeared to have fol

23、lowed the correct course of action. However, it (10) recommends / is recommended that in the future, any disciplinary procedures (11) should carry out / should be carried out in the presence of one other person. This (12) will help / will be helped to avoid any similar situations.,Reading,1. Are you

24、 an email addict? Complete this quiz and find out.,Are you an email addict?,1 Do you know all you friends email addresses, even if you cant remember their phone numbers?,Yes,No,2 Do you stay online even when you are not using your computer because you dont want to miss incoming messages?,Yes,No,Yes,

25、Yes,Yes,Yes,Yes,No,No,No,No,No,3 Do you have email relationships with people youve never met in person?,4 Do you have to check you inbox between Friday night and Monday morning?,5 Do you prefer to CC your emails to other people, just in case?,6 When you send an email with a question, do you sit in f

26、ront of your computer waiting for the reply?,7 Is the number of emails you save and file higher than the number you delete?,2. Read the article on page 61 and write in the correct letter, A F, for the missing sentences.,A. This is where we first find out about decisions that have been made, deals st

27、ruck and the direction being taken. B. In the past few months, 290 employees at a government department have been sacked via their office intranet, while a car equipment firm laid off the workforce by email. C. Then suddenly you send an email to the wrong person. D. They are typical of the average e

28、mployee who sends 34 emails a day. E. Sending mail CC has only made it worse. F. Two letters were attached, one saying her contract had been cancelled, the other that she should return any work items.,Clicking the habit Email makes many things so much easier including making someone redundant. (1) _

29、. In the case of Helen Saxon-Jones, she was checking her inbox from home one day when she read the subject line: “This email is only to be opened during office hours.” But she clicked on it anyway. (2)_. Unable to believe it, the 29-year-old, who had been working as a project development officer wit

30、h a charity, took the case to a tribunal. She finally received 12,000 in compensation from her former employer. But these bosses who dismiss workers by email arent necessarily evil, cowardly people theyre mostly people just like you and me who have developed the habit of using email too much. (3)_.

31、They meet people and exchange email addresses rather than phone numbers. They email CVs to prospective employers. In a survey of workers last week, almost half admitted they email the person sitting next to them to avoid making verbal contact, and one in five of us uses email just to gossip about wo

32、rk colleagues.,Regardless of the field in which you work, it is a safe bet to guess that your first course of action on any given workday is to log on to your PC and begin checking your inbox. (4) _. We send a question and become offended if the recipient does not respond within hours. We have becom

33、e slaves to the inbox, dependent on a constant flow of typed communication. So type-type-type, even when it is unnecessary. Workers type up their every thought and send off emails with tremendous inaccuracy or complete pointlessness. (5)_. We are copied in on emails that do not directly affect us in

34、 the vague interests of keeping everyone in the loop. Email allows us to continue to work at home. Constant access leads to a compulsion to keep the communication going. Youre at home, and theres nothing good on TV, so you decide to have a glass of wine and do a little work. As you review your inbox

35、, you start firing off responses. (6) _. You dont want them to read it and the next thing you know youre sending even more emails to try and undo the damage. Another round of emails has begun!,Vocabulary: Emailing terms,Underline one incorrect word in each group.,0. check your: button, inbox, email

36、1. click on: a link, a computer, an icon 2. delete, save, click: an email 3. send, copy, shut down: an email to (someone) 4. log on to a: mouse, computer, website 5. restart, delete, register: the computer 6. back up, save, break: a document 7. fire off, send, dismiss: a reply 8. attach a: sender, f

37、ile, document 9. type in your: username, icon, address,Reading: Internal communication and emails,To: Dear Hans I understand theres a problem with stock blocking the entrance. Please arrange to move this before Monday morning. Would you like me to arrange for some extra staff to help move it? Regard

38、s Inga,To: All production staff From: Valter Rinckes CC: Inga Palgimi Subject: Health and Safety Inspection Would all staff note that our annual health and safety inspection will take place on Monday, 23 February starting at 9.30. Id be grateful if team leaders would check all exits are clear includ

39、ing the warehouse and storage areas. We appreciate your help in this matter.,1. What order were these pieces of internal communication sent in?,Hi Valter Please give me details of the next health and safety check. I know its coming up soon. If production doesnt clear those exits at the back of the w

40、arehouse in time, well be in trouble. In fact, why dont you send them a memo? Inga,Thursday 19 February Dear Valter With regard to your memo about the inspection, Im afraid were unable to make space in the warehouse around the entrances. The reason is that the lorries have been delayed this week so

41、we have stock waiting to leave. Im hoping that it will be picked up before 9 on Monday. Hans,2. Look at the underlined phrases in the internal communication and write them next to these functions.,Request information: _ Announce: _ Request action (x 2): _ _ Suggest: _ Thank: _ Refer to: _ Explain re

42、ason: _ Offer: _ Apologize: _,Please give me,Would all staff note,Please,Id be grateful if,Why dont you,We appreciate,With regard to,The reason is,Would you like me to,Im afraid,Writing: An email,Work in pairs and write a series of emails between a manager and his assistant. Write the first email an

43、d then swap your book with your partner. Write the second email and swap books again. Continue and write five emails in total.,1,2,3,4,5,Assistant: Request details of next health and safety training event from manager.,Manager: Give details and ask assistant to inform all department managers.,Assistant: Announce event to all department managers and request they tell their staff, CC manager.,Manager: Apologize to assistant that date of training