新编剑桥商务英语中级unit_1

Activity 1: Pair-work ❖ Which way of working would you like
to try most?
❖ Discuss with your partner the pros and cons of the one you choose.
4. Work in pairs. Think of some advantages or disadvantages for each way of working in exercise 2.
D You work a number of hours per week or month but you decide when you start or finish.
E You don’t have a permanent place or office to work at, but you find a place to work when you arrive.
Business English
Module 1
1.1 Ways of working 1.2 Making contacts
Learning objectives
After studying this topic, you are supposed to: ❖ enrich your word-power on ways of working ❖ get familiar with different ways of working ❖ think about the pros and cons of different ways of working ❖ talk about your dream way(s) of working ❖ learn how to predict before listening
(1) __O_p__e_n__y_o_u_r__m_i_n_d____
Bosses should consider requests for flexible working from employees with children under six. So embrace the benefits: ‘ Twice as much experience, skills, brainpower and energy,’ Savage says.
A You work during different parts of the day (eg. nights).
B You sell your work or services to a number of different companies.
C You work for different companies for a short time without a permanent contract.
2. Match these ways of working 1-8 to statements A-I.
0 freelance 1 teleworking 2 job-sharing 3 shift-work 4 part-time 5 temping 6 consultancy 7 flexitime 8 hot-desking
not good for people who like routine
disruptive to employees
BACK
Reading
4. Read about job-sharing. Write these headings into each paragraph.
Get organized Set your limits
shift-work part-time
gives you your days free
more free time
you need to be good at self-organization need to coordinate with other person tiring
less money
Vocabulary
Think about it
1. How do you study most effectively? By working…
* at the same time every day/ at different times of the day? * early in the morning/ late at night? * on your own/ with others? * at home/ at your place of study (school or college)?
I You aren’t employed by a company, but are paid to give specialist advice.
Additional information
为了降低员工在工作、家庭、休闲或教育方面不同要求的冲突，减少 交通费用，兼顾工作和生活，使员工更加安心工作，降低员工流动率， 同时也为了更好地利用办公设备，提供24小时服务，许多公司采用了 灵活多样的弹性工作方式。其中主要有以下的几类： ❖ Flexiplace（弹性工作地点）：员工通过电脑网络和其他通讯方法在 家工作（homeworking），员工可节省往返公司的时间。适用人群： IT业、作家、网络电商、客服、保险员等。 ❖ Flexitime（弹性工作时间）：也称作flexible working hours, flextime.就是将员工工作时间分为核心时间（core working hours）和弹性时间。核心时间（如早上10-12点，下午2-4点）为 员工必须工作的时间，其余时间为弹性时间，即员工自己选择的工作 时间，这样员工可灵活决定上下班时间。员工每天工作总时数相同， 但实际到公司上班的时间每天不同。 ❖ Compressed work weeks（压缩工作周）:以每天较长的工作时 间的工作日，来换取每周较少的工作日。如：员工每周需工作40小时， 在压缩工作周的情况下，员工不一定要工作5天，每天8小时，可选择 每天工作10小时，每周工作4天。
temping
lots of variety
consultancy well paid
hard to progress your career
no job security
flexitime hot-desking
good for work-life balance
saves the company money
Put pen to paper
Two become one
Open your mind Plan for disaster Find the perfect partner Don’t feel guilty
How to job-share
Wouldn’t it be nice if the working week finished on Wednesday? With a job-share it can. Here’s the essential guide to making it work.
interpersonal skills. 团队工作需要有很好的人际交往技 能。
7. I can be more concentrated and thus more efficient in… 在…工作更容易集中精力因此也更有效
8. Adj. + type of person …的人 （routine type of person, 按部就班的人）
(2) __P__la_n__f_o_r__d_is_a__s_te__r__
Always discuss the worst-case scenarios. When Margaret Mills, a teacher, lost her jobshare partner because of a family illness, a return to full-time work seemed inevitable. ‘We had been over-optimistic. I did manage to find someone else who fitted in with me, but I was very lucky.
1.1 Ways of working
Vocabulary
Different ways of working
Reading
How to job-share
1.1 Ways of working
Listening
Working from home
Speaking
A mini-presentation
(4) __S_e__t _y_o_u_r__li_m__it_s____
Manager should clarify what they expect in terms of hours, availability and results, and employees should manage their employer’s expectations. Sue Osborn, a jobsharer for 21 years, says, ‘We’re often asked to do five-day weeks. Eventually you just have to say no.’
(0) Find the peou like. ‘Be prepared to communicate and share credit and blame,’ says Carol Savage, the managing director of Flexecutive, a flexible working consultancy.