新思维应用型本科英语专业规划教材听力教程Book 1 Unit 08 Teacher´s Book

新思维应用型本科英语专业规划教材听力教程Book 1 Unit 08 Teacher´s Book Unit 8 Work WARMING-UP Give It a Try Four people are talking about their jobs. Listen and circle the letter of the picture that best describes the speaker’s job. Then complete the sentences below the picture with the information you get. Script: 1. I help the doctors with the patients. I give them their medicine and look after them in the ward. I love my job but I don’t like the uniform and sometimes I have to work at night. 2. I put out fires. I wanted to take this job ever since I was a little kid. Although it is often dangerous, I enjoy the feeling that I can save lives and help people out in whatever way I can. 3. Everyday I just type letters, answer the telephone, put papers away in the file cabinet, all the routine work. It’s boring, but I have to smile all the time. I’m working only for the sake of money and I hate this fact. 4. My job is very difficult, but I like it because I love flying. The most difficult thing about my job is when the weather is bad. Snow and thunderstorms are the worst. The best thing is visiting different places. Key: 1. B. The speaker is a nurse. She likes her job but dislikes the uniform and working at night. 2. C. The speaker is a firefighter. He likes saving lives and helping people out but dislikes the danger. 3. A. The speaker is a secretary. She likes the salary but dislikes the routine work. 4. B. The speaker is a pilot. He likes flying and visiting different places but dislikes the bad weather conditions. New Words and Expressions: ward n. 病房;监视;监督 uniform n. 制服;军服 put out fire 灭火;救火 quit vt. 离开;放弃，抛弃;停止，中断 routine work 日常工作;例行工作;常规作业 for the sake of 为了 SKILL TRAINING Judge the Attitude Listen to five short conversations and choose the best answer to each question that follows. Script: 1. M: Have you heard that Jane was fired by her boss? F: It’s none of my business. Question: What is the woman’s attitude towards Jane? 2. M: Why did you get a job in the post office? Don’t you think it’s boring? F: Sometimes it is, but at least it is steady. Question: What does the woman think of her job? 3. M: You know even I can do a better job in running our business than the manager. F: Oh, you could, could you? Question: What does the woman think about the man? 4. F: Accounting is a career I never took any interest in. M: I can see why you say that. Arithmetic was never your strength. Question: What does the man mean? 5. F: John, I have nominated you “Employee of the Year Award” for your outstanding contributions to our company. M: Oh, really? I really appreciate that. It would be my great honor to win the award. Question: What is John’s reaction? Key: 1. D 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. C New Words and Expressions: fire vt. 解雇 none of my business 不关我的事 steady adj. 稳定的，不变的;镇定的;沉着的 arithmetic n. 算法;算术;计算 strength n. 力量;优点;长处 award n. 奖品 vt. 授予;奖给;判给 outstanding adj. 杰出的;显著的;凸出的;未完成的 contribution n. 贡献;捐赠;捐助 appreciate vt. 感激;欣赏;领会;鉴别 vi. (使)增值;涨价 Get the Key Point Listen to a conversation and choose the best answer to each of the following questions that follow. Script: M1: Hey Jack. How is your day going? M2: Just finishing the project. Other than that, not much. How about you? M1: I'm just about finished for the day. I have one more task to do, but I wanted to take a break first. M2: Did you have to work with Bill on that project? M1: Unfortunately, yes. M2: Oh my. I feel so sorry for you. M1: Don't remind me. I'm just glad it's over. M2: Yeah. I remember when I worked on the data conversion tool with him. Everything he did, I had to re-do. It would have been faster if I did it alone. M1: That's exactly what happened to me. It took me longer because I had to re-do everything he did. That really irritated me. M2: Next time the manager wants me to do a project with him, I'm going to tell him that I will do it myself. M1: That's a good idea. Hopefully, the manager will realize how useless he is. M2: Exactly. If you're not busy, you can do my work. M1: Ha ha. I’ve got enough to do. M2: Yeah. I'm just kidding. M1: Alright dude. I’d better finish my work. Talk to you later. Question 1. What is the possible relationship between the two speakers? Question 2. What do the speakers think of Bill? Question 3. What will the speakers do to Bill? Question 4. What is the attitude of the speakers towards their work? Key: 1. B 2. D 3. B 4. C New Words and Expressions: project n. 项目，工程; 计划 项目进度计划表范例计划下载计划下载计划下载课程教学计划下载 ，规划;(学生的)课题 data conversion 数据转换 irritate vt. 刺激，使兴奋;使发怒;使感到不适;使疼痛，使发炎 LISTENING COMPREHENSION Mr. Walker is taking an interview for a position in a big company. Listen to his conversation with the interviewer carefully and finish the following tasks. True or False Listen to the conversation and decide whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F). Script: F: Good morning. Sit down, please, Mr. Walker. M: Thank you, ma'am. F: I've read your resumé. Are you currently employed at the last place listed on your resumé? M: Yes. F: Then tell me something about it. What did you do and how did you do it? M: Well, I've been working for this insurance company for three years since I graduated. I make sales to new customers and provide customer service to existing ones. F: Why do you want to leave your current job? M: I really enjoy what I'm doing, but I want to find a company with more opportunities and utilize more of my skills. After learning about the work environment here, I felt this is exactly the type of place I want to work. F: Why should I hire you? M: My working experience and my traits show that I'm a perfect fit for this position. I'm good at doing multiple tasks, and I'm very detail oriented. On top of that, I'm a great team player that gets along with everyone. F: Everyone. OK, if there's someone who thinks he's always right and doesn't listen, how do you deal with him? M: I'm very understanding of different people with different work styles, but not everything is black and white. So I will put in the effort to deal with his personality and help him realize that there are multiple ways of doing things. F: How long do you plan on staying with us? M: I plan on staying a long time if I'm offered the job. F: Well, thank you. I've enjoyed our talk. We will be telling you our decision soon. Key: 1. F 2. T 3. F 4. F 5. T 6. F 7. T 8. F New Words and Expressions: trait n. 特点，特性 benefit n. 利益，好处;救济金，津贴 Complete the Table Listen to the conversation again and judge the applicant’s attitude based on his statements. Fill in the blanks to complete the table below. Key: (1) employed (2) not satisfied with (3) make sales (4) provide service (5) enjoying (6) with more opportunities (7) multiple tasks (8) detail oriented (9) interpersonal (10)confident A speaker is giving a talk on the addiction to work. Listen to the talk carefully and finish the following tasks. Get the Key Point Listen to the talk and choose the best answer to each of the following questions according to what you hear. Script: Do you check your work emails when you're on holiday? Do you call your colleagues to ask what's happening in the office even on a day off? I do. When I see no signal on my mobile phone in a busy shopping centre or no wi-fi in the hotel by the beach, I get anxious. Yes, I'm addicted to work. Technology fuels our need to stay connected all the time. Portable gadgets allow us to work from home, free from the nine-to-five routine, but they also make it more difficult for us to relax and recharge our batteries. Dr. Christine Grant is an occupational psychologist at Coventry University in Britain. She's been studying workers' inability to relax when off duty. She says: "In my research I found a number of people who were burnt out because they were travelling with technology all the time, no matter what time zone they were in." Indeed, not all employers want us to be connected all the time. German car maker Daimler, for example, has offered to automatically delete emails sent to employees while they're on holiday. The sender of the email receives a message asking them to get in touch with another employee who's on duty, or to re-send the message at a later date. Does the sender get offended? No, says the company spokesman Oliver Wihofszki. According to him: "The response is basically 99% positive, because everybody says, 'that's a real nice thing, I would love to have that too.'" Perhaps we should all take some time out to consider whether we are addicted to work, addicted to technology, or both. It's good to switch off once in a while. Key: 1. D 2. B 3. C 4. D 5. A New Words and Expressions: fuel vt. 给…加燃料，给…加油;提供 gadget n. 小玩意;小配件;小装置 recharge vt. 再充电;再装填(弹药等);再控告;休整，养精蓄锐 Daimler n. 戴姆勒公司(德国汽车制造商) offend vt. 触怒;得罪，冒犯;使反感令人不适 vi. 犯规，触犯 burn out v. 燃尽;烧坏，烧掉，烧尽 Fill in the Gap Listen to the talk again. Complete the following sentences with what you hear. Key: 1. stay connected; nine-to-five routine; relax and recharge our batteries. 2. a number of; burnt out; traveling with technology; time zone 3. receives a message; get in touch with; who's on duty; at a later date 4. take some time out; addicted to work; addicted to technology; switch off WATCHING AND SPEAKING Student Edge Careers is an Australian online program that seeks to help students prepare for the workplace, find jobs and make informed career and life decisions. In one episode of the program, the host interviews a local journalist to discover what it is like to be a journalist. Watch the program and finish the following tasks. Get the Key Point Watch the video and answer the following questions. Key: 1. There are all kinds of journalist. They are freelancers, broadcasters, online, fashion, music, political journalist and so much more. 2. It is pretty exciting and fun. A journalist is the first on the scene when something exciting happens. 3. She specializes in education and also covers a bit of state politics. 4. The experience she followed the Queen around and the day after that she followed Tiger Woods. 5. When she was 11 or 12 years old she picked English Literature and Politics. Then she got a bachelor of Communications at the university. She volunteered at a local paper and did a few different internships. These opened up opportunities for her to become a journalist. 6. You should have the ability to talk to people. New Words and Expressions: freelancer n. 自由作家，自由记者 internship n. 实习 TEST AND ASSESSMENT In this unit, you are supposed to become familiar with work and professions and know how to understand the speaker’s attitude. Finish the following tasks and check if you can achieve the goals. Dictation Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you FOUR times. During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 1 minute to check through your work once more. Script and Key:(录音和剪辑请注意按题设走) Workplace attitudes, both positive and negative, / are infectious and can easily spread among employees. / If someone is constantly complaining, / it can have a negative effect on his co-workers. / This can start a domino effect and decreases work quality and quantity. / On the other hand, a positive attitude in the workplace makes for happy teams. / When people are encouraging and optimistic, / it motivates those around them / and increases team spirit and productivity. / Creating a positive work environment is the key to business success. New Words and Expressions: domino effect n. 多米诺效应(指一事件引起连锁反应) productivity n. 生产率;生产力 Conversations Listen to the conversations and choose the best answer to each question that follows. Conversation 1 M: Janet, why did you become a nurse? F: I think I always wanted to be a nurse. I want to work with people and help people, and I like the fact that nursing is a very important job. M: What qualities should a nurse have? F: First, nurses must be clever and also practical. They should be able to think for themselves. But they must be able to work well in a team, but I think the most important quality is to be able to laugh at things, and not get too worried. M: What kind of training have you had? F: Well, my training had three parts. They were Nursing, Patient and Illness. The course was a mixture of theory and practice. We had one week of theory, followed by eight weeks of practice in a hospital. We mainly learned through practice, and it’s really hard work to do all that studying! M: Well, now, what don’t you like about your job? F: Well, first, it’s very hard work. We work 37.5 hours a week, but we often have to do extra work, because there aren’t enough nurses in the hospital. The next problem is night duty. Working at night is very tiring and difficult. The third problem, of course, is that you get very low pay for your hard work. Oh, finally, it’s very hard during your training because you have to study when you are tired. Question 1. Which of the following is NOT the quality of a nurse? Question 2. How are nurses trained? Question 3. Which of the following is NOT a disadvantage to being a nurse? Key: 1. D 2. C 3. B New Words and Expressions: nursing n. 护理，看护;养育 practical adj. 实践的，实际的;可实现的，实用的;注重实际的;可用的 mixture n. 混合，混杂;混杂的事物[人群];混合(状态) do extra work 加班;做额外的工作 night duty n. 夜班 obedient adj. 服从的;顺从的;孝顺的 Conversation 2 F: Good morning, sit down please, Mr. Johnson. M: Thank you, ma'am. F: I have read your letter here. You seem to have done very well at school. Can you tell me something about your school work? M: As you can see, my strongest subjects were art subjects. My best subject was history and my second best was geography. However, my favorite subject was math and the results I got in the math paper were quite reasonable. F: That's true. Now can you tell me why you think these subjects will help you in this job? M: Well, ma'am, I understand that you manufacture computers, prepare software and advise clients on how to use them. Is that right? F: That's right. M: And I've been told that working with computers needs the logical mind rather than great skills in mathematics. That's especially true, I believe, when it comes to writing programs. So I think my results show that I have some ability in logic and in mathematics as well. F: So you would like to write material for computers, would you? M: Yes, ma'am, that's what interests me most about computers: writing programs. But I think the computer industry itself is still expanding enormously. I am sure that career prospects in the industry will be very good no matter what sort of job I went into. F: I see. Well, thank you. I've enjoyed our talk, we'll be writing to you. M: Thank you, ma'am. Question 4. Which subject is Mr. Johnson NOT very strong in? Question 5. Which of the following does Mr. Johnson think can help him a lot in the job? Question 6. Which position does Mr. Johnson apply for? Key: 4. C 5. A 6. B New Words and Expressions: manufacture vt. 制造;生产 n. 制造;产品 prospect n. 前景;期望 vi. 勘探;勘察