英语视听说UNIT4 Listening In.

Pair Work
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— You did not sell any products during the whole month.
— You lost your temper when talking with a customer.
— You come to work late three times each week.
Discussion
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Is it good working at a home office?
a. Divide yourselves into groups of three students.
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b. Take a moment to think about the advantages and disadvantages of working at SOHO.
— You needn’t drive 45 minutes in rush hours to work and from work.
— You can have a delicious lunch at home and take a nap for an hour.
— You can laugh, shout and jump as you like.
— There are no boring meetings to attend.
Discussion
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— You needn’t adapt to normal business hours. You can get up at 11 a.m. and then begin to work.
— You refuse to work late into night and insist on putting off what should be finished till tomorrow.
— You make no response to a client who comes in for a complaint.
Sample Answers:
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Advantages
— You have become a boss at last!
— You make your own decisions and no one will say no to you.
— There's no boss breathing down your neck, making sure you get your work done.
— You ask for a salary raise every time you have a new client.
Pair Work
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— You complain a lot about the job, which makes other employees lose their enthusiasm for work. …
assign them to Accounting.
put them in Sales Department.
put them in Engineering.
Pair Work Discussion
A Game
Pair Work
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Will you be fired?
a. Divide yourselves into pairs.
Pair Work
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b. Each pair will list the situations in which you will be fired if you are an employee of a company dealing in computer hardware.
— It's easy to let time slip by as you head to the refrigerator, catch a few minutes of TV, etc. — It’s quite likely for you to forget the start and finish time.
A Game
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Leave them alone for two hours, without any instruction. At the end of that time, go back and see what they are doing. According to what they have done, they are assigned to different departments of the company.
Discussion
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— You can see a movie at two in the afternoon. Nobody is going to tell you not to do it.
…
Discussion
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Disadvantages
— You no longer have a boss standing over you making sure you get their work done. It’s quite likely for you to put off today’s work till tomorrow.
— You have no colleagues to communicate and share your views on various information, including the love affair of your former boss.
Discussion
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A Game
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c. Compare your displacement decisions with the answers provided by the teacher.
A Game
If they have taken the table apart in that time, If they try to tell you it's not as bad as it looks, If they are talking to the chairs, If they are sleeping,
Discussion
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— It’s likely for you to neglect some tasks you need to perform to keep your business running smoothly.
— You no longer have quarterly reviews or progress reports.
If they don't even look up when you enter the room,
If they've left early,
If they are screaming and waving their arms, If they are counting the butts in the ashtray,
A Game
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a. Divide yourselves into pairs.
b. Discuss with your partner how to displace the employees according to what they have done. Make your decisions by matching the statements in Column A and B.
— You work 60 or 70 hours a week, which will get you burned out. …
A Game
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Are you good at job placement?
A Game
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Someone who is quite experienced at job placement suggests if you have a problem of properly fitting people to jobs, do according to the following directions: Take the prospective employees you are trying to place and put them in a room with only a table and two chairs.
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send them to Marketing.
personnel department is a good spot for them. send them off to Manufacturing.
assign them to Security.
they are management material.
Discussion
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c. List all the advantages and disadvantages in turns.
d. Answer the question “Do you hope to run a home-based business”.
Discussion
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c. Share your list with other pairs.
Pair Work
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Sample situations:
— You are absent from work for a week without asking for a leave.