商务英语综合教程第一册Unit 8 Job And Health

Background Information
• An occupational disease is any chronic ailment that occurs as a result of work or occupational activity. It is an aspect of occupational safety and health. An occupational disease is typically identified when it is shown that it is more prevalent in a given body of workers than in the general population, or in other worker populations. The first such disease to be recognised, squamous-cell carcinoma of the scrotum was identified in chimney sweepboys by Sir Percival Pott in 1775. Occupational hazards that are of a traumatic nature (such as falls by roofers) are not considered to be occupational diseases.
Text Analysis
• envelope
• 1. N-COUNT An envelope is the rectangular paper cover in which you send a letter to someone through the mail. 信封
• 2. PHRASE If someone pushes the envelope, they do something to a greater degree or in a more extreme way than it has ever been done before. 挑战极限; 突破常规
Definitions – ILO 1993
• Occupational diseases – Having a specific or a strong relation to occupation generally with only one causal agent and recognized as such
The modern definition of Occupational Health (ILO and WHO) is:
“The promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of physical, mental and social well-being of workers in all occupations – total health of all at work〞
Background Information
Skin diseases Occupational skin diseases and conditions are generally caused by chemicals and having wet hands for long periods while at work. Eczema is by far the most common, but urticaria, sunburn and skin cancer are also of concern.
Text Analysis
例： ...a versatile, veteran player, a superb technician. …一个多才多艺、经验丰富、技能超凡的高手。 ➢ maintenance technician 修理行业的技术人员 ➢ laboratory technician 化验员；实验室技师 ➢ engineering technician 工程技术员 ➢ lab technician 实验室技术员；实验技师 ➢ computer technician 计算机技术人员 ➢ skilled technician n. 技师
Background Information
• Lung diseases • Occupational lung diseases
include asbestosis among asbestos miners and those who work with friable asbestos insulation, as well as black lung (coalworker's pneumoconiosis) among coal miners,silicosis among miners and quarrying and tunnel operators and byssinosis among workers in parts of the cotton textile industry. • Occupational asthma has a vast number of occupations at risk. • Bad indoor air quality may predispose for diseases in the lungs as well as in other parts of the body.
High-risk occupations include: • Hairdressing • Catering • Healthcare • Printing • Metal machining • Motor vehicle repair • Construction
Occupational Health
Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
——WHO，1994
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Text Analysis
• mysterious 1. ADJ Someone or something that is mysterious is strange and is not known
about or understood. 神秘的; 难以理解的 例： He died in mysterious circumstances. 他死得蹊跷。 例： A mysterious illness confined him to bed for over a month. 一种怪病让他卧床一个多月。 2. ADJ If someone is mysterious about something, they deliberately do not talk much about it, sometimes because they want to make people more interested in it. 诡秘的[v-link ADJ] 例： As for his job – well, he was very mysterious about it. 至于他的工作–嘿，他对此十分诡秘。
1. One morning 10 years ago, a Halifax-based technician for Environment Canada arrived at work to find a mysterious manila envelope on her desk. 10年前的一个早上， 一位加拿大环境部哈利怯克斯基地的技术人员到 达办公室后，在桌子上发现一个神秘的马尼拉信封。
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例： There's a valuable place for fashion and design that pushes the
• Work-related diseases – With multiple causal agents, where factors in the work environment may play a role, together with other risk factors, in the development of such diseases, which have a complex etiology
• Diseases affecting working populations – Without causal relationship with work but which may be aggravated by occupational hazards to healtcian 1. N-COUNT A technician is someone whose job involves skilled practical
work with scientific equipment, for example, in a laboratory. 技术人员 例： ...a laboratory technician. …一位实验室技术人员。 2. N-COUNT A technician is someone who is very good at the detailed technical aspects of an activity. 精于某项技术的人
Occupational Health is a very important branch of Preventive Medicine. Its main tasks are to discriminate, evaluate, anticipate and control the effects of harmful labor conditions on the health of occupational public.
Unit 8
Job And Health
Content
Warm-up Activities Background Information Text Analysis Extended Activities Writing
Warm-up activities
I. Pair works Talk with your partner about the stress caused by jobs. II. Group work China faces a grave situation of workplace risks, which could hamper the sustainable development of labor resources and harm social harmony and stability. Migrant workers account for up to 90 percent of occupational diseases and only a few of them know of the occupational disease prevention law---from China Daily. Work in small groups, discussing the occupational diseases you have known. III. Think about and then make a list of the job-related health problems.