商业英语教程Business English（BEC）中级课件.pptVIP

Teaching objectives Upon completion of the unit Ss will be able to talk about work-related problems and their legal implications practise reading and listening for gist and specific information review passives Warm-up questions Are people allowed to smoke in their workplace? Is smoking harmful to people especially those who do not smoke? If you are a non-smoker surrounded by smokers, what could you do to protect yourself? Reading Read the bulletin about an industrial tribunal and answer the questions: Who won the case – the plaintiff or the employer? What’s the situation? How will this decision affect employers in the future? Are the statements below the article true or false? Suggested answer The plaintiff won her case. In future, companies will need to make sure they provide reasonable working conditions for staff and deal with any complaints promptly. However, this does not necessarily mean introducing smoking bans: employers must consider the views of smokers as well as non-smokers. 1. F 2. F 3. T 4. T 5. F Words and phrases tribunal rules legal action law firm go to court The Employment Appeal Tribunal( EAT) staff complaints plaintiff breach the contractual obligation 法庭、法庭仲裁 法律诉讼 法律事务所 上法庭，提出诉讼 劳工诉讼法庭 员工投诉 原告 违反合同义务 Language focus Read the bulletin again to find examples of passives and group them under functions they perform: Obligation Recommendation Possibility Staff must be consulted… The employee was forced to… A smoking policy should be drawn up… Employers are advised to… Employers are recommended to… They might be faced with… They would be faced with… Listening Ss read the list of eight reasons why people lost their jobs (A-H). Ss then listen to five people talking about why they lost their jobs and match each person with one of the reasons. 1. C 2. F 3. A 4. E 5. G Discussion Look at p102 and discuss the fairness of what happened. If you are the manager, how would you deal with the incidents? Unit 8 b