Unit5The CompanyMan(in class).ppt

Unit 5 The Company Man Warming-up 1. Supplementary reading 2. video clip from “Family Album” Discussions How important do you think work is to a person? Make an order of the following elements for your life according to their importance: LOVE / FAMILY / HEALTH / HOBBY / CAREER / FRIENDS 3. Work to live or live to work? Proverbs on “work” Work has a bitter root but sweet fruit. Working without a plan is sailing without a compass. Work today, for you know not how much you may be hindered tomorrow. Work will not kill a man but worry will. Worry kills more men than work. What drives a person to overwork?What pressure are company staff under? To support the family; to keep the job; to get promotion; to gain more power and better reputation; to fulfill their responsibility; the fierce competition between peers (peer pressure) Pressure from work Pressure from competition of new staff Pressure of one’s own further development (recharge themselves) Pressure from feelings (problems like divorce, marriage) Pressure from interpersonal relationship 4-5. Workaholism It is a modern addiction. Many people have been afflicted by it. High expectation of their work; highly organized and goal-oriented; resist taking breaks or rewarding themselves with vacations; Their single-minded focus on work negatively impact other areas of life; unable to stop and enjoy his accomplishments; if not work, they feel panic; 5. What is the cause? What negative impact does it have? The cause is that professional achievements are tied up with self-image. Death from overwork, known as “karoshi”, has steadily increased since the Health Ministry first recognized the phenomenon in 1987.过度工作造成的死亡，即“过劳死”， 从1987年日本厚生省认定这一现象开始一直稳步增长。 Text I: The company man Background information 1. About the author Note about Goodman Pulitzer Prize winner: conferred annually for accomplishment in various fields of American journalism, literature, and music. About Type A Friedman and Rosenman(1959