BEC中级Unit 1.doc

Unit1 For me, I like to work flexible hours on my own. By working like this, I can work most effectively. When I need to teach my students, I will go to the classroom. So I am used to flexible hours rather than working nine to five. Also, I’d like to work on my own. It is because this can allow me to be innovative in my language teaching career. Words Pricewaterhouse Coopers 普华永道 (0) freelance: You sell your work or services to a number of different companies. 你将自己的工作或服务卖给一些不同的公司。 freelance adjective, adverb working independently for different companies rather than being employed by one particular company 自由职业的（地） She works freelance from home. 她在家做自由职业者。 freelance journalist/writer/photographer etc 自由职业记者/作家/摄影师 ?freelance verb [intransitive] Hes freelancing for several translation agencies. 他为几家翻译社作自由职业。 ?freelance also freelancer noun [countable] (1) teleworking: F You work for a company from home via email, phone or the Internet. 你在家中通过电子邮件、电话或互联网为一家公司工作。 teleworking noun [uncountable] 用电讯方式工作 ?teleworker noun [countable] someone who works from home, and communicates with their employer, custom (2) job-sharing: H You do your job for part of the week and another person does it for the other part. 你只工作一周中的几天，而由另外一个人完成工作的另一部分。 job-sharing noun [uncountable] an arrangement by which two people both work part-time doing the same job共同分担工作 jobshare noun [countable] jobshare verb [intransitive] (3) shift work: You work during different parts of the day (eg nights) . 你在一天中的不同时段工作（比如晚上）。 shift noun [countable] 1 a change in the way people think about something, in the way something is done etc 转变 shift from/to the shift from one type of economic system to another shift in an important shift in policy a marked shift (=noticeable change) in attitudes towards women 2 a) if workers in a factory, hospital etc work shifts, they work for a particular period of time during the day or night, and are then replaced by others, so that there are always people working 倒班 固定短语