剑桥商务英语中unit_6.pptVIP

Module 6;Reading;Vocabulary Preparation;Reading: Employment news;Worker receives unwelcome text message Katy Tanner’s cell phone beeped with a startling message – you’ve fired. Tanner, 21, had a migraine headache and took a sick day last week from her job at Blue Banana, a body-piercing studio, she said on Monday. She turned on her cell phone the next day to discover she’d been fired from her sales position. ‘We’ve reviewed your sales figures and they’re not really up to the level we need,’ shp manager Ale Barlett wrote in the message. ‘As a result, we will not require your services any more. Thank you for your time with us.’;Don’t call us; we’ll call you! When most people apply for a job they expect to go in for an interview. But not Jenny Jamieson. When a company rang her to arrange an interview they heard her voicemail and she was hired. Jenny came from a singing family and was trained in speech and music. She is now the voice of the company on all its automated messages and call centre systems. ‘I suppose I’m always cheerful and smile a lot and I think people hear that on the phone,’ says Jenny.;Car Plant workers Win Lottery;Vocabulary: Hiring and firing;Grammar: Passives;2. Complete this report by underlining the correct from, active or passive.;Reading;Vocabulary preparation;Reading;2. Read the article on page 61 and write in the correct letter, A – F, for the missing sentences.;Clicking the habit Email makes many things so much easier – including making someone redundant. (1) __________. In the case of Helen Saxon-Jones, she was checking her inbox from home one day when she read the subject line: “This email is only to be opened during office hours.” But she clicked on it anyway. (2)___________. Unable to believe it, the 29-year-old, who had been working as a project development officer with a charity, took the case to a tribunal. She finally received ￡12,000 in compensation from her former employer. But these bosses who dismiss workers by email aren’