高级商务英语课件unit1managingthepresent.ppt

Managing in the present Time management and current problems facing a service company Objectives of this unit Managing themes explanation and translation Listening exercise and explanation Word study Translation exercise Presentation and controlled practice Homework video Management themes learning Warm up activity Questions Managing themes learning 5’ for self reading and tell me the general idea of it in your own words Vocabulary and phrases explanation Sentences translation Vocabulary 1. grapple with: v. 与……搏斗，尽力解决 To struggle, in or as if in wrestling: 斗争，扭打在扭斗中或类似在扭斗中挣扎： grappled with their consciences; grapple with the political realities of our time. 与他们的良知抗争；与我们这个时代的政治现实抗争 eg. Someone tried to poach our market manager; she grappled with her moral dilemma. 有人企图挖走我们的市场主管，面对这种道德难题，她进行了激烈的思想斗争。 2. differentiate: vt. 加以区分 This company does not differentiate between men and women--they employ and pay both equally. 这家公司对男女职工一视同仁──男女职工他们都雇用而且同工同酬。 differentiate one thing from another 使甲乙互异 3. Black Monday: 黑色星期一，指1987年国际股票崩溃的日子。 4. Catastrophe: n. A great, often sudden disaster； A complete failure; 大灾难，大祸；大败彻底的失败；惨败 eg. The financial catastrophe initiated by the collapse of the stock market hit the country a deadly blow. 由股票市场引发的金融灾难使这个国家遭受了致命的打击。 Their English party turned out to be a catastrophe. 他们的英语晚会结局糟透了。 Evolution: A gradual process in which something changes into a different and usually more complex or better form. 演变，演化，展开一事物演变成另一种更复杂、更好状态事物的逐渐转变过程 see: development the evolution of a story 故事情节的发展 study the evolution of man 研究人类的进化 The space program is the evolution of years of research. 太空计划是多年研究的发展结果。 Revolution: A sudden change in a situation 突然或瞬时改变, 革命, 剧烈的变革 The army officers led a revolution against the king. 军官们领导了一次反国王的革命。 Air travel has caused a revolution in our way of living. 空中旅行使我们的生活方式完全变了。 Exceed: sur’pass. To go beyond the limits of: 超过 超越…的界限 exceed the