(完整版)新编剑桥商务英语(高级)第三版1.1.docxVIP

1.1 Working life 1 What does this quotation mean to you? `Life is what happens to you while youre busy making other plans. john Lennon, English singer song writer (1940-19830) 2 Discuss these questions. 1 How many jobs do you expect to have in your life ? 1-3 4-7 8or more 2 Would you prefer to be self-employed or an employee? Why ? 3 in fifteen years ’ time, do you expect to work more or less than now ? 4 at what age do you expect to stop working ? 55 65 75 3Underline tire best word to complete each sentence. 1 At the moment, people generally retire/resign at 65 2 I joined/applied for the company when I was 25 and have worked there ever since Whats the best way to pay/reward our employees for good performance? About 700 staff were laid off/dismissed when the company lost the contract to supply Toyota We have educated/trained our staff in the use of laser equipment. Im going to leave/change the company at the end of the year. E and C Consultants recruits/employs from the top business schools. Companies need to offer parents of young children more flexible/overtime hours- they used only to offer permanent posts, but now most new contracts are temporary/part-time ones. I have one day off/ holiday a week to attend a course at college. Make sentences with the words you didnt use in Exercise 3. Make nouns from thefollowing verbs. verb noun verb noun 1 employ 6 recruit 2 promote 7 apply 3 retire 8 dismiss 4 resign 9 pay 5 train 10 reward 1 Attitude to work Do you think that people starting work now have a different attitude to work than their parents did? if so, in what ways? Look at the newspaper article and read the title. What does the title suggest to you? Read the article arid check if you were r fight. Young workers Want it all, now Oh, and they’ll need to take next Friday off ,too TETROIT 一 Kurt Jennings, hoping to start a career in radio sales, thought he was prepared to answer any question during his recent interview. Then the radio executive opened the intervie