实用英语综合教程unit 6.Work_Text A.ppt

Unit6 Work;Text A Working Hard or Hardly Working?;work;Something About Work;Something About Work;Discussion 1. Who seem to work harder, people now or in the past? 2. Why most employees working longer hours now than ever before? 3. Do most people believe more time means more work? ; Words and Expressions;Working Hard or Hardly Working?;find out: to learn or discover (a fact that was hidden or not known)发现; at the end of: The task was finished at the end of 1995. at an end: finished The war was at an end. in the end: at last It will turn out all right in the end.; The more he gives his children, the more they want. The more you practise, the better you can speak English. ; The quality of performance has fallen off since last year. Business fell off after Christmas. ; In addition to the apples you asked for, I bought you some oranges. In addition to English, he has to study a second foreign language.; She works everything out effectively. effective He made an effective speech. efficient working well and without waste His work is efficient.;search out: to find (out) or uncover by searching; He has had the benefit of first-class education. It’s of great benefit to everyone.; He made a profit of $1000 on the sale. There’s very little profit in selling land at present.;Exercise 3 Decide whether the statements are True (T) or  False (F) according to the passage.; Text A Working Hard or Hardly Working? 1 According to a recent survey, employees in many companies today work longer hours than employees did in 1979. They also take shorter vacations. It seems that Americans are working harder today than ever before. Or are they? A management consultant, Bill Meyer, decided to find out. For three days, he observed an investment banker hard at work. Meyer wrote down everything the banker did during his long workday — the banker worked 80 hours a week