新編劍橋商務(wù)英語(yǔ)unit_2

1、Unit TwoCompany BenefitsAn Overview of Unit Two2.1 Business Topic(Company Benefits)Vocabulary(Benefits Incentives)Reading(An article about Xerox)Speaking(Asking questions about jobs)Writing(A letter of application)2.2 Business Skills(Presenting your company)Vocabulary(Company Terms)Listening(Present

2、ations)Speaking(Giving a presentation)Writing(A memo)2.1 Business TopicCompany BenefitsQ: What would you take into account when choosing a job? Q: Which is the most important one to you? Please state your reasons.lan impressive job titleltraining and staff developmentla good salaryla pensionlflexibl

3、e working hourslopportunities to travellopportunities for promotionlparental leaveldays off and long holidaysla company carVocabulary: Benefits and Incentives companys reputation companys financial situation location of workplace working environment job challenge personal interest job security Self-

4、fulfillments員工福利 (Employee Benefits)的形式：1. 法律保障的權(quán)利(Legally Required Benefits)，包括社會(huì)保障(Social Security)、失業(yè)補(bǔ)償(Unemployment Compensation)、工傷賠償(Workers Compensation)等。2. 與退休有關(guān)的福利(Retirement-related Benefits)，例如退休金計(jì)劃(Pension Plans)等。3. 與保險(xiǎn)有關(guān)的福利(Insurance Related Benefits)，包括健康保險(xiǎn)(Health Insurance)、人壽保險(xiǎn)(Lif

5、e Insurance)、意外事故和傷殘保險(xiǎn)(Accident and Disability Insurance)等。4. 帶薪休假的福利，包括帶薪公假和帶薪休假(Paid Holidays and Paid Vacations)。、其他的福利，例如交通補(bǔ)貼(Local Conveyance Allowance)、住房補(bǔ)貼(Housing Allowance)、伙食補(bǔ)貼(Meal Allowance)、旅游津貼(Holiday Bonus)。無(wú)形的福利：老板的獎(jiǎng)賞(recognition)、晉升的可能性(possibility of promotion)、舒適的工作環(huán)境(working env

6、ironment)等。獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)措施(incentives)：一個(gè)紅包、一頓飯、一瓶酒、一次旅行機(jī)會(huì)等ListeninglListen to five short recordings. Which of the benefits and incentives in exercise1 is each person referring to? Speaker 1:_Speaker 2:_Speaker 3:_Speaker 4:_Speaker 5:_company carflexible working hoursparental leavean impressive job titlea pen

7、sionListening scriptThe words in RED are the key information to make right decisions.Speaker 1 Its great because usually it means my wife can use the one at home and we even take mine away at weekends. I work for quite a relaxed company and they dont seem to mind how I use it for leisure.Speaker 2 I

8、 thought it wouldnt change the way I worked after the first six months, but as they got older it actually became more complicated with getting them to school or if they wanted to do activities in the afternoon. But my boss has been really good about it and some days I can do a half day if I want and

9、 then I might work later on other days or I take work home, which I dont like doing, but its the only waySpeaker 3 Its actually the law now so they had to let me have it. It was only two weeks but at least I had time to help my wife out. Mind you, after all the late nights and crying I was really ha

10、ppy to get back to work for a while and have a rest!Speaker 4 Ive just been promoted form Assistant IT Technician to Chief Operational Network Administrator. It means I get a bit of a pay rise and new business cards with my name on. Im not sure if I get my own office though.Speaker 5 The problem for

11、 me is that I wont have enough to live on when Im 60 and I cant afford a private plan. So Ill probably try and keep working for a few more years, and anyway, I heard the government is planning to rise the age of retirement.Task 1: Read the following article. What benefits and incentives does the art

12、icle mention for employees at Xerox? Reading Is Working for Xerox Too Good to Be True? What a lovely place Xerox is to work! Kim Moloney, a client services executive, cant say enough nice things about her employer. Its a very special environment, she says, People describe Xerox as a family and I was

13、 amazed at the number of people who have worked here for so long. Its tempting to take Moloneys comments with a pinch of salt, especially considering that when youve been working somewhere for only two years, as she has at Xerox, everyone seems old and established. But theres truth behind her enthus

14、iasm. Take Carole Palmer, the group resources director. She joined Xerox in 1978 as a temp and has been in her present role for seven years. Xerox has been good to me over the years, she says. It has supported me through qualifications and last year I took part in the vice-president incumbent progra

15、mme.Task 2 Human resources is taken seriously at Xerox, Palmer says, and the company has a policy of promoting from within (which would explain Moloneys amazement at her colleagues longevity). The company takes on only fifteen to twenty graduates each year and Moloney was part of an intake who joine

16、d having already acquired a couple of years work experience. She started as a project manager for Xerox Global Services before moving into sales. Now her responsibility is to grow and maintain customer relationships. Moloney is based at the head office in Uxbridge. Its great in terms of working envi

17、ronment, she says. Weve jus got a new provider in the canteen and we have brainstorming rooms and breakout areas. Much of Moloneys role is visiting clients, so she doesnt have a permanent desk at head office. Im a hot-desker, which is good because you get to sit with different people in the hot-desk

18、 areas. And youre given a place to store your things. Head office staff numbers between 1,200 and 1,500 people, Palmer says. The company has four other main offices in the UK. The nature of the organization, which encompasses sales and marketing, global services (the biggest division), developing ma

19、rkets, research and development and manufacturing, means that the opportunities at the company vary from service engineers to sales roles and consultants. lOpportunities for promotionlTraining and staff developmentlA pensionlA reward and recognition scheme Perks include a final-salary pension scheme

20、 and various discount schemes. The reward and recognition scheme is a little different, and rather nice: Each manager has a budget every year to recognize and reward staff, Palmer says. It can be in the form of a meal for two, or a bottle of wine. It can be up to 1,000. Theres the recognition, and t

21、hen theres putting money behind it. Moloney, however, likes the non-cash rewards. Xerox takes care of all its staff but it also recognizes the people who put in the added effort, she says. It offers once-in-a-lifetime incentive trips, and recently I organized a sailing trip fro my team. The idea of

22、working abroad with the company appeals to her, and she says that her career goal is to be part of the senior management team. Heres another employee, it would seem, who is in it for the long haul.BackPerks: something that you get legally from your work in addition to your wages, such as goods, meal

23、s, or a car額外津貼final-salary pension scheme最終薪酬養(yǎng)老金計(jì)劃 Long haul 本身表示“長(zhǎng)途運(yùn)輸”的意思，在這比喻“費(fèi)時(shí)費(fèi)力、長(zhǎng)期艱苦的工作”。e.g. Its been a long haul but at last this book is published.經(jīng)過千辛萬(wàn)苦，這本書終于出版了。Task 1: Read the following article. What benefits and incentives does the article mention for employees at Xerox? Reading Is Wor

24、king for Xerox Too Good to Be True? What a lovely place Xerox is to work! Kim Moloney, a client services executive, cant say enough nice things about her employer. Its a very special environment, she says, People describe Xerox as a family and I was amazed at the number of people who have worked her

25、e for so long. Its tempting to take Moloneys comments with a pinch of salt, especially considering that when youve been working somewhere for only two years, as she has at Xerox, everyone seems old and established. But theres truth behind her enthusiasm. Take Carole Palmer, the group resources direc

26、tor. She joined Xerox in 1978 as a temp and has been in her present role for seven years. Xerox has been good to me over the years, she says. It has supported me through qualifications and last year I took part in the vice-president incumbent programme.Task 2施樂公司（財(cái)富500強(qiáng)公司之一，總部設(shè)在美國(guó)，主要經(jīng)營(yíng)辦公設(shè)備）該詞大寫時(shí)為專有名

27、詞，指該公司后派生為動(dòng)詞，意思為“用復(fù)印機(jī)復(fù)印”e.g. Can you xerox this letter for me?Task 1: Read the following article. What benefits and incentives does the article mention for employees at Xerox? Reading Is Working for Xerox Too Good to Be True? What a lovely place Xerox is to work! Kim Moloney, a client services execu

28、tive, cant say enough nice things about her employer. Its a very special environment, she says, People describe Xerox as a family and I was amazed at the number of people who have worked here for so long. Its tempting to take Moloneys comments with a pinch of salt, especially considering that when y

29、ouve been working somewhere for only two years, as she has at Xerox, everyone seems old and established. But theres truth behind her enthusiasm. Take Carole Palmer, the group resources director. She joined Xerox in 1978 as a temp and has been in her present role for seven years. Xerox has been good

30、to me over the years, she says. It has supported me through qualifications and last year I took part in the vice-president incumbent programme.Task 2Too good to be true: 好得不像是真的，好得讓人難以置信。此標(biāo)題字面意思為“為施樂公司工作如此妙不可言嗎？”為了使標(biāo)題簡(jiǎn)潔醒目，可翻譯為“施樂公司：工作者的天堂Task 1: Read the following article. What benefits and incentiv

31、es does the article mention for employees at Xerox? Reading Is Working for Xerox Too Good to Be True? What a lovely place Xerox is to work! Kim Moloney, a client services executive, cant say enough nice things about her employer. Its a very special environment, she says, People describe Xerox as a f

32、amily and I was amazed at the number of people who have worked here for so long. Its tempting to take Moloneys comments with a pinch of salt, especially considering that when youve been working somewhere for only two years, as she has at Xerox, everyone seems old and established. But theres truth be

33、hind her enthusiasm. Take Carole Palmer, the group resources director. She joined Xerox in 1978 as a temp and has been in her present role for seven years. Xerox has been good to me over the years, she says. It has supported me through qualifications and last year I took part in the vice-president i

34、ncumbent programme.Task 2cant say enough nice things about her employer字面上的意思是字面上的意思是“對(duì)于她的雇主總是說不夠好對(duì)于她的雇主總是說不夠好話話”可譯為可譯為“對(duì)她的雇主贊不絕口對(duì)她的雇主贊不絕口”Task 1: Read the following article. What benefits and incentives does the article mention for employees at Xerox? Reading Is Working for Xerox Too Good to Be Tru

35、e? What a lovely place Xerox is to work! Kim Moloney, a client services executive, cant say enough nice things about her employer. Its a very special environment, she says, People describe Xerox as a family and I was amazed at the number of people who have worked here for so long. Its tempting to ta

36、ke Moloneys comments with a pinch of salt, especially considering that when youve been working somewhere for only two years, as she has at Xerox, everyone seems old and established. But theres truth behind her enthusiasm. Take Carole Palmer, the group resources director. She joined Xerox in 1978 as

37、a temp and has been in her present role for seven years. Xerox has been good to me over the years, she says. It has supported me through qualifications and last year I took part in the vice-president incumbent programme.Task 2Its tempting to take Moloneys comments with a pinch of salt人們很可能對(duì)Moloney的話

38、半信半疑。Its tempting to 在這表示人們的普遍傾向性，意思是“人們傾向于”Takewith a pinch/grain of salt 對(duì)半信半疑Task 1: Read the following article. What benefits and incentives does the article mention for employees at Xerox? Reading Is Working for Xerox Too Good to Be True? What a lovely place Xerox is to work! Kim Moloney, a cli

39、ent services executive, cant say enough nice things about her employer. Its a very special environment, she says, People describe Xerox as a family and I was amazed at the number of people who have worked here for so long. Its tempting to take Moloneys comments with a pinch of salt, especially consi

40、dering that when youve been working somewhere for only two years, as she has at Xerox, everyone seems old and established. But theres truth behind her enthusiasm. Take Carole Palmer, the group resources director. She joined Xerox in 1978 as a temp and has been in her present role for seven years. Xe

41、rox has been good to me over the years, she says. It has supported me through qualifications and last year I took part in the vice-president incumbent programme.Task 2v i c e - p r e s i d e n t i n c u m b e n t programme 副總經(jīng)理崗位培訓(xùn)課程副總經(jīng)理崗位培訓(xùn)課程通常我們可以用前綴通常我們可以用前綴“vice-”表示職位表示職位的的“副副”或用或用deputy表示表示Task

42、 2: Choose the best answer, A, B or C for questions 1-5 about the Xerox article.1.The journalist of this article thinks that A. staff at Xerox are not telling the truth about the company. B. Xerox offers great benefits to staff. C. people havent worked at Xerox long enough to know if its a good comp

43、any.2. Where does the company tend to find its new managers? A. From existing staff. B. On training courses. C. Only from graduates.3. Why doesnt Kim Moloney have her own desk? A. Because she isnt important enough. B. Because there isnt space at head office. C. Because she often travels and is away

44、on business.4. As well as recognizing its staff through promotion, Xerox A. gives cash bonuses. B. provides a number of perks. C. gives unpaid leave to take trips of a lifetime.5. One common feature of Xerox staff is that they tend A. to work hard. B. to get promoted. C. not to change employer.BackT

45、ask 1: Read the following article. What benefits and incentives does the article mention for employees at Xerox? Reading Is Working for Xerox Too Good to Be True? What a lovely place Xerox is to work! Kim Moloney, a client services executive, cant say enough nice things about her employer. Its a ver

46、y special environment, she says, People describe Xerox as a family and I was amazed at the number of people who have worked here for so long. Its tempting to take Moloneys comments with a pinch of salt, especially considering that when youve been working somewhere for only two years, as she has at X

47、erox, everyone seems old and established. But theres truth behind her enthusiasm. Take Carole Palmer, the group resources director. She joined Xerox in 1978 as a temp and has been in her present role for seven years. Xerox has been good to me over the years, she says. It has supported me through qua

48、lifications and last year I took part in the vice-president incumbent programme.Task 2 Human resources is taken seriously at Xerox, Palmer says, and the company has a policy of promoting from within (which would explain Moloneys amazement at her colleagues longevity). The company takes on only fifte

49、en to twenty graduates each year and Moloney was part of an intake who joined having already acquired a couple of years work experience. She started as a project manager for Xerox Global Services before moving into sales. Now her responsibility is to grow and maintain customer relationships. Moloney

50、 is based at the head office in Uxbridge. Its great in terms of working environment, she says. Weve jus got a new provider in the canteen and we have brainstorming rooms and breakout areas. Much of Moloneys role is visiting clients, so she doesnt have a permanent desk at head office. Im a hot-desker

51、, which is good because you get to sit with different people in the hot-desk areas. And youre given a place to store your things. Head office staff numbers between 1,200 and 1,500 people, Palmer says. The company has four other main offices in the UK. The nature of the organization, which encompasse

52、s sales and marketing, global services (the biggest division), developing markets, research and development and manufacturing, means that the opportunities at the company vary from service engineers to sales roles and consultants. lOpportunities for promotionlTraining and staff developmentlA pension

53、lA reward and recognition scheme Perks include a final-salary pension scheme and various discount schemes. The reward and recognition scheme is a little different, and rather nice: Each manager has a budget every year to recognize and reward staff, Palmer says. It can be in the form of a meal for tw

54、o, or a bottle of wine. It can be up to 1,000. Theres the recognition, and then theres putting money behind it. Moloney, however, likes the non-cash rewards. Xerox takes care of all its staff but it also recognizes the people who put in the added effort, she says. It offers once-in-a-lifetime incent

55、ive trips, and recently I organized a sailing trip fro my team. The idea of working abroad with the company appeals to her, and she says that her career goal is to be part of the senior management team. Heres another employee, it would seem, who is in it for the long haul.BackExpressions with takeCh

56、oose the right expression to each of the meanings and try to write 6 new sentences by using take-expressions.lTake part in (para. 2)lTake (para. 2)lTake care of (para. 9)lTake with a pinch of salt (para. 1)lTake on (para. 3)A.Take seriously (para. 3)常見的與take搭配的短語(yǔ)：1. take after 與相像 eg. The baby took

57、after his mother.2. take down 記下 eg. Take down the notes while you are listening.3. to be taken for 被誤認(rèn)為 eg. to be taken for a foreigner4. take off 打折 eg. Shop early and well take off 20 percent.5. Take + time + off 抽時(shí)間；請(qǐng)假； e.g. take time off (from)從抽時(shí)間；take a day off 請(qǐng)一天假6. take on 承擔(dān) eg. to take o

58、n new responsibilities7. take for granted 認(rèn)為理所當(dāng)然 eg. We often take these things for granted.0. Q: why / like/ the company? Why do you like the company? A: Its like a family.1. Q: long / working / the company?_ A: Two years.2. Q: when / join? _ A: In 1978.3. Q: was / first job? _ A: A project manager

59、.4. Q: what / responsible? _ A: Growing and maintaining customer relationships.5. Q: where / based? _ A: At Uxbridge.6. Q: would / like / in the future? _ A: Work abroad and be part of the senior management team.Speaking: Asking questions about jobsHow long have you been working for the company?When

60、 did you join (the company)?What was your first job?What are you responsible for?Where are you based?What would you like to do in the future?An interview between a journalist and an employee (or a person from the leadership) about a job.Time limit: 3 minutesYou are the journalist and you ask somethi