Unit 3 Attitudes Toward Work

Preparation Listening-centered Activity Reading centered Activity

主题词汇

positive attitude to work

negative attitude to work

negative attitude positive attitude

Idle Lazy Irresponsible Pessimistic Dilatory dejected

Diligent hard-working Responsible Enthusiastic Energetic Optimistic self-restrain Confident Persistent Vigorous punctual

Part two listening-centered activities

Listening 1 local schools play the guitar accompany a singer hold the guitar correctly keep one’s concentration children have an advantage over adults agility in hands and fingers come across a very frustrating situation on the whole

Listening 2 industrial revolution pretty much for one’s whole lifetime get on a train job options all-vehicle??? highly specialized go down the track straight line have qualities of as well as be equipped for general skill

In-class reading

summary

Today’s workers want meaning in their work and balance in their lives. Companies should try to adapt to the change and make help work more meaningful. Future organizations should build strong, collaborative relationships with employees if they want to be successful.

Vocabulary

temporarily

She works as a waitress only temporarily. I suppose she can stay here temporarily while

she’s looking for an apartment.

Be reluctant to sth.

The child was reluctant to leave her mother. He is reluctant to admit the truth.

Mindful adj.

常作表语 He is mindful of his duties. We have to be mindful of every step we took on

slippery sidewalk.

Be sensitive to

She is sensitive to what people think of her. Photographic paper is sensitive to light.

Make a/no/some/ difference

The rain has some difference to he game. It makes no difference to me what you said.

Prestigious adj.

A number of prestigious persons attended the wedding.

Cambridge University is a prestigious university in the world.

Difficult sentences

Work with little challenge such as fully automate

d tasks usually make people feel bored and less sa

tisfied.

1) Challenge:

a. He accepted the ~ to swim across the river.

b. To build a bridge in day is a real ~.

2) lead to 导致

They want to know in what way their work has an effect

on others and the organizations’s goals. They also ant to

know in what way thy as individuals has an effect.

Have effect on sb./sth.

a. The film has quite an effect on her.

b. Did the medicine have a good effect ?

In many companies an atmosphere of continuous press

ure would urge people to find jobs with less pressure el

sewhere.

inspire sb. To do sth.

a. His noble example inspire us to make greater efforts.

b. His words inspire me to try again.

A number of companies have learned by experience that

the bad decisions on the part of management can create

a negative impression on the public.

“A number of companies recently in the news” 指的是“最近被嚗光的一些公司” .

The public will remember for a long time that T

exaco failed to stop racial discrimination within

its own organization.

Within its own ranks 在公司内部

1. In an authoritarian and dehumanizing environment

2. Balance in their lives

3. An ethical company that acts in a socially and

environmentally responsible manner

4. Mindless tasks

5. Destroy motivation and productivity

6. Failure and frustration

7. Make an impact

8. Direct relationship between job performance and reward

9. Individual responsibility for results

10. High respect for individual

精彩表达

1. Perform to the best of their potential

2. Pursue personal interests

3. Maintain a stable and motivated

workforce

4. Expand knowledge and experience

5. Ethnic diversity

6. Public impact

7. Lay off

8. Unique talents and contributions

9. At every stage of its operation

10. make a major difference

After-Class Readingpassage 1 work lovers or work addicts

leisure n. 空闲，空闲时间 来自古法语 leisir

What do you do in your leisure time?

你空闲时间做些什么？

Let someone/something go

1. Will they let hostages go?

2. Don’t let the handle go.

Passage 2 Fatal Attraction

Bitterness n.

1. 苦味 2. 痛苦，悲伤，辛酸

replacement

n. 代替；替换 代替者；替换物

Make inquires about

a. He made inquires about our work.

b. The old man made inquires about trains to London.

groan

1. vi, vt 呻吟着说 （常与 under, beneath, with 连用）受虐待；受折磨；受苦 They groaned under the load of taxes.

他们在赋税的重压下受折磨。 2. n. 呻吟声；抱怨声 ; （因承受重压而发出的）吱吱声，

响声 The chair gave a groan when fat woman sat down.

当胖女人坐在椅子上时，椅子发出吱吱声。

slack

n. 松弛 , 静止 , 淡季 , 闲散 , 家常裤 adj. 松弛的 , 不流畅的 , 疏忽的 , 软弱的 , 漏

水的 , 呆滞的 , 懒散的 adv. 马虎地 , 缓慢地 vt. 使松弛 , 使缓慢 , 马虎从事 vi. 松懈 , 减弱 , 松驰

scrub

vt, vi (-bb-) 刷洗，擦洗 （常与 up 连用）（做外科手术前）对（手和手臂）

进行擦洗和消毒 刷掉，摩擦掉 e.g. to scrub out a pan 擦净平锅 取消；剔除；不予考虑