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successful teamwork. Ss then decide if they work in a good team Reading 1 Ss read through an article and decide how Cussons improved teamwork at its Polish subsidiary. Ss then read the text again and match endings with sentence stems. Vocabulary Ss match verbs, prepositions and nouns from the text, then summarise what happened at Cussons.  Arranging a course Reading 2 Ss read a fax from the Polish subsidiary and answer prehension questions. Speaking Ss make a telephone call to change the arrangements for the meeting mentioned in the fax. Language focus Ss focus on language for making arrangements Assessing teams 7 Warmup question: ask briefly about Ss‘ experiences of being a member of team and their role in the team. I. words and expressions: 1. work towards a mon objective 朝着一个共同的目标努力 2. share information 共享信息 3. different points of view 不同的观点 4. （ be） under pressure 有压力 5. teamwork 团队协作 6. major brands 主导品牌 7. sales department 销售部门 8. sales staff 销售人员 9. pany culture/ enterprises culture 公司文化 10. management consultant 管理顾问 11. managerial skills 管理技能 12. creative thinking 创新思维 13. team building 团队建设 14. effective management style 有效的管理方式 15. food and acmodation 食宿 16. a survival course 生存技巧培训课程 17. profile 简介，概况 18. board games 董事会竞赛游戏、管理层竞赛游戏 19. simulation 模拟训练 20. market mania(extreme enthusiasm)营销激情，营销狂热 21. go for profit 追求利润 22. behind schedule 进度落后于计划、迟于预定 时间 23. stick to the schedule 严格按计划进行 II. Speaking: Ss work in pairs and rank the characteristics of a good tem. Expression for talking about teamwork: cooperative 齐心协力的 have munication problems 交流有困难 attach importance to team building 重视团队建设 develop team work 开拓团队 协作 an effective team 精锐的团队 a highperformance unit 高效的团队 exchange of views 交流看法 emphasize team spirit 强调团队精神 share the same values 具有共同的价值观 8 collect efforts 共同努力 III. Reading 1． Read the article on P8 about how Cussons developed teamwork at its Polish subsidiaries. What did Cussions do? What benefits did this bring? Suggested answer: Cussons brought in three expatriate managers to work with the local sales staff in project teams. It also brought in a consultant, who anizesed two oneweek courses, working on teambuilding and developing creative thinking. Cussons has seen financial benefits, reporting savings of ￡ 200, 000 from the first course and expected savings of ￡ 700, 000 from the second. The courses have also allowed the participants to measure progress against targets set on the course and have made people excited about their jobs. 2． Explanation: 1) Poles apart： 是一个惯用表达，意为 ―完全相反 ‖、 ―大相径庭 ‖； 同时 Poles 又指波兰人。 本文题目利用了双关语，指卡森公司与其新收购的波兰分公司原先在团队合作、公司管理等方面大相径庭，而通过培训、调整等一系列措施，双方弥合了这方面的差距。 题目的字面意思是 ―不再有两极之遥 ‖，可意译为 ―弥合差距 ‖。 2) Uroda SA: SA es from French Socie ‗te‘ Anonyme, also S/A or .股份有限公司 3) newly acquired factory: newly bought factory 4) toiletry: articles or products used in washing or dressing Here it means the factories or firms that produce them. 5) a ￡ 22m business: here business means 工商企业，商行，公司 6) take on responsibility:承担责任 7) be accountable (to sb for sth): be responsible for 8) bring in a consultant: engage sb as a consultant 9) work on managerial skills: 致力于管理技能 10) e up with ideas (answer, solution, plan):find or produce 11) electric: exciting。 thrilling 令人兴奋、激动，刺激 12) throw/cast new light on：提供线索、情况；帮助弄清楚 13) put on disco 表演了 disco, put on a concert, put on a play 14) returns: profit。 benefit。 report 赢利、收益、汇报 eg. business returns 营业收入 small profit and quick returns 薄利多销 15) progress is measured against… sth is pared with sth IV. Use the phrases to describe what happened at Cussons in Poland. 9 1. take on responsibility 2. bring in a consultant 3. work on managerial skills 4. e up with ideas 5. put on discos Suggested answer: Earlier at Cussons people did not work well in teams. Everyone had to wait for decisions made by the manage and it was not easy to get people to take on responsibility for anything. Cussons decided to try and deal with the problems and brought in a consultant called keith Edmonds to work on managerial skills. He anized teambuilding courses. The participants worked together and came up with creative ideas. For example, they put on discos. Arranging a course V. Reading 2 1. Ss read the fax on p9 and answer the questions. 2. Work in pairs. Student A looks at the activity sheet on p145. Student B looks at the activity sheet on p150 and make arrangements. Language for making arrangements: The following phrases are useful for making arrangements:  Suggesting times and dates How about/ What about the following week? Shall we say 8 February?  Asking for suggestions When would suit you? Did you have a time/place in mind?  Saying we are unavailable I‘m afraid I‘m busy then. I‘m sorry but I can‘t make it then.  Using the present continuous for talking about fixed arrangements They‘re working on another project until 12 February. VI. Summary 1. We have dealt with the topic Teamwork。 we can talk about teamwork with the help of words and expressions in the article we read. 2. We have talk about the skills we can use in reading for the general ideas and for specific information. 3. we have learnt the language of making arrangements. VII. Homework 1. Review words and expressions 10 2. Work in pare: make arrangements with phrases in the unit. 相关背景知识 新闻语篇结构简介 本教程中阅读部分的材料大多是摘自报刊杂志的商务新闻报道，熟悉这类语篇布局的特点有助于更好地把握语篇的主要信息，提高阅读效率。 下面对此类新闻语篇的结构作一简介。 新闻语篇一般由标题 (headline)、导语 (lead)和正文 (body)三个部分组成。 标题 标题常被视为是新闻报道 的 ―眼睛 ‖，常常以独特、新奇的表达方式和显要的位置展示在读者面前，以达到引人注目的效果。 作者常利用比喻、双关、压韵、防拟等修辞手段，使标题的语言简洁精练、发人深省。 Unit 1a Reading 1（ 2）的题目 No longer Poles apart 就是一个双关。 导语 导语一般指新闻报。