[BEC][hujiang] Lesson02 Unit1:Working life ---Reading

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1.1Working Life p7 reading attitudes to work

Question6: 对于Attitude问题

1 I be willing/ unwilling to do sth

2 I prefer….

3 I want…

4 I expect…

5 I ask for…

Question 7:Look at the newspaper article and read the title. What does the title suggests to you.     预测能力

报刊文章的结构

headline(标题)

       subtitle(副标题)

       dateline(电头) 报道发生的时间地点,时间可省略

       5Ws: when, where, who, what , why

       news lead(消息导语)   报刊中的第一段,报道重点

       news story(正文部分)

标题中的标点符号:

       Young workers want it all, now

  1.文章中的逗号(comma)表示and

  2.冒号(colon)表示 : a.某人说  b. be动词(am,is,are

  3.破折号(dash)表示: 间接引用

 

take off

       脱下

   起飞

       打折   It takes 20 percent off

       休假   take three days off

       经济腾飞   take-off period

answer the question 7

Young workers’ expectation and attitudes to work. They want a lot,and they want immediately right now. And From the sub-title, we can predict that maybe someone is ?? to work

Detroit : n底特律(美国密歇根州最大城市)

Start a career/ start a business . 创业

Make a career 在事业上有所成就

Carve (out) a career for oneself. 谋求发展,闯出一番事业

Be prepared to do sth = Be ready to do sth.

Interview 简介

Phone interview:核实教育背景,语言表达能力。 迅速的回答问题

Case interview(案例面试)

Stress interview(压力面试) e.g.How do you handle rejection

Radio executive收音机经理主管

Open with

Be open with sb with sth 对某人毫不隐瞒某事

以….开立

e.g. You can open a saving account at any time with an initial deposit of $15

开立,开口的,无限制的

open a credit 开立信用证

open the books: 开立新账

open account: 未结清账户、赊账

open check: 普通支票、非划线支票

open-end contract: 开放型合同

entitlement : n.权利

entitlement Generation: 小皇帝 , 啃老族,养尊处优的一代

be entitled to: 有权利获得 + 名词/不定式

be entitled to high praise: 值得高度的赞扬

entitlement payments: 公民权利性付款(如社会保障金等)

give sb a deep impression: 给某人留下深刻印象

expectation: n.期望、期望值

arouse expectations: 引起期望

hold great expectations: 抱有很大的期望

have high expectation for salary

flexibility n.伸缩性、灵活性、浮动

flexibility of budget system: 预算制度的浮动

appetite: n.胃口;兴趣

lose appetite : 没有胃口、失去兴趣

spoil/ruin sb’s appetite :毁掉了某人的兴趣

appetite for: 对…..有兴趣,对…..向往 He has amazing appetite for knowledge

sense of loyalty to a company : 员工忠诚度

影响因素

1.benefit system/benefit package工资福利制度

2.promotion prospects 发展潜力

3. job satisfaction (opportunity for advancement and training))培训机会和晋升空间

4.effective management style企业的人力资源管理制度

twenty-somethings: 二十多岁的年轻人

make the transition to : 转型, 从….过渡到

typically: 特别地   especially   adv.

Be used to 习惯于

Instant gratification: 即时满足、快速满足

Instant: adj.速溶的、方便的

Instant noodle: 方便面         instant coffee: 速溶咖啡

Instant agendas: 即时会议议程

缩写Inst: 本月  (instant month)  ult:上月(last month)    old-fashion用法

codding parents: 溺爱孩子的父母

fail to do: 没能做到

prepare sb. For sth: 使某人在心理上有所准备

He had himself prepared for bad news

Veteran: n.老兵,老员工

Veteran Day: 退伍军人节

Have reply for: 对….回复

Be spoiled by : 被毁坏、被宠坏 My holiday was spoiled by the bad weather

Spoiled goods: 损毁货物

Too strong :太过了

Deserve: v应受、值得

Deserve to be rewarded      deserve punishment

Break one’s back for sb 为某人把腰折了  把腰累折了

Break one’s leg 把腿摔坏了

End up doing sth 以…收场

My friend lost his wallet, so I ended up paying the meal

Psychologist 心理学家

Bury oneself in sth 专心致志于   I buried myself in my studies

Cubicle 狭小的空间,办公室座位  Follow orders: 听从命令

On earth: 究竟

A good idea soaked into that veteran worker.那位老员工的头脑里有了一个好主意

Little appetite for hard work == not interested in working hard

Twenty-somethings == people in their twenties

Instant gratification == getting what you want as soon as you demand it

Coddling parents and colleges == parents who overprotect and spoil young people

We were spoiled by your generation == your generation gave us everything we wanted.

Break our backs for you == to work very hard for you

Bury themselves in a cubicle == to sit quietly in a little office