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Unit 3 Attitudes Toward Work

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. Diligent hard-working Responsible Enthusiastic Energetic Optimistic self-restrain

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Unit 3 Attitudes Toward Work

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  1. Unit 3 Attitudes Toward Work • Preparation • Listening-centered Activity • Reading centered Activity

  2. 主题词汇 • positive attitude to work • negative attitude to work

  3. negative attitudepositive attitude • Diligent • hard-working • Responsible • Enthusiastic • Energetic • Optimistic • self-restrain • Confident • Persistent • Vigorous • punctual • Idle • Lazy • Irresponsible • Pessimistic • Dilatory • dejected

  4. Part two listening-centered activitiesListening 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

  5. 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

  6. 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.

  7. Vocabulary

  8. temporarily • She works as a waitress only temporarily. • I suppose she can stay here temporarily while she’s looking for an apartment.

  9. Be reluctant to sth. • The child was reluctant to leave her mother. • He is reluctant to admit the truth.

  10. 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.

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

  12. Make a/no/some/ difference • The rain has some difference to he game. • It makes no difference to me what you said.

  13. Prestigious adj. • A number of prestigious persons attended the wedding. • Cambridge University is a prestigious university in the world.

  14. Difficult sentences

  15. Work with little challenge such as fully automated tasks usually make people feel bored and less satisfied. 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

  16. 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 ?

  17. In many companies an atmosphere of continuous pressure would urge people to find jobs with less pressure elsewhere. inspire sb. To do sth. a. His noble example inspire us to make greater efforts. b. His words inspire me to try again.

  18. 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”.

  19. The public will remember for a long time that Texaco failed to stop racial discrimination within its own organization. Within its own ranks在公司内部

  20. 精彩表达 • In an authoritarian and dehumanizing environment • Balance in their lives • An ethical company that acts in a socially and environmentally responsible manner • Mindless tasks • Destroy motivation and productivity • Failure and frustration • Make an impact • Direct relationship between job performance and reward • Individual responsibility for results • High respect for individual

  21. Perform to the best of their potential • Pursue personal interests • Maintain a stable and motivated workforce • Expand knowledge and experience • Ethnic diversity • Public impact • Lay off • Unique talents and contributions • At every stage of its operation • make a major difference

  22. 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？

  23. Let someone/something go • Will they let hostages go? • Don’t let the handle go.

  24. Passage 2 Fatal Attraction • Bitterness n. 1. 苦味 2. 痛苦，悲伤，辛酸

  25. replacement n. • 代替；替换 • 代替者；替换物

  26. Make inquires about a. He made inquires about our work. b. The old man made inquires about trains to London.

  27. 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。

  28. 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

  29. 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

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