1、UNIT 8 Employment,PartA_1,Expressing Apologies We make apologies for various reasons, such as being late, causing inconvenience, dialing the wrong number, rendering bad service, etc. This part focuses on expressing apologies. Listen to the conversations and write down the reason why an apology is ma
2、de in each case.,Communicative Function,Notes,Listening Strategy,Useful Expressions,PartA_1,1. Because he dialed the wrong number.,_,Communicative Function,Notes,Listening Strategy,Useful Expressions,PartA_1,2. Because she was late for work. She overslept.,_,Communicative Function,Notes,Listening St
3、rategy,Useful Expressions,PartA_1,3. Because he didnt notify her earlier about quitting.,_,Communicative Function,Notes,Listening Strategy,Useful Expressions,PartA_1,4. Because he couldnt hire the woman.,_,Communicative Function,Notes,Listening Strategy,Useful Expressions,PartA_1_Script,Communicativ
4、e Function,Notes,Listening Strategy,Useful Expressions,1. - Mr. Powers office. - Could I speak to Steve?- Steve? Nobody by that name works here. Youve dialed the wrong number.- Im sorry.Q: Why did the man say sorry?,PartA_1_Script,Communicative Function,Notes,Listening Strategy,Useful Expressions,2.
5、 - Im sorry I was late for work, Mr. Smith, but I overslept.- How come, Linda?- My alarm clock didnt work this morning.- Well, its OK this time. But its disturbing the rest of your colleagues, you know.- Yes, I know. I wont let it happen again. Im sorry.- Thats all right.Q: Why did Linda say sorry?,
6、PartA_1_Script,Communicative Function,Notes,Listening Strategy,Useful Expressions,3. - I heard that John quit his job this morning.- How do you know that?- I overheard him talking to Ms. Jones when I passed by the office. She was very annoyed about it.- What did John say to her?- He apologized again
7、 and again for not notifying her earlier.Q: Why did John apologize to Ms. Jones?,PartA_1_Script,Communicative Function,Notes,Listening Strategy,Useful Expressions,4. - Mr. Baker, I can speak two foreign languages and Im friendly on the phone. Im the right person for the job as a secretary, I think.
8、- But youve only just finished school and dont have any office experience. Im sorry.Q: Why did Mr. Baker say sorry?,PartA_2,Identifying the Speakers Job The ability to identify what the speaker does is an important skill in listening comprehension. Notice that the recording does not say exactly what
9、 the speakers job is but we can find this out from the context.Youre going to hear three speakers. Guess what the speakers do. Choose the right answers.,Notes,Useful Expressions,Communicative Function,Listening Strategy,PartA_2_p1,1. a. A travel agent.b. A tour guide.c. An airhostess.d. A waitress.,
10、Notes,Useful Expressions,Communicative Function,Listening Strategy,PartA_2_p2,2. a. A salesman.b. A grocer.c. A farmer.d. A clerk in a grocery store.,Notes,Useful Expressions,Communicative Function,Listening Strategy,PartA_2_p3,3. a. An operator. b. A clerk.c. A secretary.d. A receptionist.,Notes,Us
11、eful Expressions,Communicative Function,Listening Strategy,PartA_2_Script,Notes,Useful Expressions,Communicative Function,Listening Strategy,1. Im Laura Smith. I find my job very interesting. Its good for me because Im crazy about traveling and flying. And I enjoy serving others. Ive been to many co
12、untries and I like my uniform a lot.What does Laura do?,PartA_2_Script,Notes,Useful Expressions,Communicative Function,Listening Strategy,2. My name is Tim Black. Im busy all day. Many people come to my store to buy vegetables and fruits because everything sold in my store is fresh.What is Tim Black
13、s job?,PartA_2_Script,Notes,Useful Expressions,Communicative Function,Listening Strategy,3. My name is Sarah Johnson. I work at the Deans office. I do filing, check e-mails, answer phone calls and so on. When a days work is over Im worn out.What does Sarah do?,PartA_3,Useful Expressions for Making a
14、nd Accepting an Apology Apologizing 1. Im (awfully) sorry (Im late again). 2. I do apologize for (what Ive done). 3. I must apologize for (having taken up so much of your time). 4. Sorry to have kept you waiting.,Notes,Communicative Function,Listening Strategy,Useful Expressions,PartA_3,5. I hope yo
15、u wont mind (waiting a little longer). 6. Please forgive me for (not keeping my promise). 7. Sorry, its my fault. 8. I really didnt mean (to hurt your feelings). 9. Im awfully sorry to (have given you so much trouble).,Notes,Communicative Function,Listening Strategy,Useful Expressions,PartA_3,Accept
16、ing Apologies 1. You dont need to apologize. 2. You dont have to say sorry. I quite understand. 3. Dont worry. It can happen to anyone. 4. You couldnt help it. 5. We all make mistakes. 6. Its quite all right. Forget it. 7. It doesnt matter. 8. Please dont blame yourself.,Notes,Communicative Function
17、,Listening Strategy,Useful Expressions,PartA_4,1. Generally speaking an apology consists of two parts:1) a simple apologetic statement of what one has done wrong, e.g. “Im sorry Im late”; 2) an explanation, e.g. “I overslept.”2. There are various ways to respond to an apology. Formal responses are:
18、1) Thats quite all right; 2) I understand; 3) It can happen to anyone;,Communicative Function,Listening Strategy,Useful Expressions,Notes,PartA_4,4) Its not your fault, etc. Informal responses are: 1) Its OK; 2) Thats OK; 3) Dont worry about it; 4) Forget it; 5) Never mind; 6) It doesnt matter, etc.
19、,Communicative Function,Listening Strategy,Useful Expressions,Notes,PartB_1_1,Here are some useful sentences and structures that you might find handy in discussing the questions in Pair Work: Id like to be a / an biologist / physician / surgeon musician/ artist / diplomat / photographer / interprete
20、r / college professor / civil engineer / lawyer / programmer / librarian / financial planner / real estate agent / social worker / accountant / architect / entrepreneur / businessman, etc.I can travel to a lot of interesting places if I work as a sales manager.,Pre-listening Tasks,Listening Tasks,Sp
21、eaking Tasks,Pair Work,Language Focus,PartB_1_1,I like kids / teaching and thats why I want to become a school teacher.Education / Science and technology / Social stability / International trade, etc., is of vital importance / essential to the development of our country, so I want to have a career i
22、n I admire scientists / doctors / teachers / businessmen, etc., so I want to be one of them.,Pre-listening Tasks,Listening Tasks,Speaking Tasks,Pair Work,Language Focus,PartB_1_1,I think Im suitable for this job because Im not afraid of / ready to face any challenges. What matter(s) most to me is /
23、are a friendly atmosphere / an understanding boss / comfortable working environment / handsome pay / challenging tasks / good prospects of promotion. My father / mother is / used to be a and I would like to follow in his / her footsteps.Id like to go my own way and live a life that is entirely diffe
24、rent from that of my parents.,Pre-listening Tasks,Listening Tasks,Speaking Tasks,Pair Work,Language Focus,PartB_1_1,I think work is only part of my life and not everything.A job with a high salary tends to be stressful / exhausting.I think being happy and healthy are more important than having lots
25、of money.It is hard for people who lack necessary skills / are too picky to find satisfactory work.,Pre-listening Tasks,Listening Tasks,Speaking Tasks,Pair Work,Language Focus,PartB_1_1,People who dont have necessary qualifications / fail to keep up with the development of their subjects / stop upda
26、ting their knowledge or skill / neglect their duties are likely / tend to lose their jobs.Companies that are ill managed / cant compete with others / fail to adapt themselves to change lose business and their employees suffer.,Pre-listening Tasks,Listening Tasks,Speaking Tasks,Pair Work,Language Foc
27、us,PartB_1_2,Questions for Discussion What kind of career would you like to follow after you graduate? What attracts you to that career? What factors are most important in a job for you? Which is more important to you: a job with a high salary or a job with low stress?,Pair Work,Language Focus,Pre-l
28、istening Tasks,Listening Tasks,Speaking Tasks,PartB_1_2,What do your parents do? Would you like to follow in their footsteps? Why and why not? Why do some laid-off workers find it hard to get work?,Pair Work,Language Focus,Pre-listening Tasks,Listening Tasks,Speaking Tasks,PartB_1_2_demo,Pair Work,L
29、anguage Focus,Pre-listening Tasks,Listening Tasks,Speaking Tasks,PartB_1_2_demo2,Pair Work,Language Focus,Pre-listening Tasks,Listening Tasks,Speaking Tasks,PartB_2_1,1. conscientious a. dutiful 尽职的 2. flaw n. defect 缺点，瑕疵 3. clumsy a. awkward and ungraceful 笨拙的 4. spoil v. to ruin 搞坏 5. warehouse n
30、. a building for storing goods 仓库 6. furnishings n. articles of furniture 家具 7. unpack v. to open and remove the contents of a package 打开并取出 8. merchandise n. goods 货物，商品 9. assign v. to designate 指定,Pre-listening Tasks,Listening Tasks,Speaking Tasks,Exercise 1,Exercise 2,Word Bank,Language and Cult
31、ural Notes,PartB_2_1,10. temporary a. lasting only for a short time 临时的，暂时的 11. fragile a. easily broken, breakable 易碎的 12. trip v. to stumble 绊倒 13. crash n. a sudden loud noise 突然发生的巨响 14. shatter v. to break into pieces （使）破碎 15. deduct v. to take away from a total 扣除，减去 16. grin n. a wide smile
32、咧嘴的笑 17. steady a. stable 稳定的,Pre-listening Tasks,Listening Tasks,Speaking Tasks,Exercise 1,Exercise 2,Word Bank,Language and Cultural Notes,PartB_2_2,1. Background informationIn present day Western society, the job market is very competitive. To get and, more importantly, to keep a good job, you ha
33、ve to have a university degree, experience in a particular field of work, necessary skills and training and readiness to upgrade your knowledge and skills. Even for low-pay jobs, in the text, Fred, the clumsy young man, is just such a case. His job as a warehouse worker may well come to an abrupt en
34、d once the broken vase is paid for, leaving his dream of having a steady job to crumble.,Word Bank,Language and Cultural Notes,Pre-listening Tasks,Listening Tasks,Speaking Tasks,Exercise 1,Exercise 2,PartB_2_2,2. furnishingsarticles of furniture and things such as curtains and carpets, and decoratio
35、ns such as pictures 3. to deduct something from your wages every weekTo take away a part of your wages to pay for (the vase). Note the difference between “wages” and “salary”. “Wages” are the money paid each week to an employee, usually for manual or unskilled work. The income of professional and of
36、fice workers is usually paid monthly and is referred to as a “salary”.,Word Bank,Language and Cultural Notes,Pre-listening Tasks,Listening Tasks,Speaking Tasks,Exercise 1,Exercise 2,PartB_2_2,4. A wide grin spread across the young mans face.The young man had a broad smile, showing his teeth.,Word Ba
37、nk,Language and Cultural Notes,Pre-listening Tasks,Listening Tasks,Speaking Tasks,Exercise 1,Exercise 2,PartB_2_3,Listen to the recording once and choose the right answers to the questions. 1. What does the story mainly tell us? a. What Fred did. b. Where Fred worked. c. How clumsy Fred was. d. How
38、Fred found a steady job.,Pre-listening Tasks,Listening Tasks,Speaking Tasks,Exercise 1,Exercise 2,Word Bank,Language and Cultural Notes,PartB_2_3,2. What can be inferred from the story? a. Fred would never lose his job again. b. It was difficult for Fred to find a steady job. c. Fred did not like hi
39、s earlier jobs.d. The manager was a kind-hearted man.,Pre-listening Tasks,Listening Tasks,Speaking Tasks,Exercise 1,Exercise 2,Word Bank,Language and Cultural Notes,PartB_2_3,3. Which of the following is not appropriate to describe Fred? a. Poor.b. Clumsy. c. Humorous. d. Conscientious.,Pre-listenin
40、g Tasks,Listening Tasks,Speaking Tasks,Exercise 1,Exercise 2,Word Bank,Language and Cultural Notes,PartB_2_4,Listen to the recording again and answer the following questions by completing the sentence under each question. 1. Why couldnt Fred keep any job for long?He was clumsy and spoiled everything
41、 he did. 2. Where did Fred finally get a job?In a warehouse. 3. What did he do there?He unpacked the goods that had newly arrived from the factory and put them in assigned places. 4. What happened one morning?Fred broke a large vase.,Exercise 1,Exercise 2,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,Pre-listening Tasks,Listening
42、Tasks,Speaking Tasks,Word Bank,Language and Cultural Notes,PartB_2_4,5. How much did the vase cost?$350. 6. What did the manager decide to do to punish Fred?To deduct something from Freds weekly wages until the vase was paid for. 7. Why did Fred feel happy when he heard that the vase he had broken w
43、as worth a lot?As it would take a long time to deduct $350 from his wages, he could keep his job while he was paying for what he had broken.,_,_,_,_,_,_,Exercise 1,Exercise 2,Pre-listening Tasks,Listening Tasks,Speaking Tasks,Word Bank,Language and Cultural Notes,PartB_2_Script,Exercise 2,Exercise 1
44、,Pre-listening Tasks,Listening Tasks,Speaking Tasks,Word Bank,Language and Cultural Notes,PartB_3,Listen to the conversations and repeat after the recording. Practise the conversations with your partner, playing the role of A or B. Then create your own conversations by replacing the underlined parts
45、 with your own words.,Pre-listening Tasks,Listening Tasks,Speaking Tasks,Conversation 1,Conversation 2,Pair Work,PartB_3,A: Did you see the ad 1)on the bulletin board? B: No. Whats it about? A: Well, the Sunflower Restaurant in the Foreign Students Building 2) wants to hire two part-time waitresses.
46、 B: Really? What are the hours? A: Every evening from 5: 30 to 7: 30. And 6 to 10 pm. on Saturdays. B: 3)What about the pay?,Conversation 2,Pair Work,Conversation 1,Pre-listening Tasks,Listening Tasks,Speaking Tasks,PartB_3,A: They are offering 4)10 yuan an hour plus 5)free supper. B: Mm. Thats not
47、bad. Are you going to apply for it? A: Im not sure. I dont know if I can handle both study and work. B: Well, seven-thirty is 6)not too late. Theres still plenty of time for study. A: Maybe youre right. Seems you want to apply for it, dont you?,Conversation 2,Pair Work,Conversation 1,Pre-listening T
48、asks,Listening Tasks,Speaking Tasks,PartB_3,B: Well, you know, Im 7)sharing an apartment with two other girls. That money can help me pay the rent. A: Thats true. B: OK. 8)Why dont we go and find out straight away? A: All right.,Conversation 2,Pair Work,Conversation 1,Pre-listening Tasks,Listening Tasks,
