1、Unit 3,邵秀荣 2014.10,Business English: A Reading Course,Warm-up Questions,1. With the economy so depressed, layoff is something unavoidable and an employee needs to prepare himself to face it. What can be done to help those former employees leave with dignity and self-respect? 2. Nowadays it is hard t
2、o find a job. The job market is one thing but have you ever thought seriously about the question: Why cant I find a good job? Are you down on your luck?,Business English: A Reading Course,Background information,许多著名企业： 曾经：“企业永不裁剪员工”； 21世纪：经济持续不景气。尽可能少的离职补偿；羞辱的方式解雇员工； 如何让解雇过程变得更加有尊严和人情味呢？ 如何关注留下来的雇员的
3、需求呢？ 解聘员工与招聘、雇佣雇佣和留住员工同样重要，是高管们应该学会的管理技能。,Reading Skills: Introduce the Basic Information about Business English Reading,Questions:1. What do we usually encounter while reading Business English passages?2. What is the character of Business English vocabulary ? (See P32 in Unit 3),Business English: A
4、 Reading Course,Text A： If You Fire People, Dont Be a Jerk About It,Questions1. What is the authors idea of “saying the right thing”?2. What does an employer do to make employees take in their layoff?3. Why is handling layoffs on a Tuesday or Wednesday good for employees?,Business English: A Reading
5、 Course,Text A,Notes on the Text: 1. We literally spent the day looking out the window as people were leaving . 我们简直是整天望着窗外，看着人们离去literally用在这里表示强调，如：The old man was literally blazing with anger. 老人简直是怒火中烧。 2. Bellefonte, Pa:美国宾夕法尼亚州的一个自治镇。Pa是邮政地名，同Pennsylvania。,Business English: A Reading Course,Te
6、xt A,Notes on the Text:3. Executive coaches say small-business owners in particular could use a lesson or two in easing the pain, since they often dont have human-resources specialists to help them out and they may go for long stretches without firing anyone. 行政管理指导员说小公司业主们尤其需要学习如何减轻被裁雇员的痛苦，因为他们通常没有
7、人力资源专家来帮助他们，而且他们可能花了很多时间，却谁都没解雇成。,Business English: A Reading Course,Text A,Notes on the Text: 4. Assuming they are solid performers, offer to give them a good recommendation and perhaps even reach out to acquaintances who you think may be hiring. 如果被裁员工有出色表现，你可以提出为他们写一封评价较高的推荐信，甚至可以联系你认为可能需要雇人的熟人。
8、reach out to: 联系；把手伸向。如： They have tried to reach out to these unfortunate people. 他们已尽力向那些不幸的人们伸出援助之手。,Business English: A Reading Course,Text B： Why Cant You Find a Job？,Questions1. How do you understand the sentence “Youre not making finding a job a job itself.”? 2. How does the interviewee sell
9、himself?3.What is the authors opinion on switching jobs?,Business English: A Reading Course,Text B,Notes on the Text: 1. With unemployment at a 26-year high as the grinding downturn wears on, many people are being forced into job changes if theyre lucky enough to find new jobs. 难熬的经济低迷仍在继续，失业率达到26年来
10、的高点，在这种情况下，许多人被迫换工作如果他们够幸运而能找到新工作的话。2. Pulling out all the stops by doing anything you can to get in front of a hiring authority with pain (the need to hire someone) is key. 全力以赴，尽你一切可能站到求贤若渴的招聘人员面前才是关键。,Business English: A Reading Course,Text B,Notes on the Text:3. They badmouth and criticize their
11、 current or past employers and justify their own convictions, thinking that a prospective employer is going to identify with them. 他们诋毁、批评他们现在或过去的雇主，为自己的观点辩解，认为未来的雇主能认同自己。identify with : 同情；与 产生共鸣。如：She always identifies with the loser. 她总是同情失败者。,Business English: A Reading Course,Keys to Exercises,
12、I. P26-1.； P27-2.； P27-3.； II. 1. lay off 2. one on one 3. stock to 4. reach out to 5. taking in 6. refrained from III. Translation 1.我们简直是整天望着窗外，看着人们离去。 2. 即使你在做决定时也考虑过该员工的表现，你还是要面对他们说这不是他们的错，而是你的错，为了避免裁员你已经竭尽全力了。 3.一些公司担心会遭到报复，就让保安立即护送被裁员工离开公司 可能会给员工一小会儿的时间来调整自己的杂物。,Business English: A Reading Cou
13、rse,Text A,Text B,I. Discuss 1. youre not taking the task of finding a job seriously. You just do it casually. 2. He/She should pay attention to everything, from dressing properly to focusing on what they can do for a prospective employer. Coming right out & asking for the job are of great importanc
14、e.,Business English: A Reading Course,Keys to Exercises,Text B,I. Discuss 3. At the beginning of ones career, it is nearly impossible to find something right without trying a bunch of options. After that, you will experience more personal growth from changing jobs frequently than staying in one job
15、for extended periods of time. And if you change jobs frequently you build an adaptable skill set and a wide network which are the keys to being able to find a job whenever you need to.,Business English: A Reading Course,Keys to Exercises,Text B,II. 1. identify with 2.pull out all the stops3. wore on
16、 4. prospects 5. when it comes to 6. entail 7. confuse with III. Translation 1. 许多人不够投入，缺乏热情，没有做好不许失败的思想准备，没有意识到求职是一个数字游戏。 2. 由于错误估计了自身技能的“销路”，人们往往容易拔高自己找工作的能力。 3. 你没有认识到面对面的面试是最重要的。 4. 在面试过程中很多人要么不自信，要么表现傲慢。原因很简单：他们没有做好应有的准备。 5. 美国最大的求职网站CareerB开展的这项调查显示，45%的受访雇主称他们通过社交网站来查看求职者的信息，这一比例较之去年的22%有所提高。
17、,Business English: A Reading Course,Keys to Exercises,1. Try to remember new words and expressions in Unit 3; 2. Make a summary for Part IV Supplementary Reading with no more than 50 words; 3. Finish Part V Test Yourself on P34, five minutes for each passage. 4. Preview new words and expressions in Unit 4.,Business English: A Reading Course,Assignment,
