Work Routines
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Unit 10世纪商务英语听说教程 3 (第四版)
Learning Objectives
• 1. To understand the main ideas and select specific information while listening.
• 2. To get familiar with important points about routine activities.
• 3. To talk about routine activities.
Contents
Part I Active Listening
Part II Fun Break
Part III Additional Listening
Part IV Viewing & Speaking
Active Listening
Active Listening
Tapescript
Exercise 1
Directions: Karen is complaining to Hilary about the amount of extra work she does. As
you listen, fill in the table below with the specific information about the frequency of her office routines.
occasionally___________________
normally once a day___________________
sometimes___________________
often___________________
rarely___________________
Active Listening
Exercise 2Directions: Listen to the dialogue again and decide whether the following statements are
true (T) or false (F).1. Hilary wants to have a talk in Karen’s office because she wants to keep it more private. 2. The purpose of the talk is to blame Karen for her work. 3. Karen often types letters for Mr. Ford.4. Cathy and Sally are both lazy employees.5. Typing up minutes of meetings is Karen’s job.6. Karen is the secretary of Marketing Department.7. It’s Helen’s job to distribute the post.8. Karen has to distribute mails every day.9. The problems are mainly the letters — and typing the minutes.10. How to solve the problem is not mentioned.
T( )F( )T( )F( )
T( )F( )
T( )
T( )
T( )
F( )
Active Listening
Active Listening
Exercise 1Directions: Hans gives a few more details about his working week. Listen to the dialogue and tick (√) Hans’s responsibilities.
Tapescript
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Active Listening
Exercise 2Directions: Listen to the following paragraph again and fill in the blanks with the words
you hear. And the Asian market starts on Monday, (1) before we start here in
Europe, and they look at these (2) figures, and see if they’ll buy dollars
or sell dollars. And then we (3) in Europe about nine o’clock on Mondays.
First, we (4) the Asian market, and perhaps the movement of (5)
will continue here in Europe. It’s not (6) , but mostly it’s the same (7)
in Europe as in Asia. And when we (8) here in Europe, about
five o’clock in the evening, (9) have come in — about three o’clock (10)
. And it’s twenty-four hours’ work all over the world.
six hours___________
money supply_______________
start up____________
currency__________check on___________
tendency____________
certain____________
close up___________
Americans______________
our time____________
Active Listening
Active Listening
Exercise 1Directions: Listen to a report about a tight schedule for Mr. Higgins, Chief Executive
Officer of Sunshine Company, and choose the best answer to each question.
Tapescript
1. What means of transportation will Mr. Higgins take?1
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Active Listening
Exercise 1Directions: Listen to a report about a tight schedule for Mr. Higgins, Chief Executive
Officer of Sunshine Company, and choose the best answer to each question.
2. Which country will Mr. Higgins visit?2
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Active Listening
Exercise 1Directions: Listen to a report about a tight schedule for Mr. Higgins, Chief Executive
Officer of Sunshine Company, and choose the best answer to each question.
3. What’s the symbol of Sunshine Company?3
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Active Listening
Exercise 1Directions: Listen to a report about a tight schedule for Mr. Higgins, Chief Executive
Officer of Sunshine Company, and choose the best answer to each question.4. Where will he have his lunch?4
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Active Listening
Exercise 2Directions: Listen to the passage again and complete the following timetable.
airport___________
laying the foundation stone_________________________
1:30_________
5:20_________local hotel_____________
Fun Break
Directions: Listen to an English song twice and fill in the blanks with the words you hear.
Memory
Not a sound from the pavement
Has the moon lost her memory
She is smiling alone
In the lamplight
The withered leaves collect at my feet
And the wind begins to moan
Memory
All alone in the moonlight
I was beautiful then
I remember
Let the memory
Live again
Every street lamp
A fatalistic warning
Someone mutters
And a streetlamp gutters
And soon it will be morning
Midnight__________________________
I can smile at the old days__________________________
The time I knew what happiness was________________________________
Seems to beat________________________________
Fun Break
Directions: Listen to an English song twice and fill in the blanks with the words you hear.
I must wait for the sunrise
I must think of a new life
And I mustn’t give in
When the dawn comes
Tonight will be a memory, too
Burnt out ends of smoky days
The stale cold smell of morning
The streetlamp dies
Another day is dawning
Touch me
It’s so easy to leave me
All alone with my memory
If you touch me
You’ll understand what happiness is
Look
Daylight__________________________
And a new day will begin__________________________
Another night is over__________________________
Of my days in the sun__________________________
A new day has begun__________________________
Additional Listening
Additional Listening
Exercise 1Directions: The following sentences are not arranged in the same order as presented in the
passage. Listen to the passage once and rearrange them. 1. Get back before my children come home.
2. At my home office I connect to Europe and the US.
3. I have video conferences with other parts of Asia.
4. I take my three children to school.
5. Think about what we need to do to support the team in China.
Tapescript
→ → → → 4( ) 3( ) 5( ) 1( ) 2( )
Additional Listening
Directions: Listen to a paragraph taken from the passage three times and write down the
missing words or sentences. What I’m trying to do now is (1) my knowledge and get momentum (2)
subject areas across the business. It’s very, very (3) , and it’s a lot of time spent
with (4) about our offer, thinking about our (5) , thinking about our
relationship with the architecture and (6) community. It’s about (7) and
learning in equal measure. I attempt to get home before my children go to bed and then the
evening (8) starts with Europe and then the US connection. (9)
. The important thing is knowing when to
put it down and shut it off. (10)
share_______
diverse_________
Exercise 2
round________
thinking_________ promotion___________
design________ sharing_________
The importance
of a home office and my blackberry is huge
________________
______________________________________
shift________
I have a rule that at 9:00 p.m. it goes off, regardless____________________________________________.
Viewing & Speaking
Useful Expressions for Work Routines
We have a standard meeting on Thursdays at 9:30 a.m..
In the morning, I usually attend meetings.
I type letters for the departmental managers almost every day.
I sometimes have to type up minutes of meetings.
Occasionally I’m asked to sort through the post.
Every Monday I check up all the balances in different currencies we have abroad.
I meet people from the Finance Department and discuss figures every other Friday.
Viewing & Speaking
Viewing & Speaking
Directions: Watch the video and answer the following questions.
Videoscript
1. What’s the possible relationship between Mr. Watt and the woman?
Boss and secretary._____________________________________________________________________
2. When will Mr. Watt meet with Sally?
At two thirty._____________________________________________________________________
3. Will Mr. Watt attend the press conference or not? why?
No. Because he has an urgent meeting with the Board of Directors at half past four._____________________________________________________________________
4. When will the marketing proposal be ready?
It will be ready by tomorrow morning._____________________________________________________________________
5. Will Mr. Watt be free tonight?
Yes._____________________________________________________________________
Viewing & Speaking
Directions: Watch the video again and get familiar with the characters in the dialogue.
Then role play the characters in pairs.
Directions: Suppose you are a secretary, and your partner acts as a sales manager. You
are helping him/her to plan a schedule for the next week (the fourth week of this month). The main information has been given in the following table for reference, and you can make some changes as you like.
Viewing & Speaking
Viewing & Speaking
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