Unit Six Sam Adams, Industrial Engineer

Designed by Shi Yuan

BookⅠ

The Third Two Periods

Writing and Exercise

1. 着手做某事

2. 结果是

3. 工业工程师

4. 工业管理

5. 井井有条且整整齐齐

6. 效率专家

7. 高品质 / 质量

8. 伪劣产品

set out to do sth.

turn out

industrial engineer

industrial engineering

to be well-organized and neat

efficiency expert

high quality

products of poor quality

Useful Expressions

9. 打下良好基础

10. 工程建设项目

11. 学士学位

12. 担当顾问位置

13. 短期

14. 最令人奇怪的

15. 质检

16. 查明 , 发现

lay a good foundation

construction project

bachelor’s degree

come in as a consultant

on a short term basis / for a short period

most curious of all

quality control

find out

Useful Expressions

17. 举行罢工

18. 耽搁

19. 导致

20. 商讨21. 跟上22. 心不在焉

23. 生产流水线 / 装配线

24. 工作流程

go on strike

hold up

result in

talk over

come up with

absent-minded

the assembly line

work flow

Useful Expressions

25. 背景音乐

26. 美化乏味的环境

27. 一位多产作家

28. 工资增加，职位提升

29. 夜 / 白班

30. 口头报导

31. 覆盖要点

32. 与时俱进

background music

beautify the dull setting

a productive writer

pay increases and promotions

night/day shift

oral report

cover the major points

keep up with the time

Useful Expressions

Summary Writing

Sam ( 是全家人的效率专家 ). He

always wanted everything ( 安排得井井有条，整整齐齐 ). For him, there was ( 样样东西都有一个固定地方 ). ( 大学毕业后 ), he worked as a temporary consultant in a shirt fact

ory. After he ( 观察 ) for a week, he offered many suggestions

to the manager. And he got a $100 check as a reward.

was the efficiency expert for the whole family ____________________________________

to be well organized and neat________________________a place for everything__________________

After graduation______________

made observations_______________

Exercises

• ( )1. I know nothing about the young lady＿＿＿ she is from Beijing. • A. except B. except for C. except that D. besides

• ( ) 2. The suit fitted him well＿＿＿ the colour was a little brighter. A. except for B. except that C. except when D. besides

( ) 3. He did have nothing to eat but＿＿＿＿＿ . A. to steal some food from the shop B. to rob some food of the shop C. steal some food from the shop D. rob some food of the shop

• ( ) 4. Jane was quite alone in the world＿＿＿＿ an aunt in Brazil. A. except B. except for C. besides D. instead of

Directions: choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D).

C

B

A

B

• ( ) 5.＿＿＿＿ being a little large, the hat looks nice. A. Apart from B. Except C. But D. Besides for

• ( ) 6. In no country＿＿＿ Britain can one experience four seasons in the course of a single day. A. other than B. anything that C. more than D. rather than

• ( ) 7. He gets up early every day＿＿＿ Sunday. A. besides B. except for C. except that D. except

• ( ) 8. We need fifteen more people＿＿＿＿＿＿ our team to do the job. A. besides B. except for C. except that D. except

A

A

D

A

Directions: fill in the blanks.

1. The police are trying to find the identity of the woman killed in the traffic accident.

2. A complete investigation into the causes of the accident should lead to improved standards and should result new operating procedures.

3. These tables showing the ups and downs of the world economy in the 1980’s were compiled the basis of careful observation and detailed studies.

4. When he began speaking in English, the little girl looked at him amazement.

5. You’d better relieve her some of her housework.

out

in

on

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• ( )1. Mr. Smith had an unusual , he was first an office clerk, then a sailor, and ended up as a school teacher.

• A. profession B. occupation C. position D. career• ( ) 2. The slides were on to a large screen.• A. projected B. thrown C. cast D. emitted• ( ) 3. He often takes the trouble his dictionary when he does

reading.• A. to consult B. consulting C. to be consulting D. to having

consulted• ( ) 4. All factories and mines are by government officials.• A. examined B. surveyed C. inspected D. investigated• ( ) 5. In order to prevent stress from being set up in the metal,

expansion joints are fitted which the stress by allowing the pipe to expand or contract freely.

• A. relieve B. reconcile C. reclaim D. rectify

Directions: choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D).

D

A

A

C

D

• ( ) 6. Everybody in the hall where they were welcomed by the secretary.

• A. piled B. assembled C. joined D. accumulated• ( ) 7. The wind has from north to south.• A. shifted B. converted C. altered D. transformed• ( ) 8. I prefer to receive information in an manner rat

her in visual means.• A. audible B. oral C. aural D. aerial• ( ) 9. They seldom paid us high , even if we did our

best to do the job.• A. complement B. compliment

C. complication D. comprehension• ( ) 10. He went back home without having any succ

ess.• A. completed B. achieved

C. finished D. accomplished

B

A

C

B

B

Chinese-English Translation

• 1、据报道，那条铁路曾因洪水而停止修建。• It was reported that the building of the rail

way had been held up by a flood.

• 2、罢工结果，资方接受了工人的要求。• The strike resulted in the management acc

epting the workers’ demands.

• 3、煤矿工人们决定为争取更好的工作条件举行罢工。

• The coalminers decided to go on strike for better working  conditions.

• 4、我很想买下这本英文词典，遗憾的是我身上带的钱不够。

• I’d like very much to buy the English dictionary Unfortunately , I haven’t got enough money on me.

• 5、我想先和你讨论一下这篇文章的英译稿，然后再把它寄给霍布斯先生。

• I’d like to talk over with you the English translation of the article before sending it to Mr. Hobbs.

• 6、那位外国专家希望在三年内达到所有的目标。• The foreign expert hopes to achieve all his

aims in three years.

• 7、一个科学家要跟上本领域的新发展，你认为必须做些什么？

• What do you think a scientist must do in order to keep up with the latest developments in his field?

• 8、作者认为，如果优秀工人经常得到加薪和提级，他们就会有更大的生产积极性。

• The author thinks that if excellent workers get frequent pay increases and promotions, they will have greater incentive to produce.

English-Chinese Translation

• 1. If we run at top speed we can just make it to the coffee machine and back to our worktable.

• 要是我们用最快的速度奔跑，从工作台到咖啡机旁我们刚够跑上一个来回。

• 2. I guess management wanted to remind us of what we are supposed to be producing there.

• 我想厂方是想提醒我们在那儿该生产些什么东西。

• 3. I used to think that the consultant goes into the factory, studies the problems, suggests cures for the problems, and then encourages the management to follow these suggestions.

• 我过去一向认为，当顾问就是走进工厂，研究问题，提出解决方案，然后鼓励厂方实施这些建议。

• 4. If workers and management are seriously involved in the problem solving, change is not only possible, but inevitable.

• 如果工人和厂方都能认真参与问题的解决，那么不仅可能，而且必然会发生变化。

Writing skills

• Combination: subordinating conjunctions

• Subordinate conjunctions, also called subordinators, are conjunctions that join a dependent clause and an independent clause. Common subordinating conjunctions are:

• after, although, as, because, before, how, if, once, since, than,

• now that, though, till, until, when, where, whether, while

• A subordinating conjunction joins a subordinate (dependent) clause to a main (independent) clause.

• A subordinating conjunction always comes at the beginning of a subordinate clause. It "introduces" a subordinate clause. However, a subordinate clause can sometimes come after and sometimes before a main clause. Thus, two structures are possible:

• Ram went swimming although it was raining.• Although it was raining, Ram went swimming.

• 连词用于引导从句以形成句子的一部分或修饰句子的构成要素的叫作从属连词。由从属连词所引导的句子叫作从句（ Subordinate Clause） ,而含有从句的句子叫作复合句（ Complex Sentence）。

• 从句的功能如下：• 1．名词从句（ Noun Clause） :作句子的主语、宾语、或补语。

• 2．形容词从句（ Adjective Clause）：修饰名词、代词或名词同等语。

• 3．副词从句（ Adverbial Clause）：修饰动词、形容词或其他副词。

Practical writing

• Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic On Work Efficiency. You should write at least 120 words。

• 范文• On Work Efficiency

     • More and more people have become aware of the significance of work ef

ficiency.  What does work efficiency mean? First of ail, it means working without any waste of time. A person with efficiency can produce more things in less time. In addition, work efficiency is closely linked with better quality of work results.     Many people are interested in improving their work efficiency because it can bring a lot of benefits both to an individual and to the society.     The most obvious benefit of work efficiency is that a person can use the time saved to do a lot of other valuable things. For example, a student who studies with high efficiency can win time to read more books, and to be engaged in more activities. Another benefit is that a person who works efficiently can have more leisure time to enjoy life. He can do whatever he likes to do in his leisure time, such as listening to music, going to movies, shopping, and touring.     High efficiency in work will undoubtedly lead to the great increase of output and the improvement of the quality of  products, which will, in turn, contribute to the development and the prosperity of the society. 

Oral practice

• 1) Do you have plans for a day’s work? Do you follow your schedule? Have you ever left today’s work for tomorrow? Give examples.

• 2) Do you think self-discipline helps to improve study and work efficiency?

• 3) Do you think environment has an effect on your study and life? Why or why not?

Assignments

1. Review this unit.

2. Writing a composition entitled “On Work Efficiency”。

3. Preview new words and the text in Unit 7.