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( )

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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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