Unit 1a Teamwork
Objectives
•To enable Ss to talk about teams and teamwork
•To practice reading for gist and specific information
To enable Ss to make and change arrangements
Overview
1.Working in pairs and rank requirements
for successful teamwork, Ss can decide if
they work in a good team and know how to
improve teamwork.
2.Ss can read a fax from the Polish
Subsidiary and answer comprehension
questions
3.Ss can summarize the matching of words in passages； 4.Ss can make a call to change arrangements.
Important and difficult points
重点：
Reading for specific information, know the importance of teamwork and communication。
难点：
Techniques of teamwork improvement and flexible communication
Assessing teams
Teaching contents:
* Warmer
* Vocabulary
* Alternative activity
Warmer
What does teamwork mean?
What do you think about “team spirit”?
What makes a good team?
Try to talk about the experiences of being a team member and the roles in the team.
Suggested answer
1.Teamwork means collaboration to produce a product for the quality of which team members have joint responsibility.
Teamwork projects have clearly identified and separately evaluated responsibilities for each team member as well as a specified and valuable outcome.
Team members are assessed on the quality of the product, the quality of their contributions to the team effort as well as the quality of the completion of their individually assigned tasks.
2.Team spirit refers to the vigorous sense of membership in a group working towards common objectives. If team spirit is developed in a group of people, this group has the following characteristics:
high group cohesiveness among all the members;
all members share clear objectives;
they have a strong commitment to the common objectives;
active participation of all the members.
3. Generally speaking, good teams have the following characteristics that set them apart from ordinary teams:
* Mutual trust
* Mutual support
* Effective communication
* Clear team objective
* Conflict resolution
* Utilization of member resources
* Democratic environment
What makes a good team?
Do you work in a good team? Explain why/why not?
参考词汇和表达
co-operative 齐心协力的
have communication problems 交流有困难
attach importance to team building 重视团队建设
develop team work 开拓团队协作
an effective team 精锐的团队
a high-performance unit 高效的团队
exchange of views 交流看法
emphasize team spirit 强调团队精神
share the same value 具有相同的价值观
collective efforts 共同的努力
Words and expressions
Uroda SA: 乌诺达股份有限公司。SA是法语，有时也写成 S / A或S.A.。意思是“股份有限公司” 。
acquire收购：to become the owner of; to buy; to get the possession of acquire原来的意思是“获得”，“占有”。在商务英语中，它的意思是“收购”。
take over 收购，接管，接受，to accept responsibility for，接受某种责任。比如，He took over my debts. 他接收了我的债务。take over也有控制的意思，to gain control of.：to take over a company接管一家公司，控制了一家公司。
toiletry多用复数形式，加复数变成toiletries，意思是化妆品，比如牙膏（toothpaste），梳子（comb），香水（perfume ），在文章中指生产这类产品的工厂。
a £ 22 m business 一个营业额为 ２２００万英镑的企业。business 做可数名词时，表示“工商企业，商行，公司”，和 firm, company的意思一样。例如：The majority of small businesses go broke within the first twenty-four months. 在最初两年里，大部分小公司都破产了。
take on responsibility 承担责任
和 be accountable (to someone for something) 就某事情对某人负有责任。Take on 还可以和work搭配。例如：The doctor says that Jim should take on much less heavy work.医生说吉姆应该少承担一些繁重的工作。 另外be accountable (to someone for something)这个短语，也可以说成 be held accountable for，比如：They should be held accountable for their acts.他们应该对自己的行动负责。但我们也应当对自己的行动负责 we should be held accountable for our acts.
bring in 有“接纳，使某人任职”的意思。比如： He was brought in last year as the direct manager.他去年正式出任总经理。
expatriate 是指那些已经移居海外，定居海外或已经放弃原国籍的人。如：French expatriate in New York 移居纽约的法国人。
work on sth 致力于某件事情 work on managerial skills 致力于管理技能，我们来看看Google的招聘广告就用到了work on 这个词， We're looking for exceptional people who love to work on innovative products and believe passionately in our mission: to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.我们在寻求那些杰出的人，那些致力于创新产品，而且强烈认同我们使命的人：组织全世界的信息，让它们变得有用，而且让全世界的人都可以接触到它们.
Come up with ideas想出主意。比如这个例句，He came up with a really elegant solution to our problem. 他给我们的问题想出了一个很棒的解决方案。
electric令人激动的，和exciting, thrilling 是同义词。比如 an electric performance. 刺激的表演。
throw new light on… ，提供线索，情况。The new facts throw some light on the matter. 新的事实给弄清楚这事情提供了线索。
returns 是“盈利”，“收益”的意思，商务英语中，return多数情况下用复数。比如：business returns 营业收入；small profits and quick returns 薄利多销；companies seek higher returns by investing in other corporations 一些公司通过向其它股份公司投资谋求更高的利润。注意：returns 在商务英语中还可以理解为“退货”的意思，此时只能用复数的形式:He began working on his salesman samples, sorting out broken packages and returns. 他开始整理那些推销货样，把包装破损的和退回来的捡出来。
be measured against 的意思是做比较，衡量
*company culture 公司文化
* management consultant 管理顾问
* managerial skills 管理技能
* creative thinking 创新技能
* team building 团队建设
* effective management style 有效的管理方式
Text Discussion
Read the article about how Cussons developed teamwork at its Polish subsidiaries. What did Cussons do? What benefits did this bring?
Suggested answer
Cussons brought in three expatriate managers to
work with the local sales staff in project teams. It
also brought in a consultant, who organized two
one-week courses, working on team building and
developing creative thinking.
Cussons has seen financial benefits, reporting
saving of ￡200,000 from the first course and
expected savings of ￡700,000from the second.
The course has also allowed the participants to
measure progress against targets set on the course
and have made people excited about their jobs.
Oral practice
Match the following verbs, prepositions and nouns from the article. Then use the phrases to describe what happened at Cussons
in Poland.
Suggested answer
Earlier at Cussons people did not work well in teams. Everyone had to wait for decisions made by the manager and it was not easy to get people to take on responsibility for anything. Cussons decided to try and deal with the problems and brought in a consultant called Keith Edmonds to work on managerial skills. He organized team-building courses. The participants worked together and came up with creative ideas. For example, they put on discos.
Arranging a course
Teaching contents:
* Warmer
* Vocabulary
* Alternative activity
Warmer
How many people will be in the sales team?
Where and when are they going to meet?
What are the objectives of the meeting?
When does Tom want an answer?
Key to questions
5.
London in the week of 11 February.
To build the team and agree on objectives, roles and schedules for the launch. They also need to discuss communication.
asap (as soon as possible).
Words and expressions
Carmichael, an American cosmetics group, has a Polish subsidiary. 卡米歇尔，一家美国化妆品集团公司，在波兰有一个分公司。 Group 在商务英语中指“由若干个下属企业或公司组成的集团”。例如：the second biggest newspaper group in the country 国内第二大报业集团。
profile 人物简介;概况.比如：The newspaper publishes a profile of a leading sportsman every week. 该报每周刊登一篇关于一个优秀运动员的简介。和profile相关的常用短语有keep a low profile: 保持低调：to behave in a way that does not attract attention.
look good 看起来不错，look后面可以加上形容词，也可以加上形容词的比较级。比如：
It looks wonderful. 看起来很精彩；It looks terrible. 看起来糟透了 That looks good.看起来好极了。This boy looks much younger than the boy I am looking for. 这个男孩要比我要找的那个男孩子。看起来要小得多，年轻得多
commence 开始commence比begin用法正式。在宗教或其它仪式及军事用语中人们倾向用commence. The officer ordered the soldiers to commence the attack.军官命令士兵开始进攻。Shall we commence the ceremony? 我们现在开始仪式吗? The tender offer will commence tomorrow.投标明天就开始。
spend time on sth. 在某件事情上花时间。比如，We spent a lot of time on team building. And our team became effective.我们花很多时间在团队建设上，团队因此变得很有效率。
alternatively 两者选一；做为选择We could take the train or alternatively go by car. 我们可以坐火车去, 也可以坐汽车去. To apply for this job, please visit our website and enter the job reference number. Alternatively, please email your CV (in English only) to us 如果想申请这个职位，请访问我们的网站，并输入职位代码。或者，你可以直接把简历发给我们。
Practical expression
Useful expression for making arrangements
1. Suggesting times and dates
How about/what about the following week?
Shall we say 8 February?
2. Asking for suggestions
When would suite you?
Did you have a time/place in mind?
3.Saying we are unavailable
I’m afraid I’m busy then.
I’m sorry but I can’t make it then.
4.Using the present continuous for talking about fixed arrangements
They’re working on another project until 12 February.
Assignment One
Oral presentation( group work)
What is important when assessing a good team?
Cooperation
Leadership
Contribution
Assignment Two
Try to make a call to change the arrangement by using the practical
expressions in the text. (Pair Work)The end作者: forumaster 时间: 2008-5-12 22:17 标题: ( Unit 1a Teamwork ) Word Study
Vocabulary
work towards a common objective 朝同一个目标共同努力
share information 共享信息
different point of view 不同的观点
(be) under pressure 有压力
toiletries 化妆品厂，清洁、化妆用品公司
major brand 主导品牌
sales department 销售部门
sales staff 销售人员
company culture 公司文化
expatriate 旅居海外的
management consultant 管理顾问
managerial skills 管理技能
creative thinking 创新技能
team building 团队建设
effective management style 有效的管理方式
a survival course 生存技巧培训课程
food and accommodation 食宿
profile 简介，小传，概况
simulation 模拟训练
marketing mania 营销激情
go for profit 追求利润
behind schedule 进度落后计划
stick to the schedule 严格按照计划进行
• acquire收购
take over 收购，接管，接受
toiletry 化妆品
take on responsibility 承担责任
be accountable 对。。。。。。负责。
bring in 接纳，使某人任职
work on sth 致力于某件事情
come up with ideas想出主意
electric令人激动的
throw new light on… ，提供线索，情况
returns 盈利，收益
be measured against 比较，衡量作者: forumaster 时间: 2008-5-12 22:30 标题: Unit 1a Supplementary Words
team spirit团队精神
Team Building团队建设
Monthly Review每月回顾
Project Team 项目组
Self-managing Teams/SMTs自我管理团队
Teamwork 团队协作
Team Dynamics团队推动力
New Product Launch新产品发布
Team Chapter 团队章程
Action Plan行动计划
Kick-off Meeting动员会
Team Player 团队工作者
Group小组
Mature Team成熟团队
Groupthink集体思维
advantage 优点,优势
productive富有成效的
thorough仔细周到的,技艺精湛的
synergy协同作用
achievement成就,成果
individually个人的,个体的
complementary 互补的
specialization专业,专长
job satisfaction 对工作的满足感
establish a team成立团队,组建团队
be aware of意识到
specific具体的,明确的
brief 简短的
well structured 精心组织的,有条理的
feedback 反馈
compatible谐调的,一致的
matching personalities性格相投
conflicting personalities 性格冲突
recognition 赞誉,承认,赏识
hold seminars召开研讨会
be conductive to有助于
creative thinking创造性的思维
common goals共同的目标
keep-updated使…了解最新进展
project management 项目管理
