Module 1 第一单元1.1Business Topic Ways of working商务话题篇工作方式1) Vocabulary: different ways of working (15 mins)regular hours正常工作时间flexible (working) hours/flex(i)time弹性工作时间freelance n. 自由职业teleworking n. 电子办公；在家中上班job-share v. / n. 分担工作；工作分担制job-sharing n. 分担工作job-sharer n. 与人分担工作的人shift work 轮班工作，倒班制temping n 当临时工，任临时雇员consultancy n. 咨询公司specialist advice 专业咨询hotdesking (hot-desking) n. 办公桌轮用（指将职工分成不同的班次，以便他们能共用一间办公室，一张办公桌和一台电脑）office gossip办公室小道消息，办公室飞短流长office news办公室新闻credit n.赞扬，功劳managing director总裁，总经理（美英chief executive/president）brainpower n.智能worst-case adj.做最坏打算的，为最坏情况的，为最不利条件的scenario n. 事态，局面full-time adj.全日制的delegate v. 授权，分派工作availability n.利用（或获得的）可能性，可以利用的人（物），人员、物资保证parental leave 育儿假，照顾新生儿女假distractions n. 让人注意力分散的事物contact n. 人脉，有影响力的熟人，有用的社会关系case-load n. 工作量daily log日志voice mail 语音信箱，语音邮件self-organization n. 自我组织能力disruptive a. 造成混乱的1. How do you work most effectively? By working…regular hours/flexible hours?in a team/on your own?from home/in an office?for a boss/as your own boss?参考词语和表达：routine type of person按部就班的人have flexible management of time and work灵活安排自己的时间和工作get support from each other相互支持co-operate with each other相互合作share ideas交流想法learn from other people’s strong points学他人所长working in a team needs to have good interpersonal skills and is not necessarily efficiently.在团队工作需要有很好的人际交往技能，不一定效率就高can be more concentrated and thus more efficient in an office在办公室更容易集中精力因此也更有效率have more flexibility享有更多的灵活度feel more relaxed 感觉更轻松a dependent type of person and never make decisions myself性格依赖，不喜欢自己拿主意an independent type of person and would like to make decisions myself性格独立，喜欢自己做决定don’t want to work under someone 不想在别人手下工作5. Reading:How to job-shareGet organized Set your limits Put pen to paper Two become one安排有序规定限度签订协议合二为一Open your mind Plan for disaster Find the perfect partner Don’t feel guilty敞开心胸/开拓视野有备无患理想搭档勿感内疚1. share credit and blame 分担成绩与过失，意译“功过与共”2. Flexecutive 经营内容蕴含其中的公司名flexible与executive两词复合而成“弹性经营管理”。
3. consultancy n.咨询公司，顾问公司4. embrace vt. 拥抱；包含，包括5. inevitable adj. 必然的，不可避免的【例1】It seems inevitable that she’ll find out your secret. 看来她必然会发现你的秘密。
【例2】This is an inevitable disaster. 这场灾难是不可避免的。
6. play to 迎合，投…所好play to each other’s different strengths迎合各人不同的优点，意译“发挥各人特长”【例】He played to popular prejudices to serve his political ends.他迎合大众的偏见来为他的政治目的服务。
7. workload n. 工作量8. in terms of 就…来说；关于…9. parental leave 父母假，育儿假，照顾婴孩假（其形式可为分娩假、哺乳假、陪产假或领养假）6. How easy would it be for you to job-share? Would your employer or boss think it was agood idea?参考词语和表达：Yeshave more time with children有更多的时间与孩子共处with less work stress工作压力小can have more free time有更多的自由支配时间can have someone to share credit and blame可以有人与自己分担成绩与过失，功过与共two people doing one job means twice as much experience, skills, brainpower and energy两个人一起工作意味着双倍的经验，双倍的技能，双倍的智能和精力Nodifficult to find someone you like很难找到自己喜欢的人need to coordinate with the other person和另外那个人要协调好tend to work at night动不动就会工作到深夜need careful planning to play to each other’s different strengths需要周密计划，发挥各人特长They may not get what they expect of the job-sharer in terms of hours, availability and result.老板们可能无法实现他们对分担工作者在上班时间、到岗情况和工作成果等方面的期望。
Working from homeListeningsave money on office space节省办公用地成本no commuting无需每天乘公交车上下班；无需经常往来go into work 上班every so often 偶尔；常常；时常go in 开始照常工作catch up on 赶上；得到……消息；弥补A mini-presentation6. Work in pairs. Choose one of the ways of working below and prepare a ‘mini-presentation the topic for the rest of the classA: What is important when …?Job-sharing? Find someone you like.? Organize and plan how you share the work.?Finding someone you like is the most important when you start a job-share. As job sharing isa way for two people to both fill one job, finding someone you like is very important for thesuccess of the scheme. You may find one from your current workplace, or you may find one fromoutside through all kinds of contacts.Organising and planning how you share the work is also important. If it’s shared responsibility, there is no division of duties but the two people have to split the hours clearly toensure that the work flows continuously. If it’s divided responsibility, each partner has to be clearunrelatedabout his own case – l oad or project to focus on during his working hours. If it’sresponsibility, the partners have to learn what their separate tasks are in the same department, andeach has to do his own share well.Communication is another important factor to consider when you arrange the job-share,especially for shared responsibility. Partners have to communicate well so that jobs are done smoothly. Using email, voicemail messages, daily logs and notes are some techniques that help facilitate communication.B: What is important when…?Working from home? Set up an office space in the house.? Plan your working hours and your breaks.??Setting up an office space in the house is important when working from home. This will give you a feel of being in the office and concentrate more on work. In this way, it will be easy for youto differentiate between work time and private time and you will not be easily distracted.It’s also important to plan your working hours and your breaks. Make it like in the office and set a timetable. But do not overwork yourself to make up for not being in the office every day.Make sure you have a break after you work for a few hours.In addition, to make working from home really successful, you should make sure colleagues and clients can reach you as though you are in the office. This may help a lot to guarantee the efficientcy.1.2Business Skills Making contacts商务技能篇建立人脉关系Vocabulary:trade fair event商品交易会coffee break工间咖啡休息时间drinks evening晚间酒会coaching event专项体验训练活动network vt. & vi.建立关系网络networking n.建立人际网，关系网maximize vt.最大限度地使用，发挥socializing n.参与社交，交际corporate world商界useful contacts有用的人脉关系co-chair联合总裁、主席（为帮助职场人士建立人脉关系专门举行的）“牵线搭桥”活动，联谊活‘networking’ event动locals n.当地人be spread out分散在各地internal communication内部交流post-it note便条Pricewaterhouse Cooper普华永道会计师事务所，英文缩写为PWC，国际四大会计师事务所之一The City Girls’ Network年轻职业女性网络，简称CGN，是伦敦一家专门为刚走上职场的年轻职业女性提供人脉资源的的公司。