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Vocabulary learning: tell the persons and their stories
productive investigate evaluate perfect performance
producer investigator evaluator perfectionist performer
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4 What might prevent a group from working well?
When people don’t communicate when they work together, this may lead to misunderstandings and later problems. If team members have different ideas about their purpose and how to work together, they probably won’t work so well.
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Listening and Understanding
Listening to natural English: listening to lectures
Good lecturers normally give an outline of what they will talk about at the beginning of the lecture and break their lecture into sections, each dealing with a sub-topic of the overall theme. They often use devices to signal that a new topic is about to be covered eg If we move on to … or Next I will look at … These signals will help us follow the lecture and organize our notes.
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In Video Clip 2, Strip Weathers gave McQueen some advice. Compare his advice with yours.
1. What did Strip Weathers think of McQueen? 2. Why did he say McQueen was stupid? 3. What advice did he give McQueen?
What will happen when these five persons meet? Work with your partner and make up a story. You should make full use of your imagination and make your story as funny and creative as possible.
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2 What are the characteristics of a good team player?
I assume a good team player should be able to listen to others, understand others’ points of view while putting forward their own ideas. The person also needs to be aware of their own and others’ strengths. 3 What makes a group of people work well together?
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1 Work in pairs and discuss the following questions.
1 Do you work better on your own or in a group?
Well, this depends, if it is a problem-solving activity or language learning, I feel group work is more effective, because we can look at a matter from different angles and can learn from each other. But I personally feel I would work better on my own when I make a new design or a painting. I can’t concentrate and catch my inspiration if others are around.
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Now watch Video Clip 3 and answer the following questions.
1. Who came and gave McQueen help in the game? 2. Why did he stop at the finishing line? 3. What did he think of the game and his friends now? 4. Do you think he did the right thing?
>>abulary learning: productive & productivity
Productive means achieving good results, or making goods and growing things in large numbers. Productivity is the rate at which goods are produced, especially in relation to the time, money and workers needed. Examples 1. During the most productive time in her career, she wrote five novels. 2. Build a sales force with high productivity.
They have different skills and roles which complement each other. They have a common purpose. They know how to communicate with each other. They all know how to give and take in a relationship.
Strength lies in differences, not in similarities. -- Stephen Covey Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results. --Andrew Carnegie The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual. -- Vincent Lombardi Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Team Spirit Quotes: Quotations on Teamwork
Teams, Teamwork, and Team spirit do mean a lot. Now read some motivational team quotes.
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2 Listen to Passage 1, Part 1 and complete the notes on the next page.
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effective： 有效的 synergy: (人们或者企业团结一致产生的)协同作用 context: 情境，背景 phase: （事物发展中的）阶段，时期 productive: 富有成效的，成果丰硕的 orientated: 重视···的，以···为目的的 ··· ··· conscientious: 认真的，勤勤恳恳的
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Group behaviour effective groups • synergy: performance of _________________ > sum of individuals. •19 30s Elton Mayo discovered “Hawthorne effect”: _____ improves * Being in a study __________ productivity regardless of factors other _________. * Personal _________, self-esteem and social context in identity performance which group works improve ______________. 60s group • 19 _____ Tuckman described stages of a _________. get to know Forming * 1 _________: Individuals ____________ each other. ideas and creative * 2 Storming: Individuals share ___________________ energy ________. identity * 3 Norming: Group _________ forms. together * 4 Performing Group works _________. ___________: