剑桥商务英语-2.1-Company-benefits

OverviewofModule2•2.1BusinessTopic:CompanybenefitsVocabulary:BenefitsandincentivesReading:MoretoacareerthanmoneySpeaking:AskingquestionsaboutjobsGrammar:ThepastWriting:Aletterofapplication•2.2BusinessSkills:PresentingyourcompanyVocabulary:CompanytermsListening:PresentationsSpeaking:Pausing,intonationandstressSpeaking:GivingapresentationWriting:Amemo•2.3Examspotlight:ReadingTest(Introduction&Part1)Matchingstatementstotexts2.1BusinessTopic:CompanybenefitsVocabulary:Benefitsandincentives•benefit•incentive•jobtitle•promotion•daysoff•trainingandstaffdevelopment•pension•parentalleave•acompanycar•福利•奖励•职衔•晋升•几天短假•培训与员工发展•养老金•亲子假,育儿假•公司给配的车tobecontinued…•AssistantITTechnician•ChiefOperationNetworkAdministrator•apayrise•businesscards•raisetheageofretirement•信息技术助理•首席运营网络管理员•涨工资,加薪•名片•提高退休年龄2.Listentofiveshortrecordings.Whichbenefitsandincentivesiseachpersonreferringto?tobecontinued…•Speaker1:1)mywifecanusetheoneathomeandweeventakemineawayatweekends2)theydon’tseemtomindhowIuseit•Speaker2:1)candoahalfday2)mightworklater3)takeworkhomeacompanycarflexibleworkinghours•Speaker3:1)law2)onlytwoweeks3)tohelpmywifeout4)latenightsandcrying•Speaker4:1)bepromotedfrom…to…2)newbusinesscardswithmynameon•Speaker5:•1)Iwon’thaveenoughtoliveonwhenI’m60•2)raisetheageofretirementparentalleaveanimpressivejobtitleapension2.1BusinessTopic:CompanybenefitsReading:Moretoacareerthanmoney•motivate(v.)•motivator(n.)•motivatingfactor•motivation(n.)•riseincareer(v.)•engaging(adj.)•engagingworkplace•desksinrows•open-planareas•激励•激励因素•激励因素•动机,目的•事业蒸蒸日上•有吸引力的,迷人的•有吸引力的工作环境•一排排的办公桌•开放式办公区tobecontinued…•apermanentdesk•setaside(v.)•aquicknap•funspaces•dedicatedareas•duringcoffeebreaks•gym•fancyfitnessequipment•workday•themedays•incentiveschemes•固定的办公桌•留出•小睡片刻•趣味空间•专用的区域•在喝咖啡休息时间•健身房•高档健身器材•工作日•主题日•奖励计划,激励机制tobecontinued…•retain(v.)•high-performingstaff•afinal-salarypension•end-of-yearbonus•long-servingemployee•sharesinthebusiness•perks(n.)•apaidweekendaway•ongoingtraining•staffturnover•tangiblebenefits•保留,保持•高绩效的员工•最终薪资养老金•年终奖•长期雇员•公司的股份•额外津贴,外快•周末免费出游•持续的培训•员工流失率,员工流动•实际的福利•Xerox/`ziərɔks/(施乐公司)isanAmericanglobalcorporationthatsellsprintanddigitaldocumentproductsandservicesinmorethan160countries.BackgroundInformationtobecontinued…•PontiflexisamobileadvertisingcompanybasedinBrooklyn,NY.Thecompanyuses“SignupAds”whichappearonmobileappstoallowpeopletosignupwiththeiremailaddresswithoutleavingtheapp.Thenbusinessesgetcontactinformationofpeopleinterestedintheirproducts.tobecontinued…•Airbnb(bnbisanacronymforbedandbreakfast)isanonlinemarketplaceforarranginglodging,primarilyhomestays,ortourismexperiences.Thecompanydoesnotownanyhouse.Itactsasabroker,receivingcommissionsfromeachbooking.3.UnderlinethebenefitsandincentivesthearticleMoretoaCareerthanMoneymentionsforemployees.MoretoaCareerthanMoneyFormostpeople,thefirsttimetheygetpaidfordoingajobisoneofthemostexcitingmomentsintheirlife.Itmeanstheyhavefinallyearnedtheirownmoneyandhavegainedindependence.Andformanypeople,workingisalwaysgoingtobeaboutearningenoughmoneytosurvive.However,moneyisnottheonlymotivator,andthefurtheryouriseinyourcareer,thelessitbecomestheonlyimportantfactorinyourworkinglife.Companieshavealsorecognisedthisandinrecentyearstheyhaverespondedindifferentways.tobecontinued…Theintroductionofflexibleworkinghoursisamotivatingfactorformanytwenty-first-centuryemployees.Anattractiveandengagingworkspaceisanother.Somecompaniesnolongeraimforthetraditionalofficeenvironmentofwhitewallsanddesksinrows.Infact,nowtherearefewwallsseparatingstaffinmanyfirms.Allstaffworkinopen-planareasandmightnotevenhaveapermanentdesk.AtfirmslikeXerox,manystaffhot-deskorshareadeskwithsomeoneelse.tobecontinued…Moderncompaniesalsorecognizetheneedforaspacetorelax;Pontiflex-acompanyinBrooklyn-setasideoneroomasaplaceforaquicknap.Agreenspaceoutsidewithtreesandgrasstowalkonhasbecomeasimportantastheinsideoftheoffice.CompanieslikeGoogleandFacebookarealsofamousfortheirofficedesignsthatmakeuseoffunspacesandbrightcolours,whereemployeescangathertodotheirwork,haveameetingorrelax.Therearededicatedareasforpeopletoplaygamesduringcoffeebreaksandgymswithfancyfitnessequipment.Addinganelementofsurprisetotheworkdayissomethingthatisusedinafewcompanies.Forexample,AirBnborganisescreativethemedaysfortheirstaffbasedonholidaysandevents.tobecontinued…Ofcourse,otherincentiveschemescanmakethedifferencebetweenretaininghigh-performingstafforlosingthemtocompetitors.Afinal-salarypensionschemeorend-of-yearbonusschemewillcertainlyinfluenceanemployee'sfutureplans.Somecompaniesevenrewardlong-servingemployeeswithsharesinthebusinesswhentheyretire.Motivationcanalsocomeintheformofsmallerperkslikeapaidweekendawayoramealoutwiththewholeteam.Fortheambitiousemployee,trainingalsorankshighwhenitcomestomotivationandacompanythatoffersongoingtrainingismorelikelytohavealowerstaffturnover.tobecontinued…Intheend,motivationiscommonsense.Ifyoushowinterestinyouremployees’lives—inandoutofwork—andtheycanseethetangiblebenefitsofthis,youremployeeswillbemoreexcitedabouttheirworkandmaketheof