新编剑桥商务英语(中级)Module-2精选全文完整版

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Useful language from Module 2

Wordlist

branch headquarters promotion

take part in call centre holding company

recognition take seriously cash bonus

manufacturing research and development

take with a pinch of salt corporation

parental leave distribution centre pension

reward trademark division perks

subsidiary turnover flexible plant

take care warehouse found (a company)

position take on

Expressions

Presenting

Good morning and thanks for coming.

Today I'd like to tell you about...

If you have any questions, I'll be happy to answer them

at the end.

In my brief presentation we'll begin by looking at...

First of all there's.../ and finally there's...

Then I'll give an overview of...

OK, let's move on to look at...

One thing I'd like to point out is...

Take a look at this chart, which shows...

Here you can see...

Finally. I'd like to talk about...

So that brings me to the end of my presentation.

Thanks for listening.

Are there any questions?

Module 2.1 Company benefits

Benefits and incentives

Vocabulary

1) Ask students to work alone as they rank the ten items

and then compare and discuss in pairs. Make sure they

give reasons.

Extension

In Part Two of the Speaking Test, students might need to give a one-minute presentation entitled, "What is

important when choosing a job?". Put students in pairs

and tell them to practise a similar presentation, taking

turns to be the examiner or the candidate. Students can

use some of the ideas listed in exercise 1.

2) 2.1 Students listen out for five of the benefits and

incentives in exercise 1. Note that this is a similar task

to Part Two of the Listening Test.

Answers

1 a company car 2 flexible working hours

3 parental leave 4 an impressive job title

5 a pension

2.1 Listening script

Speaker 1 It's great because usually it means my wife

can use the one at home and we even take mine away at

weekends. I work for quite a relaxed company and they

don't seem to mind how I use it for leisure.

Speaker 2 I thought it wouldn't change the way I

worked after the first six months, but as they got older

it actually became more complicated with getting them

to school or if they wanted to do activities in the

afternoon. But my boss has been really good about it

and some days I can do a half day if I want and then I

might work later on other days - or I take work home,

which I don't like doing, but it's the only way...

Speaker 3 It's actually the law now so they had to let

me have it. It was only two weeks but at least I had

time to help my wife out. Mind you, after all the late

nights and crying I was really happy to get back to

work for a while and have a rest!

Speaker 4 I've just been promoted from Assistant IT

Technician to Chief Operational Network Administrator.

It means I get a bit of a pay rise and new business cards

with my name on. I'm not sure if I get my own office

though.

Speaker 5 The problem for me is that I won't have

enough to live on when I'm 60 and I can't afford a

private plan. So I'll probably try and keep working for a

few more years, and anyway, I heard the government is

planning to raise the age of retirement...

Is working for Xerox too good to be true?

Reading

3) Set students a time limit of about three minutes to

answer the question. The aim is to find any benefits and

2 incentives, but tell students not to read in too much

detail at this stage.

Answers

opportunities for promotion, training and staff

development, a pension

*Note that the article also mentions a "reward and

recognition scheme" which is another form of

incentive.

4) Now students read the article in much more detail to

answer questions 1-5. Refer them to the Exam Success

tip on reading the complete text before answering any

questions.

Answers

1 B 2 A 3 C 4 B 5 C

Expressions with take

Vocabulary

5 As a quick lead-in, ask students to brainstorm

collocations and expressions they can think of with take,

eg take a day off, take a taxi, take a break, take off, etc.

Answers

1 take (Moloney's comments) with a pinch of salt

2 take care of

3 Take (Carole Palmer)

4 took part in

5 takes on

6 takes seriously

Extension

Ask students to write six new sentences using take from

the exercise. They can relate the sentences to their own

work or life, eg I'd take the news of a pay rise with a

pinch of salt. (not so sure, doubtfully)

Module 2.1 Company benefits

Asking questions about jobs

Speaking

1) Tell students to imagine they were the journalist