Starting up Vocabulary Listening Reading Skills Case studyOVERVIEW

Starting up What do you want from work? 2.1 Listen to four people. Make three word partnerships they use from the words in each box.

Vocabulary: Vocabulary: Days, months, dates 10/9/2013 (BrE) The tenth of September, two thousand and thirteen 9/10/2013 (AmE) September tenth, two thousand thirteen

Vocabulary: Vocabulary: Leisure activities sing songs in a karaoke bar go fishing play bowling play card-games visit a park; stroll around a park stroll up / down the streets

sleep in; lie in go on an outing buy goods at a discount go for a drive in one's car

enrich oneself go for a walk in the country in spring strike a proper balance between work and leisure have some time at one's own disposal

Reading ： Describing your routine B Mark each statement true or false. 1 F 2 F 3 T 4 T 5 F 6 T

2.2 An interviewer asks people from different countries about their typical day. Listen and complete this chart. D

Rodolfo (Mexican) Isabel (Swiss) Sigrid (Austrian) 1 What do you do when you get to work? 2 Where do you have lunch? 3 How often do you travel on business ? check e- mail at home once a month look in diary;then have a coffee at her desk never say hi to colleagues; then check s in the cafeteria twice a year

Skills Talking about work and leisure 2.3 Complete the conversation. Use words from the box. Then listen and check. 2 really 3 love 4 interested 5 enjoy

Skills Talking about work and leisure

2 really 3 love 4 interested 5 enjoy

Translation 1. 我通常 5 点钟起床，早餐前跑步。 2. 你订了哪些杂志？ 3. 从头到尾地看报纸要花很多时间。 4. 看完报之后，我离家去上班。 5. 我让秘书整理出那些需要马上 处理的邮件。 6. 我每天上午都要和财务主管、 销售主管开例会。

1.I usually get up at five and go for a jog before breakfast 2. Which magazines do you take? 3. It takes a lot of time to read the papers from cover to cover. 4. After the papers, I leave for the office. 5. I asked my secretary to sort out those letters, which need immediate attention. 6. Every morning I have regular meetings with my finance and sales directors.

汤姆森先生是位银行家。他每天 6 点钟 起床，做早操之后，一面吃早饭，一面 看报纸。 7 点半离家去上班。通常 8 点半 开始办公。先在微机上读一下急需处理 的电子邮件。 9 点钟接见各部门经理， 开 20 分钟的例会。午餐一般与客户或高 级职员一起吃。下午，他通常去分行查 看，而且每周一下午有管理委员会议。 一般 5 点钟下班。他通常有晚餐约会。 回家常常已接近午夜了。

Mr. Thomson is a banker. He gets up at six every morning. After morning exercises, he reads newspapers over breakfast. At 7:30 he leaves for the office and usually he is behind his desk at 8:30. First he reads on the computer s that need immediate attention, and then meets department managers for a twenty-minute regular meeting at 9:00. Usually, he has lunch out with

his customers or some senior staff members in the canteen. In the afternoon, more often than not, Mr. Thomson goes over to some branches for inspection. And the management committee meeting is held every Monday afternoon. Work finishes at five but there are always dinner engagements. It is often midnight when he gets back home.

Writing My working day

Thank you and Good bye!