1、Unit 5 EmployeesGreat things in business are never done by one person,theyre done by a team of people.Steven Jobs When it comes to motivating and engaging employees,theres only one thing that truly matters:respect.Andre LavoieQuotation Steve Jobs(born as Steven Paul Jobs;February 24,1955 October 5,2
2、011)was an American entrepreneur,businessman,inventor,and industrial designer.Jobs was the chairman,and the chief executive officer(CEO),and a co-founder of Apple Inc.;CEO and majority shareholder of Pixar;a member of The Walt Disney Companys board of directors following its acquisition of Pixar;Ste
3、ve Jobsand founder,chairman,and CEO of NeXT.Jobs and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak are widely recognized as pioneers of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s.Andre Lavoie is an entrepreneur,the CEO and Co-founder of Clear Company.Clear Company is the first talent-alignment platform th
4、at aims to bridge the gap between talent management and business strategy by contextualizing employees work around a companys vision and goals.The companys vision is to help amazing companies achieve their vision.We see a world where organizations perform optimally with empowered managers and engage
5、d employees.Andre LavoieLead-inConversationContentsBusiness NewsPassageChinese and International Culture TourUnit 5Lead-in-1|Vocabulary1.upgrade:v&n.if someone is upgraded,their job or status is changed so that they become more important or receive more money.Do I really need this upgrade?You must p
6、lan to allocate additional resources for them.2.allocate:v.If one item or share of something is allocated to a particular person or for a particular purpose,it is given to that person or used for that purpose.e.g.e.g.我真的需要这样的提升吗？您必须计划为其分配附加的资源。Lead-in-1|VocabularyMake 2009 the year that you evolve,g
7、row and fulfil your potential.3.evolve:v.If something evolves or you evolves it,it gradually develops over a period of time into something different and usually more advancede.g.4.permanent:adj.continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place Only true love and compassion
8、 for all can bring back permanent prosperity to the Human Race.e.g.让2009年成为你发展、增长并实现自己潜力的一年吧。只有对所有生灵都充满真正的爱和同情，人类才能获得永久的繁荣。5.concise:adj.expressing much in few wordse.g.Lead-in-1|Vocabulary注意简明扼要，反对长篇大论。Be sure to make it clear and concise and avoid long-windedness.Lead-in-2|Culture Tips1.Mark Zucke
9、rberg Mark Elliot Zuckerberg(born May 14,1984)is an American computer programmer and Internet entrepreneur.He is a co-founder of Facebook,and currently operates as its chairman and chief executive officer.His net worth is estimated to be US$74.2 billion as of November 2017,and in 2016 was ranked by
10、Forbes as the fifth richest person in the world.Lead-in-2|Culture Tips2.Facebook Facebook is an American for-profit corporation and an online social media and social networking service based in Menlo Park,California.The Facebook website was launched on February 4,2004,by Mark Zuckerberg,along with f
11、ellow Harvard College students and roommates,Eduardo Saverin,Andrew McCollum,Dustin Moskovitz,and Chris Hughes.You can stay in touch with your friends.If your friend has a facebook,like you,you can send messages back and forth,look at each others pictures,comment on about anything,and instant messag
12、e.Conversation-3|Vocabulary1.handout:n.an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation 2.receptionist:n.a secretary whose main duty is to answer the telephone and receive visitors.e.g.e.g.And notice on your handout just some examples of this
13、.看看发给你们的资料，这只是例子.You tell the receptionist that you are expecting a call from this client and to put them through.你告诉传达员你正在等待一个来自这个客户的电话，并允许将他们接进来。1.superior:n.one of greater rank or station or quality 2.initiative:n.an important act or statement that is intended to solve a problem e.g.e.g.Conversat
14、ion-4|VocabularyWhen,and only when,these behaviors occur does an authority relationship exist between the superior and subordinate.He showed little initiative,handling all matters strictly by the book.他缺乏首创精神，墨守成规地办一切事情。当且仅当这些行为发生时，在上级和下级之间才存在一种权威关系。3.representative:n.a person who represents others
15、e.g.Conversation-4|VocabularyThe party representative had been well primed with the facts by Party headquarters.党代表已经掌握了总部提供的事实。1.security:n.a feeling of being safe and free from worry 2.flexible:adj.capable of being changed,able to adjust readily to different conditionse.g.e.g.Business News-1|Vocab
16、ularyIts your duty to superintend the security affairs.To know how flexible to be,you have to know the market.想要知道自己该有多灵活，你先要了解市场。主管安全保卫工作是你的职责。3.stereotype:n.a conventional or formulaic conception or image 4.turbulence:n.a state of confusion and disorganized changee.g.e.g.Business News-1|Vocabulary
17、Once a stereotype is hung on a Presidential candidate,it becomes impossible to shake.The world advances amidst turbulence.一旦对一名总统候选人有了刻板的印象，就很难改变。世界在动荡中前进。3.accountablity:n.responsibility to someone or for some activity.e.g.Business News-1|VocabularyThis can give you the accountability and motivatio
18、n needed.这能给予你可信度和所需要的动力。Business News-1|Notes1.Millennials(千禧一代千禧一代)Millennials,also know as Generation Y,are the demographic cohort following Generation X.There are no precise dates for when this cohort starts or ends;demographers and researchers typically use the early 1980s as starting birth yea
19、rs and the mid-1990s to early 2000s as ending birth years.Millennials are sometimes referred to as Echo Boomers due to a major surge in birth rates in the 1980s and 1990s.Business News-1|Notes2.Deloitte Global 德勤德勤 Deloitte Global:德勤，国际四大会计公司之一，【注：四大会计事务所是：德勤（DTT）、普华永道（PWC）、毕马威（KPMG）和安永（EY）】。德勤为各行各业
20、的上市及非上市客户提供审计、税务、企业管理咨询及财务咨询服务。德勤成员所网络遍及全球逾150个国家，凭借其世界一流和高质量专业服务，为客户提供应对最复杂业务挑战所需的深入见解。1.undertake:v.to enter upon an activity,promise to do or accomplish2.collaborate:v.to work together on a common enterprise of projecte.g.e.g.Business News-2|VocabularyWho will undertake the responsibility for thi
21、s work?What they lack is a sense of how people share and collaborate.谁将承担这项工作的责任？他们缺乏对人们如何分享与合作的理解。Business News-2|NotesEmployee engagement（员工忠诚度）（员工忠诚度）Employee engagement is a property of the relationship between an organization and its employees.An“engaged employee”is defined as one who is fully
22、absorbed by and enthusiastic about their work and so takes positive action to further the organizations reputation and interests.An engaged employee has a positive attitude towards the organization and its values.Business News-2|Culture TipsSouthwest Airlines Co.（美国西南航空公司）美国西南航空公司）Southwest Airlines
23、 Co.is a major U.S.airline and the worlds largest low-cost carrier headquartered in Dallas,Texas.The airline was established in 1967 by Herb Kelleher as Air Southwest and then adopted its current name,Southwest Airlines,in 1971 when it began operating as an intrastate airline wholly within the state
24、 of Texas.The airline has more than 55,000 employees as of July 2017 and operates more than 4,000 departures a day during peak travel season.1.foster:v.to promote the growth of；help developWe all should foster those invaluable relationships that push us to the next level.In so doing,they facilitate
25、the integration of various resources across multiple organizations.2.facilitate:v.to make easier or more likely to happene.g.e.g.Passage-1|Vocabulary我们都应该促进这些宝贵的推动我们走下去的人际关系。通过做这些，他们可以促进跨部门间不同资源的整合。1.deadline:n.the point in time at which something must be completedIn this case,youll want to set your
26、self a deadline.As their boss,what can you do to ensure that they are as productive as possible?2.productive:adj.having the ability to produce or originatee.g.e.g.Passage-2|Vocabulary在这种情况下，你要为自己设定一个最后期限。作为他们的老板，你能够做些什么来确保他们尽量富有成效？Passage-2|Vocabulary3.accommodate:v.to be agreeable or acceptable to;make fit forShe tried to accommodate her way of life to his.e.g.她试图使自己的生活方式与他的相适应。Chinese and International Culture Tour
