新编剑桥商务英语unit6课件.ppt

Module 6;;;;;;Reading: Employment news;Worker receives unwelcome text message Katy Tanner’s cell phone beeped with a startling message – you’ve fired. Tanner, 21, had a migraine headache and took a sick day last week from her job at Blue Banana, a body-piercing studio, she said on Monday. She turned on her cell phone the next day to discover she’d been fired from her sales position. ‘We’ve reviewed your sales figures and they’re not really up to the level we need,’ shp manager Ale Barlett wrote in the message. ‘As a result, we will not require your services any more. Thank you for your time with us.’;Don’t call us; we’ll call you! When most people apply for a job they expect to go in for an interview. But not Jenny Jamieson. When a company rang her to arrange an interview they heard her voicemail and she was hired. Jenny came from a singing family and was trained in speech and music. She is now the voice of the company on all its automated messages and call centre systems. ‘I suppose I’m always cheerful and smile a lot and I think people hear that on the phone,’ says Jenny.;Car Plant workers Win Lottery;Vocabulary: Hiring and firing;Listening: Employment case studies;Listening script;S4: I couldn’t believe it. OK, so I’ve been late a couple of times but my boss said it wasn’t a problem as long as I made up the extra hours in the evening. And then someone, and I can guess who, reported me. You know, that one who works in accounts who’s always gossiping about other people. She said I’d been taking stationery from the cupboard and using it for personal correspondence. The manager asked me to come into the office so I could see what was coming. I wasn’t going to wait around and get a lecture. I was through that door before anyone could stop me. S5: The first thing I’m going to do is take the family on a nice long holiday while we can still afford it. Then I’ll start thinking about what I’ll do next when I get home. There’s plenty of time, though for someone of my age I’