新编剑桥商务英语unit-6.ppt

Module 6 LOGO LOGO Reading Vocabulary Listening Grammar 6.1 Recruitment Employment news Hiring and firing Employment case studies Passives Reading: Employment news Read the three news stories and match each extract A, B or C to a person described below. In 1 and 5 there are two correct answers. Underline the words in the text which give you the answer. Which person… 1. has stopped working? ________ 2. has started working? ________ 3. doesn’t need to work? ________ 4. has lost a job? ________ 5. didn’t speak to their employer face to face? _____ ______ 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.’ Text A 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. Text B Car Plant workers Win Lottery Harry Lane was one of six employees at a UK car plant who received their ￡9.5 million winnings from last Saturday night’s lottery and announced they wouldn’t be going back to work. 61-year-old Harry said, ‘I’ve been retired for two days now. I thought I’d have to work for another four years but this like a dream!’ Harry’s only pl