文档介绍：Business English
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Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.
Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese philosopher
知之者不如好之者,好之者不如乐之者。
《论语·雍也》——孔子
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Starting Up: Which of the following areas would you like to work in?
1. Sales and Marketing 2. Management
3. Administration and personnel 4. Finances
5. Research and Development (R&D) 6. Production
7. Other (Education, Advertisement, Design, etc...)
In which fields do you feel it is most important to know English Language?
In which fields do you feel it is most important to know Western Culture?
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Ways of working
Making contacts
Module 1 Business topic
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Vocabulary
Listening
Speaking
Different ways of working
A mini-presentation
Ways of working
Reading
How to job-share
Working from home
Ways of working
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Vocabulary
Different ways of working
1. How do you study most effectively? By working…
* at the same time every day/ at different times of the day?
* early in the morning/ late at night?
* on your own/ with others?
* at home/ at your place of study (school or college)?
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2. Match these ways of working 1-8 to definitions A-I. Do you work in any of these ways?
0 freelance
1 teleworking
2 job-sharing
3 shift-work
4 part-time
5 temping
6 consultancy
7 flexitime
8 hot-desking
A You work during different parts of the day (eg. nights).
B You sell your work or services to a number of panies.
C You work for panies for a short time without a permanent contract.
D You work a number of hours per week or month but you decide when you start or finish.
E You don’t have a permanent place or office to work at, but you find a place to work when you arrive.
F You work for pany from home via email, phone or the .
G You only work for some of the week (not full-time).
H You do your job for part of the week and another person does it for the other part.
I You aren’t employed by pany, but are paid to give specialist advice.
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3. Work in pairs. Think of some advantage