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Working conditions
Project One---Starting Your Business
Teaching Objectives
• 1. To enable Ss to talk about working conditions
• 2. To practice reading for gist and for specific information
• 3. To review adverbs of frequency
Teaching steps
• Step 1. Lead in• Step 2. Vocabulary and grammar• Step 3. Text A: Comments about job• Step 4. Text B: Conditions of employment• Step 5. Classroom exercises• Step 6. Extended Business knowledge• Step 7. Assignment
Lead-in
• What type of job would you like to look for in the future?
• Will you consider working conditions when choosing a job?
Essential Vocabulary
1.supply 2. efficiently3. annoying 4. bonus5.annually 6. performance7. order 8. overtime9. break down 10. Presentation11. embarrassing 12.occasionally
13. previous 14. overall
15. regulation 16. term
17.shift 18. operation
19.consult 20. review
21.run out of 22. line manager
23.representative
Essential Vocabulary
Adverbs of frequency
Suggested answers
never never
rarely rarely
occasionally occasionally
sometimessometimes
frequently/often frequently/often
usually usually
always always
Complete the information below
Usage of adverbs of frequency
频度副词:如 always,often, usually, sometimes, seldom, occasionally, rarely, never 等通常放在所修饰的实义动词前面,例如:They always play football after school.
但它们需放在 be 动词之后,例如: Tom is always late for school.
时间副词:如 hourly,weekly, monthly, annually 等通常放在动词之后 ,且多置于句末,例如: They review your salary annually.
Reading 1
• Comments about work
Instructions
• The staff Amberlay Advertising have a comments box.
• Read the comments and answer the questions.
Comments about work
1. I usually answer the the phone when it rings in our department but the calls are rarely for me. It’s really annoying.
2. We get bonus annually. I’d prefer it monthly.
3. We meet weekly to discuss sales performance. It’s too often.
• 4. We frequently run out of stationary in our office. There doesn't seem to be a sensible system for ordering supplies.
• 5. We often work late at the office but we never get overtime pay.
• 6. The equipment sometimes breaks down when
I’m giving a presentation. It’s always embarrassing.
Comments about work
Questions Part 1 Answers1. Why is one employee unhappy about taking
calls? 2. What kind of supply problems does the office
have?3. What are the problems with pay?4. What stops people from doing their job
efficiently?5. One person makes a suggestion as well as a
comment. What is it?
What typical problems do you have at work?
Question on future work
Part 2
Suggested answer
Part 2 a. Income :salary, bonus, benefitsb. Working hours: just day work or shifts?c. Holidays: paid holiday or unpaid holiday ?d. Responsibility: e. Personal career development:f. Boss and colleagues: friendly and helpful?g. Working environment: beautiful? Comfortable? h. Health and safety
Reading 2
• Read Fibretech’s conditions of employment .
Scan the following words before reading 1.shift: a period of work which starts when another one
finishes2. salary: money a person receives for work3. to review: to look at something again in order to
change it4. overalls: work clothes that people wear to keep their
own clothes clean5. regulations: rules people have to follow6. overtime: extra hours a person works7. leave: holiday from work8. Line manager: the person you are directly responsible
for9. break: time to have a rest 10. to provide: to give somebody something
Reading Tip
• Before reading, scan the words
with CAPITAL LETTERS firstly
and tell What type of work it is.
Fibretech’s conditions of employment
Fibretech’s conditions of employment
Fibretech’s conditions of employment
Suggested answer
• 1. B
• 2. B
A.Factory work(shifts, safety regulations, overalls)
•3. C
•4. A
B.
Speaking
• hours overtime leave(holiday )
• clothing health and safety bonus
• Salary shift
Ss work in pairs to discuss conditions of work by using the ideas below
Exercise 1
Complete the sentences with the prepositons below.You can use the prepositions more than once.
Complete the sentences with the prepositions below.
Exercise 1
Suggested answers
• 1. with 2. about 3. at
• 4. of 5. of 6. in
• 7. at/in 8. with 9. in
• 10. about/with
Useful sentences of talking about work
1. We get bonus annually. I’d prefer it monthly.
2. I usually answer the the phone when it rings in our office.
3. We meet weekly to discuss sales/teaching/learning performance.
4. We frequently run out of stationary in our office.
5. We often work late at the office but we never get overtime pay.
6. The equipment sometimes breaks down when I’m giving a presentation.
Useful sentences of talking about work
Assignment
• Exam practice
Form –filling exercise
(Reading Test Part 7)