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1.1Working Life p7 reading attitudes to work
Question6: 对于Attitude问题
1 I be willing/ unwilling to do sth
2 I prefer….
3 I want…
4 I expect…
5 I ask for…
Question 7:Look at the newspaper article and read the title. What does the title suggests to you. 预测能力
报刊文章的结构
headline(标题)
subtitle（副标题）
dateline（电头） 报道发生的时间地点，时间可省略
5Ws: when, where, who, what , why
news lead（消息导语） 报刊中的第一段,报道重点
news story(正文部分)
标题中的标点符号：
Young workers want it all, now
1.文章中的逗号(comma)表示and
2.冒号（colon）表示 ： a.某人说 b. be动词（am,is,are）
3.破折号(dash)表示： 间接引用
take off
脱下
起飞
打折 It takes 20 percent off
休假 take three days off
经济腾飞 take-off period
answer the question 7
Young workers’ expectation and attitudes to work. They want a lot，and they want immediately right now. And From the sub-title, we can predict that maybe someone is ?? to work
Detroit : n底特律（美国密歇根州最大城市）
Start a career/ start a business . 创业
Make a career 在事业上有所成就
Carve (out) a career for oneself. 谋求发展，闯出一番事业
Be prepared to do sth = Be ready to do sth.
Interview 简介
Phone interview:核实教育背景，语言表达能力。 迅速的回答问题
Case interview（案例面试）
Stress interview（压力面试） e.g.How do you handle rejection
Radio executive收音机经理主管
Open with
Be open with sb with sth 对某人毫不隐瞒某事
以….开立
e.g. You can open a saving account at any time with an initial deposit of $15
开立，开口的，无限制的
open a credit 开立信用证
open the books: 开立新账
open account: 未结清账户、赊账
open check: 普通支票、非划线支票
open-end contract: 开放型合同
entitlement : n.权利
entitlement Generation: 小皇帝 ， 啃老族，养尊处优的一代
be entitled to: 有权利获得 + 名词/不定式
be entitled to high praise: 值得高度的赞扬
entitlement payments: 公民权利性付款（如社会保障金等）
give sb a deep impression： 给某人留下深刻印象
expectation: n.期望、期望值
arouse expectations: 引起期望
hold great expectations: 抱有很大的期望
have high expectation for salary
flexibility n.伸缩性、灵活性、浮动
flexibility of budget system: 预算制度的浮动
appetite: n.胃口；兴趣
lose appetite : 没有胃口、失去兴趣
spoil/ruin sb’s appetite ：毁掉了某人的兴趣
appetite for: 对…..有兴趣，对…..向往 He has amazing appetite for knowledge
sense of loyalty to a company : 员工忠诚度
影响因素
1.benefit system/benefit package工资福利制度
2.promotion prospects 发展潜力
3. job satisfaction (opportunity for advancement and training))培训机会和晋升空间
4.effective management style企业的人力资源管理制度
twenty-somethings: 二十多岁的年轻人
make the transition to : 转型， 从….过渡到
typically: 特别地 especially adv.
Be used to 习惯于
Instant gratification: 即时满足、快速满足
Instant: adj.速溶的、方便的
Instant noodle: 方便面 instant coffee: 速溶咖啡
Instant agendas: 即时会议议程
缩写Inst: 本月 （instant month） ult:上月(last month) old-fashion用法
codding parents: 溺爱孩子的父母
fail to do: 没能做到
prepare sb. For sth: 使某人在心理上有所准备
He had himself prepared for bad news
Veteran: n.老兵，老员工
Veteran Day： 退伍军人节
Have reply for: 对….回复
Be spoiled by ： 被毁坏、被宠坏 My holiday was spoiled by the bad weather
Spoiled goods: 损毁货物
Too strong :太过了
Deserve: v应受、值得
Deserve to be rewarded deserve punishment
Break one’s back for sb 为某人把腰折了 把腰累折了
Break one’s leg 把腿摔坏了
End up doing sth 以…收场
My friend lost his wallet, so I ended up paying the meal
Psychologist 心理学家
Bury oneself in sth 专心致志于 I buried myself in my studies
Cubicle 狭小的空间，办公室座位 Follow orders: 听从命令
On earth: 究竟
A good idea soaked into that veteran worker.那位老员工的头脑里有了一个好主意
Little appetite for hard work == not interested in working hard
Twenty-somethings == people in their twenties
Instant gratification == getting what you want as soon as you demand it
Coddling parents and colleges == parents who overprotect and spoil young people
We were spoiled by your generation == your generation gave us everything we wanted.
Break our backs for you == to work very hard for you
Bury themselves in a cubicle == to sit quietly in a little office