Unit8TheWorkplace英語(yǔ)教程2Unit8TheWorkplace4Warming-up12356ListeningReadingSpeakingWritingFunTimeWarming-up Howdoyoulikethetwoworkplacesinthevideo?

2.1.Warming-up Whereisyourdreamworkplace?Why?

1.WhichisthegatenumberfortheflighttoBangkok?A.Gate3.B.Gate12.C.Gate17.2.WhereisMr.Adamsnow?A.Europe.B.Australia.C.Canada.3.Wheredoesthewomansuggestthatthemangetchange?A.Atthebookstore.B.Fromamachine.C.Fromapurchaser.ListeningYouwillhearfiveshortconversationstwice.Foreachquestion,choosethebestfromthechoicesmarkedA,BorC.

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4.Where’sthecatalogue?A.B.C.5.Where’sMr.Taylor’soffice?√√ListeningB.Youwillhearaconversation.Itwillbereadtwice.Listencarefullyandchoosetherightanswertoeachquestion.1.Dina’scoffeebarislocated______.A.oppositetheentranceB.alongthewesternwallC.behindGeorge’sfurnitureshop2.Thethreefoodstoresare______.A.oppositetheentranceB.besidethecoffeebarC.nexttotheentrancealongthenortheasternwall

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3.Ella’stoyshopandTony’sgiftshoparelocated_____.A.oppositetheentranceB.atthebottomofthehallC.nexttotheentrancealongthenorthwesternwall4.______isgiventoRosemary.A.ThebiggestsitealongtheeasternwallB.AsmallersitealongtheeasternwallC.Asmallsitealongthewesternwall5.George’sfurnitureshopis_____.A.nexttotheentranceB.behindDina’scoffeebarC.nexttoRosemary√√√1.______________________________________2.______________________________________3.______________________________________4.______________________________________5.______________________________________ListeningC.Youwillhearfivesentences.Theywillbereadthreetimes.Listen,repeatandwritedownwhatyouhear.

WouldyoushowmethewaytoMr.Adams’office,please?Goupthestairstothethirdfloor.Comeoutoftheelevator,andthenturnright.GostraightalongthecorridorandMr.Smith’sofficeisthethirddoorontheright.I’llshowyouthere.Istartedworkingfromhomeafewyearsago.Myseasonticketonthebuscostmeover_______ayear,andmostdaysthebuseswerelateorovercrowded.Iusedtoleavehomeat_____,andiftherewasanimportantmeeting,Imightnotgethomeuntil________!Itwasthestress(壓力)of_________thatmademedecidetochangethewayIwork.Now,IfindIcangetmuchmore_____done,andI’m____________andmorerelaxed.Icanmeetfriendsforlunch,domyshopping,andevengoawayfortheday.Istillhavetogouptothecityfor_______,butnowIenjoymytriptotheofficeandthe______toseeoldcolleaguesandfriends.ThebadsideisthatIdon’tgetpaidwhileI’mawayon_______orwhenI’msick,butIthinkthatthegood______outweigh(超過(guò))thebad.Listening

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Listentothepassagetwiceandsupplythemissingwords.

$1,0007:309o’clocktravelingworkmuchhappiermeetingschanceholidaypointsTapescriptA.

1.F:AttentionallpassengerswaitingatGate17forflightBA203toBangkok.PleaseproceedimmediatelytoGate12,whereyourplanewillbeboardingshortly.2.M:Goodmorning,I’dliketospeaktoMr.Adams,please.F:Sorry.Myhusbandisn’tathome.He’sonbusinesstripnow.Butwho’scalling?M:Goodmorning,Mrs.Adams.ThisisEdwardMillerfromAustralia.HasMr.AdamsreturnedfromEurope?F:Yes.Buthewasonlyherefor3daysbeforehewassenttoCanada.3.M:Canyougivemechangeforadollar?F:I’msorry,sir.I’mnotallowedtogivechangewithoutapurchase.Ifyougoacrossthehall,you’llfindachangemachineinfrontofthebookstore.Listening

TapescriptA.

4.M:Joan,I’mlookingforthecatalogoftheAmericanPastaCorporation.Doyouknowwhereitis?F:Yes.It’sinthetopdraweroftherightcabinet.Oh,no.Ithink,theleftcabinet.Yes,it’sinthetopdraweroftheleftcabinet.M:Thankyou.5.F:Mr.Taylorcanseeyounow.M:Sorry.I’mnotsurewherehisofficeis.F:Youmaytaketheelevatortothefifthfloor.Whenyoucomeoutoftheelevator,goright,thenturnleft,andgototheendofthecorridor.It’sthefirstofficeontheright.Listening

TapescriptB.Clerk:Goodmorning.ThebookingofficeofNewYorkAirport.CanIhelpyou?Watson:Goodmorning.ThisisJohnWatsonspeaking.I’dliketobookatickettoBeijing,please.Clerk:Whenareyouplanningtoleave?Watson:NextMondaymorning.Clerk:Fine.I’llneedyourname,sir.Watson:MynameisJohnWatson.Clerk:OK.You’llwantafirstclassseat.Watson:Yes,thankyouforremindingme.Bytheway,isitadirectflight?Clerk:I’mafraiditisn’t.ThereisnodirectflighttoBeijingthatday.Watson:HowaboutSunday?IsthereanydirectflightonSunday?Clerk:Yes,thereisadirectflighttoBeijingonSunday.Watson:Well,I’llhavetotaketheflighttoBeijingonSundaythen.Pleasebookmeaticket.Clerk:OK.Listening

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TheInformationRevolutionhascausedamigrationofprofessionalpeoplefromthecitytothecountryside.FollowingtheIndustrialRevolutioninEurope,farmworkersmigratedtothenewindustrialcenters.Existingcitiesgrewlarger,newcitiesareformed,andthecountrysidewaslefttofarmers.Professionalpeoplesuchaslawyers,architectsandbusinessmenlivedmostlyinthecities—sincethatwaswheretheworkwasandwheretheirofficeswere.Ascommunicationsandtransportimprovedthroughthelatterhalfofthe20thcentury,moreprofessionalsmovedoutofthecity.MostofthemillionsofpeoplewhoworkinLondon,forexample,liveoutsidethecity.Manytravel2or3hourstoworkeachmorning.Somehaveasmallflatinthecitywhichtheyuseduringtheweek,returningtotheirfamiliesatweekends.ChineseElectronicPeasantsHeadfortheHillsLongjourneys,congestionontheroadsandpollutionarebigproblems.Fortunately,communicationstechnologyhasadvancedsofarthatmanypeopleneednottraveltoworkatall.Anewsocialphenomenonhasbeencreated—theelectronicpeasantry.Rurallivingisanidealforthemajorityofwesterners—nonoise,nopollutionjustpeaceandquietandbeautifulcountryside.Thebigdrawbackisinconvenience;anywherethatisalongwayfromthecityisalongwayfromemploymentopportunities.Nowthemanwhodreamtofretiringtothecountrysidehasanotheroption,telecommuting.Ifyouhaveatelephoneathome,whycallpersonallyonyourcustomersandclients?Whenyoucane-mailyourcolleaguesfromthecomfortofyourgarden,there’snoneedtosufferanuncomfortablejourneyjusttospeaktothem.Ifyouneedanimportantdocument,itcanbefaxedviasatellitetoyourmobilephoneandviewedonalaptopcomputer.Youcanreceivethedocumentalmostimmediately,evenfromanothercontinent.ABritishmountaineerrecentlytelephonedhisfamilyinEnglandtoarrangeemergencyrescue—fromthetopofamountain.ChineseWorkingformhome,telecommutersowntheirbusinesspremises.Sincethepriceoftechnologygetslowereveryday,ownershipofthemeansofproductionbecomesareality.Havingboughtthecomputer,mobilephone,faxmachine,Internetconnectionandprinterthataretheironlymaterialtools,telecommutersbecometrueelectronicpeasants.Livingandworkinginthesameenvironmentliketraditionalpeasantfarmers,theydonottillthesoilwiththeirhandsbutgrowservicesfromthefertileresourcesoftheirminds.Withnofancyofficeonthetwenty-fifthfloor,however,themicro-entrepreneurcanhavetroubleprovinghisorhercredentials.Rightlyorwrongly,peoplerespondtostatussymbolslikebigofficesinthesmartbuildings.“Ifcompanycanaffordallthis,”P(pán)eoplethink.“Itmustbedoingprettywell.”Butfacedwithonepersondoingbusinessfromaroomathome,clientsaretemptedtothinkthattheirnewcontactisnotsuchabigshotafterall.Butisitnecessarilytruethatacentrallocationandalargeofficemakeabetterworker?ChineseInfact,studiesshowthathome-workersareactuallymoredisciplinedaboutcompletingtasksandindeedworklongerhoursthantheircolleaguesintheoffice.Likethetraditionalpeasantwhoownedhisland,theyfeeltheyowntheirwork.Furthermore,theyaren’ttiedtoaschedulebutworkwhenitsuitsthem.Ifthatmeanstakinganhourortwotoplaywiththechildrenandthenstayingupuntilmidnighttofinishatask,thenetresultisahappierworkerwhohascompletedthetask.Chinese譯文電子農(nóng)民避居山鄉(xiāng)1.信息革命使專(zhuān)業(yè)人員由城市遷住鄉(xiāng)村。2.隨著歐洲工業(yè)革命的發(fā)展，農(nóng)村勞動(dòng)力流向新的工業(yè)中心。已有的城市規(guī)模不斷擴(kuò)大，新興城市也出現(xiàn)了。鄉(xiāng)村留給了農(nóng)場(chǎng)主；而像律師、建筑師和商人等一些專(zhuān)業(yè)人員則大部分住在城里——因?yàn)槟鞘撬麄冝k公和工作的地方。20世紀(jì)后半葉，通訊和交通事業(yè)有了長(zhǎng)足發(fā)展，因而較多的專(zhuān)業(yè)人員搬出城市。例如，在倫敦工作的幾百萬(wàn)人中，大多數(shù)人住在市區(qū)以外。許多人每天早晨要花費(fèi)兩三個(gè)小時(shí)的時(shí)間去上班。也有一些人工作期間住在市區(qū)的小公寓，周末回家度假。譯文3.上班路途遙遠(yuǎn)、交通阻塞以及環(huán)境污染成了嚴(yán)重問(wèn)題。幸好通信技術(shù)日益發(fā)展，使許多人根本無(wú)需趕到單位去上班。一種新的社會(huì)現(xiàn)象已經(jīng)出現(xiàn)——電子農(nóng)民。田園生活是大多數(shù)西方人的理想，無(wú)噪音，無(wú)污染，只有平和、安寧和美麗的氛圍。然而，其主要缺陷是與外界隔離，不便捷，任何遠(yuǎn)離城市的地方都遠(yuǎn)離諸多的就業(yè)機(jī)會(huì)。如今想退隱鄉(xiāng)村的人有了另一種選擇，通過(guò)電信手段與外界聯(lián)系。4.家中有了電話(huà)，何必非要親自拜訪(fǎng)客戶(hù)？你坐在舒適的花園里通過(guò)發(fā)電子郵件就可以與同事聯(lián)系，不必辛苦跋涉找他們面談了。如果你需要一份重要文件，通過(guò)衛(wèi)星就可以傳送到你的移動(dòng)電話(huà)上，并在筆記本電腦上瀏覽。你甚至可以跨洲即刻獲得所需要的文件。最近，一個(gè)英國(guó)登山家還在山頂上通過(guò)電話(huà)與英國(guó)的家人聯(lián)絡(luò)，安排緊急救援。譯文5.利用電信手段工作的人在家里工作，他們擁有自己的辦公場(chǎng)所。由于技術(shù)工具價(jià)格日益降低，擁有生產(chǎn)資料就成為現(xiàn)實(shí)。當(dāng)這些利用電信手段工作的人買(mǎi)了計(jì)算機(jī)、移動(dòng)電話(huà)、傳真機(jī)、互聯(lián)網(wǎng)聯(lián)接設(shè)備和打印機(jī)等屬于他們自己的設(shè)備后，就真正地成了電子農(nóng)民。他們的生活和工作環(huán)境與傳統(tǒng)農(nóng)民并無(wú)兩樣。不同的是，他們不是用雙手去耕種土地，而是利用自身豐富的智力資源向社會(huì)提供服務(wù)。6.如果沒(méi)有25層摩天大樓內(nèi)高檔的辦公場(chǎng)所，小企業(yè)家就很難證明自己的實(shí)力。不論對(duì)與錯(cuò)，人們通常會(huì)認(rèn)為在智能大廈里有寬敞明亮的辦公室，顯示了企業(yè)的實(shí)力。人們認(rèn)為，“如果一個(gè)公司能夠支付得起這些支出，那它就一定運(yùn)行得很好。”但如果客戶(hù)面對(duì)一個(gè)在家中做生意的人時(shí)，通常會(huì)懷疑他們的新合作伙伴是否堪稱(chēng)大亨。然而，公司地處市中心地段和擁有大辦公室是否必然意味著是高質(zhì)量的經(jīng)營(yíng)者呢？譯文7.實(shí)際上，研究表明，在家辦公的人比坐辦公室的同事更能訓(xùn)練有素地完成任務(wù)，工作時(shí)間也更長(zhǎng)。就像傳統(tǒng)農(nóng)民認(rèn)為自己是土地的主人一樣，他們也覺(jué)得自己是工作的主人。8.此外，他們不受上下班作息時(shí)間的束縛，可以在自己認(rèn)為適當(dāng)?shù)臅r(shí)間辦公。這意味著他可以與孩子們一起玩耍一兩個(gè)小時(shí)，然后工作到深夜以完成任務(wù)，得到的結(jié)果必然是他既完成了工作又心情愉快。1.Electronicpeasantsheadforthehills.

電子農(nóng)民避居山鄉(xiāng)。作者把telecommuters比作electronicpeasants，因?yàn)樗麄兒蛅raditionalpeasants一樣可以離開(kāi)鬧市，在合適的地方和合適的時(shí)間工作，而不必在固定的地方和固定的時(shí)間里工作。當(dāng)然和traditionalpeasants不同，他們不從事農(nóng)業(yè)生產(chǎn)，而是提供智力服務(wù)。2.TheInformationRevolutionhascausedamigrationofprofessionalpeoplefromthecitytothecountryside.信息革命使專(zhuān)業(yè)人員由城市遷到鄉(xiāng)村。信息革命是以信息處理的日益計(jì)算機(jī)化為基礎(chǔ)、以全球信息網(wǎng)絡(luò)普及和全球信息共享為標(biāo)志的信息技術(shù)的革命，其實(shí)質(zhì)是人類(lèi)信息交流方式的革命。

3.FollowingtheIndustrialRevolutioninEurope,farmworkersmigratedtothenewindustrialcenters.繼歐洲工業(yè)革命之后，農(nóng)業(yè)工人遷到了那些新工業(yè)中心。工業(yè)革命指1780年至1830年期間歐洲歷史上因工業(yè)技術(shù)發(fā)展而引起的革命。

4....anywherethatisalongwayfromthecityisalongwayfromemploymentopportunities.任何地方只要遠(yuǎn)離了城市，也就遠(yuǎn)離了就業(yè)機(jī)會(huì)。anywhere通常用作副詞，但有時(shí)也當(dāng)作名詞用。例如：IsthereanywhereIcantalktoyou?

有什么地方可以讓我們倆單獨(dú)談?wù)劊?/p>

thesmartbuildings智能大廈即利用系統(tǒng)集成方法，將計(jì)算機(jī)、通訊、信息與建筑技術(shù)結(jié)合，通過(guò)對(duì)設(shè)備的自動(dòng)監(jiān)控，對(duì)信息資源的管理，對(duì)使用者的信息服務(wù)及其優(yōu)化組合，而建成的適合信息社會(huì)要求，并具有安全、高效、舒適、便利、靈活等特點(diǎn)的建筑物。headfortomoveinthedirectionofe.g.Aftertheplay,weheadedforthebar.Afterleavingthecinema,heheadedforhome.Trm

v.toformallyorofficiallytellsomebodyaboutsomethingorgivetheminformatione.g.Theythoughtitbettertoinformthepolice.Pleaseinformusofanychangeofaddressassoonaspossible.Weregrettoinformyouthatyourapplicationhasbeenrejected.latter

n.beingthesecondoftwopeopleorthingsjustmentionede.g.Ofthepigandcow,thelatter(animal)ismorevaluable.Inthelattercase,buyerspaya5%commission.inconvenience

n.trouble,difficultyordiscomforte.g.Heapologizedfortheinconveniencehehadcaused.Idon’twanttobeofanyinconveniencetoyou.option

n.thefreedomtochoose;somethingchosenorofferedforchoicee.g.Wemustdoit;wehavenooptions.Youhavetheoptionofleavingorstaying.callontovisite.g.Mr.Browncalledonanoldfriendwhilehewasinthecity.IcalledonMr.Smithandhadalongtalkwithhim.havetrouble/difficulty(in)doingsth.itisdifficultforsomebodytodosomethinge.g.Idon’tthinkyouwillhaveanytroubleingettingadriver’slicense.StudentshavealotoftroubleinspeakingEnglishfluently.respondtotoreacttoe.g.Theyrespondedtothenewsbyburstingintotears.Hedidn’trespondtomysuggestion.Hercancerfailedtorespondtotreatment.response

n.ananswerorreactione.g.Responsestoouradvertisementhavebeendisappointing.Hisquestionfailedtogetaresponsefromanyofthestudents.Thelawwaspassedinresponsetopublicpressure.befacedwithtoforcetomeetordealwithe.g.Wearefacedwiththeproblemofairpollution.Facedwithaserioussituation,theydidn’tloseheart.rightlyorwronglyusedtosaythatwhateveryouthinkofsomeone’saction,thisiswhattheydide.g.Rightlyorwrongly,theItaliansdecidedtowithdrawfromthecompetition.Whetherrightlyorwrongly,shehasbeengiventhepostofmanagingdirector.afterallinspiteofeverythinge.g.Althoughtheymeetwithdifficulties,Iheardthattheysucceededafterall.Whyishenotallowedtostayhere?Afterall,it’shishome.schedule1)n.aplanofwhatsomeoneisgoingtodoandwhentheyaregoingtodoite.g.I’vegotafullschedulefortomorrow.Whereisourclassschedule?2)vt.(usuallypassive)toplanthatsomethingwillhappenataparticulartimee.g.Themeetinghasbeenscheduledforthisafternoon.ThenewairportisscheduledtoopenjustbeforeChristmas.dreamof1)toseeorexperienceinadreame.g.Shesometimesdreamsofhermother.Doyoueverdreamofme?Idreamtofastrangethinglastnight.2)tothinkaboutsomethingthatyouwouldliketohappene.g.Wedreamofbuyingourownhouse.Shedreamsofwealthandhappiness.PresentparticiplesusedasadverbialsPresentparticiplescanbeusedasadverbialsoftime,reason,condition,result,manner,etc.e.g.FollowingtheIndustrialRevolutioninEurope,farmworkersmigratedtothe

newindustrialcenters.(time)Workingfromhome,telecommutersowntheirbusinesspremises.(time)Livingandworkinginthesameenvironmentliketraditionalpeasantfarmers,theydon’ttillthesoilwithhands.(reason)Turningtotheright,youwillfindapathleadingtohiscottage.(condition)Itrainedheavilyforseveraldays,causingseverefloodinginthecountry.(result)Thestudentsenteredtheclassroom,laughingandsinging.(manner)Admittingwhatshehassaid,Istillthinkthatshehasn’ttriedherbest.

(concession)Presentparticiplesusedasadverbials2)Whenaparticipleisusedasanadverbial,itslogicalsubjectisthesubjectofthemainsentence.Ifthesubjectofthemainsentenceisthemakeroftheactionoftheparticiple,apresentparticipleshouldbeusedastheadverbial;andifthesubjectofthemainsentenceisthebeareroftheactionoftheparticiple,apastparticipleshouldbeusedastheadverbial.e.g.Whenseenthroughatelescope,thesunappearsdarkerneartheedge.(time)Overcomewithsurprise,shewasunabletoutteraword.(reason)Givenmoretime,Iwilldoitbetter.(condition)Badlyinvolvedintheaccident,thecarisstillrunning.(concession)1.Electronicpeasantsgetfarawayfromthecities.A.Right.B.Wrong.C.Doesn’tsay.2.Withinformationtechnology,electronicpeasantscanproducemorefoodwithouttillingthesoilwiththeirhand.A.Right.B.Wrong.C.Doesn’tsay.Accordingtothetext,arethefollowingstatementsRightorWrong?IfthereisnotenoughinformationtoanswerRightorWrong,choose“Doesn’tsay”.Foreachsentence,markoneletterA,BorC.√√3.Telecommutersareallowedtobemoreflexibleaboutwhereandwhentheywork.A.Right.B.Wrong.C.Doesn’tsay.4.Inthe21stcentury,mostmultinationalcompanieswillmovetothecountryside.A.Right.B.Wrong.C.Doesn’tsay.5.Inpeople’sopinion,anycompanywhichhasbigofficesinsmartbuildingsisperhapsdoingprettywell.A.Right.B.Wrong.C.Doesn’tsay.√√√II.Choosethebestfromtheboxtocompleteeachofthesentences.1.AftertheIndustrialRevolution,alotofpeoplemovedtothecitiesbecause______.2.TheInformationRevolutionhascausedprofessionalpeopletomovetothecountrysidebecause_____.3.MostWesternersenjoylivinginthecountrysidebecause____.4.Telecommutingcanhelpcleartheairbecause______.5.Home-workersaremoreactiveandworklongerhoursthantheircolleaguesinthecompanymainlybecause_____.BFEHAA.theyfeeltheworktheyaredoingistheirownB.theycouldhavemoreopportunitiestofindjobsC.thebigdrawbackisinconvenienceD.theyheadforthehillsE.itislesspollutedF.thedevelopmentofcommunicationstechnologyhasenabledthemtocompletetheirtaskintheplacethattheylikeG.theydon’tliketosufferanuncomfortablejourneyH.itcancutdownoncommutertrafficIII.Fillintheblankswiththewordsgivenbelow.Changetheformwherenecessary.1.Hewouldliketo_________themeetingforWednesday.2.Scientificknowledge_____________greatlysincethelastcentury.3.Youare____________troubleifyougoonbehavinglikethat.4.Thedoctoradvisedhimnotto________lateatnight.5.Youhavetodoitasyouhaveto________.arrangehasadvancedheadingforstayupheadforarrangerespondtotemptmigratestayupadvancebefacedwithoptiontieoption6.They__________theirdesksevenduringsummervacation.7.Peopledonotknowwhysomebirds________.8.We_____________theproblemofpollution.9.Walkingalongthousandsofitemsattractivelypackaged,youmay___________tobuywhatyoureallydon’tneedandwant.10.He_____________mysuggestionbylaughing.aretiedtomigratearefacedwithbetemptedheadforarrangerespondtotemptmigratestayupadvancebefacedwithoptiontierespondedtoIV.MatcheachwordinColumnAwithasimilarmeaninginColumnB.AB1.migrationa.someonewhostartsabusinessandtakesrisks2.disciplineb.happeninginorconnectedwiththecountryside3.respondc.themovementfromoneplacetoanotherofalargegroupofpeople,birds,animals,etc4.resourced.toteachsomeonetoobeyrulesoracceptauthority5.entrepreneure.basedonimagination,notfactcdhfaIV.MatcheachwordinColumnAwithasimilarmeaninginColumnB.AB6.bigshotf.toreacttosomethingthathasbeensaidordone7.ruralg.tomakesomeonewanttohaveortodosomething,eventhoughtheyknowtheyreallyshouldnot8.fancyh.somethingsuchasland,minerals,ornaturalenergythatexistsinacountryandcanbeusedtoincreaseitswealth9.drawbacki.someonewhohasalotofpowerorinfluenceinacompanyoranareaofbusiness10.temptj.disadvantageofasituation,product,etcibejgV.Fillintheblankswiththeproperformofthewordsgiveninthebrackets.1.Whatmadeyouchooselawasa___________(professional)?2.Hestudied_____________(architect)atuniversity.3.A_______________(telecommute)isallowedtobemoreflexibleaboutwhereandwhenheworks.4.Anemployeeisapersonwhois__________(employment)byanemployer.5.Who_________(ownership)thatbeautifulgarden?6.Isthatringmadeof_________(reality)gold?7.Thelocalnewspapermade____________(arrange)foraninterviewwithProfessorWang.8.Thisareaisseriously_________(pollution)bythewastechemicals.9.Itisabit_____________(inconvenience)formetogettothecenterofthetown.10.Shemadeno__________(respond)fessionarchitecturetelecommuteremployedownsrealarrangementinconvenientpollutedresponseV.TranslatethefollowingsentencesintoChinese.Informationtechnologyhasenabledeveryonetobenefitfromahomeoffice.Thereisgrowingbeliefthatthebiggestcityofthe21stcenturyisShanghai.Telecommutinghelpsthosewithfamiliesspendmoretimetogether.信息技術(shù)使每一個(gè)人受益于家庭辦公室。20世紀(jì)后期，由于通訊和交通的改善，越來(lái)越多的專(zhuān)業(yè)人士搬離城區(qū)。利用電信手段工作可以幫助那些有家室的人和家人共度更多的時(shí)光。4.Telecommutingcanreduceairpollutionandtraffic.5.Infact,studiesshowthathome-workersareactuallymoredisciplinedaboutcompetingtasksthantheircolleaguesintheoffice.利用電信手段工作可以減少空氣污染以及交通擁擠。研究表明，事實(shí)上在家辦公的人比坐辦公室的同事更能訓(xùn)練有素地完成任務(wù)。Speaking1.Usefulsentencepatterns1)canhelpthosewithfamiliesspendmoretimetogether2)canallowemployeestoworkwhereandwhentheywantto3)canworkbetterathome4)don’thavetodrivetoworkeveryday5)canreduceairpollutionandtraffic6)missofficebreakswithcolleagues7)havefewerchancestocommunicatewithothers8)havenoenoughfacilitiesasintheoffice9)sometimesworklongerthanintheoffice10)farawayfromthecityandinconvenient11)belonelyathomeandhavefeweractivities12)Therearenodistractions.Noonecomesinandwantstochat.

2.TalkabouttheworkplaceClasssurveyDoyouuseamobilephone?DoyouuseitformessagingandforInternetaccess?Doyouworkbetterinabusyplaceorsomewherequieter?Why?Doyouenjoyworking/studyingwithotherpeople?Why/Whynot?Doyouwanttobeatelecommuter?Why/Whynot?Doyouthinkit’sbetterforbusinesspeopletoworkinteams?Why/Whynot?Doyouthinkofficeworkersshouldbeallowedtoworkathomesometimes?Why/Whynot?Doyouthinkmorepeoplewillchoosetoworkhomeinfuture?Why/Whynot?Howmuchdoyouuseemailforyourstudy?Whenisitgoodtomeetpeoplefacetofaceinbusiness?

SpeakingB.GroupworkWhatadvantagesanddisadvantagesdoyouthinkcompanies,workersandtheenvironmentgetfromusingtelecommuting?Fillinthefollowingchartandexchangeitwithyourpartner.Thenmakeanoralreportaboutyouropiniontothewholegroup/class,statingclearlyyourreasons.

Speakingadvantagesdisadvantages

1.Summary(1)Readthetextagainandanswerthefollowingquestionsinnomorethan60words.Writing·Writeananswertoeachquestion.Eachanswermustbeacompletesentence.·Joinupyouranswerswiththejoiningwordsorphrasesgiveninbrackets.·Youranswerstothequestionsmustfolloweachothersothatallyoursentenceswillformacompleteparagraph.

WritingQuestions:(1)Hascommunicationstechnologyadvancedsofar?(so...that)(2)Whatsocialphenomenonhasbeencreated?(3)Whatareelectronicpeasantsalsocalled?(called)(4)Mustelectronicpeasantstraveltoworkinanoffice?(5)Whatshouldtheybuy?(Havingbought...)(6)Wherecantheywork?(7)Whatcantheyprovide?(to)(8)Musttheywokaccordingtoschedule?

WritingCommunicationstechnologyhasadvancedsofarthatanewsocialphenomenonhasbeencreated.Electronicpeasants,alsocalledtelecommuters,needn’ttraveltoworkintheoffice.Havingboughtthecomputer,mobilephone,faxmachine,Internetconnectionandprinter,theycanworkfromhometoprovideservices.Theyalsocanworkintheirofficewhenitsuitsthem.Sample

Summary(2)YouhavesomethingimportanttotalkwithMr.Smith,personnelmanager,inhisofficeonthefifthfloor.Mr.Hu,yoursupplier,isgoingtoseeyou.WriteanotetoMr.Hu.Writing·ApologizingforbeingunabletomeetMr.Huinyourofficeandgivingareason.·TellingMr.HuhowtogettoMr.Smith’soffice...