新职业英语2 unit2
时间：2025-04-30
unit2 Business Meeting
新职业英语
Unit 2
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Conte nts
1
Warming-up
5
Writing
2 3 4
Reading A
6
Mini-project Language Lab
Reading B
7
Listening & Speaking
8 7
Entertainment Language Lab
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Wa rm1
Task Work in pairs. Read the following list of the tasks at different stages of a business meeting. Discuss with your partner and match each task with its corresponding stage.Meeting Management Tasks
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Wa rm1
3,5,6,8,9,10 2, 4, 7 1,11, 12
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Readi Reading A ng A
Text Task 1
Task 2Business Know-how
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A-1 Reading A Text
Meetings Are a Matter of Precious Time1 The meeting spills over into its second hour. We are discussing a productivity initiative. At this moment, our most talkative member chimes in with the idea that we need some kind of system to reward employees. This is the same solution he offers for every problem at every meeting. Then, another member cuts in with a long story—just to make the point that we are not the proper entity to recommend the kinds of changes we are proposing. I, meanwhile, contribute nothing useful. Finally, the woman who set the meeting calls it quits and tells us we’ll continue next week. We drift back to our offices, wondering how to make up for the wasted time. This meeting occurred many years ago, but similar ones happen at companies everywhere every day.
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A-2 Reading A Text
2
Part of the problem at such meetings is that the leader has not
set clear objectives or an agenda, and didn’t assign pre-meeting preparation tasks. Instead, the leader seems to hope that magic will occur, producing solutions to the problems. Of course, that doesn’t happen.
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A-3 Reading A Text
3 The main reason we don’t make meetings more productive is that we don’t value our time properly. The people who call meetings and those who attend them are not thinking about time as their most valuable resource. But time is the most perishable good in the world. You can’t earn an extra hour to use on a busy day. Nonetheless, we usually have a vague feeling that there is plenty of time—somewhere in the future—so we waste it now and carelessly steal time from our families, friends or ourselves.
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A-4 Reading A Text
I used to be the disengaged participant—one who had good ideas about how to solve a problem, but didn’t contribute. I now take a more active role, aiming to make meetings more effective. Here are three simple principles I use. First, whoever calls a meeting should be explicit about its objectives. This means specifying tangible goals and assigning responsibilities. Second, everyone should think carefully about the costs of a meeting: How many participants are really needed? How long should the meeting last? Finally, after meetings, assign credit or blame to the person in charge. If people have records of leading ineffective meetings, they are not allowed to lead future sessions.4
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A-5 Reading A Text
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I know that meetings may serve other functions. Sometimes,
they can communicate a solution, make
sure that there are no fatal flaws in it and give those who are unhappy with it a chance to voice their dissatisfaction. Other meetings serve a cultural function, allowing participants to renew social connections,
establish relationships, and deepen a sense of belonging. So, it’spossible to justify a few of those too-long and apparently unproductive meetings by finding hidden payoffs.
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A-6 Reading A Text
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But, please, don’t just call a meeting and hope the magic
happens. Take charge and take personal responsibility for meeting its objectives, whatever they are.
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A-Trans-1 Reading A
会议关乎宝贵的时间1会议已经拖拖拉拉开了一个多小时，我们正在讨论如 何提高生产效率的提案。这时，最能言善道的同事插话说需 要某种制度来激励员工。每次会上，不管讨论什么问题，他 都会提出同一个方案。紧接着，另一位同事长篇累牍地说明 我们都不是提出这些建议的合适人选。我也没说啥有用的。 最后，召集会议的女同事宣布散会，并告知下周继续开会。 我们游荡回各自的办公室，盘算着怎样才能把浪费的时间补 回来。这是多年前的一次会议，但类似的情景仍然随时随地 在不同公司上演。
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Reading A A-Trans-2
2
这种会议的问题部分在于会议召集人没有明确的
目标或议程，也没有布置好会前的准备工作，而是寄 希望于奇迹发生，带来解决问题的方法。当然，奇迹 从未发生。
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A-Trans-3 Reading A
3
会议之所以效率不高，主要是因为没有很好地
珍惜时间。召开和参加会议的人都没有将时间当做 最宝贵的资源。但时间是世上最易逝的东西。忙碌 的一天中你无法得到额外的一个小时来做事。尽管 如此，我们还总是依稀觉得未来有大把时间，故而
不珍惜当下，漫不经心地把家庭、朋友和自己的时间浪费掉。
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Reading AA-Trans-4
4
过去，我开会时参与度不高，对要解决的问题
有好想法却不说。现在，我采取更积极的态度，希 望会议能更有效。我遵循以下三个简单的原则。第
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