1、Unit TwoCompany Benefits第1页An Overview of Unit Two2.1 Business Topic(Company Benefits)Vocabulary(Benefits Incentives)Reading(An article about Xerox)Speaking(Asking questions about jobs)Writing(A letter of application)第2页2.2 Business Skills(Presenting your company)Vocabulary(Company Terms)Listening(P
2、resentations)Speaking(Giving a presentation)Writing(A memo)第3页2.1 Business TopicCompany Benefits第4页Q:What would you take into account when choosing a job?Q:Which is the most important one to you?Please state your reasons.lan impressive job titleltraining and staff developmentla good salaryla pension
3、lflexible working hourslopportunities to travellopportunities for promotionlparental leaveldays off and long holidaysla company carVocabulary:Benefits and Incentives companys reputation companys financial situation location of workplace working environment job challenge personal interest job securit
4、y Self-fulfillments第5页员工福利(Employee Benefits)形式:1.法律保障权利(Legally Required Benefits),包含社会保障(Social Security)、失业赔偿(Unemployment Compensation)、工伤赔偿(Workers Compensation)等。2.与退休相关福利(Retirement-related Benefits),比如退休金计划(Pension Plans)等。3.与保险相关福利(Insurance Related Benefits),包含健康保险(Health Insurance)、人寿保险(L
5、ife Insurance)、意外事故和伤残保险(Accident and Disability Insurance)等。4.带薪休假福利,包含带薪公假和带薪休假(Paid Holidays and Paid Vacations)。、其它福利,比如交通补助(Local Conveyance Allowance)、住房补助(Housing Allowance)、伙食补助(Meal Allowance)、旅游津贴(Holiday Bonus)。无形福利:老板奖赏(recognition)、晋升可能性(possibility of promotion)、舒适工作环境(working environm
6、ent)等。奖励办法(incentives):一个红包、一顿饭、一瓶酒、一次旅行机会等第6页ListeninglListen to five short recordings.Which of the benefits and incentives in exercise1 is each person referring to?Speaker 1:_Speaker 2:_Speaker 3:_Speaker 4:_Speaker 5:_company carflexible working hoursparental leavean impressive job titlea pension
7、第7页Listening scriptThe words in RED are the key information to make right decisions.Speaker 1 Its great because usually it means my wife can use the one at home and we even take mine away at weekends.I work for quite a relaxed company and they dont seem to mind how I use it for leisure.Speaker 2 I t
8、hought it wouldnt change the way I worked after the first six months,but as they got older it actually became more complicated with getting them to school or if they wanted to do activities in the afternoon.But my boss has been really good about it and some days I can do a half day if I want and the
9、n I might work later on other days or I take work home,which I dont like doing,but its the only waySpeaker 3 Its actually the law now so they had to let me have it.It was only two weeks but at least I had time to help my wife out.Mind you,after all the late nights and crying I was really happy to ge
10、t back to work for a while and have a rest!第8页Speaker 4 Ive just been promoted form Assistant IT Technician to Chief Operational Network Administrator.It means I get a bit of a pay rise and new business cards with my name on.Im not sure if I get my own office though.Speaker 5 The problem for me is t
11、hat I wont have enough to live on when Im 60 and I cant afford a private plan.So Ill probably try and keep working for a few more years,and anyway,I heard the government is planning to rise the age of retirement.第9页Task 1:Read the following article.What benefits and incentives does the article menti
12、on for employees at Xerox?Reading Is Working for Xerox Too Good to Be True?What a lovely place Xerox is to work!Kim Moloney,a client services executive,cant say enough nice things about her employer.Its a very special environment,she says,People describe Xerox as a family and I was amazed at the num
13、ber of people who have worked here for so long.Its tempting to take Moloneys comments with a pinch of salt,especially considering that when youve been working somewhere for only two years,as she has at Xerox,everyone seems old and established.But theres truth behind her enthusiasm.Take Carole Palmer
14、,the group resources director.She joined Xerox in 1978 as a temp and has been in her present role for seven years.Xerox has been good to me over the years,she says.It has supported me through qualifications and last year I took part in the vice-president incumbent programme.Task 2第10页 Human resource
15、s is taken seriously at Xerox,Palmer says,and the company has a policy of promoting from within(which would explain Moloneys amazement at her colleagues longevity).The company takes on only fifteen to twenty graduates each year and Moloney was part of an intake who joined having already acquired a c
16、ouple of years work experience.She started as a project manager for Xerox Global Services before moving into sales.Now her responsibility is to grow and maintain customer relationships.Moloney is based at the head office in Uxbridge.Its great in terms of working environment,she says.Weve jus got a n
17、ew provider in the canteen and we have brainstorming rooms and breakout areas.Much of Moloneys role is visiting clients,so she doesnt have a permanent desk at head office.Im a hot-desker,which is good because you get to sit with different people in the hot-desk areas.And youre given a place to store
18、 your things.Head office staff numbers between 1,200 and 1,500 people,Palmer says.The company has four other main offices in the UK.The nature of the organization,which encompasses sales and marketing,global services(the biggest division),developing markets,research and development and manufacturing
19、,means that the opportunities at the company vary from service engineers to sales roles and consultants.第11页lOpportunities for promotionlTraining and staff developmentlA pensionlA reward and recognition scheme Perks include a final-salary pension scheme and various discount schemes.The reward and re
20、cognition scheme is a little different,and rather nice:Each manager has a budget every year to recognize and reward staff,Palmer says.It can be in the form of a meal for two,or a bottle of wine.It can be up to 1,000.Theres the recognition,and then theres putting money behind it.Moloney,however,likes
21、 the non-cash rewards.Xerox takes care of all its staff but it also recognizes the people who put in the added effort,she says.It offers once-in-a-lifetime incentive trips,and recently I organized a sailing trip fro my team.The idea of working abroad with the company appeals to her,and she says that
22、 her career goal is to be part of the senior management team.Heres another employee,it would seem,who is in it for the long haul.BackPerks:something that you get legally from your work in addition to your wages,such as goods,meals,or a car额外津贴final-salary pension scheme最终薪酬养老金计划 Long haul 本身表示“长途运输”
23、意思,在这比喻“费时费劲、长久艰辛工作”。e.g.Its been a long haul but at last this book is published.经过千辛万苦,这本书终于出版了。第12页Task 1:Read the following article.What benefits and incentives does the article mention for employees at Xerox?Reading Is Working for Xerox Too Good to Be True?What a lovely place Xerox is to work!Ki
24、m Moloney,a client services executive,cant say enough nice things about her employer.Its a very special environment,she says,People describe Xerox as a family and I was amazed at the number of people who have worked here for so long.Its tempting to take Moloneys comments with a pinch of salt,especia
25、lly considering that when youve been working somewhere for only two years,as she has at Xerox,everyone seems old and established.But theres truth behind her enthusiasm.Take Carole Palmer,the group resources director.She joined Xerox in 1978 as a temp and has been in her present role for seven years.
26、Xerox has been good to me over the years,she says.It has supported me through qualifications and last year I took part in the vice-president incumbent programme.Task 2施乐企业(财富500强企业之一,总部设在美国,主要经营办公设备)该词大写时为专有名词,指该企业后派生为动词,意思为“用复印机复印”e.g.Can you xerox this letter for me?第13页Task 1:Read the following a
27、rticle.What benefits and incentives does the article mention for employees at Xerox?Reading Is Working for Xerox Too Good to Be True?What a lovely place Xerox is to work!Kim Moloney,a client services executive,cant say enough nice things about her employer.Its a very special environment,she says,Peo
28、ple describe Xerox as a family and I was amazed at the number of people who have worked here for so long.Its tempting to take Moloneys comments with a pinch of salt,especially considering that when youve been working somewhere for only two years,as she has at Xerox,everyone seems old and established
29、.But theres truth behind her enthusiasm.Take Carole Palmer,the group resources director.She joined Xerox in 1978 as a temp and has been in her present role for seven years.Xerox has been good to me over the years,she says.It has supported me through qualifications and last year I took part in the vi
30、ce-president incumbent programme.Task 2Too good to be true:好得不像是真,好得让人难以置信。此标题字面意思为“为施乐企业工作如此妙不可言吗?”为了使标题简练醒目,可翻译为“施乐企业:工作者天堂第14页Task 1:Read the following article.What benefits and incentives does the article mention for employees at Xerox?Reading Is Working for Xerox Too Good to Be True?What a love
31、ly place Xerox is to work!Kim Moloney,a client services executive,cant say enough nice things about her employer.Its a very special environment,she says,People describe Xerox as a family and I was amazed at the number of people who have worked here for so long.Its tempting to take Moloneys comments
32、with a pinch of salt,especially considering that when youve been working somewhere for only two years,as she has at Xerox,everyone seems old and established.But theres truth behind her enthusiasm.Take Carole Palmer,the group resources director.She joined Xerox in 1978 as a temp and has been in her p
33、resent role for seven years.Xerox has been good to me over the years,she says.It has supported me through qualifications and last year I took part in the vice-president incumbent programme.Task 2cant say enough nice things about her employer字面上意思是字面上意思是“对于她雇主总是说不够好话对于她雇主总是说不够好话”可译为可译为“对她雇主赞不绝口对她雇主赞不
34、绝口”第15页Task 1:Read the following article.What benefits and incentives does the article mention for employees at Xerox?Reading Is Working for Xerox Too Good to Be True?What a lovely place Xerox is to work!Kim Moloney,a client services executive,cant say enough nice things about her employer.Its a ver
35、y special environment,she says,People describe Xerox as a family and I was amazed at the number of people who have worked here for so long.Its tempting to take Moloneys comments with a pinch of salt,especially considering that when youve been working somewhere for only two years,as she has at Xerox,
36、everyone seems old and established.But theres truth behind her enthusiasm.Take Carole Palmer,the group resources director.She joined Xerox in 1978 as a temp and has been in her present role for seven years.Xerox has been good to me over the years,she says.It has supported me through qualifications a
37、nd last year I took part in the vice-president incumbent programme.Task 2Its tempting to take Moloneys comments with a pinch of salt人们很可能对Moloney话半信半疑。Its tempting to 在这表示人们普遍倾向性,意思是“人们倾向于”Takewith a pinch/grain of salt 对半信半疑第16页Task 1:Read the following article.What benefits and incentives does the
38、 article mention for employees at Xerox?Reading Is Working for Xerox Too Good to Be True?What a lovely place Xerox is to work!Kim Moloney,a client services executive,cant say enough nice things about her employer.Its a very special environment,she says,People describe Xerox as a family and I was ama
39、zed at the number of people who have worked here for so long.Its tempting to take Moloneys comments with a pinch of salt,especially considering that when youve been working somewhere for only two years,as she has at Xerox,everyone seems old and established.But theres truth behind her enthusiasm.Take
40、 Carole Palmer,the group resources director.She joined Xerox in 1978 as a temp and has been in her present role for seven years.Xerox has been good to me over the years,she says.It has supported me through qualifications and last year I took part in the vice-president incumbent programme.Task 2vice-
41、president incumbent programme 副总经理岗位培训课程副总经理岗位培训课程通通常常我我们们能能够够用用前前缀缀“vice-”表表示示职职位位“副副”或用或用deputy表示表示第17页Task 2:Choose the best answer,A,B or C for questions 1-5 about the Xerox article.1.The journalist of this article thinks that A.staff at Xerox are not telling the truth about the company.B.Xerox
42、offers great benefits to staff.C.people havent worked at Xerox long enough to know if its a good company.2.Where does the company tend to find its new managers?A.From existing staff.B.On training courses.C.Only from graduates.3.Why doesnt Kim Moloney have her own desk?A.Because she isnt important en
43、ough.B.Because there isnt space at head office.C.Because she often travels and is away on business.4.As well as recognizing its staff through promotion,Xerox A.gives cash bonuses.B.provides a number of perks.C.gives unpaid leave to take trips of a lifetime.5.One common feature of Xerox staff is that
44、 they tend A.to work hard.B.to get promoted.C.not to change employer.Back第18页Task 1:Read the following article.What benefits and incentives does the article mention for employees at Xerox?Reading Is Working for Xerox Too Good to Be True?What a lovely place Xerox is to work!Kim Moloney,a client servi
45、ces executive,cant say enough nice things about her employer.Its a very special environment,she says,People describe Xerox as a family and I was amazed at the number of people who have worked here for so long.Its tempting to take Moloneys comments with a pinch of salt,especially considering that whe
46、n youve been working somewhere for only two years,as she has at Xerox,everyone seems old and established.But theres truth behind her enthusiasm.Take Carole Palmer,the group resources director.She joined Xerox in 1978 as a temp and has been in her present role for seven years.Xerox has been good to m
47、e over the years,she says.It has supported me through qualifications and last year I took part in the vice-president incumbent programme.Task 2第19页 Human resources is taken seriously at Xerox,Palmer says,and the company has a policy of promoting from within(which would explain Moloneys amazement at
48、her colleagues longevity).The company takes on only fifteen to twenty graduates each year and Moloney was part of an intake who joined having already acquired a couple of years work experience.She started as a project manager for Xerox Global Services before moving into sales.Now her responsibility
49、is to grow and maintain customer relationships.Moloney is based at the head office in Uxbridge.Its great in terms of working environment,she says.Weve jus got a new provider in the canteen and we have brainstorming rooms and breakout areas.Much of Moloneys role is visiting clients,so she doesnt have
50、 a permanent desk at head office.Im a hot-desker,which is good because you get to sit with different people in the hot-desk areas.And youre given a place to store your things.Head office staff numbers between 1,200 and 1,500 people,Palmer says.The company has four other main offices in the UK.The na