Speaking 口语练习
①Work in pairs. Look at the following characteristics of a good team.Choose the five most important and put them in order.
What makes a good team?
1 The members work towards a common objective.
2 They discuss roles and allocate them to team members.
3 They co-operate fully with each other.
4 They help individuals develop within the team.
5 The memebers trust each other.
6 Everyone makes an equal contribution to the team.
7 The members share information effectively within the team.
8 They listen to different points of view.
9 They talk openly and honestly within the team.
10 When people are under pressure, others offer help.
Do you work in a good team? Explain why/why not.
②How can teamwork help your class prepare for the Cambridge BEC Intermediate examination?
E.g.sharing ideas,helping each other with homework,testing each other on work covered,e-mailing each other。
③Work in pairs.
Student A: Look at the Activity sheet A.
Student B: Look at the Activity sheet B.
Activity sheet A
You are Gina Theismann. You have just received Tom’s fax about the meeting in London. The dates are not very convenient for your team members, Steve Cerny and Joni Morgan. Telephone Tom and arrange a new date for the meeting in London. Use the availability table below.
Activity sheet B
You are Tom Granger. Gina Theismann phones you about the dates for the meeting in London. Use the availability table below for the Polish team members to finalise a date for the meeting.
④Work in pairs. Look at the advertisements for the team-buiLding courses below. Which of the courses would be the best for the Carmichael team? How would it benefit the five team members and the project?
Reading material 阅读材料
Carmichael, an American cosmetics group, has a Polish subsidiary. Gina Theismann, Head of Central European Sales, receives a fax from Tom Granger, the local manager in Warsaw.
FROM: CAKMICHAEL POLSKA SA PHONE NO.: 0048222756785 14-JAN-2002 14:43 P01/01Carmichael, Inc.Carmichael Polska SA
pl.Starynkiewicza 7/9
02-015 Warsaw
To: Gina Theismann
Poland
From: Tom Granger
Date: 14 January 2002
Pages: 1
Re: Sales team for new product launch in Poland
Hello Gina
Thanks for the profiles of Steve Cerny and Joni Mot,gan. They both look very good and I think they should work very well together with the three local people here.
I was thinking about getting the whole team together for a week in London. Would the week commencing 11 February be convenient for Steve and Joni?
The team could spend a couple of days on team-building, followed by discussions on the launch. I think we need them to agree on their objectives, roles and schedules by the end of that week. They’ll also need to think about communication.
What do you think about the team-building? Should we send them on a survival course? Alternatively, we could bring in a consultant for a more traditional seminar if you think that would be of more use. I’ve attached a few advertisements from different providers.
They are:
Executive Adventures
Team Management
Melville Management Training.
Could you let me know asap about the dates and which provider you prefer?