口语练习
Speaking: do you think the decision of the EAT was fair? Why/why not?
你认为劳工诉讼法庭的判决合理吗?为什么?
参考词汇和表达
respect the employee’s basic right at work 尊重员工在工作中的基本权利
protect the employee’s working time rights 保护员工在工作中的权利
prevent employers from denying staff their legal rights 防止雇主拒绝员工的合法权利
if employers break the law, cannot allow them to get away with it 如果雇主违法,不允许他们逃避惩罚
the employer is not acting within the law 雇主不按法律行事
the employer has breached its contractual obligations 雇主违反了合同义务
make other companies to think carefully about their own working environment促使其他公司谨慎考虑他们的工作环境。
写作训练
Writing: formulate a smoking policy for your office which is fair to both smokers and non-smokers. Write a 40-50 word memo informing all staff of the policy.
为你的办公室制定一个关于吸烟的制度,做到对吸烟员工和不吸烟员工都公平。写一个40-50字的备忘录,将这一制度告知每个员工。
参考例文
Memo
To: all staff
From: Charles Dyer
Date: 7 July 2000
Re: Smoking policy
As there are only two smokers in this building, they have agreed to smoke outside. However they will need regular cigarette breaks. Please consider smokers when organizing meetings. You are advised to plan breaks at least every two hours.