CENTURY BUSINESS ENGLISH 世纪商务英语 阅读教程（基础篇2）（第四版） 主编：王洗薇 大连理工大学出版社 www.dutpgz.cn

Working Environment and Conditions Unit One Working Environment and Conditions 大连理工大学出版社 www.dutpgz.cn

Working Environment and Conditions With the economic, scientific, and social progress, working environment and conditions have become one of the most talked-about subjects both for employers and employees. From Text A, you will learn about a mobile office that provides users a convenient, safe and reliable working environment. Text B presents people’s flexible responses to flexible working. In Practical Reading,there is “5S” which can be easily found both in daily life and working places.Concerning how to learn about different environment and conditions, you can use the first reading skill in this book—Identifying References.

Working Environment and Conditions Reading Skill Focus Comprehensive Reading Practical Reading Words and Expressions

Reading Skill Focus Identifying References In order to avoid repetition of a word or a phrase in writing, reference words are often used to substitute the words that have been mentioned. When reading, readers need to identify these references and understand the antecedents. Generally speaking, readers can identify the references according to the subject-verb agreement, sentence structure, and semantic relations.

Reading Skill Focus Commonly used reference words include: Impersonal Pronoun (非人称代词) it, this, that ,these, those Personal Pronoun（人称代词） he, him, she, her, they, them, one(s) Possessive Pronoun（物主代词） his, her, their, its Relative Pronoun（关系代词） who, that, which Substitute（替代词） as, so, do, the former, the latter, the following, the above

Reading Skill Focus A．Guided Practice Sample 1 Scott Fitzgerald, who first introduced him to a publisher, was one of the few contemporary writers that Hemingway did not turn against. 句中黑体him 若指的是主语Scott Fitzgerald，则应该用反身代词himself，而不能用 him，因此这里只能指后文的Hemingway。 译文：斯科特·菲茨杰拉德，最先将海明威介绍给出版商的人，是海明威不讨厌的为数不多的同时代作家之一。

Reading Skill Focus Sample 2 And someone with a history of doing more rather than less will go into old age more cognitively sound than someone who has not had an active mind. 句中的do 不是实义动词，从上下文来分析，这里没有干多干少的问题，而是讨论对外界信息和事物是否多动脑，保持大脑警觉的问题。从语法结构上来看，someone with a history of doing... will go into old age more cognitively sound than someone who has not had an active mind是一个平行的比较结构，因此可以判断do指代的是have an active mind. 译文：习惯于多动脑筋的人，在进入老年之后要比一个从来不积极动脑筋的人的认知能力更为健全。

Reading Skill Focus B. Challenge Yourself Challenge 1 Read the following sentences and decide which choice is the correct reference for the italicized word. They said they’d finish the work in three hours, which is impossible. A. They B. the work C. they’d finish the work in three hours ( ) c

Reading Skill Focus 2. The detailed information in maps is now produced almost entirely from satellite photography rather than by ground surveying because this method is faster, cheaper and more accurate. A. satellite photography B. ground surveying C. detailed information ( ) A 3. The lives of beetles are divided into four stages, as are those of wasps, ants and butterflies. A. lives B. stages C. insects ( ) A

Reading Skill Focus 4. X-rays allow art historians to examine paintings internally without damaging them. A. X-rays B. historians C. paintings ( ) c 5. After electron microscopes were invented, scientists found many new viruses. Some of them were round, some oval, and some corkscrew- shaped. A. electron microscopes B. viruses C. scientists ( ) B

Reading Skill Focus 6. The man is not sure if they got the letter but he thinks so. A. They got the letter B. The man is not sure C. The man is not sure if they got the letter ( ) A

Reading Skill Focus Challenge 2 Go through the following sentences and look for ambiguous pronoun references. When you find a pronoun whose antecedent is unclear or not expressed, underline the pronoun and put it in the blank to the left. If there are no reference problems, tell what the references refer to. your ___________1. Society determined your future in ancient Sparta. ___________2. I talked to the outdoor shop, but they don’t handle climbing gear. ___________3. When the wave hit the dock it disintegrated. ___________4. Our team had a poor kicking game, but this was its only weakness. ___________5. In the cookbook, it says to let the dough rise twice. ___________6. At Bath they think nothing is more important than partying. they it this it it they

Comprehensive Reading Text A Suggested Reading Time: 5.5 min. On a Mobile Office 1 .A mobile office is the mutual product of economic, scientific, and social progress. A mobile office has become a solution that provides users with convenient, prompt, safe, reliable mutual 共同的， 相互的 移动办公是经济、科学和社会发展的共同产物。移动办公为用户提供方便、即时、安全、可靠、价格合理的通讯 译文

Comprehensive Reading and reasonably priced communications and office facilities anywhere, anytime via the support of mobile interconnection platform (MIP[1]) and its application systems. via 经由 借助无线互联平台及其应用系统的支持,可以在任何时间、任何地点进行办公。 译文

Comprehensive Reading Using mobile office and WAP[2] technology, people can do their work anywhere,anytime, can send and receive data via terminals such as mobile phones,palm computers, and PDAs[3] and can surf the Internet. terminal 终端机，末端 使用移动办公和无线应用协议，人们能在任何地点、任何时间工作，通过移动电话、掌上电脑、个人数字助理等终端接收信息、网上冲浪。 译文

Comprehensive Reading Integrating the Internet, a mobile communications network, and providing powerful application support capacity for wireless interconnection, a mobile interconnection platform is an important network support technology to complete a mobile office. 将因特网和移动通讯网络合二为一，为无线互联、移动互联平台提供强大的应用支持能力，是实现移动办公的重要网络支持技术。 译文

Comprehensive Reading 2 .When you leave your office to attend meetings or travel on business, what would happen to your business routine? Of course, faxes and e-mails would still be sent to your fax machine or e-mail box, but you cannot read them and make prompt reactions. 当你离开办公室，忙于参加会议或出差在外时，你的日常工作业务会怎样呢？当然，你的传真机或电子邮箱仍会收到传真或电子邮件，但是你不能及时阅读并快速做出反应 译文

Comprehensive Reading When your clients need you to make some urgent modifications on your work and you are neither in the office nor carrying relevant documents, what can you do? Maybe you have to say“sorry”to the clients. But, your business will be affected, the clients will be unhappy and disappointed because of your delay, and you will lose a lot of business opportunities. affect 影响；感动 当客户需要你在工作上做出紧急修改时，你不在办公室，也没带相关文件，该怎么办呢？你也许会对客户说对不起。但是，你的业务将受到影响，客户们也会因为你的延迟而感到不快和失望，因而你将失去许多商机 译文

Comprehensive Reading 3 .In fact, very frequently, you need to check, reply, distribute,display, modify, or read some materials when you are not in your office.You must get out of this dilemma. distribute 分配， 散布，分发 dilemma 困境 事实上，当你不在办公室时，还需要经常检查、答复、分发、展示、修改和阅读材料。你必须摆脱这种左右为难的状况 译文

Comprehensive Reading The best solution to normally handle your business anywhere anytime and not to disappoint your clients is to let your office“move”with you. Thus, you can have convenient, prompt,safe, reliable, and reasonably priced communications and office facilities anywhere,anytime. 能在任何地点、任何时间正常处理业务，不让客户失望的最好办法是让办公室和你一起“移动”。因此，无论何时、何地你可以拥有方便、即时、安全、可靠、价格合理的通讯和办公设备 译文

Comprehensive Reading With the development of communications technology,network application, and wireless interconnection, the mobile office has become simpler and smaller, and can even be realized via one mobile phone with a data communications function. Thus, a mobile office has already been put into your pocket, and office mobility has been realized. 随着通讯技术、网络应用、无线互联的发展，移动办公室已经变得越来越简单，越来越小，甚至只需一部具有信息通讯功能的移动电话就能实现。因此，移动办公室已经被你装进了口袋，从而真正实现了办公的移动性 译文

Comprehensive Reading It uses its mobile phone function to make voice communication, and uses its data communication function to do most computation and storage in the network’s other mainframes. It uses the network to get necessary materials and data, and uses the mobile phone’s infrared interface to connect with computers, printers, scanners, etc. infrared interface 红外接口 它利用移动电话功能进行语音通讯；利用数据通信功能进行大量的计算并存贮在网络的其他主机上；利用网络获得需要的材料和数据，利用移动电话的红外接口与电脑、打印机、扫描仪等设备相连 译文

Comprehensive Reading 4. The mobile office has provided people with a convenient, casual working environment, but at the same time it still has some unsatisfactory aspects such as mismatching equipment interface and inadequate battery.Nevertheless, we believe that with technical progress, people can certainly overcome all kinds of difficulties. 移动办公给人们提供了方便、随意的工作环境，但同时仍有一些令人不满意的方面，如设备接口不匹配，电池电力不足等问题。但是，我们相信，随着技术的进步，人们肯定能解决所有的问题 译文

Comprehensive Reading Mobile offices will make your career simple, and will realize the dream of a colorful life, a better working environment, and users’living standard, working efficiency, and even enterprises’production efficiency will certainly be greatly raised. 移动办公室将让你的工作变得越来越简单，实现丰富多彩的生活和良好工作环境的梦想，用户的生活水平、工作效率，甚至是企业的生产效率肯定会大大地提高 译文

Comprehensive Reading Notes [1] MIP (Mobile Interconnection Platform)：无线互连平台 [2] WAP (Wireless Application Protocol)：无线应用协议 [3] PDA (Personal Digital Assistant)：个人数字助理

Comprehensive Reading Task 1 At the very beginning of this unit, you’ve learned reading techniques of identifying references. Read Text A, and identify what the italicized words refer to. solution 1. that (Para. 1, Line 2) ______________________________________ mobile interconnection platform (MIP) 2. its (Para. 1, Line 5) _______________________________________

Comprehensive Reading faxs and e-mails 3. them (Para. 2, Line 4 ) _____________________________________ the mobile office 4. It (Para. 3, Line 11) _______________________________________ the mobile office 5. its (Para. 3, Line 12) ______________________________________ the mobile office 6. it (Para. 4, Line 2) ________________________________________

Comprehensive Reading Task 2 Choose the best answer for each of the following questions according to Text A. 1. When you travel on business, _________. you will not deal with your faxes and emails in time B. you have to make more phone calls to your clients C. you’ll lose contact with your colleague D. you have to return to your office to handle some documents ( ) A

Comprehensive Reading 2. Which is NOT an advantage of a mobile office? A. Safety. B. Convenience. C. Lowest price. D. Reliability. ( ) 3. What’s the function of the mobile phone in a mobile office? A. To make voice communications. B. To make visual communications. C. To listen to music. D. To surf the Internet. ( ) A

Comprehensive Reading 4. What is the problem of a mobile office? A. Quality of mobile phones. B. Inadequate battery. C. Price of the equipment. D. Access to the Internet. ( ) B 5. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage? A. People need a mobile office for improving relations with customers. B. Palm computers will be used to replace offices. C. People may realize a mobile office by a mobile phone. D. Your business will not be influenced even if you fail to connect with your clients in time. ( ) D

Comprehensive Reading Task 3 Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary. communication distribute prompt dilemma nevertheless mobile integrate client

Comprehensive Reading prompt 1. __________ payment of bills greatly helps our company. integrate 2. Many suggestions are needed to __________ into the plan. nevertheless 3. She was very tired, __________ she kept on working. dilemma 4. What he said placed me in something of a(n) __________.

Comprehensive Reading clients 5. They are regular __________ of the famous restaurant. communication 6. __________ technology has developed rapidly in the past twenty years. mobile 7. The __________ medical team will soon be sent to the remote areas. distributed 8. In the 19th century the government __________ land to settlers willing to cultivate it.

Comprehensive Reading Task 4 Answer the following questions according to Text A. 1. What is a mobile office? A mobile office is the mutual product of economic, scientific, and social progress. A mobile office has become a solution that provides users with convenient, prompt, safe, reliable, and reasonably priced communications and office facilities anywhere, anytime via the support of mobile interconnection platform (MIP) and its application systems.

Comprehensive Reading 2. How will mobile office help you out of business dilemma? A mobile office helps you read faxes or e-mails and make prompt reactions even when you are traveling on business. It helps you check, reply, distribute, display, modify, or read some materials when you are not in your office. You won’t make your clients unhappy or disappointed or lose a lot of business opportunities since you can handle your business anywhere anytime with a mobile office.

Comprehensive Reading 3. Apart from the advantages of a mobile office, are there any unsatisfactory aspects?What are they? Though the mobile office has provided people with a convenient, casual working environment, but at the same time it still has some unsatisfactory aspects such as mismatching equipment interface and inadequate battery. Nevertheless, we believe that with technical progress, people can certainly overcome all kinds of difficulties.

Comprehensive Reading Task 5 Word Formation Learning—Root (1) Learning some knowledge about Word Formation can be very helpful for you to guess the meaning of a new word in a passage while you are reading. In Book I, you have learned some basic rules of word formation, including suffixes, prefixes and compound words. In this book we will discuss Root.

Comprehensive Reading Root, also called“base form”, is the form of a word on which other forms of that word are said to be based. From this unit, let’s begin with the following roots which can be found in Text A.

Comprehensive Reading Roots Meaning Examples mob mot to move 移动，挪 mobility n. 可动性，变动性 immobile a. 不动的，不变的 remote a. 偏僻的；遥远的 promote v. 促动，提升 motor n. 发动机，马达 mod manner 方式，模式；风度 mode n. 模式 modify v. 修改，修正 model n. 模型；模范 tribute to give 给予 contribute v. 有助于；捐款；贡献 retribution n. 报应；报复

Comprehensive Reading Now, read Text A carefully, locate the words in the text that contain one of the above-mentioned roots, and tell the meaning of each word. 1. mob __________ (Para.1, Line 2) mobile 2. tribute __________ (Para.3, Line 1) distribute 3. mod __________ (Para.3, Line 2) modify

Comprehensive Reading And then, underline the words in the following sentences with the roots learned above. 4. The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary. promotion 5. In modern society, equipment outmodes quicker than hairdos. modern outmodes 6. The editor is short of contributions for the May issue. contributions 7. The young technician designed a motorized wheelchair for his disabled colleague. motorized 8. The automobile has modified the whole structure of American society. automobile modified

Comprehensive Reading Besides, there are more examples for further learning. mob mot mobilize v. 动员 demobilize v. 复员 motion n. 运动 motivate v. 提高，刺激 motility n. 运动性，动力 mod modest a. 谦虚的 remodel v. 改形, 改造 modulate v. 调整，调节 accommodate v. 与……符合 commodity n. 商品 tribute tributary a. 进贡的；支流的 contributor n. 贡献者 contributory a. 有贡献的

Comprehensive Reading Text B Suggested Reading Time: 6.5 min. Flexible Response to Business Challenge 1. New technology and changing attitudes to the nature of work are combining to make“flexible working”one of the most talked about subjects in business today. 由于新技术的出现和人们对工作本质的态度的转变，“灵活的工作方式”成为了今天商务活动中谈论的重点话题之一 译文

Comprehensive Reading 2. Flexible working is a useful label for several different ways of organizing companies so they can operate more effectively. It is, however, much more than simply working from home. 灵活的工作方式使公司运行得更有效率，它是公司不同的组织方式的有效特征。然而，它远不只是指在家工作 译文

Comprehensive Reading Concepts such as home working, teleworking, and more recently, remote and nomadic working, are all forms of“flexible working”and many companies have adopted them successfully, often despite initial resistance from middle managers who fear loss of control over staff. nomadic 游牧的 比如，家庭办公、远程式工作、还有最近的远距离流浪式工作都是各种形式的“灵活的工作方式”。而且，许多公司已成功地采用了这种工作方式，尽管它最初遭到中层经理出于担心无法控制员工的反对 译文

Comprehensive Reading 3. Flexible working offers large businesses and government organizations new ways of doing business based on modern technology, allowing workers to be closer to the customer, for example. 灵活的工作方式给大型企业、政府机构提供了基于现代技术的新的工作方式，例如，员工更接近顾客了 译文

Comprehensive Reading 4. However, flexible working isn’t being introduced simply because the technology is available. Flexible working potentially brings a number of considerable advantages, in attracting and retaining staff, in higher productivity, in cost reduction, and in the potential for making the whole company more adaptable. 译文 然而灵活工作方式的引入并不仅仅因为技术可行。它带来了很多潜在优势，能吸引并留住员工，提高生产效率，降低成本，使整个公司适应能力更强

Comprehensive Reading 5. Yet it is, of course, not a simple answer to all problems, and poses a number of tough challenges. The advantages accrue to those companies who develop the right flexible working strategy for their own circumstances, and who implement that plan carefully and effectively. pose 姿势,姿 态, 摆姿势 accrue 自然增 加 但是，它当然不是能够解决所有问题的简单方法，它也提出了很多严峻的挑战。对于那些针对公司自身情况采取适当而灵活的工作策略并认真有效地实施该策略的公司来说，优势自然显现出来 译文

Comprehensive Reading 6. Certainly, lots of companies are trying out different forms of flexible working and the number of teleworkers gets relentlessly bigger year by year. Teleworkers, that is those working from home for at least two days a week, make up about 7.5 percent of the British workforce, a total of more than two million. Over the last two years, the number has grown by about 400,000 a year. relentless 无情的,冷酷的,残酷的 当然，很多公司在尝试不同形式的灵活的工作方式，远距离办公的人数也在逐年急速地增加。远程工作者，就是那些每周在家工作至少两天的人，占英国劳动力的7.5%，总数超过200万。在过去的两年里，这一数字每年增加40万 译文

Comprehensive Reading 7. As flexible working grows, policy makers are getting serious about promoting it. According to Digby Jones, the director general of the Confederation of British Industries,“Teleworking is already an established working practice, and is likely to grow in importance over the next few years. Having policies which meet both employer’s and employees’needs is the key to implementing teleworking successfully.” 随着灵活工作方式规模的增长，政策制定者也在认真地推广它。据英国行业联盟的总经理Digby Jones讲，“远距离办公已成为一种成型的工作惯例，在今后几年里会更重要。制定满足雇主和雇员双方需要的政策是成功实行远距离办公的关键 译文

Comprehensive Reading 8. And the government is trying to remove barriers to its spread.“By allowing more flexible ways of working, teleworking can increase employment opportunities, particularly for those with families or who have long journeys to work,”says Gerry Sutcliffe, the under-secretary for state at the Department of Trade and Industry. barrier 障碍 under-secretary 行政次官 政府正尽力消除普及灵活工作方式的各种障碍。国家贸易和工业部的政务次官Gerry Sutcliff说：“通过允许更多的灵活工作方式和远程办公的存在，能够提高就业机会，特别对那些成了家或是上班路途远的人而言 译文

Comprehensive Reading “In turn, this can ease pressure on infrastructure, facilitate regional development and help employees improve the balance between work and home life. For business these new ways of working can offer new business opportunities, improve productivity and maintain competitiveness.” infrastructure 基础设施 译文 同时也能减轻基础设施的压力，推动地区发展，有助于员工更好地平衡工作和家庭生活。对企业来说，这些新的工作方式能给企业提供发展新业务的机会，提高生产效率，保持竞争力

Comprehensive Reading 9. The government wants to promote flexible working, but that brings along with it an extension of that long arm of employment law into tele-and-mobile-working laws about health and safety, employment conditions, data protection, taxation, training, equal rights, collective or trade union rights and so on. 政府想推广灵活的工作方式，但随之而来，就业法就要相应地衍生为关于健康安全、雇用条件、数据保护、征税、培训、平等权利、集体或工会权利等方面的远距离移动工作法 译文

Comprehensive Reading This may mean red tape, but it also legitimizes flexible working. According to Alan Denbigh,“there’s always been a slightly underground feel about working from home, but recent tax and legal changes mean that is no longer the case.” red tap 繁文缛节 legitimize 给( 孩子) 合法地位, 使合法,使可接受 这可能意味着很多繁文缛节，但也使得灵活工作方式合法化。Denbigh说：“人们对在家工作总有一点神秘感，但最近的税收和法律变动意味着情况不会再这样了。” 译文

Comprehensive Reading 10. Yet, it is also clear that to be successful, flexible working must be accompanied by thorough-going cultural change. 显然要想取得成功，灵活的工作方式必须伴随着全面的文化变革 译文

Comprehensive Reading 11. A recent survey found that managers lacked trust in their ability to control remote workers.“Flexible working makes employees feel less visible to their managers and creates a feeling of isolation from their organization,” the report said. isolation 孤立 译文 最近的调查表明，经理们对控制远距离工作人员的能力缺乏信心。有报告称“灵活的工作方式使员工觉得看到经理的机会较少，有一种与组织隔离的感觉。”

Comprehensive Reading Task 6 Read Text B and decide whether the following statements are True or False. 1. Flexible working hasn’t been adopted successfully because of the resistance from middle managers. ( ) F 2. Although teleworking is already an established working practice, it is unlikely to grow in importance over the next few years. ( ) F 3. Recent tax and legal changes mean that there’s no longer an underground feel about working from home. T ( ) 4. Flexible working can help workers improve the conflict between work and home life. ( ) T 5. A recent survey found that managers had confidence in their ability to control remote workers. ( ) F

Comprehensive Reading Task 7 Identify what the reference words in bold and italicized forms refer to in Text B. Note that you can identify them by analyzing subject-verb agreement,sentence structure and semantic relations. companies 1. they (Para. 2, Line 2): __________________________ flexible working 2. It (Para. 2, Line 2): ____________________________ concepts of flexible working 3. them (Para. 2, Line 6): _________________________ flexible working 4. it (Para. 5, Line 1): ____________________________

Comprehensive Reading teleworking 5. this (Para. 8, Line 5): ___________________________ promoting flexible working 6. that (Para. 9, Line 1): ___________________________ extending employment law into tele-and-mobile-working laws 7. This (Para. 9, Line 5): __________________________ to be successful, flexible working must be accompanied by thorough-going cultural change 8. it (Para. 10, Line 1): ___________________________

Comprehensive Reading Task 8 Word Formation Learning—Root (2) Roots Meaning Examples flect flex to bend 弯曲 deflect v. 使弯曲；改变 reflect v. 反射 fact fac fect fic fig to make; to do 做， 制作 factitious a. 做出来的，不自然的 affect v. 影响；感动 effect v. 生效，效果 proficient a. 熟练的，精通的 figure n. 形象 configuration n. 总结构；形状；配置

Comprehensive Reading Now, read Text B carefully, locate the words in the text that contain one of the above-mentioned roots, and tell the meaning of each word. flexible 灵活的 1. flex __________ (Para.1, Line 2) effectively 有效地 2. fect __________ (Para.2, Line 2) facilitate 促进，有利于 3. fac __________ (Para.8, Line 6)

Comprehensive Reading And then, underline the words in the following sentences with the Roots learned above. 4. His courage infected his friends, who had been discouraged before. infect; 感染 5. The bullet struck a wall and was deflected from its course. deflected; 反弹 6. Neither threats nor promises could change his inflexible determination. inflexible; 不可动摇的 7. The heating system has recently been modified to make it more efficient. 有效率的;efficient 8. Her face was transfigured by happiness. transfigure; 美化，容光焕发

Practical Reading 5S in Working Places In American housekeeping, there is 5S (Sort; Simplify/Straighten: improve work flow and reduce waste motion; Shine/Sweep; Standardize; Sustain/Self-discipline). The use of 5S can be easily found in our daily life.

Practical Reading In fact, many of us already practiced 5S without noticing. Here are a few actual examples collected from our daily life (e.g. from kitchen,basement, garage, shopping center, classroom, etc.).

Practical Reading 1. Example of Visual Control Locating hand towel and soap closer to the sink for easy access and preventing water from spreading.

Practical Reading 2. Examples from Study Room Using letter classifier to sort letters helps to organize the letter according to priority and category; thus, it prevents us from missing important due date.

Practical Reading 3. Examples from Kitchen Using table set organizer to organize all kinds of table sets such as knife, spoons, chopsticks, pork, etc. It allows users to quickly find the table sets that are needed, saves spaces, and prevents us from possible accidents.

Practical Reading Now 5S is applied in workplaces as well. The 5S in order are SORT, SET IN ORDER,SHINE, STANDARDISE and SUSTAIN in English. 5S is the most beneficial tool that can be deployed in organizations that are prepared to apply world class practices and systems.

Practical Reading 5S SORT Clearing the work area SET IN ORDER Designating locations 5S SHINE Cleanliness & Workplace appearance STANDARDISE Everyone doing things the same way SUSTAIN Integrating 5S into culture

Practical Reading The 5S leads to improved processes: ⇨ Increasing floor space ⇨ Lowering accident rate ⇨ Wasting less labor ⇨ Retaining better equipment reliability

Practical Reading But how does a business pursue 5S? ⇨ Give publicity to make everybody aware of the importance of 5S ⇨ Set up the committee to push the 5S ⇨ Launch for 5S activity week ⇨ Education and Training ⇨ Implementing ⇨ Periodic survey and grade the performance

Practical Reading Task 9 Read each picture and the explanations under them and answer the following questions. 1. Do you think 5S is essential in working places? 2. How is 5S applied in your everyday life and some working places you are familiar with like KFC or McDonald’s? 3. How do you think of the relationship between 5S and working efficiency?

Words and Expressions Text A affect v. 影响；感动 application n. 应用；申请 capacity n. 容量，能力 dilemma n. 困境 Distribute v. 分配，散布，分发 economic a. 经济上的,实用的,节省的 facility n. 设施 frequently ad. 频繁，经常地 integrate v. 整合,使……成整体a. 真诚的

Words and Expressions mainframe n. 主计算机 mutual a. 共同的,相互的 prompt a. 及时的,快速的 relevant a. 相关的,有关的 reliable a. 可靠的,可信赖的 scanner n. 扫描仪 terminal n. 终端机,末端 urgent a. 紧急的,急迫的 via prep. 经由 infrared interface 红外接口

Words and Expressions Text B accrue v. 自然增加 barrier n. 障碍 infrastructure n. 基础设施 Isolation n. 孤立 label n. 标签,签条商标v 贴标签于;分类 legitimize v. 给(孩子)合法地位使合法,使可接受 nomadic a. 游牧的 pose n. 姿势，姿态v. 摆姿势

Words and Expressions productivity n. 生产力 Reduction n. 缩减，减少 relentless a. 无情的，冷酷的，残酷的 retain v. 保持，留住 strategy n. 策略 survey n. 调查；测量 taxation n. 征税，税款 thorough-going a. 彻底的 red tap 繁文缛节 under-secretary 行政次官

Words and Expressions Practical Reading chopsticks n. 筷子 committee n. 委员会 deploy v. 展开，配置 designate v. 指定，指明 performance n. 行为，表现 periodic a. 周期的，定期的 publicity n. 宣传，公开

Words and Expressions retain v. 保持，保有 sink n. 藏垢的场所,沟渠,污水槽 sort v. 分类,排序,挑选 straighten v. 弄直,整顿,清理 sustain v. 承受;支持;继续 table set 成套餐具 self-discipline 自我训练,自我修养