SectionBTHECOMPANYMANSkipExercisesUnderstandingIdiomaticExpressionsI.UnderstandingIdiomaticExpressionsThemeaningofidiomaticexpressionscanbeveryhard—evenimpossibletoguess.Wordformationsindictionariesdon’talwayshelp,andcanevenfoolusentirely!However,contextclues,suchasexamples,oppositesexplanations,orsimilarphrases

canbehelpfultofigureoutthemeaningofthem.ReadingSkill1.Thenewcomerwasascomfortableasanoldshoeandwesoonbecamefriends.

Guessthemeaningofthefollowing

idiomaticexpressions.easytotalkandworkwithII.ExercisesKeyReadingSkill2.Amotorwouldbeawhiteelephanttohim,becausehecan’tdrive.

abigbutuselessobjecttoitsownerKey3.Itoldhertoreadoverhercompositionand

weedout

everysentencethatwasnotaboutthesubject.

KeytoremovewhatisunwantedReadingSkill4.Somestudentsarelazy,butothers

beattheirbrains

andsucceed.

tothinkoutsth.difficultKeyReadingSkill5.Thewaymostpeoplelookatyou,you’dthinkatrashmanwasamonster.Sayhelloandtheystareatyouinsurprise.Theydon’trealizewe’rehuman.

Atrashmanissomeonethateveryonewantstogetawayfrom.KeyReadingSkill

TrueorFalseStatement

MainIdeawiththeNumbersGivecompleteinformationwiththenumbersbelow:e.g.at3:00A.M.Thecompanymanworkedhimselftodeath,

finallyandprecisely,at3:00A.M.Sundaymorning.I.MainIdeawiththeNumbersTextStudy18years51yearsoldoneofthreesixdaysmonthly6048yearsoldtheeldest2420overthelasttwoyearsthesixty-year-oldcompanypresidentby5:00P.M.TextStudyTextStudyTrueorFalseStatement1.Philwasadevotedexecutive.2.Philcouldhavebeenpromotedtothetoppositionifhehadworkedhardenough.3.VeryoftenPhilhadhismealsathome.4.WhenHelensaid“Ialreadyhave,”weknowherhusbandhadneglectedher.TFTF6.Philworriedabouthisyoungestchild

most.7.Philgotmorethanhelost

.8.Thewritertellsthisstoryinanironicmanner.5.Phil’syoungest

childseemstobefollowing

Phil’sstepsworkingasacompanyman.FTTFTextStudy1.我們可以在業(yè)余時(shí)間玩玩游戲放松一下，但決不能上癮。Inoursparetime,wemayrelaxourselvesbyplayingcomputergames,butweshouldnevergrowaddictedtoit.workaholicbe(get/grow/become)addictedto…:line4對(duì)······入迷對(duì)······上癮onhisdayoff:inhisrestday在他休息的那天line7寒假再有一個(gè)月就到了。一想到這我就激動(dòng)不已。Thewintervacationisonlyamonthoff,atthethoughtofwhichIfeeloverexcited.off置于時(shí)間名詞之后表示不工作或表示還有多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間。conceive:

vt.formanideaof;imagine構(gòu)想出，設(shè)想conceivably:

ad.imaginably;believably可想象地；可以相信地line10為了升職當(dāng)經(jīng)理，他采取了一切可能的手段。Inordertogetpromotedasamanager,hetriedeveryconceivablemeans.Tobecontinued前綴：con-(或com-):共同,聯(lián)合contemporarya.同時(shí)代的concludev.結(jié)束；總結(jié)confirmv.堅(jiān)定；證實(shí)condensev.凝結(jié)；濃縮conflictn./vi.沖突concentratev.集中combinev.聯(lián)合，結(jié)合commemoratev.紀(jì)念compressv.壓縮competevi.競(jìng)爭(zhēng)；競(jìng)賽詞根：-ceive-:得到、收到conceive設(shè)想，想象deceive欺騙perceive覺察，領(lǐng)悟receive收到，接受becontenttodosth./becontentwithsth.:

feelsatisfiedtodo/withsth.對(duì)······感到滿足line40我們不要僅僅滿足于過去取得的成績(jī)，這會(huì)阻礙我們?nèi)〉眯碌倪M(jìn)步Weshouldn’tmerelyfeelcontentwiththepastachievement,foritwillpreventusfrommakingfurtherprogress.2.他似乎很樂意為別人干一些跑腿的差事。Heseemsquitecontenttorunerrandsforothers.odd:

a.1).notregularorfixed臨時(shí)的；不固定的2).strange;unusual奇怪的，異常的oddjob臨時(shí)工作,零工oddnumbers奇數(shù)anoddfellow奇怪的人oddcorners偏僻的角落oddmoney(剩下的)零錢atoddtimes(moments)在有空的時(shí)候;偶而

anoddman(hand)打雜的短工他出身于一個(gè)貧窮的大家庭，靠做多份零工勉強(qiáng)度日。Hewasfromabigpoorfamilyandmanagedtomakeendsmeetbydoingmultipleoddjobs.straighten:

v.makeorbecomestraight(使)變直line49后綴：-en:tomakeorbecome…使變得······sharpenv.

削尖,磨快moistenv.弄濕blackenv.使變黑brightenv.(使)變亮,(使)愉快deepenv.深化quickenv.加快，加速broadenv.變寬,擴(kuò)大flattenv.變平,變單調(diào)lightenv.減輕,(使)輕松,(使)發(fā)亮straightenout：settleorresolvesth.;removedifficultiesfromsth.解決(問題);理清(混亂情況)每次都由我們來(lái)收拾這種混亂的局面，我們對(duì)此已經(jīng)厭煩了。Everytimeit’slefttoustostraightenouttheconfusion,ofwhichwe’vegrowntired.windup:1)causesb.tobecomenervousandworried使緊張；使不安2)turnapartofamachinearoundandaroundtomakeitwork上滿發(fā)條3)tocomeorbringtoafinish;end結(jié)束，使結(jié)束line51我在結(jié)束講話之前，想向贊助這個(gè)節(jié)目的公司表示感謝。BeforeIwindupthespeech,Iwanttoexpressmyappreciationforthecompanieswhichsponsortheprogram.makeinquiriesabout(concerning)sth.:makeacloseexaminationofsth.insearchforinformationortruth調(diào)查，詢問line571.為了在與同行的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)中占有優(yōu)勢(shì)，這位銷售經(jīng)理對(duì)市場(chǎng)進(jìn)行了調(diào)查。Inordertogetanedgeinthecompetitionwiththecounterparts,thesalesmanagermadeinquiriesaboutthemarket.他們的老板親切、和藹，經(jīng)常詢問員工的日常生活情況Kindandconsiderate,theirbossoftenmakesinquiriesaboutthestaff’sdailylife.EnglishtoChinesedividehistimewithstayingrassandfoodstraightenouttheirfinancewoundupanaturalchoiceforaheartattack分配出部分時(shí)間做維持吸大麻和吃飯理清他們的經(jīng)濟(jì)問題繃得緊緊的容易患心臟病的那種人III.FunTimeMeetingaFactoryMan

FunTimeYouhaveknowntwocommonpeople—afrustratedtrashmanandwork-to-deathcompanyman.Theoneyouaretomeetisafactorymanwhoworkstobecomecrazy.Watchthevideoclipbelowanddiscusswhodeservessympathymost.FunTimeTheFactoryManFunTimesomeoneyouknowalittleworkout,formanideaapositionseparateandgiveoutexactlycorrectchoiceaskingforinformationtakenonoticeofacquaintanceconceivespotdivideaccurateoptioninquiryignoreIII.OldtoNewWordsandExpressions—MatchingGameAboutGoodWorkersIdeaSharingBelieveitornot.Manypeoplearefiredfromtheirjobsbecauseofpoorworkhabits.

Goodworkhabitsareimportanttoanyjobyoumayhaveinthefuture.Thesegoodhabitsstartinschool.Giveexamplesofgoodworkhabits.AboutGoodWorkersPartITipsbeingontime,goodattendance,dependability,honesty,neatandaccuratework…GoodWorkHabits:Forteacher’sreferenceIdeaSharing1.Consistentlydomorethanisrequired.2.Havewidevocabularyattheircommand.3.Bealwaysalert;takesactivepartindiscussion.4.Haveusualdependabilityintakingassignments.5.Haveenthus