Unit Six Sam Adams,Industrial Engineer I.Teaching Aims 1.Master the new active wordsand useful phrases 2.Understand the general ideas of the article. 3.To leam the ability to investigate,analyze and solve problems. 4.Help the students to build up their language skills through more exercises on oral practice,phrases and expression,grammar,writing,etc II.Key and Difficult Points 1.New Words Whatsoever,inspect,relieve,boring,fire,observation,cover,promotion 2.Phrases Find out,turn out,happen to do,come in,on a short-term basis,be amazed at,except for,hold up.result in,talk over,keep up with 3.Sentences (1)..and pants,neatly folded,in the bottomdrawer. (2)In fact,I was the efficiency expert for the whole family. (3)Most curious ofall,there was no quality control whatsoever (4)As a result some of the shirts that were put in boxes for shipment were missing one or two buttons,the collar,even a sleeve sometimes! IIL.Teaching Methods Discussion,explanation,ask and answer IV.Time:3 periods V.Teaching procedures: Step1.Introduction 1.Warm-up questions: (1)Do you think it a good habit for a person to arrange everything in order in his daily life?Why or why not? (2)Who does best in your family to keep your house clean and tidy?Say something in
Unit Six Sam Adams, Industrial Engineer I. Teaching Aims 1. Master the new active words and useful phrases. 2. Understand the general ideas of the article. 3. To learn the ability to investigate, analyze and solve problems. 4. Help the students to build up their language skills through more exercises on oral practice, phrases and expression, grammar, writing, etc. II. Key and Difficult Points: 1. New Words Whatsoever, inspect, relieve, boring, fire, observation, cover, promotion 2. Phrases Find out, turn out, happen to do, come in, on a short-term basis, be amazed at, except for, hold up, result in, talk over, keep up with 3. Sentences (1)…and pants, neatly folded, in the bottom drawer. (2) In fact, I was the efficiency expert for the whole family. (3) Most curious of all, there was no quality control whatsoever (4) As a result some of the shirts that were put in boxes for shipment were missing one or two buttons, the collar, even a sleeve sometimes! III. Teaching Methods Discussion, explanation, ask and answer IV. Time: 3 periods Ⅴ. Teaching procedures: Step1. Introduction 1. Warm-up questions: (1) Do you think it a good habit for a person to arrange everything in order in his daily life? Why or why not? (2) Who does best in your family to keep your house clean and tidy? Say something in
detail about it. (3)Do you think the habit of keeping everything in order will benefit one's future work?Why or why not? 2.Background Information (I)Industrial Engineering(工业管理)and Industrial Engineers Industrial engineering is the detailed analysis of the use and the cost of men. materials and equipment in an organization,with a view to increasing its productivity, profit and efficiency.Those who are involved in this kind of analysis are called industrial engineers. Engineers can be classified into many types,such as construction engineer. production engineer,design engineer and industrial engineer. An industrial engineer's duties are to coordinate personnel,materials and machinery and to determine the most productive and efficient use of each.He helps plan the production line and designs oradapts details essential to the manufacturing of aproduct. (2)The American Educational System In the United States,education is the responsibility of individual states,not of the federal goverment,so requirements may vary from one state to another.The following is a generalization: Kindergarten:before 5 years old Elementary school:6-11 years old(Grades 1~6) Junior middleschool:12-13 years old(Grades7-8) Senior middle school:14-17 years old(Grades 9~12) College:4 years for a B.A.or B.S.degree University:2-3 years for an M.A.or M.S.;2~8 years for a Ph.D ()Background Music Background music is music which is played quietly yet audibly.Such music is soothing with a relaxed rhythm and is often played with a reduced volume.It permits a person to continue shopping.working or talking without being distracted.Muzak is the name of one of the earliest companies to produce this type of music
detail about it. (3) Do you think the habit of keeping everything in order will benefit one’s future work? Why or why not? 2. Background Information (1) Industrial Engineering (工业管理) and Industrial Engineers Industrial engineering is the detailed analysis of the use and the cost of men, materials and equipment in an organization, with a view to increasing its productivity, profit and efficiency. Those who are involved in this kind of analysis are called industrial engineers. Engineers can be classified into many types, such as construction engineer, production engineer, design engineer and industrial engineer. An industrial engineer’s duties are to coordinate personnel, materials and machinery and to determine the most productive and efficient use of each. He helps plan the production line and designs or adapts details essential to the manufacturing of a product. (2) The American Educational System In the United States, education is the responsibility of individual states, not of the federal government, so requirements may vary from one state to another. The following is a generalization: Kindergarten: before 5 years old Elementary school: 6-11 years old (Grades 1~6) Junior middle school: 12-13 years old (Grades 7~8) Senior middle school: 14-17 years old (Grades 9~12) College: 4 years for a B.A. or B.S. degree University: 2~3 years for an M.A. or M.S.; 2~8 years for a Ph.D. (3) Background Music Background music is music which is played quietly yet audibly. Such music is soothing with a relaxed rhythm and is often played with a reduced volume. It permits a person to continue shopping, working or talking without being distracted. Muzak is the name of one of the earliest companies to produce this type of music
3.Introductory Remarks In the text,Sam Adams,after graduation from college with a degree in industrial engineering.works in the capacity of a consultant,who offers advice on the overall efficiency of production throughout each phase of the manufacturing process. Step2.Global Reading 1.True or False Questions (1)Sam liked neatness in his childhood. (2)Like Sam,Sam's father would put his tools in order. (3)His mother's instruction laid a good foundation for Sam to be an efficient industrial engineer. (4)Sam said that he was modest enough to take others'advice (5)Mr.Hobbs owned a small and efficient factory. (6)Sam attended a university in a small town in Indiana. (7)Aftergraduation Sam worked as an advisor for a small factory for a short time 2.Structure of the text Part I.(para.1-4) When a boy,Sam was the"efficient expert"for the family. Part II.(para.5-6)When a graduate,Sam was asked to work as a “consultant”in a shirt factory Part III.(para.7-10) Sam was greatly surprised by the degree of disorder Part IV.(para.11-19)Sam put forward some suggestions for the improvement of production and was rewarded by the boss. 4.Discussion:Topic: Problems of the factory and suggestions (1)P:Shirts are often missing buttons,collars or even sleeves. S:A.Mr.Hobbs himself should check the boxes of shirts before shipment. B.quality control
3. Introductory Remarks In the text, Sam Adams, after graduation from college with a degree in industrial engineering, works in the capacity of a consultant, who offers advice on the overall efficiency of production throughout each phase of the manufacturing process. Step2. Global Reading 1. True or False Questions (1) Sam liked neatness in his childhood. (2) Like Sam, Sam’s father would put his tools in order. (3) His mother’s instruction laid a good foundation for Sam to be an efficient industrial engineer. (4) Sam said that he was modest enough to take others’ advice. (5) Mr. Hobbs owned a small and efficient factory. (6) Sam attended a university in a small town in Indiana. (7) After graduation Sam worked as an advisor for a small factory for a short time. 2. Structure of the text Part I. (para.1-4) When a boy, Sam was the “efficient expert” for the family. Part II. (para. 5-6) When a graduate, Sam was asked to work as a “consultant” in a shirt factory. Part III. (para.7-10) Sam was greatly surprised by the degree of disorder Part IV. (para.11-19) Sam put forward some suggestions for the improvement of production and was rewarded by the boss. 4. Discussion: Topic: Problems of the factory and suggestions (1) P: Shirts are often missing buttons, collars or even sleeves. S: A. Mr. Hobbs himself should check the boxes of shirts before shipment. B. quality control
2.P:The working tables are high and uncomfortable S:The working tables should be redesigned. 3.P:The walls of the workroom are a dull gray color,there are no breaks in the day: there is no music;the workers easily get bored. S:A.provide background music B.beautify the dull setting C.have a 15-minute break 4.P:The work flow is irregular,some young workers donot work hard even daydream wi hile working S:A.Those who do not work hard should be fired B.assembly line redesigned C.pay increase D.promotion Step 3 Detailed Study 1.Sam set out to improve efficiency at the shirt factory but.as we find out later in this unit.his plans out not quite as he had expected. (I)find out:leam or discover查明，弄清 e.g.we found out later that we had been at the same school. (2)tum out::to be discovered to be,to prove to be结果是，证明是 e.g.It tumed out that he was a friend of my brother 2.If you ask my mother how I happened to become an industrial engineer,she'll tell you that I have always been one. (I)happen to:chance,takeplace出现，发生，碰巧做 e.g.How did you happen to be a tourist guide? I happened to be out when she called. (2)Meaning:If you ask my mother how I chanced to be/how it came about that I became an industrial engineer,she'll tell you that I was a "bor"industrial
2. P: The working tables are high and uncomfortable S: The working tables should be redesigned. 3. P: The walls of the workroom are a dull gray color; there are no breaks in the day; there is no music; the workers easily get bored. S: A. provide background music B. beautify the dull setting C. have a 15-minute break 4. P: The work flow is irregular; some young workers do not work hard enough; some even daydream while working. S: A. Those who do not work hard should be fired. B. assembly line redesigned C. pay increase D. promotion Step 3 Detailed Study 1. Sam set out to improve efficiency at the shirt factory but, as we find out later in this unit, his plans turned out not quite as he had expected. (1) find out: learn or discover 查明，弄清 e.g. we found out later that we had been at the same school. (2) turn out: to be discovered to be, to prove to be 结果是，证明是 e.g. It turned out that he was a friend of my brother. 2. If you ask my mother how I happened to become an industrial engineer, she’ll tell you that I have always been one. (1) happen to: chance; take place 出现，发生，碰巧做 e.g. How did you happen to be a tourist guide? I happened to be out when she called. (2)Meaning: If you ask my mother how I chanced to be / how it came about that I became an industrial engineer, she’ll tell you that I was a “born” industrial
engineer. 3....and pants,neatly folded,in the bottomdrawer. This is a past participle used to modify the word"pants" (1)neat:adj. a.clean and tidy,.orderly整洁的，有序的 e.g.Zola always keeps her kitchen neat and tidy b.economical with time and effort,.skilful,efficient简洁的，灵巧的 e.g.In the end we found avery neat solution to the problem CF:neat,tidy,&orderly 这些形容词均含“整齐的，整洁的”之意。 neat指人或物外表既清洁又整齐。 e.g.His clothes were always neat and clean. tidy强调整齐，井然有序。 e.g.Andrew's apartment is always so tidy. orderly语义比上述几个词强，最常用。指把复杂细微的东西按其内在联系安 排整齐，强调井井有条。 e.g.She needs toorganize her ideas in a more orderly way 4.In fact,I was the efficiency expert for the whole family Grammar:本词组是一个“名词+名词”的名词定语结构。在这种结构中，两个 名词无所属关系：并且第一个名词通常起相当于逻辑宾语作用，而主体名词通常 起相当于逻辑主语的作用。例如：a book case(仁a case that holds books)。本课中， 作者用了很多这种结构，例如：kitchen utensils,.shirt factory,quality control, work flow,assembly line,machine operators,background music,coffee break, math class等。 5.Mr.Hobbs was worried that his plant was getting too big and inefficient,so he asked me to come in on a short-term basis as a consultant. ()come in::have a part to play在.中起作用，参与 e.g.I understand the plan perfectly;but I don't see where I come in at this shirt factory
engineer. 3. …and pants, neatly folded, in the bottom drawer. This is a past participle used to modify the word “pants”. (1) neat: adj. a. clean and tidy, orderly 整洁的，有序的 e.g. Zola always keeps her kitchen neat and tidy. b. economical with time and effort; skilful; efficient 简洁的，灵巧的 e.g. In the end we found a very neat solution to the problem. CF: neat, tidy, & orderly 这些形容词均含“整齐的，整洁的”之意。 neat 指人或物外表既清洁又整齐。 e.g. His clothes were always neat and clean. tidy 强调整齐，井然有序。 e.g. Andrew’s apartment is always so tidy. orderly 语义比上述几个词强，最常用。指把复杂细微的东西按其内在联系安 排整齐，强调井井有条。 e.g. She needs to organize her ideas in a more orderly way. 4. In fact, I was the efficiency expert for the whole family. Grammar: 本词组是一个“名词+名词”的名词定语结构。在这种结构中，两个 名词无所属关系；并且第一个名词通常起相当于逻辑宾语作用，而主体名词通常 起相当于逻辑主语的作用。例如：a book case (= a case that holds books)。本课中， 作者用了很多这种结构，例如：kitchen utensils，shirt factory，quality control， work flow，assembly line，machine operators，background music，coffee break， math class 等。 5. Mr. Hobbs was worried that his plant was getting too big and inefficient, so he asked me to come in on a short-term basis as a consultant. (1) come in: have a part to play 在…中起作用，参与 e.g. I understand the plan perfectly; but I don’t see where I come in at this shirt factory
Phrases:come out 被刊登，被出版 come round 苏醒过来，（病人）复元 come through 经历 come to 共计：达成 come upon 突然产生（想法等），（偶然）遇到 come up to 达到：符合 come up with 赶上：提供 (2)ona short-term basis:temporarily,:fora period of time短期，暂时地 CF:foundation,basis,base,ground 这些名词均含有“基础”之意。 foundation用于具体意义时，指坚固结实的建筑物的基础或地基；用作 比喻意义时，与basis基本相同。 base 指构成或支撑某一具体物体的基础，也可指军事基地或用作比喻意 义。 basis 主要用作抽象或引申意义。 ground含义与basis和foundation接近。一般指某种决定、论点或关系的 基础，也可指某种原因的基础。 (3)Meaning:Mr.Hobbs was worried that his factory was growing too big and was not as efficient as it should be,so he asked me to work as an industrial engineer in his factory for a short period of time. 6.I was really amazed at what I saw. be amazed at/by:be greatly surprised at/by惊讶 e.g.She is amazed by what you have told her. 7.Most curious ofall,there was no quality control whatsoever (1)whatsoever:adv a.no matter what happens不管发生什么 e.g.We told him we'd back him whatsoever. b.not at all一点都（不），丝毫（不） e.g.I have no reason whatsoever to doubt what he says. (2)Most curious of all:essentially an elliptical form of"what is most curious of all
Phrases: come out 被刊登，被出版 come round 苏醒过来，（病人）复元 come through 经历 come to 共计；达成 come upon 突然产生（想法等），（偶然）遇到 come up to 达到；符合 come up with 赶上；提供 (2) on a short –term basis: temporarily; for a period of time 短期，暂时地 CF: foundation, basis, base, & ground 这些名词均含有“基础”之意。 foundation 用于具体意义时，指坚固结实的建筑物的基础或地基；用作 比喻意义时，与 basis 基本相同。 base 指构成或支撑某一具体物体的基础，也可指军事基地或用作比喻意 义。 basis 主要用作抽象或引申意义。 ground 含义与 basis 和 foundation 接近。一般指某种决定、论点或关系的 基础，也可指某种原因的基础。 (3)Meaning: Mr. Hobbs was worried that his factory was growing too big and was not as efficient as it should be, so he asked me to work as an industrial engineer in his factory for a short period of time. 6. I was really amazed at what I saw. be amazed at / by: be greatly surprised at / by 惊讶 e.g. She is amazed by what you have told her. 7. Most curious of all, there was no quality control whatsoever. (1) whatsoever : adv. a. no matter what happens 不管发生什么 e.g. We told him we’d back him whatsoever. b. not at all 一点都（不），丝毫（不） e.g. I have no reason whatsoever to doubt what he says. (2) Most curious of all: essentially an elliptical form of “what is most curious of all
this phrase is what grammarians call a"parenthetical element",which is used without forming part of the grammatical structure of a sentence.Here are some phrases of similar construction:most important of all,most ofall.and worst ofall. 8.No one inspected the final product of the factory. inspect:vt.examine检查 e.g.The customs officer inspected my passport suspiciously. Igot out of the car to inspect the damage inspect,examine&investigate 这些动词都有“调查、检查”之意。 inspect侧重按一定质量标准检查某物，找出不足或不同之处。 examine最普通用词，可指粗略地查看，也可指仔细观察或调查以确定事 物的性质、功能、特点等。 investigate指为发现事实真相或了解掌握情况而进行深入细致的现场考察 9.As a result some of the shirts that were put in boxes for shipment were missing one or two buttons,the collar,even a sleeve sometimes! (1)miss:v a.lack缺少 e.g.She missed two weeks'class as she fell ill b.fail to see,hit,hold,catch,reach,etc.未见，未击中，未抓住 e.g.The bullet narrowly missed her heart. c.regret that a person or thing is not present e.g.I really missed her whenshe went away Collocation: miss a chance/opportunity 错过机会 miss an appointment 失约 miss one's footing 失足，踏空 miss the point 没有领会 miss the boat 坐失良机，错过机会 miss the mark 没有达到预期的结果 (2)When defined as“be without,lack”,the verb“miss”is used only in the
this phrase is what grammarians call a “parenthetical element”, which is used without forming part of the grammatical structure of a sentence. Here are some phrases of similar construction: most important of all, most of all, and worst of all. 8. No one inspected the final product of the factory. inspect: vt. examine 检查 e.g. The customs officer inspected my passport suspiciously. I got out of the car to inspect the damage. inspect, examine & investigate 这些动词都有“调查、检查”之意。 inspect 侧重按一定质量标准检查某物，找出不足或不同之处。 examine 最普通用词，可指粗略地查看，也可指仔细观察或调查以确定事 物的性质、功能、特点等。 investigate 指为发现事实真相或了解掌握情况而进行深入细致的现场考察 9. As a result some of the shirts that were put in boxes for shipment were missing one or two buttons, the collar, even a sleeve sometimes! (1) miss: v a. lack 缺少 e.g. She missed two weeks’ class as she fell ill b. fail to see, hit, hold, catch, reach, etc. 未见，未击中，未抓住… e.g. The bullet narrowly missed her heart. c. regret that a person or thing is not present 思念 e.g. I really missed her when she went away. Collocation: miss a chance/opportunity 错过机会 miss an appointment 失约 miss one’s footing 失足，踏空 miss the point 没有领会 miss the boat 坐失良机，错过机会 miss the mark 没有达到预期的结果 (2) When defined as “be without, lack”, the verb “miss” is used only in the
progressive tense,e.g. Our team is missing a goalkeeper. 10.Except for a half hour at lunchtime,there were no breaks in the day to relieve the boring work. (1)except for:apart from;with the exception of e.g.The house is deserted,except for the keeper The carpet is good except for its price except,except for&besides 这些前置词或短语均含“除…之外之意 except侧重于排除在外，从整体里减去」 except for多用于说明基本情况或对主要部分加以肯定，还引出相反的原 因或细节，从而部分地修正前面的主要意思，含惋惜意味。 besides指在总体之外另加部分或个体，除.外，还有..”。 (2)relieve:v.make less or easier减轻 e.g.The injection can relieve the pain. The doctor'sexplanation relieved me of my fears. (③)boring:adj.dul,uninteresting令人厌烦的 e.g.The lesson was boring and the students were bored by it. CF:dull,boring&tedious 这几个词都是形容词，都有“令人厌烦的”、“生厌的之意。 ul指因呆板，缺乏趣味性而令人感到厌烦，其内涵是千篇一律，无吸引 力，死气沉沉。 e.g.The weekly meeting tends to be deadly dull. boring概念最广泛，尤其指引人厌倦，枯燥无聊的谈话、文章，也指令人生厌 的人。 e.g.He really is one of the most boring people I've ever met tedious指因对某人或某事的描写太长太多而乏味，也指因反复做某事而乏味。 强调因沉闷而引起的生理上的不适。 e.g.We had to sit through several tedious speeches. 11.He was very slow and all the shirts were held up at his position
progressive tense, e.g. Our team is missing a goalkeeper. 10. Except for a half hour at lunchtime, there were no breaks in the day to relieve the boring work. (1) except for: apart from; with the exception of 除了 e.g. The house is deserted, except for the keeper. The carpet is good except for its price. except, except for & besides 这些前置词或短语均含“除…之外”之意 except 侧重于排除在外，从整体里减去。 except for 多用于说明基本情况或对主要部分加以肯定，还引出相反的原 因或细节，从而部分地修正前面的主要意思，含惋惜意味。 besides 指在总体之外另加部分或个体，“除…外，还有…”。 (2) relieve: v. make less or easier 减轻 e.g. The injection can relieve the pain. The doctor’s explanation relieved me of my fears. (3) boring: adj. dull, uninteresting 令人厌烦的 e.g. The lesson was boring and the students were bored by it. CF: dull, boring & tedious 这几个词都是形容词，都有“令人厌烦的”、“生厌的”之意。 dull 指因呆板，缺乏趣味性而令人感到厌烦，其内涵是千篇一律，无吸引 力，死气沉沉。 e.g. The weekly meeting tends to be deadly dull. boring 概念最广泛，尤其指引人厌倦，枯燥无聊的谈话、文章，也指令人生厌 的人。 e.g. He really is one of the most boring people I’ve ever met tedious 指因对某人或某事的描写太长太多而乏味，也指因反复做某事而乏味。 强调因沉闷而引起的生理上的不适。 e.g. We had to sit through several tedious speeches. 11. He was very slow and all the shirts were held up at his position
(I)hold up:delay or cause to stop延迟，阻碍 e.g.Traffic was held up for several hours by the accident. (2)Meaning:He worked so slowly that the shirts were delayed when they came to his position. 11.All week I wondered why he wasn't fired. fire:v. a.dismiss sb.from his/her job,sack (infinl.) e.g.Sam was fired by the management for his inefficiency b.discharge a gun,shoot开火 e.g.Policemen fired rubber bullets to disperse crowds. fire,dismiss&discharge 这些动词都有“解雇，开除之意。 fre口语用词，多指被断然地突然解雇，其行动犹如开枪一样千净利落。 dismiss正式用词，是这组词中语气最轻的一个词，一般只有从上文才能看出解 座的原因或理由。 discharge语气较重，指有理由的解雇，含不再复用的意味。 12.After I made observations for a week,Mr.Hobbs asked me for an oral report of my findings.I covered my major points by telling him the following: (1)observation:n.the act of watching sb/sth carefully for a period of time,especially toleam sth观察，监视 e.g.Most information was collected by direct observation of the animals'behavior (2)cover:v.to include sth,todeal withsth包括，包含；涉及，处理 e.g.The survey covers all aspects of the business. 13."If excellent work results in frequent pay increases or promotions,the workers will have greater incentive to produce." (I)result in:have as a result结果是，导致 e.g.The accident resulted in his death. Eating too much will result in sickness. (2)promotion:n
(1) hold up: delay or cause to stop 延迟，阻碍 e.g. Traffic was held up for several hours by the accident. (2) Meaning: He worked so slowly that the shirts were delayed when they came to his position. 11. All week I wondered why he wasn’t fired. fire: v. a. dismiss sb. from his / her job, sack (infml.) 解雇 e.g. Sam was fired by the management for his inefficiency. b. discharge a gun; shoot 开火 e.g. Policemen fired rubber bullets to disperse crowds. fire, dismiss & discharge 这些动词都有“解雇，开除”之意。 fire 口语用词，多指被断然地突然解雇，其行动犹如开枪一样干净利落。 dismiss 正式用词，是这组词中语气最轻的一个词，一般只有从上文才能看出解 雇的原因或理由。 discharge 语气较重，指有理由的解雇，含不再复用的意味。 12. After I made observations for a week, Mr. Hobbs asked me for an oral report of my findings. I covered my major points by telling him the following: (1) observation: n. the act of watching sb/sth carefully for a period of time, especially to learn sth 观察，监视 e.g. Most information was collected by direct observation of the animals’ behavior. (2) cover: v. to include sth, to deal with sth 包括，包含；涉及， 处理 e.g. The survey covers all aspects of the business. 13. “If excellent work results in frequent pay increases or promotions, the workers will have greater incentive to produce.” (1) result in: have as a result 结果是，导致 e.g. The accident resulted in his death. Eating too much will result in sickness. (2) promotion: n
a.a rise in position晋升 e.g.There are good chances of promotion in this firm. b.an activity intended to help sell a product e.g.He is responsible for sales promotion. Collocation: attain/gain/get/obtain/receive promotion 得到提升 engage in promotion 从事商品推销 seek promotion 谋求升迁 sales promotion 推销 (3)Meaning:If the employees'hard work is regularly rewarded with improvements in their pay and position then they will work harder and more actively 14....and told me he would talk over my suggestions with his brother,the co-owner and manager of the factory. ()talk over(sth)with(sb.)discuss fully,consider thoroughly商量，讨论 e.g.I'd like totalk it over with my wife first. (2)Meaning:...and told me he would discuss my proposals with his brother who was the joint owner and manager of the factory 15."We want to keep up with the times." keep up with:move,progress or increase as fast as e.g.Employees need to keep up with the latest technical developments. Step 4 Summary 1.Important words and phrases 2.Main idea of the text This story is about Sam Adams,a"bom"industrial engineer.When a boy,he was the"efficiency expert"for the family,after graduation from college he was asked to work as a"consultant"in a shirt factory;he was amazed at what he saw in that factory; he made many suggestions concemning the improvement production,and his efforts were much appreciated by the owners Step5 Homework 1.Master the expressions and important sentences in the text
a. a rise in position 晋升 e.g. There are good chances of promotion in this firm. b. an activity intended to help sell a product 促销 e.g. He is responsible for sales promotion. Collocation: attain/gain/get/obtain/receive promotion 得到提升 engage in promotion 从事商品推销 seek promotion 谋求升迁 sales promotion 推销 (3) Meaning: If the employees’ hard work is regularly rewarded with improvements in their pay and position then they will work harder and more actively. 14. …and told me he would talk over my suggestions with his brother, the co-owner and manager of the factory. (1) talk over (sth.) with (sb.): discuss fully; consider thoroughly 商量，讨论 e.g. I’d like to talk it over with my wife first. (2) Meaning: … and told me he would discuss my proposals with his brother who was the joint owner and manager of the factory. 15. “We want to keep up with the times.” keep up with: move, progress or increase as fast as 跟上 e.g. Employees need to keep up with the latest technical developments. Step 4 Summary 1. Important words and phrases 2. Main idea of the text This story is about Sam Adams, a “born” industrial engineer. When a boy, he was the “efficiency expert” for the family; after graduation from college he was asked to work as a “consultant” in a shirt factory; he was amazed at what he saw in that factory; he made many suggestions concerning the improvement production, and his efforts were much appreciated by the owners. Step5 Homework 1. Master the expressions and important sentences in the text