companies involved. Melding corporate cultures takes time,which senior management does not have after a merger.Mr.Price says."Most mergers are based on the idea of 'let's increase revenues',but you have to have a functioning management team to manage that process.The nature of the problem is not so much that there's open warfare between the two sides.It's that the cultures don't meld quickly enough to take advantage of the opportunities.In the meantime,the marketplace has moved on. Third listening:sentences imitation Ask students to use the following active vocabularies to form sentences as what they have heard from listening (Dictate then remember). Please first write down the following words on the blackboard or computer.Then ask students to listen for sentences with these words in them.You ask them to listen two times and see who has caught more sentences. 1.waver--Unocal Corp.said on Thursday that it has got a waiver from Chevron Corp 2.to commence--Unocal intends promptly to commence discussions with China National Offshore Oil Corporation(CNOOC)Ltd.on its proposed merger. 3.bid--CNOOC's proposed merger offer is two dollars higher than Chevron's April bid for Unocal a share. 4.to engage in--Unocal got a permission from Chevron to engage in discussions with CNOOC Ltd.and its representatives at any time. 5.to vote on--until the date of the Unocal stockholders yoting on the proposed merger with Chevron. 6.to contract--He has contracted the habit of talking to himself. 7.to underperform--Surveys have repeatedly shown that about 65 percent of mergers fail to benefit acquiring companies,whose shares subsequently underperform their sector 8.to take account of--And in about half of those,senior management failed to take account of the different cultures of the companies involved. 9.to meld--It's that the cultures don't meld quickly enough to take advantage of the opportunities. Part B Cultural Models of Organization First listening:listen for the gist What is the main idea of the report? The first passage is about Stevens'observation about organizational culture. Second listening:listen for specific information In this part the teacher has great freedom and flexibility to ask students questions,to clarify any difficult language points,to add in supplementary materials as background knowledge or in-depth understanding of the listening materials. 4companies involved. Melding corporate cultures takes time, which senior management does not have after a merger. Mr. Price says. “Most mergers are based on the idea of ‘let’s increase revenues’, but you have to have a functioning management team to manage that process. The nature of the problem is not so much that there’s open warfare between the two sides. It’s that the cultures don’t meld quickly enough to take advantage of the opportunities. In the meantime, the marketplace has moved on. Third listening: sentences imitation Ask students to use the following active vocabularies to form sentences as what they have heard from listening (Dictate then remember). Please first write down the following words on the blackboard or computer. Then ask students to listen for sentences with these words in them. You ask them to listen two times and see who has caught more sentences. 1. waver--Unocal Corp. said on Thursday that it has got a waiver from Chevron Corp. 2. to commence--Unocal intends promptly to commence discussions with China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) Ltd. on its proposed merger. 3. bid--CNOOC’s proposed merger offer is two dollars higher than Chevron's April bid for Unocal a share. 4. to engage in--Unocal got a permission from Chevron to engage in discussions with CNOOC Ltd. and its representatives at any time. 5. to vote on--until the date of the Unocal stockholders voting on the proposed merger with Chevron. 6. to contract--He has contracted the habit of talking to himself. 7. to underperform--Surveys have repeatedly shown that about 65 percent of mergers fail to benefit acquiring companies, whose shares subsequently underperform their sector. 8. to take account of--And in about half of those, senior management failed to take account of the different cultures of the companies involved. 9. to meld--It’s that the cultures don’t meld quickly enough to take advantage of the opportunities. Part B Cultural Models of Organization First listening: listen for the gist What is the main idea of the report? The first passage is about Stevens’ observation about organizational culture. Second listening: listen for specific information In this part the teacher has great freedom and flexibility to ask students questions, to clarify any difficult language points, to add in supplementary materials as background knowledge or in-depth understanding of the listening materials. 4