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Unit 4
Communicating with Your Boss
Study Objectives
1. 掌握秘书与上司用英语沟通的基本技巧
2. 了解上司的工作指令和意图的基本方法
3. 掌握商务场合介绍和问候的礼仪
4. 掌握英文产品说明书及广告的写法
a. Listen to the following passage carefully and fill in the blanks according to what you hear.
Sometimes, it can be difficult to get along with your boss. But if you want to get ahead in your carrier, you have to try. Find out how:___________________. Learn your boss’s style of management and adapt to it; :___________________.Develop a specific area of knowledge that will be valued and will balance the boss’s weaknesses so you will be able to ________ ___. Becoming a go-to employee whose advice and knowledge are _____________ Being a ‘’yes man‘’is counterproductive. Cooperate and ______________, but speak up if you disagree with the way something is being done-just _____ _ you provide a viable alternative solution; Manage your boss’s time,________ with them well in advance,and suggest ways to streamline their schedule. They will appreciate the help if it’s done to____ _ process.
Study your boss
Develop your skill set
cover for them
be a team player
make sure
making appointments
speed up
be a team player
invaluable
b. According to the passage above, please answer the following questions.
1. Whom should you get along well with no matter how you earn a living?
2. Why shouldn’t we have conflicts with our boss?
3. How can we learn what is especially important to our boss?
1. You should get well with your boss no matter how you earn a living.
2. We should not have conflict with our boss because our performance is determined by our boss and his/her opinion of us determines our future in the company.
3. We can learn what is important to our boss by noting their reactions to different ways things are done.
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In groups of two, one student plays as secretary and the other plays as boss. Only the secretary is allowed to look at the following pictures and he/she should remind his/he