Unit 2 Jobs and Responsibilities

As an employee, it's quite essential for you to be clear about the organisation of your company, and to know how many departments and positions there are and the corresponding responsibilities.

作为一名员工，熟悉本公司的组织结构、了解所设部门、职位及其相应的工作职责是一项基本要求。

Contents

• Learning Objectives
• Part I Warm-up
• Part II Listening Practice
• Task 1: Translate the Chinese sentences into English first, then listen to the dialogue and check your translations.
• Task 2
• New Words and Expressions
• You will hear a conversation between Jennifer and Paul. Listen to the first part of the conversation and fill in the blanks with the missing sentences.
• Listen to the second part of the conversation and decide if the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
• Part III Language Focus A
• Language Focus A
• Follow-up Practice
• Listen to a short conversation, and complete the following business cards.
• Listen to four short conversations. In each conversation, there are two people talking about job responsibilities. Listen and complete the chart.
• Part IV Video 1: Introducing titles and responsibilities
• New Words and Expressions
• Pre-viewing
• Work in groups. What departments make up a real estate company? Try to figure out as many as you can and write them down.
• Look at the following pictures to have a rough idea of the video.
• Viewing
• Watch the video and match the names with the corresponding responsibilities.
• The chart below represents the organisation of the real estate company. Please watch the video again and complete the following two tasks: 1) Put the names from the list into the appropriate position. 2) Complete the rest of the missing information. (Stop the video each time when Norman Tanaka introduces the responsibilities of each Vice President.)
• Post-viewing
• Work in pairs. What are the responsibilities of the department managers in FAKN? Discuss with your partner and summarize in one sentence.
• Role-play. This is an organisation chart of ADMT Corporation Ltd. Try to make a dialogue with your partner. Student A asks questions about the departments and responsibilities and Student B uses the information in the chart to answer. Then change roles to practise again.
• Part V Language Focus B
• Language Focus B
• Follow-up Practice
• Lisa and Mark are former classmates. They met by chance at the Talent Fair. Listen to their conversation and complete the following chart.
• Listen to a short conversation between Tony and Cherry and fill in the following blanks.
• Part VI Video 2: Do you like your job?
• New Words and Expressions
• Pre-viewing
• Work in pairs. There are many kinds of business organizations and various terms for them. Can you differentiate them? Read the chart below and match each type of business organisation with its corresponding description.
• Look at the following pictures to have a rough idea of the video.
• Viewing
• Watch the video. As you watch, write down the jobs of Jerome, Robin, Colin, Frank and Janet under their pictures.
• Watch the video again. As you watch, note down each speaker's likes and dislikes about their jobs.
• Post-viewing: Watch the video a third time. Choose one of the following situations and make a dialogue with your partner.
• Business Culture: How to Build Work Ethics
• Resources
• Business Profile
• Language Expansion
• Text Bank