Take-Away English

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Take-Away English

英語文化隨身帶

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STEP 1: 合上雜志先聽一遍，理解文章大意。

STEP 2: 聽第二遍，在畫線部分填上所缺的單詞或詞組。

STEP 3: 歸納文章重點，再用英語表達自己的看法。

電臺節目“英語文化隨身帶”文章短小精悍，內容包羅萬象。將英語文化裝進口袋里，利用閑散的時間隨身翻閱，英語學習者可以在潛移默化中了解當代英語世界的生活和文化。大家都知道，很多事情單靠一人是難以完成的，團隊合作十分重要。現在就讓我們一起來看看，人們是如何培養團隊合作精神的吧。

重點詞匯

guru['g?ru?] n. 專家，權威

lecture['lekt??] v. 講演，講課

away day息工日

military instructor教官

stressed-out不堪重負的

intimidating[?n't?m?de?t??] adj. 嚇人的

Abu Dhabi阿布扎比酋長國

transcend[tr?n'send] v. 超越

boundary['ba?nd?r?] n. 邊界，分界線

gel[d?el] v. 配合融洽，合為一體

norm[n??m] n. 標準

instinctively[?n'st??kt?vl?] adv. 本能地

We hear a lot about team building these days. Team-buildinggurusare 1._by some corporations tolectureus on how to work more effectively w_ith each other. And they organizeaway days—a time employees spend together away from their 2.workplace.

Here in the UK, employees can take part in activities such as Zombie boot camps wherem_ilitary instructorstrain you how to fight “walking dead people.” For the brainier office workers 3.us, there are crime investigations modeled on popular TV dramas like Sherlock Holmes and CSI.

Stressed-outcity workers might have ukulele lessons made available_ to them. Why is that a good team-building exercise? Ukulele teacher Lorraine Bow says, “The 4.that they ca_n play a musical instrument within an hour is quite a fulfilling thing, really. It’s not competitive—it’s 5.

easy to do and a bit lessintimidatingthan a guitar.”

Actually, a horse might be a bit more intimidating than an instrument. The_ animals are used by a company inAbu Dhabiwhich teaches leadership through horse training. 6., you have to go into a yard with a horse and persuade it that you’re the boss using body language.

Kelly Eide, co-founder of True Leadership, says, “The horses don’t care if your hair is purple, if you’re a man or a woman, if you’re old or young. Ittranscendsa_ll of those culturalboundaries—age, gender, religion, tradition etc.—so that’s a perfect 7_.. And in an organization where you really need groups of people togel, who come from 8.which have no commonnorms, you can teach that most efficiently with a horse.”_

And the horse feelsinstinctivelywhether or no_t you are a 9.leader. So if after you’ve done a good presentation your boss offers you a 10., you’ll know where he might have learnt it from.

Answer: 1. hired; 2. usual; 3. amongst; 4. fact; 5. quite; 6. Basically; 7. fit; 8. backgrounds; 9. natural; 10. carrot