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1、新编大学商务英语7练习与参考答案8单元目录Part 1 Supplementary Reading (补充阅读) Passage 1Passage 2Part 2 Transcripts and Reference Key (录音文本及练习参考答案) 1. Listening Task2. Speaking Task3. Reading Task7. Follow-up PracticePart 3 Answers to Supplementary Reading(补充阅读答案) Unit 1 Applying for a Job Part 1 Supplementary Reading Pa
2、ssage I1. Read the following text which explains how job advertisements differ in three European countries.Job Ads: Reading between the linesChecking out job advertisements is popular with executives worldwide. But though the activity is universal, is the same true of the advertisements? Are executi
3、ve positions in different countries advertised in the same way? A comparison of the jobs pages of The Times of London, Le Monde of Paris and Germanys Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung suggests not. First, what UK job seekers consider an essential piece of information what the post pays is absent from F
4、rench and German adverts. It is often left to applicants to raise this themselves. In contrast, most British advertisements mention not only salary, but also other material incentives including a car and fringe benefits. French or German advertisements rarely refer to these. The attention given to r
5、ewards in the UK indicates the importance of the job and its responsibility. In France and Germany, that information is given by the level of experience and qualifications demanded. Salary can be assumed to correspond with this. If French and German adverts are vague about material rewards, they are
6、 precise about qualifications. They usually demand a degree in.:, not simply a degree. In Germany, for example, a technical director for a machine tool company will be expected to have a Dipl.-lng degree in Mechanical Engineering. French advertisements go further. They may specify not just the type
7、of grande cole degree, but sometimes a particular set of institutions (Formation suprieure X, Centrale, Mines, HEC, ESSEC), these being the most famous grande coles.All this contrasts with the vague call for graduates (or graduate preferred) which is found in the UK. British companies often give the
8、 impression that they have a particular type of applicant in mind, but are not sure about the supply and will consider others. Their wording suggests hope and uncertainty, as in this advertisement from The Times: Whilst educational standards are obviously important, a large measure of personal enthu
9、siasm is likely to secure the success of your application. In the UK qualifications beyond degree level make employers nervous, but in France or Germany it is difficult to be overqualified. Many people on German executive boards have doctorates and the French regard five or six years of intensive po
10、st-baccalaurat study at a grand cole as ideal training. British managers are not selected primarily for their intelligence, as managers are in France, or for their expert knowledge, as in Germany. Instead, the British give importance to social, political and leadership skills.This difference also sh
11、ows in the personal qualities mentioned. British advertisements stress energy, ability to communicate and motivate. German advertisements like achievement, but it tends to be less personality-driven. German companies want candidates with sound knowledge, experience and competence in their field. The
12、y rarely recruit novices as do British employers. French advertisements refer more to intellectual qualities like analytical aptitude and independence. Even the tone of the job advertisements is different in the three countries. By French and German standards, British advertisements are very racy. T
13、hey attract young executives with challenges such as: Are you reaching your potential?, whereas French and German advertisements are boringly direct, aiming to give information about the job rather than to sell it. All this points to three different conceptions of management. The French regard it as
14、 intellectually complex, the Germans as technically complex, and the British as interpersonally complex. But they agree on one thing: its complex.1) Now complete the chart with the information each country provides in its advertisements.UKFranceGermanySalary 1. Essential piece of information2. Not m
15、entioned3. Not mentionedMaterial incentives 456Degrees/qualifications789School attended 101112Personal qualities 131415Tone of job advertisement161718Conceptions of management192021 2）Match the words and expressions in the box with the headings below.job seekers doctorate initiative interviewees bonus company car job offer applicants advertisement diploma confidence qualifications interview pension plan
