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1、Unit 2,Office Equipment,Contents:,Part 1 DialoguesPart 2 Text A The Evolution of OfficePart 3 Text B Getting to Know Electronic EquipmentPart 4 Extended Reading参考译文：Text A 办公室的演变 Text B 认识电子设备,Part 1 Dialogues:,Sample Dialogue 1Sample Dialogue 2Useful ExpressionsSituational Dialogues,Sample Dialogue
2、 1&2:,Situation:Zhang Mei,the secretary,is receiving a client,Mr.Miller.Situation:Ma Ling receives Mr.Andrew Johnson and talks with him.,Useful Expressions:,1.Do you have an appointment with him?2.I have an appointment with Mr.Song for 2:00.3.May I ask what you wish to see him about?4.May I have you
3、r business card,please?,1.您跟他约好了吗？2.我约了两点钟要见宋先生。3.请问您找他有什麽事？4.能给我一张您的名片吗？,Useful Expressions:,5.Mr.Liu is engaged in a meeting now.6.Let me check his agenda.7.Im sorry,Mr.Liu has a full schedule this week.8.Im sorry to have kept you waiting.,5.刘先生现在正在开会呢。6.我来查一下他的日程安排。7.对不起，刘先生本周日程已排满了。8.抱歉让您久等了。,Us
4、eful Expressions:,9.I have to get in touch with him as soon as possible.10.You are a very competent secretary.,9.我必须尽快与他取得联系。10.你是一个很能干的秘书。,Situational Dialogues:,Situation 1:Ma Ling,a secretary of an international corporation,is receiving a visitor and talks with him.,Situational Dialogues:,Situati
5、on 2:Sunny,a secretary of a joint-venture company,is receiving a visitor,who comes to meet the manager,Mr.Johnson.However,Mr.Johnson is engaged in an emergency meeting.Sunny checks Mr.Johnsons agenda and schedules an appointment.,Part 2 Text A:,Text A:The Evolution of OfficeNew WordsPhrases and Expr
6、essionsNotesExercises,Notes:,1 Every business that produces goods or services needs a variety of people to handle administrative and clerical responsibilities and to manage the operation.本句中，当先行词受every,any,all,some,no,little,few,much等代词修饰时，其定语从句的关系代词只能用that,而不能用which。请看下例：,Notes:,You can use any pen
7、 I have.我所有的钢笔你都可以用。另外，本句中的两个不定式结构to handle administrative and clerical responsibilities和to manage the operation都作people的定语。请看下例：,Notes:,This is the best way to solve the problem.这是解决这个问题的最好办法。2 This led the development of more efficient procedures,which involved a high degree of administrative spec
8、ialization.本句中，which引导一个非限定性定语从句，此时which不能被that代替。,Notes:,请看下例：Heat is another form of energy,which is as important as other kinds of energy.热是能量的另一种形式，与其他形式的能量一样重要。3 Such was the case with manual typewriters,which were commonly used in business offices in the early twentieth century.,Notes:,such做表语
9、时句子要倒装，即把主语和表语互换位置，本句就是如此。请看下例：Such is their decision.他们的决定就是这样。4 Today,most offices would be unable to function without computers,as evidenced by the blackout of August 2003.,Notes:,本句中，as evidenced by the blackout of August 2003结构中as后省略了was，整个部分相当于非限制性定语从句，其中as指代前面most offices would be unable to f
10、unction without computers这一事实。这种由as引导的非限制性定语从句可置于句首。请看下例：As is well known,smoking is harmful to ones health.众所周知，吸烟有害健康。,Notes:,5 Electronic technology changed not only the way work was formerly done in offices but also the environment of the office itself.本句中，work was formerly done是一个定语从句，修饰和限定the
11、way，the way后省略了in which。请看下例：I dont like the way(in which)you laugh at her.我不喜欢你嘲笑她的样子。,Notes:,另外，一般来说，not onlybut also后面所接的成分语法上应该对等，also可以省略。请看下例：He speaks not only English,but also French.他不仅会说英语，还会说法语。The nurse was not only competent but also kind.这位护士不仅能干且待人亲切。,Notes:,6 This is due in part to t
12、he Clean Air Act of 1990,which mandates that large companies reduce the number of vehicles miles that their workers travel during each morning rush hour.本句中，介词短语due to被另外一个短语in part隔开。which引导非限制性定语从句，对前面的the Clean Air Act of 1990做出进一步解释，,Notes:,该定语从句又有由that引导的另一个定语从句，修饰先行词vehicle miles。7 Telecommuti
13、ng appeals to many workers,including those who have small children,those who value a flexible work schedule,and those who have difficulty commuting because of disabilities.本句中，appeal to意为“对有吸引力”，请看下例：,Notes:,Reading classics doesnt appeal to him.读古典作品引不起他的兴趣。appeal to也可表示“向呼吁”，请看下例：Farmers have appe
14、aled to the government for help.农民已经呼吁政府给予帮助。另外，本句中including后面的三个those都是它的宾语，而且每个those后面都带有who引导的定语从句。,Notes:,have difficulty(in)doing sth意为“做某事有困难”。8 Some observers predict that people working from home will play an increasingly significant role in the transactions of American business and that the
15、 home might,in fact,become the office of the future.,Notes:,本句中，动词predict带有两个由that引导的宾语从句，这种情况下，有时第一个that可以省略，但第二个that不能省略。请看下例：He told me(that)they could not decide what to do and that they asked my advice.他告诉我说他们无法决定怎麽办，他还告诉我说他们要问我的建议。,Part 3 Text B:,Text B:Getting to Know Electronic EquipmentNew
16、WordsPhrases and ExpressionsNotesExercises,Notes:,1 The modern office is sometimes referred to as the“electronic office”because of the electronic circuitry within so much of its equipment,including telephone,dictating machine,fax machine,computer,copy machine,printer and paper shredder which are the
17、 tools and weapons people use to do the work of our advanced society.,Notes:,本句中，which are the tools and weapons people use to do the work of our advanced society是一个定语从句，which指代telephone，dictating machine，fax machine，computer，copy machine，printer and paper shredder，在该定语从句中，又包含一个定语从句people use to do
18、the work of our advanced society,Notes:,修饰the tools and weapons，从句中关系代词that（或which）被省略了。2 Business were the first to use telephones and by 1920,most businesses found it nearly impossible to survive without the telephone,finding it more convenient and efficient than sending messages by hand or by mai
19、l.本句中，business意为,Notes:,“企业”、“公司”等，作此意解时用作可数名词。请看下例：The company began as a small family business.这家公司是从一个小型家族企业起家的。另外，本句中包含两个it，第一个it用作形式宾语，它所指代的真正宾语是不定式结构to survive without the telephone，第二个it用来代替telephone。,Notes:,3 In a digital system,information about each sound waverather than the sound wave its
20、elfis sent through the wire as a numerical equivalent and then reconstructed exactly at the other end.本句中，rather than用作并列连词，意为“而不是”、“与其说，不如说”，它连接的并列成分可以是名词、代词、形容词、介词短语、,Notes:,动名词、分句、不定式、动词等。请看下例：He ran rather than walked.他是跑来的，而不是走来的。He is a writer rather than a teacher.与其说他是教师，不如说他是作家。另外，本句中，recon
21、structed前面省略了is。,Notes:,4 Dictating letters and memos and bright ideas into tape recorders,in cars as well as in executive suites,became standard office operating procedure that continues today,valued more by managers than by stenographers.本句中，procedure后跟两个修饰成分，一个是定语从句that continues today，另一个是过去分词短语
22、,Notes:,valued more by managers than by stenographers。5 The current facsimile revolution has come about because of digital technology,which has increased the speed,compactness,and reliability of the machines,as well as brought down prices.,Notes:,本句中，as well as用作并列连词，意为“除之外”。请看下例：They have invited y
23、ou as well as me.他们邀请了我，也邀请了你。They own a house in France as well as a villa in Spain.他们除在西班牙拥有一幢别墅外，还在法国有一套住房。,Notes:,She sings as well as playing the piano.她不但会弹钢琴，而且会唱歌。6 As the technology develops rapidly,odds are that new office equipment will come out someday and you should never stop learning.本句中，odds意为“可能性”、“几率”，than引导表语从句。,Notes:,请看下例：The odds are that he will commit the same crime again.他很可能再次犯下同样的罪行。,Part 4 Extended Reading:,Text:Word ProcessingExercises,参考译文:,Text A 办公室的演变Text B 认识电子设备,
