大学英语 College English Unit 7 Science and Technology

大学英语1 College english 1

大学英语 1 College English 1

Unit 7 Science and technology By feng pengpeng

Unit 7 Science and Technology By FENG Pengpeng

Outline 口 Text a conversation: The company that Wasnt a Text b internet issues 口 Exercises ■ Conversation ■ Reading Comprehension Vocabulary and structure ■C|oze ■ Translation ■ Writing

Outline  Text A Conversation: The Company That Wasn’t  Text B Internet Issues  Exercises ◼ Conversation ◼ Reading Comprehension ◼ Vocabulary and Structure ◼ Cloze ◼ Translation ◼ Writing

Text A Conversation The Company That Wasnt a The company that wasn't a company (in the traditional sense)

Text A Conversation: The Company That Wasn’t  The company that wasn’t a company (in the traditional sense)

Text: An overview D Ann finds Smith Investment Company a respected local firm is looking for someone speaking Chinese for some translation work she sends an e-mail to the contact person and gets the chance for an interview

Text: An Overview  Ann finds Smith Investment Company, a respected local firm, is looking for someone speaking Chinese for some translation work. She sends an e-mail to the contact person and gets the chance for an interview

a Receptionist May i help you? 日Ann: Yes, my name is Ann and工 have a two o'clock appointment with ms. andrea o Brien 口 Receptionist: Please have a seat. she' ll be with you soon

 Receptionist: May I help you?  Ann: Yes, my name is Ann, and I have a two o’clock appointment with Ms. Andrea O’Brien.  Receptionist: Please have a seat. She’ll be with you soon

a Andrea: Ann? Good afternoon ! I' Andrea O Brien. Nice to meet you a Ann: Nice to meet you, too. Sorry I'm a little late. I'm not sure if i had the right address or not i was expecting a large office building D Andrea Well, we used to have our own building downtown But now we created this virtual office environment

 Andrea: Ann? Good afternoon! I’m Andrea O’Brien. Nice to meet you.  Ann: Nice to meet you, too. Sorry I’m a little late… I’m not sure if I had the right address or not. I was expecting a large office building…  Andrea: Well, we used to have our own building downtown. But now we created this virtual office environment

Q Ann: Oh yeah I heard about these types of companies, but exactly how does a virtual office work? d Andrea: It's pretty simple really. about everything is done with a computer and a telephone all we had to do was move the equipment in the old building to the homes of our employees and hook them up to our network

 Ann: Oh yeah! I heard about these types of companies, but exactly how does a virtual office work?  Andrea: It’s pretty simple, really. About everything is done with a computer and a telephone. All we had to do was move the equipment in the old building to the homes of our employees and hook them up to our network

Ann This is really interesting. But don't people ever need to come into the office Q Andrea: No, not really. They can do their job easily from home via the Internet. Whenever they do have a scheduled meeting they always go to their client's office or home

 Ann: This is really interesting. But don’t people ever need to come into the office?  Andrea: No, not really. They can do their job easily from home via the Internet. Whenever they do have a scheduled meeting, they always go to their client’s office or home

O Ann: But what about your own staff meeting? 口 Andrea: We rely on teleconferencing, holding open discussion on the phone O Ann: That's pretty amazing. So, what's this office for?

 Ann: But what about your own staff meeting?  Andrea: We rely on teleconferencing, holding open discussion on the phone.  Ann: That’s pretty amazing. So, what’s this office for?