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—Are you clear, Tom?
—No, sorry .I don't________ understand. Can you please explain the sentence again?
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Mr. Tom Brown
A.A 10% increase is already too much, and I m here to persuade the Union to see reason.
B.I hope that strikes should be banned in all sectors relating to the nations security and stability.
C.We will never go back to work until our goals are achieved.
D.I think that the government should give in to the electricity workers demands.
E.I strongly suggest that all the power stations should be run by the army and that the strikers should be put into prison.
F.I must make you clear that strikes will destroy the economy and that many people will lose their jobs.
G.We are forced to call a strike because the government rejected our wage claim.
Mr. Tom Brown
A.A 10% increase is already too much, and I' m here to persuade the Union to see reason.
B.I hope that strikes should be banned in all sectors relating to the nation's security and stability.
C.We will never go back to work until our goals are achieved.
D.I think that the government should give in to the electricity workers' demands.
E.I strongly suggest that all the power stations should be run by the army and that the strikers should be put into prison.
F.I must make you clear that strikes will destroy the economy and that many people will lose their jobs.
G.We are forced to call a strike because the government rejected our wage claim.
The reality is perhaps more subtle. The rapid growth which professional service firms (PSFs) are experiencing is causing them management problems which the typical big corporations addressed long ago. They are turning themselves into conglomerates, trying to coordinate themselves globally rather than by country, as corporations like Unilever have done for years. The more sophisticated big corporations today are moving towards the partnership model, with flexible structures which actively involve employees. But the bigger PSFs are moving the other way. They are becoming the clumsy giants of the future. However, there are positive aspects of PSFs--leadership, for example. The secret of good leadership is to guide and steer people without actually managing them. This means being very clear about the firm's objectives. If these are clear, then leaders can be flexible, encouraging employees to come up with their own solutions to problems. The leader's job is to watch carefully and adjust people back towards the objectives. Because of this approach, in many PSFs, nobody is expected to spend more than half their time on management in the conventional sense.
Teams are essential in PSFs and are central to the training process, A huge amount of the training employees receive is in the discussion and debate with those who have been done that road before. When young people join the firm, they join teams. This works when there are enough senior people with enough time to devote to them.
At the same time, it is vital that people do not identify with the team too closely. The leadership skill is in ensuring you don't create firms within firms. So you move people from group to group and you organize around clients. As well as focusing on the client's needs, it's also important to keep the firm's needs in mind. It's relatively easy to narrow your focus to those clients that concern you, and leave worrying about your people as a whole to someone else. But the one thing which PSFs claim a clear lead over other big companies: knowledge management. There are two main technology-based ways in which they transfer their knowledge from those who have it to those who need it. First, the creation of e-mail networks. Second, the logging of data onto central computer systems. Are they effective? Jane Griffith, head of Northern Consulting, gives an example: "Suppose I have a client in the ice-cream business and I need to find out about the industry. I don't want to have read all 5,000 electronic entries on the icecream; what I do want is to use the system to find out one e-mail address of somebody who knows about the ice-cream business and then contact them to ask them about the ice-cream business. It's that kind of cooperation that builds success. "
Which of the following employees may not belong to professional service firms?
A.Lawyers.
B.Auditors.
C.Consultants.
D.Teachers.
Firstly when do you use them? The etiquette of using mobiles is changing. Originally people turned away when speaking with someone. Now they'll just talk about anything from work to romance to when they'll be home--at the top of their voices--without anyone minding. Or not minding much. Or--OK being too polite to say they can't stand the fact that person sitting next to them on the train is talking about last night's party while they're trying to read the paper.
Secondly, when do you not use them? In Britain, the answer to that is simple. You don't use a mobile phone---except with a fixed hands free set--while you're driving. A new law came into force at the end of 2003. Anyone caught using a hand--held mobile while driving risks a fixed penalty of £30 or a fine of up to £1,000 if convicted plus three points on their licence.
However, not everyone takes note of the law and the police have been prosecuting drivers for breaking it. The worst offenders are people living in South West Scotland. BBC transport correspondent Tom Symonds says that over 800 have been caught in Strathclyde compared to just 17 in Suffolk. (It's not clear whether that means that Scots have more friends or are just worse drivers!)
Finally, do try not to lose your mobile. It's not the phone itself which matters--it's easy enough to replace a handset. But your SIM card is another matter. It has all your contacts stored on it. And without your contacts list--well, who could you phone?
The passage mainly discusses ______.
A.the advantages and disadvantages of using the mobile phone
B.the manners of using the mobile phone
C.the problems brought by the mobile phone
D.the development of the mobile phone industry
听力原文:What are you doing, Tom?
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A.I will, go to school.
B.I have finished my homework.
C.I'm doing my homework.