Ⅰ Life English

Talking about money

1.

If you have money, you can easily make money.

Money makes money.

Money begets money.

If you are in debt, you lose your self-respect.

You lose your motivation.

Your debt continues to grow.

You start to worry.

You need to borrow more money.

You get even deeper in debt.

2.

Money comes.

Money goes.

But the memory is always there.

Money talks.

Money rules.

Money is power.

3.

Money burns a hole in your pocket.

It goes out as fast as it comes in.

You’re a spendthrift.

Don’t squander your hard-earned money.

Put your savings in the bank.

Never live beyond your means.

Be a good consumer.

Be a smart shopper.

Be a clever buyer.

Ⅱ Presentation Topics

Team Work

WHAT IS IMPORTANT WHEN…?

MANAGING A PROJECT

l ENCOURAGING TEAMWORK

l KEEPING TO SCHEDULE

WHAT IS IMPORTANT WHEN…?

CHOOSING PEOPLE TO WORK IN TEAMS

l VARIETY OF EXPERIENCE

l PERSONAL QUALITIES

Key point: improve working efficiency. This plays a crucial role in the commercial practicein Western world.

Explain the importance of team work:

Teamwork reflects the combined experiences, knowledge, intelligence and views of a groupof people, so it will definitely improve the quality and efficiency of the work.

If the participants worked together, it would be easy for them to come up with creativeideas. This is particularly valuable for a relatively complex work, for the people working in ateam, if one of them gets stuck on a matter, others/the rest could chip in their ideas and getthe problem sorted. But if you work on your own, for instance, you are the sole manager in thedepartment.

If people did not work as a team, everyone would have to wait for the decisions made bythe manager and it was not easy to get people to take on responsibility for anything.

A huge and complicated project is not possible to be completed/done by merely oneperson. For instance, 3 Gorges project-a huge amount of money, 30 million people have toemigrate to elsewhere, a lot of commercial contracts

You will get bored quickly if you work on you own. But if you work in a team…

Working in a team can increase personal awareness of abilities and complementary skillsin colleague.

How to improve teamwork:

General ideas; friendly atmosphere; not bossy; patient; good manners; modest;leadership; good interpersonal skills; variety of experience

Variety of experience and a broad horizon would help to tackle urgent matters andestablish his or her personal prestige. Well-experienced staff are capable of overcomingstorms and crises.

On coming across problematic issues, new or inexperienced staff usually will feeldepressed and even start to panic. One or a number of experienced staff will, in this kind ofsituation, automatically become the spiritual leaders of the team and can get the issues inquestion solved quickly.

A wide range of experiences are important to a team member, because you never knowwhat kind of problems might suddenly come up to you. Experiences in different fields willenhance the chance of successfully sorting out the problem with your knowledge which isbased on your past experience.

Personal qualities:

The basis of the team work is mutual trust and friendly atmosphere

Good manners, not too bossy, patient, modest, leadership, good interpersonal skills.

Project Management