⼤学体验英语视听说教程4第5单元答案
Unit 5 Facing Business Crisis
Famous Quote
The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.
－ Dale Carnegie
Dale Breckenridge Carnegie (1888-1955): An American writer and lecturer and the
developer of famous cours in lf-improvement, salesmanship,
corporate training, public speaking and interpersonal skills.
Born in poverty on a farm in Missouri, he was the author of How
to Win Friends and Influence People, first published in 1936, a
massive bestller that remains popular today. He also wrote a
biography of Abraham Lincoln, titled Lincoln the Unknown, and
veral other books.
Unit Overview
Business in post-modern era has found its way into all walks of life, affecting individuals’lives, social economy and politics as a whole. Globalization facilitates business expansion on one hand and speeds up the economic integration and interdependence on the other. In this unit, students will get to know the global business and economic cris through real-life cas and e how the cris can be dealt with. Listening and speaking activities in this unit will inspire students to learn to face difficulties and handle their study careers to their best advantages.
In this unit, you will
< to know business and economic cris through listening, viewing and reading
2.talk about how to face cris in real life through guided activities
to Overcome Them” with your peers
4.learn uful words and expressions
5.learn to reflect on your own learning and comment on that of your peers
6.learn to think independently, critically and creatively
Background Information
2009–2010 Toyota vehicle recalls
Three parate but related recalls of automobiles by Toyota Motor Corporation occurred at the end of 2009 and start of 2010. Toyota initiated the recalls, the first two with the assistance of the . National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), after veral vehicles experienced unintended acceleration. The first recall, on November 2, 2009, was to correct a possible incursion of an incorrect or out-of-place
front driver’s side floor mat into the foot pedal well, which can cau pedal entrapment. The cond recall, on January 21, 2010, was begun after some crashes were shown not to have been caud by 垃圾箱英文
floor mat incursion. This latter defect was identified as a possible mechanical sticking of the accelerator pedal causing unintended acceleration, referred to as Sticking Accelerator Pedal by Toyota. The original action was initiated by Toyota in their Defect Information Report, dated October 5, 2009, amended January 27, 2010. Following the floor mat and accelerator pedal recalls, Toyota also issued a parate recall for hybrid anti-lock brake software in February 2010.
As of January 28, 2010, Toyota had announced recalls of approximately million vehicles for the pedal entrapment/floor mat
problem, and an additional million vehicles for the accelerator pedal problem. Approximately million vehicles are subject to both. The next day, Toyota widened the recall to include million vehicles in Europe and 75,000 in China. By then, the worldwide total number of cars recalled by Toyota stood at 9 million. The number of alleged victims and reported problems sharply incread following the recall announcements, which were heavily covered by U.S. media, although the caus of individual reports were difficult to verify. Government officials, automotive experts, Toyota, and members of the general public contested the scope of the sudden acceleration issue and the veracity of victim and problem reports. The recalls further led to NHTSA and Toyota investigations, along with multiple lawsuits.
Topic Preview
1. Read the passage on page X and learn the uful expressions related to business crisis.
2. Log on line and arch for information concerning specific cas about business and economic cris.
Lesson One
Lead in
Task 1 Describing the Picture
Task 2 Reflecting on the Reading
questions.
1.According to the passage, what did Toyota fail to notice as it grew to become the
world’s largest automaker?
Answer: Toyota failed to adjust its corporate structure to accommodate its altered scale and have overlooked fundamental principles that ud to underpin its business.
2．Where does Toyota manufacture its accelerator pedals?
Answer: Toyota accelerator pedals are produced both by Denso of Japan and CTS of Elkhart, Indiana, US.
3.What are the reasons that the two Toyota accelerator suppliers produced accelerator
pedals of different quality?
Answer: The Denso and CTS mechanisms u different wiring harness. In other words, Toyota, the master of communization, neglected to ensure that identical parts from two suppliers were, in fact, identical.
4.Why do problems in Toyota get lost and solutions get delayed when Toyota is managed
in the prent way?
Answer: Toyota employs a chimney managerial approach in which complaints from customers in U.S. would travel first to sales headquarters in Japan, and then to manufacturing for implementation. Only after that would it find its way back to the U.S.
5.According to the passage, what should Toyota do in order to deal with this business
crisis?lucky的意思
Answer:It needs to modernize its corporate structure, revisit the basic elements of its product development system, and
reconsider the impact of its aggressive cost-cutting.
handlerappropriate meaning in the right-hand column.
< make something such as a business, organization etc. work more simply and effectively
2. describe a rate of increa which becomes quicker and quicker as the thing that increas becomes larger
3. be pushed into or through and stay there
5.automaker E.speed up
6.woe F. a large company or group of companies that is controlled together as a single organization
7.at problems or troubles
Key: 1-C 2-D 3-E 4-F 5-H 6-G 7-A 8-B
Audio Studio
Word Bank
products made by a company 召回
2.circuit n. a clod system of wires or pipes through which electricity or liquid can flow 电路
3.pedal n. a small part of a machine or object which is
pushed down with the foot to operate or move the
machine or object 踏板
teatime
4.lated to electricity 电的，有关电的
5.claim n. a statement that something is true or is a fact,
although other people might not believe it 声
明，主张
6.handle v. to deal with, have responsibility for, or be in
charge of 处理，操作
7.approach n. a way of considering or doing something ⽅法，
途径
/doc/7aef1bc34b7302768e9951e79b89680203d86bb7.html plaint n.when someone says that something is wrong or not
satisfactory 诉苦，抱怨，牢骚
9.have an impact on to have an influence on sth. 影响到
10.Congress美国国会
11.Akio Toyoda⼈名，丰⽥汽车集团现任总裁
12.Jim Lentz⼈名
Listen to the audio clip, and choo the right answers to the questions.
人教版高二英语听力1.What is the audio clip mainly about?
A) Toyota recalls around the world
B) Toyota recall hearings in US congress
C) The development of Toyota Corporation.
2.What might be the cau for the car to accelerate suddenly?
A) A short circuit.
B) Floor Mats.
C) Stuck gas pedal.
Teaching Tips
1.This task is designed to train students to focus on important details.
2.Ask students to read the statements quickly and prepare for the listening.
3.Play the audio clip again and draw students’ attention t o the detailed information.
4.Allow students some time to complete the statements.
5.Ask students to repeat the ntences and memorize the key phras or ntence
apandastructures.
Repeat the ntences after you have completed them.
/doc/7aef1bc34b7302768e9951e79b89680203d86bb7.html Congress is looking at some of the problems that Toyota’s been having with
vehicle recalls and examining how the carmaker has responded to the situation.
2.An engineering firm that was hired by Toyota to check out the claim found the same
thing.
3.Akio Toyoda, the president of the entire Toyota corporation, has announced new
safety measures that the company plans to take from here on out.
Script
US Congress is looking at some of the problems that Toyota’s been having with vehicle recalls and examining how the carmaker has responded to the situation. You’ve heard all about this: millions of vehicles affected by issues with floor mats and gas pedals that might get stuck. US Congress is holdi
ng a few days of hearings to get some information about it. Yesterday, they heard from one expert who said it could be an electrical issue. He says there’s a possibility that a short circuit might cau a car to suddenly accelerate. An engineering firm that was hired by Toyota to check out the claim found the same thing. But Toyota’s U.S. sales chief, Jim Lentz, says the electrical system isn’t the problem.
When asked about how the company handled customer complaints, Lentz said that Toyota focud more on technical issues rather than looking at the possibility of accelerator pedals that get stuck. He called that approach a mistake and apologized for it. In fact, Toyota has repeatedly apologized for the safety issues, and it’s working to repair
Studio
Word Bank
1. (cau someone or something to) move or fall
suddenly and often a long way forward, down or into
something 跳进，陷⼊
望风
英文网名男生
会的
3.accelerator n.the pedal (= part that you push with your foot) in a
vehicle that makes it go faster 加速器
caligula4.sticking a.made of or covered with a substance that stays fixed
to any surface it touches 粘的
5.multiple a.very many of the same type, or of different types 多
样的，多重的
6.analyst n.someone who job is to study or examine something in
detail 分析家，分析者
< comfort someone and stop them from worrying 使……
安⼼，打消……的疑虑
8.boardroom n. a room where the people who control a company or
organization meet （董事会）会议室
10.third-quarter n.July, August and September of a year 第三季度
11.out of sight beyond one’s range of vision 视线看不见的地⽅
analy是什么意思
12.press conference a meeting at which a person or organization makes a
public statement and reporters can ask questions 记
者招待会
