Take-Away English

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Take-Away English

英语文化随身带

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★ 听力练习（本文为英式发音）：

本文会读两遍。

STEP 1: 合上杂志先听一遍，理解文章大意。

STEP 2: 听第二遍，在画线部分填上所缺的单词或词组。

STEP 3: 归纳文章重点，再用英语表达自己的看法。

电台节目“英语文化随身带”文章短小精悍，内容包罗万象。将英语文化装进口袋里，利用闲散的时间随身翻阅，英语学习者可以在潜移默化中了解当代英语世界的生活和文化。大家都知道，很多事情单靠一人是难以完成的，团队合作十分重要。现在就让我们一起来看看，人们是如何培养团队合作精神的吧。

重点词汇

guru['gʊruː] n. 专家，权威

lecture['lektʃə] v. 讲演，讲课

away day息工日

military instructor教官

stressed-out不堪重负的

intimidating[ɪn'tɪmɪdeɪtɪŋ] adj. 吓人的

Abu Dhabi阿布扎比酋长国

transcend[træn'send] v. 超越

boundary['baʊndərɪ] n. 边界，分界线

gel[dʒel] v. 配合融洽，合为一体

norm[nɔːm] n. 标准

instinctively[ɪn'stɪŋktɪvlɪ] adv. 本能地

We hear a lot about team building these days. Team-buildinggurusare 1._by some corporations tolectureus on how to work more effectively w_ith each other. And they organizeaway days—a time employees spend together away from their 2.workplace.

Here in the UK, employees can take part in activities such as Zombie boot camps wherem_ilitary instructorstrain you how to fight “walking dead people.” For the brainier office workers 3.us, there are crime investigations modeled on popular TV dramas like Sherlock Holmes and CSI.

Stressed-outcity workers might have ukulele lessons made available_ to them. Why is that a good team-building exercise? Ukulele teacher Lorraine Bow says, “The 4.that they ca_n play a musical instrument within an hour is quite a fulfilling thing, really. It’s not competitive—it’s 5.

easy to do and a bit lessintimidatingthan a guitar.”

Actually, a horse might be a bit more intimidating than an instrument. The_ animals are used by a company inAbu Dhabiwhich teaches leadership through horse training. 6., you have to go into a yard with a horse and persuade it that you’re the boss using body language.

Kelly Eide, co-founder of True Leadership, says, “The horses don’t care if your hair is purple, if you’re a man or a woman, if you’re old or young. Ittranscendsa_ll of those culturalboundaries—age, gender, religion, tradition etc.—so that’s a perfect 7_.. And in an organization where you really need groups of people togel, who come from 8.which have no commonnorms, you can teach that most efficiently with a horse.”_

And the horse feelsinstinctivelywhether or no_t you are a 9.leader. So if after you’ve done a good presentation your boss offers you a 10., you’ll know where he might have learnt it from.

Answer: 1. hired; 2. usual; 3. amongst; 4. fact; 5. quite; 6. Basically; 7. fit; 8. backgrounds; 9. natural; 10. carrot