Unit7 Time to Stop Excuses for Lateness
P1 Listening and Speaking Activities
1 Brainstorming
Expressions of disciplinary matters at the workplace:
Expressions of types of employment:
Expressions of recruiting/firing:
Expressions of positions/job titles:
2 Listening
Listening script
I'm a policeman in New York City and my name is John Davy. Ever since I was a young boy I’ve always wanted to be a cop .I thought it would be the best job in the world. If I wasn't a co
p, I don't think I could be anything else. Of course they tell me I'm a good cop. My superiors say I'm conscientious, that I have strong sense of justice and fairness and a great respect for the law. To be honest with you, my conscience would bother me if I didn't give 100% and if I didn't try to live up to my ideals. My friends tell me I'm too idealistic, too nice and, as the saying goes, nice guys finish last , but my job is to serve the people and I try to do my best.
I work with the police department's emergency service patrol in a largely black neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. It's a rough and dangerous neighborhood, very rough. I admit it hasn't been easy. Since being assigned to the neighborhood, I've been shot, spit at, and hit with bottles, rocks, sticks, and Molotov Cocktails .  Yes, it's not easy being a cop in New York City , but I've been awarded citations  for my courage and for my quick thinking and performance in emergency situations.
react to中文翻译
Oh, I could tell you many exciting stories. Once, we set up a net for a potential jumper. A young man was on a ledge 23 stories up from the street. His girlfriend had left him and now
he was threatening to jump. We got his girlfriend, his close friend, a priest, his mother to try and talk him out of jumping, but nothing worked. He was going to jump. Then I started to talk to him. I talked as long as I could — until I got too close to him. Then he shouted out, "Stop right where you are or I'll jump." I backed away. An hour later, with a belt tied around me, with a line my partner held, I jumped from the ledge and came up right in front of the young man and trapped him. I felt what they call "job satisfaction". A life has been saved and that's important to me. To me that's success - to do your job and to do it well. No holding back , especially when it means saving a human life.
Some people in the neighborhood think cops are the bad guys. They just don't like us. Yeah, we have some bad cops in the department who don't always obey the rules and who sometimes use too much force and injure people. But you know, when someone has been hit by a car and you walk into the crowd standing around dumbfounded  and you take charge, telling this person to get a blanket, this one to get some water, and you comfort the injured person; that looks good in front of the crowd. They say, "There’re some good cops here." Boy, does that make me feel good. I feel like I'm doing my job . I feel like I'm helping
people. Anyway, it's my duty as a cop.
Recently, I was again cited for outstanding service and this time was promoted to sergeant. As they say, I'm a good cop, and good guys don't always finish last.
1. What makes John a good policeman?
John likes his job as a cop. He feels it's "the best job in the world." He is conscientious, has a strong sense of justice and fairness, and respects the law. John exerts himself to the utmost and tries to live up to his ideals.
2. Has John’s job as a policeman been easy and safe?
No. Being a policeman in New York is difficult and dangerous. Besides, he works in a rough neighborhood. He has been shot, spit at, and hit with bottles, rocks, sticks, and Molotov Cocktails. Once he risked his life to save a man from jumping off a ledge 23 stories up from the street.
3. Why was John awarded citations?
John is given awards for his bravery, his quick thinking and performance in emergencies.
4. Why don’t some people like policemen in John’s district?
John admits that there are bad cops on the force, cops who don't always obey the rules and who sometimes use too much force and injure people.         
5 Establishing new work ethic
Misdemeanors at work
What can be done?
reading newspapers at work
no newspaper
chatting at work, using MSN to chat with friends during work hours on the company computer
supervision
being late, procrastination
competition, warning, and discipline
being rude to customers, neglect, callous
training
absent from duty without permission
sharing stocks/share arrangement
playing computer games at work
punishment
making private calls on the company telephone during business hours
telephone lock
playing company politics
warning, discipline, fine
using company facilities for private errands
warning, discipline, fine
taking company stationary for personal use
warning, discipline, fine
P2 Reading Comprehension and Language Activities
Text Translation
别再为迟到借口
哈里·贝地
每个办公室总有那么几个人习惯上班迟到。管理者该如何处理多元文化环境里的这一问题呢？文化背景不同，时间观念也大不相同，作为老板，应持何种态度，是忍气吞声还是采取惩罚措施呢？

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