知识点一的第2小节

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Part II Listening

1. Read the table. Then listen to the conversation and complete the table. Learn the new words that will appear in it before listening.

Companies		Ideas to motivate staff
Internet companies	Yahoo	There’s 1) to work for the employees. There’s also 2) and a hairdresser at the office. And one day a month the staff 3) together.
Internet companies	Google	4) is free. And after sitting at your desk for hours, you can have 5) massage in the office. Another nice little bonus – you can 6) to work.
Other companies	One company	It takes its employees on 7) every year.
	Starbucks	Employees get 8) , of course, but they can also 9) to work.
	A phone company	It has 10) for the staff on the last Friday of every month – with 11) .
	An insurance company	It keeps fish in a little river next to the office. The employees 12) after work and they take home 13) that they catch.

New words

motivate v. 激励

employee n. 雇员

hairdresser n. 理发师

massage n. 按摩

Caribbean n. 加勒比海（在北大西洋南部大、小安的列斯群岛同中、南美洲大陆之间）

Starbucks 星巴克（美国一家连锁咖啡公司名）

Now listen again and check your answers.

参考答案

1) a free bus ride

2) a dentist

3) watch films

4) Lunch

5) a cheap

6) take your dog

7) a surprise holiday

8) free coffee

9) bring their children

10) a party

11) free drinks

12) go fishing

13) all the fish

听力原文

M = Man; W = Woman

M: These days many companies motivate their staff in new and different ways. Internet companies are a good example. At Yahoo there’s a free bus ride to work for the employees. There’s also a dentist and a hairdresser at the office. And one day a month the staff watch films together. These are all great ideas for motivating your workers.

W: Well, er, Google also has some interesting ways to motivate staff. Lunch is free. And after sitting at your desk for hours, you can have a cheap massage in the office.

M: Wow.

W: Another nice little bonus – you can take your dog to work.

M: Yahoo and Google are quite famous for this type of thing. But what benefits do other companies give their employees? Well, we found one company that takes its employees on a surprise holiday every year. The staff go to the airport but they don’t know where they are flying to. In the past these trips included Amsterdam, Iceland and even the Caribbean.

W: At Starbucks employees get free coffee, of course, but they can also bring their children to work.

M: And there’s a phone company that has a party for the staff on the last Friday of every month – with free drinks.

W: Finally, a very interesting idea: An insurance company keeps fish in a little river next to the office. The employees go fishing after work and they take home all the fish that they catch.

M: Fantastic.

W: Isn’t that a great idea?