Steve: Mike! You are just the person I wanted to see.
Mike : What's up, Steve?
Steve: I was hoping that you could lend me a hand for a while.
Mike : A hand? Why do you want my hand?
Steve: I don't want your hand! I want you to help me.
Mike : Sure thing. You know that I am always happy to help with teamwork.
Steve: I know Mike and that's why I asked you. Can we get brainstorm in one of the spare offices?
Mike : Walk this way and we can begin.
史蒂夫：邁克!我正想找你。
邁克：怎麼了史蒂夫?
史蒂夫：我想讓你幫我點兒忙。(lend me a hand字面意思爲：借我一隻手)
邁克：手?你爲什麼要我的手?
史蒂夫：我不是想要你的手!我想要你幫忙。
邁克：沒問題。你知道我總是很願意跟大家合作。
史蒂夫：我知道邁克，所以才請你幫忙。我們能不能在哪間空辦公室裏討論一下。
邁克：往這邊走，我們現在就可以開始。
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NEW WORDS 新單詞
1) Lend me a hand: help me to do something
幫我個忙
I always lend my mother a hand when she is cooking for the family.
媽媽爲全家做飯的時候我總是幫上一把。
2) Teamwork: two or more people co-operating to get something done
兩個或更多的人合作完成某項工作
Good teamwork means that you can get more done during work time.
良好的團隊精神意味着高度的工作效率。
3) Brainstorm: two or more people discussing different ideas
兩個或更多的人討論不同的觀點
If we brainstorm about a problem, we can get many different new ideas and find a solution.
如果我們對一個問題進行討論就會得到很多不同的.新觀點從而找到一個解決方案。
4) Skill: the thing that you do best
技能、特長
Michael Jordan's skill is definitely basketball and not baseball!
邁克爾·喬丹擅長的當然是籃球而不是棒球!
LESSON 課文
Teamwork is a very important skill to have and be able to use in a modern working environment. Effective teamwork will make any company more efficient and profitable.
Each person has his or her own special skills. When you are selecting a team, it's best to get people with different skills so that you can get as many different views as possible to find the best solution.
When you are working on a team project, you should not be afraid or embarrassed to offer your opinion of ideas. The group will benefit from your ideas even if it doesn't use them directly.
Teamwork does not mean that one person does all the work themselves and then the group takes the credit. Everyone in the team should do an equal share of the work.
在現代的工作環境中具有團隊工作精神是非常重要的。有效的團隊工作可以提高工作效率使公司獲得更多利潤。
每個人都有自己的特長。最好將不同才能的人選在一個團隊裏，這樣就可以儘可能多地得到不同的意見從而找到一個最佳的解決方案。
大家合作一個項目時，不要羞於提出自己的觀點。儘管你的觀點可能不被採用，整個團隊也能從中受益。團隊工作不是指一個人承擔所有的工作而由大家來居功。團隊中的每名成員應該共同分擔一項工作。
Dialogue
Beth : Do you prefer teamwork or working individually?
Sally: Actually I prefer working on my own, but I understand the benefits of teamwork.
Beth : Why don't you like teamwork Sally?
Sally: Sometimes people are lazy when they work in teams and do nothing!
Beth : That's not a good team then. Everyone should do equal work and take equal credit.
Sally: What are the main benefits of teamwork?
Sally: If you work as a team, you can hear ideas and solutions that you would never have thought about by yourself.
Beth : So teamwork has some major benefits then?
Sally: Right! Just like when we study English as a team!
貝斯：你喜歡團隊工作還是單獨工作?
莎莉：說實話我喜歡單獨工作，可我知道團隊工作的好處。
貝斯：你爲什麼不喜歡團隊工作，莎莉?
莎莉：有的時候一起工作讓人變得很懶，什麼都不幹。
貝斯：那可不是好的團隊。每個人都應該付出辛苦然後共同分享成果。
莎莉：團隊工作最大的好處是什麼?
貝斯：大家合作的時候你會聽到一些你自己從不會想到的觀點和方案。
莎莉：這麼說團隊工作還是有一些益處的。
貝斯：說得對!就像我們一起學英語一樣!