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Consider the following points. Share your ideas with a partner or a small group. Be prepared to explain your answers to the classa) Why ought Bob Hardiman to be saved from redundancy? b) Does Bob Hardiman qualify for a pension and is he entitled to the full one? c) What is H.G.’s point of view concerning Bob Hardiman’s pension? d) What do the articles of the pension fund read? 2. Recount the situation as if you were Bob Hardiman. 3. Suppose you are Peter Wiles. Why are you so upset about Ambrose Harper’s health? 4. Render the situation as if you were Ian Hampden. 5. Analyse the situation in Harper & Grant Ltd. as if you were a likely competitor willing to take over the company. 6. Act out a conversation which could have taken place in this situation between a. Peter Wiles and Bob Hardiman; b. Hector Grant and William Buckhurst; c. Peter Wiles and John Martin; d. a TV commentator on social issues and Bob Hardiman; e. Ambrose Harper, Peter Wiles and Ian Hampden.
Phrase list Listen to the tape and practise the pronunciation of the following words and word combinations, quote the sentences in which they are used in the unit. Consult a dictionary and translate them into Russian.
to have a closed shop office staff clerical union to pay a subscription to collect union dues (on the premises) shop steward medical schemes legal aid to introduce a profit-sharing scheme to take a cut in wages to clock in Trying to cheat the system is a very serious offence. to dismiss staff / a case of dismissal the employees’ welfare straightforward affair to get one’s pay docked to punch the card for some time to affect the issue to pay overtime (time and a half) to have smth (a walk-out) on one’s hands to bring something up to press a wage claim PRE-LISTENING Task 1 Consider the introduction to the unit. Answer the following questions and be ready to give a story line. Use the word combinations in brackets.
1. Do Harper & Grant make it a condition of employment that a worker must belong to a certain trade union? What does that mean? (to have a closed shop; to be members of one or other of the unions; toolmakers; skilled machiners (machinists); sheet-metal workers; assembly-shop workers; fitters; electricians; office staff; to belong to a clerical union) What does being a member of a trade union mean? (to pay a subscription; to pay a sum of money regularly to the particular union; to be referred to as union dues; to look after union's affairs; a shop steward; to be elected by the workers on the shop floor) What are the responsibilities of a shop steward? (to be at the day-to-day level of representation between a company and a union; to represent the workers in a particular shop, or department; to be recognised by the management; to serve as a channel of communication both ways; to be allowed to collect union dues on the premises; to hold meetings in the factory or office block; to do something with the permission of the management) Поиск по сайту: |
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