Ever since the crisis hit, many of us have been moved by managers’ gestures of care big and small, be they efforts to avoid lay-offs and keep workers safe, or reassurances that performance assessments would take into account individuals’ circumstances. Those concrete gestures have been far more convincing and inspiring than statements about caring for purpose as much as profits. Building a movement on those sentiments could let us humanise management.

思考题：

(今天是两个题哦!)

1. According to the text, managers’ gestures of care include__.

A.replacing machinery with human workers

B.creating minor jobs that offer high pay

C.make changes to performance assessments

D.recruiting a great number of new staffers

2.What is the author’s attitude towards managers’ gestures of care?

(A) Skeptical (B) positive (C) sentimental (D) puzzled

词汇突破：

1.moved 感动

2.gestures of care 关心的姿态和表示

3. Be they (it) A or B 无论是A还是B

丘吉尔的演讲：

Be it long or short, rough or smooth, we mean to reach our journey's end.

无论这段路是长还是短，是崎岖还是平坦，我们都将抵达终点。

4.lay-offs 裁员

5.reassurances 确保，保证

6.performance assessments 绩效考核

7.take into account A= take A into account (把A考虑进去)

8. individuals’ circumstances 个人情况

9. concrete 具体的

10.convincing 说服力

11.inspiring 鼓舞人心

12.purpose 宗旨，愿景，情怀

13.sentiments情感

14 .humanise 使...人性化

句子解析：

句：

Ever since the crisis hit(爆发)(状语), many of us have been moved by managers’ gestures of care big and small, be they(看词汇解析里面的讲解)efforts to avoid lay-offs and keep workers safe, or reassurances that performance assessments would take into account individuals’ circumstances.(同位语从句)

参考译文：自危机爆发以来，我们许多人都被管理者或大或小的关怀之举所打动，不管是努力避免裁员和保证工人安全，还是保证绩效考核会考虑个人情况。

第二句：

Those concrete gestures have been far more convincing and inspiring than statements about caring for purpose as much as profits.

参考译文：这些具体举动比“既关注利润，也关注宗旨”的声明更具说服力，也更鼓舞人心。

第三句：

Building a movement on those sentiments(主语)could let us humanise management.

参考译文：从这些情感入手发起行动，能使我们将管理人性化。

思考题解析：

According to the text, managers’ gestures of care include__.

根据原文，经理们关爱的表示包括：

对应句：

1.efforts to avoid lay-offs

2.keep workers safe

3.reassurances that performance assessments would take into account individuals’ circumstances.

对应：

C. make changes to performance assessment

对绩效考核做出改变

C选项正确。

A. replacing machinery with human workers

(用人类代替机器)

没有说，错!

B. creating minor jobs that offer high pay

创造高薪的次要工作

没有说，错!

D. recruiting a great number of new staffers

(招聘大量的新员工)

没说!错!

2.What is the author’s attitude towards managers’ gestures of care?

(A) Skeptical (质疑) 错!                        (B) positive (积极正面)对!

(C) sentimental (多愁善感)错!              (D) puzzled (迷惑) 错!

文章来源背景和来源：

Every manager is having a midlife crisis

每位管理者都正面临中年危机

Source: https://www-ft-com.ezproxy.babson.edu/content/976882f4-a01a-11ea-ba68-3d5500196c30

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