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1、-Team-buidling for charity brings tears to my eyesBy Sathnam Sanghera58 British managers from John Lewis, the privately run retailer have released a music album for charity. The worthwhile cause is Whizz-Kidz, a charity dedicated to helping non-mobile children. And the record in question is entitled
2、 New Shop On the Block. These managers were given the task of composing arranging, producing and recording the LP as part of a team-building exercise, the aim of which was to bond them in a powerful collective experience. As he gave me the CD, the man from the training company that organized this Fa
3、ce the Music exercise for John Lewis remarked that the task had created one of the most highly bonded teams he had ever come across. It was also very deep in terms of the changes it made in them. “The managing director involved in the project was crying by the end,” he explained. A couple of hours l
4、ater, when I played the CD for the first time, I understood exactly what he meant. The record made me want to weep too. And it wasnt just the awfulness of the music that upset me. It was also the fact that Face the Music marked a worrying trend in team-building exercise. Once upon a time, people jus
5、t came to work and bonded by working and getting along with each other. Sometimes they would go for a drink after work, play football on Saturday or go for dinner at the weekend. But, generally speaking, team-building was a casual, natural, informal thing. Then, in the 1980s, the business world deci
6、ded that the only way of establishing a rapport between colleagues was by getting them to do group activities together-preferably on weekends, preferably outdoors and preferably in the rain. The idea as that workers would become immersed in an activity, learn new skills together and become closer-kn
7、it as a result. A search through the cuttings shows that, over time, businesses have asked employees to participate in every group activity under the sun in the name of team-building: participating, mountain climbing, Porsche racing, sailing horse whispering, clowning, treasure hunting, potholing, g
8、o-karting, cookery, international folk dancing, wine blendingand, my own favorite, motorized toilet-bowl racing. While such exercises are generally useless, as most take place behind closed doors or in the middle of now where, they are also mostly harmless. However, exercises such as Face the Music
9、represent something new and ominous. Unlike paintballing and motorized toilet-bowl racing, these multi-sensory experience require an audience. And if there is one thing more excruciating than being involved in a team-building exercise, it is watching or enduring someone elses team-building exercise.
10、 I speak from experience, having listened to New Shop On the Block three times. John Lewis may defend the release of its atrocious album by saying it will raise money for a good cause. And the charity element is certainly a mitigating factor. But I suspect that the people who have heard it would giv
11、e even more generously if their donations meant they would never have to listen to New Shop On the Block ever again.1. Choose the best heading for each paragraph of the article.a) Bonding at work in the days before team-building exercisesb) Department store managers make a record for charityc) The p
12、roject is a team-building exercised) The range of team-building activitiese) But someone has to watch or listenf) How could the album generate bigger donations?g) And the music?2. Answer these questions according to the information in paragraph 1.a) What is the name of the charity and what does it d
13、o?b) What is the name of the albumand why does it have that name?3. Complete these sentences about paragraph 2 with correct forms of the verbs in the box.bond come across cry giveinvolve organize remark a) These managers were _ the task of composing, arranging, producing and recording an LP.b) The a
14、im of the team-building exercise was to _ the managers in a powerful collective experience.c) The man from the training company that _ this Face the Music exercise for John Lewis _ that the task had created one of the most highly bonded teams he had ever _.d) The managing director _ in the project w
15、as _ by the end of the activity.4. Before looking at paragraphs 3 and 4 again, match the two halves of the exercises below.a) to understand a trend b) to upset for a drink c) to face with someone d) to mark what someone means e) to get along someone f) to go the music Which one of them means:1 to ma
16、ke a person unhappy?2 to indicate the start of a new fashion?3 to see the significance in a persons words?4 to live work with a person successfully and in a friendly way?5 to have to deal with the unpleasant consequences of your own actions?5. Before looking at paragraph 5 again, match the two halve
17、s of the sentences below.a) in the 1980s, the business world decided that there was only one wayb) This was by getting themc) The idea was that workers would become immersedd) They would learn new skills together and become closer-knite) Mr Sanghera, the author of this article, has made a searchf) T
18、his shows that, over time, businesses have asked employees1.to participate in every group activity under the sun in the name of team-building.2.through his collection of old articles from newspapers.3.of establishing a rapport between colleagues.4.to do group activities together.5.in an activity.6.a
19、s a result.6. Answer these questions according to the information in paragraph 6.a) How does Mr Sanghera rate team-building exercise?b) What does he find ominous?7. Here are the answers, complete the questions.a) What _?Watching or enduring someone elses team-building exercise.b) How _?Three times.c) How _?By saying it will raise money for a good cause.d) What _?The charity element.e) What _?Guaranteeing that they would never have to listen to the CD again!第 11 页-