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Teamwork
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Teamwork
团队合作

Using Infinitives and Gerunds

Date: Oct 05 2012

Themes: Work

Grammar: Gerunds vs. Infinitives

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We’ve all seen it: the soccer match where one player hogs the ball for the whole game, or the group of people at the office who constantly argue with each other. Probably, that soccer player, and that group of office-workers, are not going to be very successful in the long run. Why? Because they are not demonstrating good teamwork.

Teamwork is about putting your own ego aside, in order to do what’s best for the group as a whole. Teamwork is about listening to and cooperating with the people you are working with. When a sports team, or a group at the office, or even a group of friends really practice good teamwork, they get stuff done with a higher level of quality, efficiency, and, best of all, happiness, than if it were every man for himself. Find out how well Marni and Amy work together, as they talk about teamwork.

我们都见过这样的场景:在足球比赛中,一名球员在整场比赛里都自己带球,或者在办公室内,同事之间相互争论不休。从长远来看,那名球员和办公室中争论不休的那些人,不太可能会获得很大的成功。原因何在呢?因为他们没有展示出良好的团队合作精神。

团队合作需要抛开个人的自我意识,以便于做出对整个团队最有益的事情。团队合作意味着善于倾听与你共事的人,并与他们展开合作。如果体育团队、办公室人员、甚至是一些朋友,能够真正践行良好的团队合作精神,那么他们就能出色地做好事情,与大家各自为政相比,团队合作能够以更高的质量和效率完成任务,而且还会让人拥有最强烈的幸福感。了解玛尼和艾米如何谈论团队合作,看看她们是否能团结协作。

Dialog

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Marni

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Amy:  Man, I have this group project at work that I’m just dreading. I’m pretty terrible at teamwork, to be honest.

Marni:  Really? You prefer to take on the entire workload yourself?

Amy:  I just think sometimes teamwork doesn’t work that well if people don’t know what their roles are. Sometimes you need a strong leader, and if that’s missing or if you have a weak link in the group, it can just all fall apart.

Marni:  OK, I think that’s very true. I think everyone, though, if they know how to contribute, if they know their role, then it can be very successful.

Amy:  That’s true.

Marni:  Yeah. I personally really enjoy teamwork, and I feel like I work better with people, you know, ‘cause I like brainstorming with people and getting ideas from people.

Amy:  Right, Right. You don’t feel like you need to have control over everything, every part of the project?

Marni:  I don’t, no. I do understand certain aspects of that, but I just think there’s nothing like collaboration.

Amy:  You can get a lot of creative inspiration from working with other people. But when it comes right down to it, I just feel like I can’t rely on anyone as much as I can rely on myself.

 

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Discussion

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Amy is worried, because she has a project coming up at work that’s going to involve a lot of teamwork. She thinks that working as a team can be disorganized, particularly if there’s not a strong leader, or if all the members of the team aren’t working equally hard.

Marni, on the other hand, likes working as part of a team. She thinks that hearing what other people have to say can be inspiring, and that collaboration can lead to great results. In the end, though, Amy is not convinced. She still prefers to be the one in control.

What do you think are the positive and negative aspects of teamwork? Do you prefer working alone, or as part of a team?

 

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Crizsearch

Crizsearch

Indonesia

I do agree with Marni that working with a team can be inspiring and some people really are brainstorming. BuCoolt collaboration not always lead to great results because it depends on how people work on team. Unless we get our acts together. That will be ending with a good result,, As  for study I prefer to work on my own hehe, but there are time when it come difficulties in my study, I never shy to ask anything to anyone who knows the subject well. I have Englishbaby anyway, I will come to it when I got problem with my studies. Everyone here is so intellegent. I like it hehhehe

03:45 AM Oct 05 2012 |

Ngubo Sixtus

South Africa

teamwork is helpfull.you learn more ideas and you improve your skill.

03:16 AM Oct 05 2012 |

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oussa10.10

oussa10.10

Morocco

high five for teamwork

12:59 AM Oct 05 2012 |

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