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：迈克！我正想找你。
迈克：怎么了史蒂夫？
史蒂夫：我想让你帮我点儿忙。（lend me a hand字面意思为：借我一只手）
迈克：手？你为什么要我的手？
史蒂夫：我不是想要你的手！我想要你帮忙。
迈克：没问题。你知道我总是很愿意跟大家合作。
史蒂夫：我知道迈克，所以才请你帮忙。我们能不能在哪间空办公室里讨论一下。
迈克：往这边走，我们现在就可以开始。
NEW WORDS 新单词
1) Lend me a hand: help me to do something
帮我个忙
I always lend my mother a hand when she is cooking for the family.
妈妈为全家做饭的时候我总是帮上一把。
2) Teamwork: two or more people co-operating to get something done
两个或更多的人合作完成某项工作
Good teamwork means that you can get more done during work time.
良好的团队精神意味着高度的工作效率。
3) Brainstorm: two or more people discussing different ideas
两个或更多的人讨论不同的观点
If we brainstorm about a problem, we can get many different new ideas and find a solution.
如果我们对一个问题进行讨论就会得到很多不同的新观点从而找到一个解决方案。
4) Skill: the thing that you do best
技能、特长
Michael Jordan's skill is definitely basketball and not baseball!
迈克尔·乔丹擅长的当然是篮球而不是棒球！
LESSON 课文
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.
在现代的工作环境中具有团队工作精神是非常重要的。有效的团队工作可以提高工作效率使公司获得更多利润。
每个人都有自己的特长。最好将不同才能的人选在一个团队里，这样就可以尽可能多地得到不同的意见从而找到一个最佳的解决方案。
大家合作一个项目时，不要羞于提出自己的观点。尽管你的观点可能不被采用，整个团队也能从中受益。团队工作不是指一个人承担所有的工作而由大家来居功。团队中的每名成员应该共同分担一项工作。
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!
贝斯：你喜欢团队工作还是单独工作？
莎莉：说实话我喜欢单独工作，可我知道团队工作的好处。
贝斯：你为什么不喜欢团队工作，莎莉？
莎莉：有的时候一起工作让人变得很懒，什么都不干。
贝斯：那可不是好的团队。每个人都应该付出辛苦然后共同分享成果。
莎莉：团队工作最大的好处是什么？
贝斯：大家合作的时候你会听到一些你自己从不会想到的观点和方案。
莎莉：这么说团队工作还是有一些益处的。
贝斯：说得对！就像我们一起学英语一样！