Unit 12
Holiday on-call
職場攻略/辦公日常
English for the workplace/Communication in workplace
BRAIN STORM
Share your ideas with your teacher and try to make sentences.
Do you have a job right now?
Have you tried being on-call during holidays?
VOCABULARY
Repeat these sentences after your teacher.
1. on-call (phr.) 隨叫隨到
Doctors often have to work on-call.
醫生通常必須隨時待命。
2. during (prep.) 在
The road is slippery during winter.
冬季這條路很滑。
3. stand by (n.) 袖手旁觀
Please be on stand by in case of Emergencies.
緊急情況下請隨時待命。
4. emergency (n.) 緊急
Call the Hospital! This is an Emergency!
打電話給醫院！這是緊急情況！
5. probably (adv.) 可能
We should probably call the police.
我們可能應該報警。
6. safe (adj.) 安全
Is your money safe in the local bank?
您在當地銀行的錢安全嗎？
7. available (adj.) 可用
When are you available to start?.
您什麼時候可以開始？
Dialogue
Read the dialogue aloud with your teacher.
Sally, could you be on-call during the holiday?
Sally，假期期間你能隨時待命嗎？
Of course. What do I have to do?
答案是肯定的。我該怎麼辦？
Just stand by with your computer and phone.
就站在你的電腦和手機。
Do you think there will be an emergency?
你認為會有緊急情況嗎？
Probably not, but we just want to be safe.
也許不會，但我們只想安全。
I could do Wednesday and Thursday, but I’m busy on Tuesday.
我可以做星期三和星期四，但我在星期二很忙。
Okay, I’ll ask Tom to be available on Tuesday.
好的，我請Tom星期二有空。
Perfect.
完美。
Let's Practice
Make it right.
A : _________.
B :Of course. What do I have to do?
1.But I’m busy on Tuesday.
2.Could you be on-call during the holiday?
A :Do you think there will be an emergency?
B : ________.
1. Probably not.
2.Perfect.
Could you be on-call ________ the holiday?
1.when
2.during
What do I ________ to do?
1.had
2.have
holiday? could you be the during on-call
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phone. Just stand by and with computer your
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DISCUSSION
Make a conversation with your teacher.
1.What makes you motivated to work on-call during holidays?
