Passage 2
How to Argue with your Boss
Before you argue with your boss, check with the boss’s secretary to determine his mood. If he ate nails for breakfast, it is not a good idea to ask him for something. Even without the boss’s secretary, there are keys to timing: don’t approach the boss when he’s on deadline’; don’t go in right before lunch, when he is apt to be distracted and rushed; don’t go in just before or after he has taken a vacation.
If you’re mad, that will only make your boss mad. Calm down first. And don’t let a particular concern open the floodgates for all your accumulated frustration. The boss will feel that you think negatively about the company and it is hopeless trying to change your mind. Then , maybe he will dismiss you.
Terrible disputes can result when neither the employer nor the employee knows what is the problem the other wants to discuss. Sometimes the fight will go away when the issues are made clear. The employee has to get his point across clearly in order to make the boss understand it.
Your boss has enough on his mind without your adding more. If you can’t put forward an immediate solution, at least suggest how to approach the problem . People who frequently present problems without solutions to their bosses may soon find they can’t get past the secretary.
To deal effectively with a boss, it’s important to consider his goals and pressures. If you can put yourself in the position of being a partner to the boss, then he will be naturally more inclined to work you to achieve your goals.
練習：
Paragraph 2________
Paragraph 3________
Paragraph 4________
Paragraph 5________
A. Keep Your Voice Low All the Time
B. Put Yourself in the Boss’s Position
C. Propose Your Solution
D. Don’t Go in When You are Angry
E. Make the Issue Clear
F. Never Give in
If you want to ask the boss for anything, it is important to find out first________.
It is necessary to make clear to the boss____________
It is not wise to present the boss with a problem___________
You must be considerate and think of the troubles__________
A. to give the boss your advice
B. how he is feeling
C. the boss may have
D. what you really want to talk to him about
E. without suggesting a way to solve it
F. how unhappy you are
答案及解析：
1．文章標題分析：How to Argue with your Boss
Before you argue with your boss, check with the boss’s secretary to determine his mood.
分析：注意到句子使用的是一般現在時態(tài)，這表明是對客觀情況的描述。
補充：
argue with v. 與某人議論
argue vi. 爭論, 爭辯, 辯論
e.g. argue for [against] a proposal辯論贊成[反對]某項建議
2．對概括大意備選項進行分析，注意抓住核心詞。
A. Keep Your Voice Low All the Time
B. Put Yourself in the Boss’s Position
C. Propose Your Solution
D. Don’t Go in When You are Angry
E. Make the Issue Clear
F. Never Give in (該選項內容與A正好相反，所以猜測A和F中可能會出現一個選項)
補充：
Propose vt, vi 建議
Synonyms: suggest, recommend
e.g. He proposed that we should go for a walk.
他提議我們去散步。
give in v.投降, 屈服, 讓步
give up v.放棄(念頭、希望等), 停止
3．看指定段落，確認段落小標題。
A. Keep Your Voice Low All the Time
B. Put Yourself in the Boss’s Position
C. Propose Your Solution
D. Don’t Go in When You are Angry
E. Make the Issue Clear
F. Never Give in
2 If you’re mad, that will only make your boss mad（mad與D中的Angry呼應）. Calm down first. And don’t let a particular concern open the floodgates （水門/閘門）for all your accumulated frustration（挫折/積怨）. The boss will feel that you think negatively about the company and it is hopeless trying to change your mind. Then, maybe he will dismiss you. （陳述某種情況的結果，而這種情況可以成為D出現的理由）
D．分析：該段落中沒有明顯的特征詞/短語重復出現的特點，注意到短首句的用詞特點和段未句的語意，判斷答案為D。
補充：
keep/find/make/leave n./pron. adj.
e.g. make me happy/sad; leave me alone; find it important.
It is/was adj. /n. to do sth./ that../doing sth.
e.g. It is necessary for us to arrive at school on time.
Dismiss vt解雇；開除; 解散；遣散
How to Argue with your Boss
Before you argue with your boss, check with the boss’s secretary to determine his mood. If he ate nails for breakfast, it is not a good idea to ask him for something. Even without the boss’s secretary, there are keys to timing: don’t approach the boss when he’s on deadline’; don’t go in right before lunch, when he is apt to be distracted and rushed; don’t go in just before or after he has taken a vacation.
If you’re mad, that will only make your boss mad. Calm down first. And don’t let a particular concern open the floodgates for all your accumulated frustration. The boss will feel that you think negatively about the company and it is hopeless trying to change your mind. Then , maybe he will dismiss you.
Terrible disputes can result when neither the employer nor the employee knows what is the problem the other wants to discuss. Sometimes the fight will go away when the issues are made clear. The employee has to get his point across clearly in order to make the boss understand it.
Your boss has enough on his mind without your adding more. If you can’t put forward an immediate solution, at least suggest how to approach the problem . People who frequently present problems without solutions to their bosses may soon find they can’t get past the secretary.
To deal effectively with a boss, it’s important to consider his goals and pressures. If you can put yourself in the position of being a partner to the boss, then he will be naturally more inclined to work you to achieve your goals.
練習：
Paragraph 2________
Paragraph 3________
Paragraph 4________
Paragraph 5________
A. Keep Your Voice Low All the Time
B. Put Yourself in the Boss’s Position
C. Propose Your Solution
D. Don’t Go in When You are Angry
E. Make the Issue Clear
F. Never Give in
If you want to ask the boss for anything, it is important to find out first________.
It is necessary to make clear to the boss____________
It is not wise to present the boss with a problem___________
You must be considerate and think of the troubles__________
A. to give the boss your advice
B. how he is feeling
C. the boss may have
D. what you really want to talk to him about
E. without suggesting a way to solve it
F. how unhappy you are
答案及解析：
1．文章標題分析：How to Argue with your Boss
Before you argue with your boss, check with the boss’s secretary to determine his mood.
分析：注意到句子使用的是一般現在時態(tài)，這表明是對客觀情況的描述。
補充：
argue with v. 與某人議論
argue vi. 爭論, 爭辯, 辯論
e.g. argue for [against] a proposal辯論贊成[反對]某項建議
2．對概括大意備選項進行分析，注意抓住核心詞。
A. Keep Your Voice Low All the Time
B. Put Yourself in the Boss’s Position
C. Propose Your Solution
D. Don’t Go in When You are Angry
E. Make the Issue Clear
F. Never Give in (該選項內容與A正好相反，所以猜測A和F中可能會出現一個選項)
補充：
Propose vt, vi 建議
Synonyms: suggest, recommend
e.g. He proposed that we should go for a walk.
他提議我們去散步。
give in v.投降, 屈服, 讓步
give up v.放棄(念頭、希望等), 停止
3．看指定段落，確認段落小標題。
A. Keep Your Voice Low All the Time
B. Put Yourself in the Boss’s Position
C. Propose Your Solution
D. Don’t Go in When You are Angry
E. Make the Issue Clear
F. Never Give in
2 If you’re mad, that will only make your boss mad（mad與D中的Angry呼應）. Calm down first. And don’t let a particular concern open the floodgates （水門/閘門）for all your accumulated frustration（挫折/積怨）. The boss will feel that you think negatively about the company and it is hopeless trying to change your mind. Then, maybe he will dismiss you. （陳述某種情況的結果，而這種情況可以成為D出現的理由）
D．分析：該段落中沒有明顯的特征詞/短語重復出現的特點，注意到短首句的用詞特點和段未句的語意，判斷答案為D。
補充：
keep/find/make/leave n./pron. adj.
e.g. make me happy/sad; leave me alone; find it important.
It is/was adj. /n. to do sth./ that../doing sth.
e.g. It is necessary for us to arrive at school on time.
Dismiss vt解雇；開除; 解散；遣散