《管理英语4》Unit 3 Reading 1

导语

人们常说人心齐，泰山移，如果团队成员能很好地相处与沟通，有团队荣誉感和使命感，这个团队做事时就会事半功倍，下面让我们通过一个小游戏理解一下“团队的力量”。

读短文，理解团队工作的重要性。

A Teamwork Game

团队游戏

A team of about 35 employees had come together for a team building event. They were a young, bright and enthusiastic team. However, one of their chief problems was the fact that they wouldn't share information or solutions with each other, and the team leader thought they were too focused on themselves and not on the team. As a result, she brought them all into the cafeteria. All of the tables and chairs had been stored away, and fun decorations and hundreds of different colored balloons had been placed around the room. 

一个约35名员工的团队聚集在一起进行团队建设活动。他们是一个年轻、聪明和热情的团队。但是，他们的一个主要问题就是他们不会彼此分享信息或解决方案，团队领导也认为他们太关注自己，而不是整个团队。结果，她把他们全都带进了自助餐厅。所有的桌椅都被收了起来，房间内布满了有趣的装饰和数百个五颜六色的气球。

In the center of the room was a big box of balloons that hadn't been blown up yet. 

The team leader instructed everybody to pick a balloon, blow it up, and write their name on it, but they had to be careful not to burst the balloon. Although they were given a second chance if their first balloon popped , they were out of the game the second time round. In the end, about 30 team members wrote their names without their balloons popping. They were then asked to leave the room and, after five minutes, the team leader brought them back in and asked them to find the balloon with their name on it amongst the hundreds of other balloons in the room. After 15 minutes of searching, no one had found their balloon, and the team were told that they were then going to move on to the third round of the activity.

房子中间放着一大箱尚未充气的气球。队长指示大家挑一个气球，吹起来，写下他们的名字，但是他们必须小心，不要弄炸气球。尽管第一次他们的气球炸掉了，他们还有一次机会，但是如果他们的气球再爆掉，他们就得出局。最后，大约有30名队员写了他们的名字，气球也没有炸掉。随后，他们被要求离开房间，五分钟后，团队领导带他们回来，并要求他们在房间里的数百个气球中找到写着自己名字的气球。经过15分钟的寻找，没有人找到自己的气球，接下来团队被告知，他们将进入第三轮活动。

In this round, each team member was instructed to find any balloon with a name on it and then give that balloon to the person whose name was on it. Within two minutes, everybody had their own balloon. The team leader summarized the activity thus: “We are much more efficient when we are willing to share with each other and much better at problem solving when we are working together, not individually.” 

在这轮中，每个队员被指示寻找任何一个写有名字的气球，然后把这个气球送给相应的人。两分钟后，每个人都拿到了自己的气球。团队领导这样总结活动的意义：“当我们愿意相互分享时，我们的工作效率会更高；当我们一起工作而不是单打独斗时，问题也会解决得更加顺利。”

Sometimes, members of teams create obstacles by focusing solely on their own pursuits and goals. 

Every member of the team should ask themselves on a regular basis what they are doing and what they can do for the team.

有时，当团队成员只关注自己的追求与目标时，反而会给自己制造障碍。团队的每个成员都应该定期问自己在做什么，以及他们能为团队做些什么。

Check it out

介词短语前置倒装表示强调

In the center of the room was a big box of balloons that hadn't been blown up yet. 房子中 间放着一大箱尚未充气的气球。

• 上句中，介词短语 in the center of the room 作表语，表示方位。为了强调“在房间中 央”这一信息，该介词短语置于句首，整个句子使用了倒装结构，主语后置。另外，句子 的主语 a big box of balloons 带有一个定语从句，将介词短语前置，这样便于该定语从句紧跟在其先行词（主句主语）之后，使句子平衡。介词短语作状语时，也有此类用法。例如：

Along the dusty road came a group of tourists.

On the ground lay some air conditioners, which are to be shipped to some other cities.