经典背诵 Recitation
Benjamin: One of my colleagues was running a little behind. He had little chance to communicate with other colleagues when he had problems. The others were always too busy to help a green hand like him. But if he had tried to communicate with colleagues and paid more attention to other colleagues, it would have been much better.

生词小结
green hand 生手，新手

efficiency n. 效率

approach vt. 接近

Material 语素
The P&G

The P&G consists of over 135,000 employees working in over 80 countries worldwide. What began as a small, family-operated soap and candle company in 1837 now provides products and services of superior quality and value to consumers in 140 countries. The P&G has one of the largest and strongest trusted brands, including Pampers, Tide, Pantene, Pringles, Crest and Olay, and so on.

宝洁公司

宝洁公司在全球80多个国家雇有超过13.5万员工。宝洁公司始创于1837年，起初只是个规模很小，家庭作坊似的，出售卖肥皂和蜡烛的小公司。现在为140个国家提供高品质的产品和服务。宝洁公司拥有最大最强最值得信赖的品牌，包括帮宝适、汰渍、潘婷、品客、佳洁士和玉兰油等等。

Japanese Companies

Wages remain the most direct and effective motivation for workers. In Japanese companies which adopt a traditional pecking order based upon seniority, the older the age of an employee, the more he is paid. In these companies, workers are paid more for their seniority and less for their skills.

日本企业

工资仍然是最直接最有效的激励员工的方法。日本企业采用在资历基础上的传统权势等级制度，职员年岁越长，薪水越高。在这些公司里，职员们更多地按照资历来得到薪水而非技能。