The Situation
The company wants a new night shift and less overtime. The workers are angry.
公司想要改变夜班时间并减少加班。工人们很生气。
How to play (怎么玩)
1. Pair up: One student is the HR Manager. One student is the Union Representative.
两人一组：一名同学扮演 HR经理，一名同学扮演 工会代表。
2. Read your role: Click on your page (HR or Union). Read the facts.
阅读你们的角色：点击你的页面。阅读事实信息。
3. Practice: Go to Page 4 and read the dialogue with your partner.
练习：去第4页，和你的搭档一起朗读对话。
Goal: Find a compromise about the schedule and overtime.
目标：在排班和加班问题上找到折中方案。
Your Job: Save money and keep the factory running.
你的任务：省钱并保持工厂运转。
Your Information (事实信息):
- The night shift costs too much money. We want to change it from 12 hours to 10 hours.
夜班花销太大。我们想把它从12小时改成10小时。
- We need to cut overtime. The company is losing money.
我们需要削减加班费。公司在亏钱。
- We cannot give a higher wage. The budget is closed.
我们不能提高工资。预算已经关闭了。
- We can offer better benefits (like free dinner) to say thank you.
我们可以提供更好的福利（比如免费晚餐）来表示感谢。
Phrases to use (使用的句型):
- "We need to change the night shift." 我们需要改变夜班。
- "We want to cut overtime." 我们想减少加班。
- "The budget is closed for wages." 工资预算已经关闭了。
- "We can offer better benefits." 我们可以提供更好的福利。
Your Job: Protect the workers and their families.
你的任务：保护工人和他们的家庭。
Your Information (事实信息):
- The working conditions are bad. 12 hours is too long. Workers are exhausted.
工作条件很差。12小时太长了。工人们精疲力尽。
- The workers need overtime to survive. It is extra money for their families.
工人们需要加班费来生存。这是给家里额外的钱。
- Older workers with high seniority cannot work the night shift. It is too hard for them.
工龄长的老员工不能上夜班。对他们来说太难了。
- We want job security. We do not want anyone to lose their job.
我们想要工作保障。我们不希望任何人失去工作。
Phrases to use (使用的句型):
- "The working conditions are too hard." 工作条件太艰苦了。
- "We need overtime to survive." 我们需要加班费来生存。
- "Older workers have seniority." 老员工有资历。
- "Job security is our top priority." 工作保障是我们的首要任务。
Let's Practice! (开始练习！)
Find your partner. Read this dialogue out loud together.
找到你的搭档。一起大声朗读这段对话。
HR Manager: "Hello. We need to talk about the night shift. We want to change it from 12 hours to 10 hours."
“你好。我们需要谈谈夜班。我们想把它从12小时改成10小时。”
Union Rep: "The working conditions are too hard. Workers are very tired. But they need the overtime money."
“工作条件太艰苦了。工人们很累。但是他们需要加班费。”
HR Manager: "We cannot pay more overtime. The company is losing money. We cannot increase their wage either."
“我们不能支付更多的加班费。公司在亏钱。我们也不能涨工资。”
Union Rep: "Then what about the older workers? They have high seniority. They cannot work 12 hours at night."
“那老员工怎么办？他们资历高。他们不能在晚上工作12小时。”
HR Manager: "We will let older workers move to the day shift. Job security is safe. Nobody will lose their job."
“我们会让老员工调到白班。工作保障是安全的。没有人会失去工作。”
Union Rep: "Okay, but if the shift is shorter, workers lose money. What can you offer?"
“好吧，但是班次短了，工人就少赚钱。你能提供什么？”
HR Manager: "We can offer better benefits. Free dinner, and a better bus pass for everyone."
“我们可以提供更好的福利。免费晚餐，以及给每个人更好的公交卡。”
Union Rep: "10 hours, day shift for older workers, and better benefits. We accept the agreement."
“10小时，老员工上白班，以及更好的福利。我们接受这个协议。”
The Issues Quiz
Click the correct word to complete the sentence.
点击正确的单词来完成句子。
1. Extra hours worked beyond the normal schedule is called ______.
超出正常工作时间的工作时间称为 ______。
2. A scheduled period of work, like a day shift or night shift, is a ______.
一个预定的工作时段，比如白班或夜班，被称为 ______。
3. How safe a worker's job is — how likely it is to continue — is ______.
工人的工作有多安全——继续工作的可能性有多大——是 ______。
4. How long a worker has been at the company is their ______.
工人在公司工作了多久是他们的 ______。
5. The safety, comfort, and hours of the workplace are called ______.
工作场所的安全、舒适和工时被称为 ______。
6. Extra things a company gives workers, like a bus pass or insurance, are ______.
公司给工人的额外东西，比如公交卡或保险，是 ______。