You will now read a short passage and then listen to a talk on the same academic topic. You will then be asked a question about them. After you hear the question, you will have 30 seconds to prepare your response and 60 seconds to speak.
Quality Circle
A quality circle is a volunteer group of workers, usually led by an elected team leader. They are trained to identify, and solve work-related problems. They present their solutions to management in order to improve the performance of the organization, and motivate and enrich the work of employees. Quality circles are an alternative to treating workers like machines, which is a result of the division of labor. Quality circles can aid in creating harmony and ensuring high performance. Typical topics they address are improving safety on the job, improving the design of products , and improvement in manufacturing.
Now hear a talk on the same subject.
Question: Using information from the reading and the lecture, explain the way the quality circle improves work efficiency.
【正确答案】The lecture is about an academic concept called Quality Circle which refers to a business management technique. Companies divide workers into groups to share problems and try to find solutions so as to improve work efficiency.
The example the professor gives in the lecture is a car company.
According to the lecture, the car producing company used to be in deficit. Later, the new CEO took the measure of quality circle by organizing all employees into small groups with self-elected supervisors. The members of each group were asked to find their shortages and mistakes in production. And later, they were asked to suggest improvements in the car design and production. For example, after they find the lightness of the car is not bright enough, they will design a brighter one immediately. Since many problems were solved immediately, this improvement in production made the cars more popular and helped to increase the sales. The approach of Quality Circle saved the company.
【答案解析】 Quality Circle质量控制圈，其定义是：A quality circle is a volunteer group of workers，usually led by an elected team leader．模版：The reading is about an academic concept called…将标题跟定义带入模版，即是对阅读文章的复述。