2014年8月16日，希望对各位考生的备考有所帮助，祝每位烤鸭考试顺利，都能取得好成绩！
Integrated Task: Species Substitution
| READING | LISTENING |
|---|---|
| 观点：Species Substitution 的方法不靠谱 | 观点：species substitution是个好方法 |
| 1 生态系统本身能保持平衡，没必要引进新物种 | 1 只有grassland能平衡，其他的生态系统不会平衡。比如一个海岛上的海龟，它们灭绝了，岛的生态系统会很严重的破坏。 |
| 2 新引进物种变得侵略性(invasive) | 2 新引入的物种不会invasive。新引入的物种和灭绝的物种很相似(related)，其对环境变化敏感，不会造成威胁 |
| 3 引入新的物种后，如果它们变得危险，人们很难移除(remove)这些物种。 | 3 大多数引入的都是large animals，它们有自己的习惯, 生态系统中主要角色(central roles)，很容易就被移走了。 |
Independent Task:
The most important investment for a big company is to improve the work skills of its employees.
Nowadays, how could the company invest in order to generate more business and profits has drawn a wide attention. There are some people arguing that the most important investment for a company is to improve the working skills of its employee. As far as I am concerned, it is not true.
Admittedly, the working skills of employees play an essential role in the operation of a company. It would be a disaster if employees are not capable of finishing their tasks. Besides, the staff has to improve their skills in accordance to ever-changing technology and consumers’ increasing needs. That’s why many companies would have their employees trained now and then. However, to improve the staff’s skills is not completely the responsibility of the company. Employees should realize that it is their own task to get themselves better trained so as to be competent to their jobs. Therefore, a company’s investment should go to somewhere else.
First, more money should be paid to introduce advanced technology or facilities. Better equipment ensures people to work more efficiently, and efficiency is a guarantee for a successful company. Take the current situation in China for example. There are some factories in rural areas facing the problem of bankruptcy. While they may have equally good employees like other successful ones, those factories tend to have one issue in common: outmoded technical equipment. To make a pair of shoes, one needs only two hours with a latest assembling line, but the other needs four hours for its defects in technology. The distinction is obvious, and so is their market. If the company invests a proper amount of money in improving technology and facilities, the money is used wisely.
Second, a company needs to spend some money increasing its staff welfare. As we all know, staff welfare can be a key factor when people choose their jobs. The reason is simple and clear that people need a decent salary to raise their families. My uncle used to be the manager in a branch of Bank of China. According to his explanation about the management of a company, the branch gets developed when the employees are satisfied. In addition to a good salary, Bank of China will give some bonus to the best employees, and part of the expenditure would be used to organize trips for the staff. In this way, employees are encouraged to work harder.
I concede that improvement of working skills is necessary, but a company should pay more attention to introduction of technology and construction of staff welfare.