大学英语外报外刊阅读教程 教学参考手册 第二版 端木义万 主编 Lesson 1 Answ ers to the Questions V. 1. B 2. B 3. D 4. A VI. 1. According to Ms. Wellington, Gen X’ers are attracted to their organizations for utterly traditional reasons: reputation of the organization, opportunities to advance. 2. Catalyst and other research organizations caution that this age group has high demands for employers. If their demands are not met, they will leave. And they are highly sensitive to the way in which they are treated. If the Gen X’er believes that his employer is not making a commitment to him, he will leave. 3. The survey found that more than 70 percent of them rated companionship, a loving family and enjoying life as extremely important. In contrast, fewer than 20 percent of them said earning a lot of money and becoming an influential leader were extremely important goals. 4. According to Robert Morgan, the corporate loyalty is rising in the current economic climate partly because of job insecurities. Besides, there is the war for talent. As labor shortages intensified in recent years, employers have worked hard at retaining good workers. Outline I. (1) Summary lead Increasing job loyalty of Gen X’ers II. (2 – 6) Catalyst’s survey about job loyalty of Gen X’ers 1. General situation of the job loyalty 2. Findings about the similarities between Gen X’ers and the previous generations a. Old-fashioned goals b. Traditional attractions 3. Findings about the differences between Gen X’ers and the previous generations a. High demands for employers b. High sensitiveness to the way they are treated III. (7 – 8) Specific example of Colleen Galle Reasons for staying: job satisfaction job loyalty IV. (9 ...
