一、往期回顾
1. Innovative seismic protective devices.
2. At Archaeological Museum of Olympia in Greece.
3. Seismically isolating an entire museum building.
4. The manufacture and testing of the devices.
5. Evaluate the potential for seismically isolating other important statues.
二、本期内容
【课文主题】
第4课讲的是白领（white-collar workers）与清洁工（dustmen）的小故事，所以我选择了一篇有关印度白领员工遭受歧视和不公待遇的文章。
【拓展阅读】
一、文章内容
It is about time that India shows its white-collar workers some tender loving care. Legally, that is.
Contrary to popular belief, millions of corporate managers are vulnerable to exploitation and abuse. The reason: there aren’t any labour legislations protecting them.
A manager’s legal relationship with the employer is governed largely by his or her employment contracts. And often employees have little - or no - bargaining power in the negotiation of the contracts, leaving them entirely at the mercy of their employer.
The effect of workplace abuse is harmful to all, including the employer. It is not unknown for costs to rise and productivity to decline in abusive organisations.
Types of abuse
Abuse at workplace could stem from psychological stereotyping of employees because of gender, pregnancy, age, caste, religion, sexual orientation or disability.
Employer-organisations typically single out employees or a class of employees—and the various forms of harassment could include inequitable pay, long hours, non-recognition, bullying, favouritism to other workers, unfair demands, public humiliation and intrusive electronic surveillance.
Employees continue to accept abusive behaviour from their superiors because of the fear of losing their jobs. And employers take full advantage of the situation using harassment as a tool to extract more work for less pay. It is, therefore, not surprising that most of these instances go unreported.
二、阅读题目
根据文章内容回答下列问题：
1. Why are corporate managers are vulnerable to exploitation and abuse?
2. What are the possible effects of workplace abuse?
3. What can cause abuse at workplace?
4. What forms of harassment can there be? Name three of them.
5. What do the employers use harassment as?
三、参考答案
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