商务英语BEC中级备考：常用英语口语

从起床到出门

早晨好!

Good morning.

Good morning, John. (早晨好，约翰。)

Good morning, mom. (早晨好，妈妈。)

闹钟响了吗?

Did the alarm clock go off? *go off是闹钟“响”的意思。 Did the alarm clock buzz?

Did the alarm clock ring?

该起床了!

It's time to get up!

It's time to get up! (该起床了!)

I don't wanna get up. (我真不想起。)

It's time to wake up!

It's time to get out of bed.

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It's time to get ready.

快点儿起床!

Get up soon.

Get up soon. (快点儿起床!)

I don't want to. (我真不想起。)

你醒了吗?

Are you awake? *get up是动词，表示“起床”、“起”的动作。awake是形容词，表示“醒了”、“没睡”的状态。

Are you awake? (你醒了吗?)

I am now. (我刚醒。)

你不舒服吗?

Are you feeling sick?

Are you feeling sick? (你不舒服吗?)

No, I'm just tired. (没有，只是有点儿累。)

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睡得好吗?

Did you sleep well?

Did you sleep well? (睡得好吗?)

Yes, I slept very well. (嗯，睡得挺好。)

Did you sleep well? (睡得好吗?)

No, I couldn't fall asleep. (哪儿啊，几乎没睡着。)

能帮我关掉闹钟吗?

Would you turn off the alarm clock?

Please turn off the alarm clock. (请把闹钟关了。)

你终于起来了。

You finally got up.

You finally got up. (你终于起来了。)

I'm still sleepy. (我还困着呢!)

今天是个好天!

It's a nice day!

It's a nice day! (今天是个好天!)

It sure is. (是不错啊。)

It's a beautiful day!

It's a wonderful day!

It's a great day!

昨晚你熬夜了?

Did you stay up late last night? *stay up late“睡得晚”、“熬夜”。

Did you go to bed late last night?

把被子叠好。

Let's fold up the futon. *fold意为“折叠”，fold up意为“叠好”、“叠整齐”；futon原本是日文，现在英文中也逐渐使用，意为“被子”。

Let's put the futon away. (把被子收起来吧。)

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昨天晚上你打呼噜了。

You were snoring last night. *snore“打呼噜”。

You were snoring last night. (昨天晚上你打呼噜了。)

Did I keep you up? (影响你睡觉了吗?)

You were sawing logs last night. *saw logs原意为“锯木头”，在此用来表示“打呼噜”。

我做了个可怕的梦。

I had a nightmare.

I had a nightmare. (我做了个可怕的梦。)

It's all right now. (现在没事了。)

你一直没关灯啊。

You left the light on. *left (leave)是“保持某种样子”、“保持某

种状态”的意思，表达“电灯一直开着”、“发动机一直开着”、“窗户一直开着”也可以用这种句型。

You forgot to turn off the light. (你忘了关灯了。)

我得洗脸了。

I have to go wash my face. *go wash是go和wash两个动词连用，口语中常用。可以把它看作是go and wash的缩略形式。

　该吃早饭了。

It's time to eat breakfast.

It's time to have breakfast.

我还困着呢。

I'm still sleepy.

I'm still drowsy.

我还打哈欠呢。

I'm still yawning.

昨天的酒还没醒呢。

I have a hangover.

我是个夜猫子。

I'm a night person. *“早上起不来”的意思。

I'm a night person. (我是个夜猫子。)

I'm not. (我可不是。)

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I'm a morning person. (我喜欢早起。) 我是用咖啡来提神的。

Coffee wakes me up.

Coffee gets me going.

刷牙了吗?

Did you brush your teeth?

Have you brushed your teeth?

我得梳梳头了。

I have to comb my hair.

穿什么好呢?

What should I wear?

What should I wear? (穿什么好呢?) The red one. (穿红的吧!)

Which dress should I wear?

Which one should I wear?

What should I put on?

快换衣服。

Hurry up and get dressed.

Hurry up and get dressed. (快换衣服。)

Why? (干嘛?)

把睡衣收好。

Put those pajamas away!

Put those pajamas away! (把睡衣收好。)

Oh, I'm washing those. (啊，我正要洗呢。)

我走了，妈妈。

I'm Task 1

A: Well, you see, our company is going to attend a trade fair in the US.

B: Yeah, sounds exciting. Since we've never done that before, we need to have good advance preparations for the trip.

A: You're right. The first thing to do is of course to make travel and accommodation arrangements, such as choosing an airline offering good services and the flight of the right time so that we can arrange things well and in an effective way.

B: This can be done by making several phone calls. And we have to make advance reservation with a local hotel so that the people for the trade fair can have a place to stay immediately after they arrive in the country.

A: With early booking, we may even enjoy some discounts. And it's better to choose a hotel near the trade fair. That can save the time traveling there.

B: Or we can arrange beforehand to hire a car from a local car rental company.

A: In addition, it would be useful to know about some business customs in the US, including commonly accepted business practices, ways of doing business, and laws and regulations, etc.

B: Yeah, especially those different from ours. Say, different ideas about punctuality. I heard that in the United States, people tend to be very time-conscious. Being late would be considered poor etiquette.

A: Also in China, business transactions are often concluded by treating business partners to lavish dinners and giving them expensive gifts, I'm afraid they seldom do it this way in the West or in the US.

B: I was told that in Western countries, people attach much importance to formal agreement and contracts with detailed terms and conditions. They never feel comfortable

with verbal agreements. In China, however, business is often concluded simply by verbal agreement.

A: We should also learn about business customs such as the different systems of measurement. For instance, we use the day/month/year system for dating while the US use month/day/year system. And there are many other differences including topics acceptable in conversation.

B: Also, Chinese businessmen tend to have business negotiations in a rather indirect manner, while American businessmen have a more direct style. Our people should be made to understand all these differences.

A: But how to find out about all this?

B: I think there are many ways to find out about these before the trip, say, we can go to the Internet, read some reference books or get tips from experienced colleagues and clients.

A: They could be effective ways. Let's do them.

leaving. Bye mom!

Task 2

A: You see, in the past year one of our clients kept losing staff and suffered a heavy loss. They worry a lot and turn to us. Have you got any constructive suggestions?

B: Yes. Our client should first examine their staff recruiting. There must be something wrong with their recruiting

practice.

A: Why?

B: You know, keeping staff turnover low begins with hiring staff members who are a good match for the practice and the position. So it can be beneficial for the client company to change its idea from "attracting and retaining the best employees" to "attracting and recruiting the suitable employees."

A: Good idea! By recruiting the appropriate new staff, our client builds the employees' commitment and retention will necessarily follow.

B: Exactly.

A: Then how to recruit the right staff is crucial to our client.

B: Yes. To recruit the appropriate new hires, it's important to advertise the job vacancy in the newspapers

and magazines targeting at the ideal candidates.

A: To ensure that a candidate's skills match the job, it's also important to limit the conditions and requirements of candidates on the job advertisement.

B: Yes. Besides, it's better for our client to conduct thorough reference checks and find out why a candidate left a previous job.

A: Yeah, that's important. Still there are other contributable factors that our client should consider, such as providing information of the current state of their future work environment, offering staff with proper training, talking to staff members and solving problems as they emerge. All these can be important in keeping staff turnover low.

B: You are right. Furthermore, the client company should strive to provide superior leadership in their practice, such as keeping communication lines open, periodically taking time to examine the workplace from the employee's perspective, and continually seeking to improve it.

A: Yeah, that will help to create and maintain a place where people want to work and stay. In addition, giving the employees a sense of empowerment should not be ignored.

B: For example?

A: Such as providing a breathing space to take risks, to use their own best judgment, and to be accountable for the decisions they've made etc.

B: Yeah, that surely works.

中级口语范文：产品包装

In deciding packaging for a product, it＇s important to choose the colour, texture and design that provide the best image or appearance of the product. A firm can create desirable appearance by designing a package that conveys signals of taste and food content. Many manufactures have upgraded the packaging of their food product to convey high-quality images.

Next, I think the health and safety is especially important for food product. When designing the package, we should not only put emphasis on color, size, even graphics, but also the materials of the package whether it is environmentally friendly or not and whether it will contaminate the food inside or not.

Finally, I think offering consumers convenience is also important. Packaging should be designed in such as way to make it easier for consumers to open the container and enjoy the product.

When aiming to improve customer service, it is very important for a company to train the staff first. By inviting some experts to train the staff, it will improve staff＇s friendliness, the speed of service and learn to deal with customer complaints.

It is also important for a company to monitor the quality service. One way of monitoring the quality of service is to conduct customer satisfication surveys. By obtaining feedback from customers, the company will know how the

business has met customer expectations.

Another way to improve customer service is to offer timely service. We must provide the product precisely when it is promised and in the minimum amount of time.

When entertaining foreign business clients, we need, first of all, to decide on the most suitable venue for the event to take place. We had better find out in our first contact with our foreign clients if they are more of art lovers or sports fans or gourmets, and then choose the type of entertainment: whether it should be in a restaurant or in the theatre or in some other appropriate venue for the event.

But all I mentioned above must base on the consideration of cultural differences. When interacting with foreign business people, problems may arise in different thought patterns, different ways of seeing the world, and different ways of decision-making. These problems are the result of cultural differences and will often lead to misunderstanding.

The other important aspect for us is to have a clear plan in mind when we come to the meeting. We need to work out a list of specific business objectives to achieve. Therefore while making sure our foreign business clients enjoy themselves, we quietly and smoothly direct the meeting step by step towards our goal.