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Business English Outline for unit 3
Situations:
1.第30奥运会将于什么时候在哪里举行？持续多久？
2.When and where will the 30th Olympic Games be held? How long will it last？
3.你有没有坐过飞机？感觉怎么样？
Have you ever been in an airplane? How did you feel?
4.要是你有很多钱，你会投资什么？
If you had a lot of money? What would you invest ?
5.你什么时候买的第一台手机？什么牌子？多少钱？
When did you buy your first mobile phone? What brand? How much did it cost?
6.你们公司有多少员工？……%是男工，…%是女工。
How many employees are there in your company? 60% are men,40% are women.
7.现任的美国总统是谁？
Who is the current president of America?
8.你迷信吗？你相信命运吗？你相信2012吗？你相信鬼的存在吗？为什么？
Are you superstitious? Do you believe in fate? Do you believe in 2012? Do you believe in ghosts? Why? 9.你跟……有许多共同之处吗？举例说明！
Do you have a lot in common with your ......?
10.你工作压力大吗？你老板、家人给你很多的压力吗？为什么？
Are you under a lot of pressure at work? Dose your boss、family put you under a lot of pressure? Why? 11.你有捐过钱给慈善机构吗、贫困孩子吗？
Have you ever donated money to charity、poor children?
12.你小的时候父母亲通常是怎么教育你的？
How did your parent usually educate you when you were little?
13.你曾经有被卡在电梯里面吗？要是你被卡在电梯里面了，你会怎么做？
14.Have you ever been stuck in the elevator? What would you do if you were stuck in the elevator?
15.你对未来感到乐观吗？你对未来有什么计划？
Are you optimistic about your future? Do you have any plans for your future?
16.你会弹吉他、钢琴、小提琴吗？
Can you play the guitar、the piano、the violin?
17.你英语老师经常鼓励你吗？他通常怎么做？
Dose your English teacher always encourage you? What does he usually do?
18.你有受到你家人、老师、朋友、同事的影响吗？举例说明。
Are you influenced by your family、teacher、friend、colleague?
19.你是一个现实的人吗？举例说明。
Are you a realistic person?
20.一个好的英语老师需要什么样的资格？英语专业、教学经验、幽默……
What credentials does a good English teacher need?/ what qualifications should a good English teacher have?
21.你出过国吗？如果你有机会出国，你想去哪里？为什么？
Have you ever been abroad? If you had a chance to go abroad，where would you like to go? Why ?
22.假如你是东莞市市长，你会做些什么？fix,improve,lower,increase,renovate……
What would you do if you were the mayor of Dongguan?
23.你认为算命先生能预测未来吗?
Do you believe that the fortune teller can predict the future?
24.你喜欢加班吗？有加班费吗？
Do you like to work overtime? Do you get paid for overtime?
25.您对我们的（翻译中心）服务有什么意见？有什么需要改善的吗？
What do you think of the service of the Translation Center? Is there anything that needs improvement?
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剑桥商务英语（BEC）初级考试题型分析 一、阅读 初级阅读材料由句子或短小段落组成，考试题型主要是：搭配题，选择题，填空题;共分7个部分，以下分别讲解。 (一)阅读的第一部分主要测试考生的理解、判断能力。该部分由五个简短的句子构成(有时后设一问题)和三个选项，要求找出与原句含义相同的选项或选出对原句的正确解释及说明。这部分出现的句子一般都是比较常用的商务用语，内容涉及时间、日程安排、商品订单等一些常见的商务情境。因此，考生应记忆并掌握一些相关的词汇及商务用语。答题时，尽可能仔细地阅读这些句子与其三个选项，抓住关键词，做出正确选择，不被似是而非的各种选择项所误导。 (二)这部分配对题由一组词组和五个句子组成。考生须把每个词组和标有A到H的各个句子进行相应的配对。由于只有五个句子，并非每个词组都能得到配对。此项考题的测试重点是考生的词汇量，包括一部分商务词汇。考生应熟悉以列表、内容提要、目录等形式出现的各类阅读材料，例如：姓名、地址或书籍的目录，办公室计划，公司或商店的各个部门，商品目录的各个条目，尤其要注意公司内部结构及工作人员与其工作职责的表达。 (三)该部分一般由八个图表(或者一张图表带有八个不同部分)与五个句子组成。每个句子都是对特定的图表或图表的某一部分的描述。考生需要将问题和标有A到H的图表部分进行相应的配对。这部分考题主要测试考生理解、分析图表的能力。考生应该能够分析图表数据，了解图表之间细微的差别，同时理解各句子的准确含义，尤其是某些描述图表走势的动词短语，例如：“rose steadily”(稳定上升)，“remained stable”(保持稳定)，“decreased slowly”(缓慢减少)，“reached a peak”(达到最高点)等描述图表用语。 (四)此部分的阅读材料是一篇100-150字的短文，主要测试考生对阅读材料细节的理解能力。这部分选择题的三个选项是固定的(A.Right, B.Wrong, C.Doesn’t say)。题目
BEC初级真题
Test 1 READING AND WRITING 1 hour 30 min utes PART ONE Questi ons 1-5 Look at questi ons 1-5. In each questi on, which sentence is correct? For each questi on, mark one letter (A, B or C) on your An swer Sheet. □白udia La 闊 caught 9.30 flight - due 11.30 ncw d not 1230” 7he correct answer is B F so mark your Answer Sheet like this: r A B C i CZ! ■ 仁 xamp (?: o When does Claudia Lang expect to arrive? Staff nxust boot armual leave six vjeeks A Staff allowed six WB B 址s' holiday a year. B Staff must book holidays before the end of the yean 0 Staff must have their holiday requests approved, Telephone message 9.30 11.30 12.30
Information for customer$ All goods transported by Fera Carriers are msured r but our policy excludes damsge due to poor packaging. A Customers will not necessarily qualify for corn pens ati ar if goods are damaged, B Custonners should arrange insurance against damage before sending goods. C Customers are abl? to claim a refund if packaging is damaged. A Wei Yu should re?apply for his training course at a later date. B There may not be enough money to pay for Wei Yu's course ? C Human Resources cannot confirm wtiich training course Wei Yu should take. A The 11 am meeting is postponed because PeteKs train was cancelled ? 8 Peter will arrive at the 11 am meeting late because hi 合 t 怕in Is delayed. C The 11 am meeting is rescheduled because P&Wr was late and missed his tramn a Jane Reterphoned from the station - &e *■ vices to London aren P t running this morning Meeting put off to 3 pm this afternoon.
商务英语阅读(第二版)王关富unit7candetroitberetooledbeforeit'stoolate课后答案教学教材
Unit 7 Can Detroit Be Retooled — Before It's Too Late? Exercises 1. Answer the questions on the text: 1) what is the problem the would-be car buyers may face according to Rod Buscher, CEO of Summit Automotive Partners in Denver? The would-be buyers lack either the income or the access to credit that would allow them to drive a new car off the lot. 2) Why is GM said to have a stark and steep job to do when the President’s auto task force presented the to-do list? According to the list GM has to shrink labor costs, including retiree health-care expenses; slash debt; kill or sell low-performing brands; and reduce the number of models for sale and the number of dealers selling them. Should all the parties concerned fail to accomplish that by the deadline of June 1, GM may go into bankcruptcy. 3) How can U.S. automakers take advantage of the coming car boom? Companies that can meet consumers' needs for fuel-efficient yet stylish cars —and that have flexible manufacturing plants to turn out the hot products on demand —are likely to find huge opportunities for growth in the coming car boom. 4) What does the White House’s auto-task-force working group plan to do with Chrysler? It plans to close the deal on Chrysler's sale to Fiat. Ron Bloom, one head of the group, has taken the lead in trying to negotiate the sale of 20% (at least initially) of Chrysler to Fiat. 5) What is VEBA approach to solve GM’s problem of retiree health and pension benefits? In a VEBA, the union agrees to accept a cash payment to fund a new health-care system that trustees administer, thus taking future liabilities off the company's books. 6) Why does the UAW feel particularly aggrieved about the task force's approach? Because it has agreed to an unending series of givebacks over the past 20 years. Even before this latest crisis, the UAW’s agreement to the 2007 contract would have put Detroit's labor cost per car within a couple of hundred dollars of Toyota's and the other foreign automakers’. 7) Why are analysts so optimistic about the future car sales? Because Americans have been putting off buying cars for nearly two years and showroom traffic is increasing ,which means pent-up demand is building.The prospect of car sales is sure to be great when credit starts to loosen as history