BEC中级口语全过程

下面整个口语考试的例子（必须看）

Stage One Interlocutor

Good morning. My name is John Smith, and this is my colleague. S/he’s just going to listen to us. Could I have your mark sheets, please? Thank you. And your names are A and B?

A: Yeah B: Yeah

Interlocutor: Thank you. Now, first of all, we’d like to know something about each of you. Mr.A,

can you tell me about yourself?

A: My pleasure. As you know, my name is A. I’m from Tianjin. I’m now studying in Tianjin

University. And I’m majoring in international trade there.

Interlocutor: Thank you. Mr. A. Now Miss B, can you tell me about your ambitions?

Wang: Yes. I am now a student with Nankai University majoring in business administration. I

hope I can get my MBA and join a world-famous multinational company. And after I have had

enough experience, I am going to start a company of my own.

Interlocutor: Thank you, Miss B. And Mr. A, could you tell me about your ambitions?

A: A big question for me indeed. I’ve never thought about it, but I bet I’ll work towards a CEO of a big multinational corpor ation. That’s my goal in life. And that’s why I am spending so much

time on English, business English in particular.

Interlocutor:

Miss.B, you said you’re spending a lot of time on business English. Do you think business English is difficult to learn? Li: Not exactly, though it may be difficult at the initial stage. The thing is that you need to have

some business knowledge before you start to learn business English.

Interlocutor：How about you, Mr. Wang? Is it difficult for you?

Wang: Not really. You know, I like English very much, and my major is business administration.

So I have always found business English very interesting.

Stage Two Interlocutor:

~ Now, in this part of the test I'm going to give each of you a choice of three different topics. I'd like you to select one of the

topics and give a short presentation on it for about a minute. You will have a minute to prepare this and you can make notes if you want. After you have finished your talk, your partner will ask you a question.

~ All right? Here are your topics. Please don't write anything on your topic card.

[Interlocutor hands each candidate a different topic card, some spare paper and a pencil/or notes. Candidates have one minute~ preparation time. Both candidates prepare their talks at the same time, separately.]

Interlocutor:

~ All right. Now, *B, would you begin by telling us which topic you've chosen, A, B or C?

~ When you've finished talking, *A will ask you a question about your talk. *A, you're allowed to take notes while *B is talking.

*B, would you like to begin?

[Candidate B speaks for one minute.]

B: The importance of having a good CV

Well, in my opinion, you can never underestimate the importance of having a good CV. In the

majority of cases, your CV is the employer’s first impression of you, your first chance to impress your potential employer, l et’s say. It is the essential illustration of your suitability for the job, showing how your skills and experience match your emp loyer’s requirements.

But more than that, it shows your ability to summarize, prioritize and present information effectively, essential skills in toda y’s job market. It also shows your linguistic and communicative abilities.

Even though employers these days use a variety of selection techniques, such as analyzing your handwriting, a good CV i s still the single most important part of any application.

Interlocutor:

Thank you. Now, *A, can you ask *B a question about his/her talk?

[A asks a question.]

Interlocutor:

~ Thank you. Now, *A, it's your turn. When you've finished talking, *B will ask you a question about your talk. *B you're allowed to take notes while *A is talking.

~ All right? *A, do you need a few seconds to think about your topic again?

[A is allowed ten seconds if necessary.]

*A, can you tell us which topic you've chosen to talk about, A, B or C? All right? Would you like to begin? [Use only if candidate does not start the talk immediately.]

[A speaks for one minute.]

Interlocutor:

~ Thank you. Now, *B, can you ask a question about his/her talk?

[B asks a question.]

Interlocutor:

~ Thank you. [Materials are collected.]

*USE CANDIDATES' NAMES THROUGHOUT THE TEST.

Stage Three Collaborative task and discussion {about seven minutes}

Interlocutor:

~ Now this part of the test is a discussion activity. [Interlocutor points to the card showing the task while giving the instructions below.]

~ You have 30 seconds to read this task carefully, and then about three minutes to discuss and decide about it together. You're expected to give reasons for your decisions and opinions. You don't need to write anything. Is that clear? [Interlocutor places the card in front of the candidates. Candidates have 30 seconds' preparation time.]

~ Are you ready to begin? I'll just listen and then ask you to stop after about three minutes. Please speak so that we can hear you. [Candidates have about three minutes to complete the task.]

Title Time Management

Your company has found that ineffective time management is one of the major problem

areas throughout the workforce. You have been asked to put forward some suggestions for

improving the situation. Discuss, and decide together:

why poor time management can become a major problem in companies

what procedures could be adopted to ensure that time is managed effectively.

Zhang: Hi, Ms Wang, you know, our company is sort of out of control these days. Don’t you think so?

Wang: Yeah. Everything seems to be in disorder here in our company. And that obviously has a lot to do with poor time man agement.

Zhang: You mean poor time management has caused all these problems. Why?

Wang: When time is not well planned within a company, they usually do not allocate blocks of

time to specified tasks. They do not have a definite idea of when they should complete a certain task. And …

Zhang: And I think they often neglect the ordering of priorities. I mean certain tasks need our

attention. But in our company every task is treated on an equal basis, even if it is a very urgent

task.

Wang: That’s the point. So time should be planned according to the importance of the tasks we

need to deal with.

Zhang: So what do you think we can do so that time is managed effectively here in our company?

Wang: You mean what procedures we can adopt?

Zhang: Sure. That’s what our boss is asking us to do. Right?

Wang: Right. I think we’ve got a lot to do. First, we should make all the staff members realize

how important effective time management is to our company.

Zhang: Yes, I think we can give them instruction in time management, especially those in

supervisory positions.

Wang: Right, perhaps we can run a few training programs for them. If need, we may invite some

experts from outside to help us.

Zhang: Another thing we can do is to make all the managers, or even every staff member, come up with a job description of their own. In this way, they can be pretty sure about what they are

responsible for and what they are not.

Wang: Yes, that’s a good idea. And I think, the top managers of our company should come up with a set of rules as to what k ind of jobs should be given priority to. In this way, we can make sure

that important tasks are dealt with first.

Zhang: Good idea. So to sum up, our company should run a few training programs, and every staff member should write a j ob description of their own.

Wang: And rules should be made as to what kind of job should be given priority to.