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BEC商务英语初级口语讲义:第3讲

来源:考试网   2013-03-21【

Ⅰ Conversation

 注意:

1.  考试中不要说 “Pardon?”

2.  Never say “sorry” in examination!

3.  没听清可用以下说法

I don’t quite understand you. Would you explain it a little bit for me?

I am not so sure what you are getting at. Would you express it in another way?

 

Free Time

 

Do you have much free time?

 

 

How do you spend your free time?

 

What do you do in your free time?

 

What’s your hobby?

 

Why do you like…?

 

Is there any particular reason why you enjoy…?

 

When did you first take up / start…

(Why did you start then?)

 

²       Particular reason

²       Cultivate a hobby

²       It’s never too late to take a hobby.                                   

---Churchill

 

²       Outdoor activities:

Sports: tennis / golf / baseball / attend the gym / fitness center

ü        Work out=exercise

 

²       Recharge the battery:

Attend a training course

Read various books, for example…

²       Chat online

Watch TV

(passive viewer) TV=one-eyed monster

ads (advertisement advert)

 

ü        Commercial

ü        Teleplay

ü        Educational programs

ü        Amusement programs

 

²       Music: classical / light/ pop / jazz / blues

  folk

²       Fine arts

Abstract painting / oil painting

 

ü        I am fond of traveling. Traveling is a good way of learning and a good way of communicating with other people.

ü        No, I don’t have much free time, because so many wonderful courses are fixed.

ü        I prefer doing exercises, (most of time) I’d like to attend the gym or go to the fitness centers. If time is enough, I’ll read various kinds of books.

Possible Topics & Questions

Suggested Answers and Note

Transport

 

How did you come here today?

How did you travel to the test?

Did you come here by bus?

 

If you could travel by any form of transport you want, what would you choose? (Why?)

Which form of transport would you like to travel by?

 

How do you think you will travel to work in 15 years’ time?

How do you think you will travel to work 15 years from now?

 

 

 

²       Bus / taxi / cab / private car / subway /

tube underground / tram

 

 

²       注意从以下三点出发:

time / safety / money

 

 

 

²       light way / subway / airport

²       It would be fast developing in 15 years time and will cover everywhere in Beijing. It will be really convenient.

Hotels

 

What kind of accommodation do you usually stay in when you go on holiday?

 

Do you stay in a hotel or an apartment you are on holiday?

 

 

 

What kinds of facilities do you think hotels ought to provide for business people? (Why?)

 

 

 

 

 

Do you think companies should pay for their staff to stay in expensive hotels on business trips? (Why? / Why not?)

 

 

Should people stay in expensive hotels on business trips? (Why? / Why not?)

 

 

 

²       hotel/motel/villa/apartment/flat (BrE)/dorm

²       city breaks, beach holidays

sun-tanned / fast-tanned center

²       camping 可以住camp or tent

²       Hitchhiking, hitchhiker (take a gap year)

²       Domestic travel

²       Sight seeing

 

²       Hi-tech, Local Area Net, internet, database system, fax

²       Well equipped conference room,

sound-proof

multi-function hall

video-conferencing, tele-conferencing

 

²       It depends (on the different circumstances).

If you fix a deal which is worth $1000000, in that case, your company will pay for you to live…

If you go there for only 2$, it’s impossible…

 

Possible Topics & Questions

Suggested Answers and Note

Future Plan

 

What would you like to do after you finish your studies? (Why?)

 

What are you doing now for the preparation of your future plan?

 

What if you failed to find a job as a…?

 

What would you do if you couldn’t find a job as a…?

 

 

²       go abroad, look for a job, hunt for a job, study further, post graduate

²       knowledge preparation: attend training course

²       psychological preparation: be mature

improve interpersonal skills

 

²       It is not quite possible.

ü        面试时问这种问题可以说:

If you don’t want me, there are several other companies waiting for me, actually I’ve got several offers.

 

ü        如果被问到:这个工作你能做么?

AmE: Yes, definitely. It is a piece of cake.

BrE: I’m sure I can do it.

 

Teamwork

 

What kind of people do you most like working /studying with? (Why?)

 

What do you think makes a good team?

What is a good team?

 

Do you think you work in a good team?

(Why? / Why not?)

 

 

 

²       Honest and have good interpersonal skills

 

 

²       Cooperation and friendly atmosphere

²       Mutual trust

 

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