国际商务英语听说

Unit 1 Company Profiles1. Listen to the company introduction and fill in the missing information on the fact sheetUnit 2 Job Interview1. Listen to the passage and answer the following questions:1) Why is it suggested that one should concentrate on well-known companies to look for a job?2) What are the three ways to contact the companies you are applying for?3) Why do you use these ways to contact the companies?4) Why is the job interview crucial for getting a job?5) What is the company concerned with in a job interview? Why?6) What are the three stages of the typical interview?7) What should a person do in an interview?2. Listen to the passage about types of interviews and complete the chart below.Unit 3 On the TelephoneBusiness telephone ______ differ from ______ telephone manners in ______ ways. When answering a ______, an assistant or secretary gives his or her ______, “Mr. Brown’s office. May I ______ you?”If people answer their phones ______, they usually ______: “Hello, this is Peter Brown,” or ______, “Peter Brown”.The ______ identifies himself or herself in this case, as with a ______ or ______ call: “Hello. ______ David Taylor. Is Mr. Brown ______?”or “Hello, Mr. Brown. This is David Taylor. I’m ______ the Brownstone Company.”As with an ______, it is ______ to ask the caller, “May I ask who is ______, please?” if he or she ______ to identify himself or herself. In an ______, a secretary or assistant may also ask, “May I ask what this call is ______?”Although it is not ______ to tie up a telephone line for long ______, it should be ______ in the ______. Long personal conversations are not only ______, but also wasteful of the time that ______ the company, not to the ______.Unit 4 Business Meetings1. Listen to the passage and answer the following questions.1) What do you think is the most important function of meetings?2) What is the most important of the 3 areas mentioned by the speaker?3) What is the key to the selection of content of a meeting?4) What is the function of the design of a meeting?5) What shall we take into account when handling the process of a meeting?2. Listen to the passage and fill in the missing information in the blanks according to the information you hear.Depending on your job, you may be ______ once a week or several a day. Many word teams, for example, function by ______ formally and informally to discuss ______. Organizations use meetings to help ______ involving a number of people or work groups. Meetings are used to ______, investigate problems, ______, set up business arrangements, ______ and so on.Meetings offer many ______ to an organization and its members. A ______ meeting encorages ______ ----- people can keep ______ with developments and changes, which means better ______ between sections. Meetings can give people an opportunity to ______ and help develop ______. Other benefits of ______ meetings include greater ______ resulting from ______ and more effective ______.Different ______ require different kinds of meetings. Depending on the ______ to be solved, the ______ to be transacted and the ______ of the group and ______, you might choose: committee meetings; ______informal decision-making sessions; ______; general staff meetings; ______; meetings to give instructions; ______.Unit 5 Business Presentations1. Listen to the passage and answer the following questions.1) What is a broad definition of presentations?2) Why is it said that presentations have evolved to be very complicated in today’s world?3) What is becoming more common now?4) What do formal presentations usually include?5) If you are making a live presentation to a large crowd, what should you do?6) What will the future of presentation technology involve? Why?2. Listen to the presentation and complete the sheet below according to the information youUnit 6 Establishing Business RelationsUnit Seven Enquiries and OffersUnit 8 Terms of PaymentUnit 9 PackingUnit 10 ShipmentUnit 11 Inspection and InsuranceUnit 12 Complaints and ClaimsUnit 13 MarketingUnit 14 E-commerce1. Listen to the passage and answer the following questions.1) What did human beings experiece over last few centuries?2) What transferred our society from being mechanically based to electronically based?3) What is the goal of E-commerce?4) When did E-commerce applications start?5) When was the Internet opened to commercial use?2. Listen to the passage and fill in the missing information in the blanks according to the information you hear.Today, the Internet is ______ the way business transactions are conducted. It is empowering both ______ by providing ______ and choices to not only national, but also ______. It enriches competition in products and prices and it drives ______, given its ability to provide information and ______ choices.Putting up a ______ to promote and display products, and attracting online ______ to look around at the offerings, however, are only one ______ of conducting business via the ______. To realiza the true potential of ______, an effective method of receiving payment for products sold or delivered through the Internet is a ______. This is the ______ of current Internet-related research. While it is currently possible to ______ over the Internet, this form of commerce has not yet gained ______. It has great potential.While nobady is certain what the future will bring, we do know that the Internet recognizes no ______. Electronic commerce is ______ in nature, so the Internet can’t help but dramatically increase international business. The ______ in electronic commerce and the introduction of new hardware, software, and ______ force market participants to quickly and readily adjust their basic ______. Companies who want to participate in the worldwide ______ must adapt their electronic commerce service capabilities and ______ to the requirements of the electronic commerce ______.。