剑桥国际商务英语第1课

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1-4 Basic English Skills
5-14 Listening, Speaking, Reading Writing Skills in Functional Business English Practice 15 Skills Reviewing and Reconsolidation in Simulated Business Situations Files of the Related Contents and Locations of BEC Examination
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be confronted with problems encounter problems hands-on experiences Ambitious Prospect Business Conference Yawning Sign Clicking Sniffing blinking, tapping your fingers
1.1 1) What do you think of the following sayings?
a. “What you don’t know won’t hurt you.” b. “No news is good news.” c. “Silence is golden.” 2) Reading the impressions of the following people and telling the class what your feelings are.(Verbal behavior and smiling) 3) Discussing the questions in B and C 4) Trying to do the fillings in D, and checking while listening; then reading aloud Question: What exactly would you say when you greet a visitor to your office? Now try to fill in the blanks with missing words before listening to the three conversations.
Letters and faxes Memos and short reports Professional journals Textbooks Long reports Contracts and legal documents Judy, School of Copyright by
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Objectives and content of Business English Oral Communication skills Writing business correspondence Listening: get used to different accents Reading: business news and events Cultivate Team spirit Terminal and optional aim: pass BEC2 test: advantage level
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A. Vocabulary in unit 1:
Sincere Unwelcoming Appointment Efficient Aggressive Superior co-coordinator sales office head of department small talk badge Surname vice-chairman Personnel public relations Colleague Behavior Demanding Chewing Disaster Gymnastic apparently
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The Second Volume
Unit 1 Face to face Unit 2 Letters,faxes and memos Unit 4 Summaries, notes ,reports Unit 6 International trade Unit 7 Money matters Unit 8 Dealing with problems Unit 10 Marketing Unit 13 Jobs and careers
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Following presentations, lectures, or talks Following instructions Following descriptions and explanations Following training sessions
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Letters and faxes Memos and short reports
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My requirements: Study in advance: listening Finish homework: writing Participating in class: teamwork Final test: Model BEC2 test paper
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A. Vocabulary in unit 1:
Syllable Offence Demonstration Counterparts Aperitif Tricky Generate I spent a very hectic Sunday. 我度过了一 个忙乱的星期天 tackle a job trouble shooting back-up data loose cable
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Basic Skills and Techniques for Talking to People in Business Situations social functions of English： In business, people may be dealing with all kinds of people in English: clients/customers and colleagues/co-workers, friends and strangers, superiors and subordinates, suppliers, visitors and members of the public organizations --- all of whom may be friends, strangers or acquaintances --- people of your age, or people who are younger or older than you, all of whom you have to be talked to in different ways. Your first impression on them the way you behave functions fundamentally in your career.
How do you do? Pleased to meet you. Formal ways of greeting at first meeting: Glad to know you. Nice to meet you. Good afternoon! Informal ways of greeting at first meeting: Hello! Hello!/Hi! Hi! Afternoon/Good afternoon How are you? Ways of greeting between acquaintances: How is everything? 14 Copyright by Judy, School of How are you doing? Term2, 2010-2011
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B. Finding more vocabulary of describing people:
Calm Honest skillful Sophisticated Helpful Intelligent Nice Optimistic indifferent Sleepy Unclear Lazy Clumsy Stupid Prejudiced Inefficient Nasty Unhelpful off-hand Rude Pessimistic Detached in-cooperative self-centered Conservative high- qualified etc.