当代商务英语 听说教程 2Listening script 2

Unit 2

Part 1 Practical Listening & Speaking

B Functional listening

Task 2 (P14)

May: Good morning. May Wang speaking.

Paul: Hi, Ms. Wang. This is Paul Gary from KIP in London.

May: Hi, Mr. Gary. What can I do for you?

Paul: I’m ringing about our appointment at 11 a.m. on June 6th. I am afraid I can’t make it.

May: Oh, that’s a pity. What happened?

Paul: My flight has been delayed for four hours, and I have a feeling it may be longer than that.

May: Oh, I see. Then when will you arrive in Shanghai?

Paul: I’m not sure now. Could we reschedule our appointment for the same time on June 7th?

May: Sorry. I’m afraid I’ve made another appointment for then.

Paul: How about the afternoon?

May: I’m free after 3:00. Is 3:30 good for you?

Paul: Yes. That’s good for me. Then I will see you at 3:30 p.m. on June 7th. I’m sorry for the change.

May: It’s all right. These things happen.

Paul: Thank you for being so understanding. Goodbye.

May: Bye.

Part 3 Listening Practice

A Listening focus

Task one (P20)

Hello, Passengers of Flight 17 bound for Caracas, with stops of Atlanta and Miami, the departure gate has been changed to 30B. Also, there will be a slight departure delay due to severe weather outside. The ground crew is in the process of getting rid of the ice on the wings in preparation for departure. It also looks like the flight is slightly overbooked, so we are offering free round trip tickets for a few passengers willing to take a later flight. We should be boarding at about a quarter to nine. Thank you for your patience.

Task two(P21)

Good afternoon, passengers. This is the pre-boarding announcement for Flight 89B to Rome. We are now inviting those passengers with small children and any passengers

requiring special assistance to begin boarding at this time, please have your boarding pass and identification ready, regular boarding will begin in approximately 10 minutes time. Thank you.

B Dictation(P21)

Task 1

1、breaks down

2、happening

3、the actual attitude to time is much looser

4、servant

5、short of

6、escaping

7、abundant

8、flexible

Task 2

1、Three o’clock is difficult, but I could make it after four.

2、I was calling to change our meeting next week.

3、I’ll just look in the diary and Wednesday is convenient for me.

4、Mr. Johnson has to cancel the appointment with you this morning because he

has got something urgent to deal with.

5、People can experience time in different ways when they cross cultures.

C Conversation 1(P21)

Mr. Lee: Good morning, this is Henry Lee, is that Mr. Jones speaking?

Mr. Jones: Hello, Mr. Lee. I’ve been hoping to run into you. Are you busy tomorrow morning?

Mr. Lee: Let me see. Wednesday morning? Yes, I am booked solid all morning. Wha t’s up?

Mr. Jones: I was hoping to talk to you about the sales project for next year. I am having a little trouble figuring out how to use the spreadsheet you set up for me. It has a lot of complicated formulas embedded in it.

Mr. Lee: I can explain them to you, it will just take half an hour. How about Friday afternoon?

Mr. Jones: Oh, sorry, that’s not good for me, I’m tied up all day Friday, we will have to do it next week. I am wide open then.

Mr. Lee: OK. Shall we say next week on Tuesday at 2:30?

Mr. Jones: Sure, that will be fine for me. I’ll come to your office then.

C Conversation 2(P22)

John: Hello, can I speak to Philip Acheson?

Philip: Hello, John. What can I do for you?

John: We are due to meet on Tuesday at 2:30.

Philip: Yes.

John: Well, not to beat about the bush, I am going to ask you to put off our meeting for a day or two. And I’d like to be perfectly honest and tell you why.

Philip: I am listening.

John: I really hate changing an appointment, Philip. And I know it will be