恩波学校高级BEC辅导班补充材料一

恩波学校高级BEC辅导班补充一 主讲:邹锐锐 Day Three Time Topics Objectives Done or not Share Prices Reading and discussion (SB page 17); Some important expressions; Market trends Listening Part Three; Intensive listening; Describing Graphs Introduction of Writing Part One; Skills; (EB page 8) Practice (additional material needed); Speaking Part Two Homework Check (Skills) Homework: Reading Part One (Ex 2) Reading Part Two Reading Part Three Reading Part Four Reading Part Five Reading Part Six Writing Part One (SB page 20) Writing Part Two Listening Part One Listening Part Two Listening Part Three (Ex 1) Day Four Understanding Discussion: mergers and mergers acquisitions; Reading Part Three (introduction); Skills and Practice (SB page 22); A merger of equals Introduction of Listening Part One; Skills and Practice (SB page 24) Speaking Part Two 1 Homework Check Homework: Reading Part One (Ex 3) Reading Part Two Reading Part Three (Ex 1) Reading Part Four Reading Part Five Reading Part Six Writing Part One (additional material) Writing Part Two Listening Part One (Ex 1) Listening Part Two (Ex 1) Listening Part Three (Ex 1) Day Five Exhibiting at a trade Selective Reading (SB page 31); fair Introduction of Reading Part Five Skills (EB page 42) and Practice; Introduction of Reading Part Six Skills (EB page 45) and Practice; Replying to an Introduction of Writing Part Two; enquiry Letter-writing skills and Practice (EB page 1); Speaking Part Two Homework: Reading Part One (Ex 4) Reading Part Two Reading Part Three (Ex 2) Reading Part Four Reading Part Five (SB page 29) Reading Part Six (SB page 30) Writing Part One (additional material) Writing Part Two Listening Part One Listening Part Two Listening Part Three Day Six Researching a Selective Reading (SB page 36); market Introduction of Reading Part Two; Skills and Practice (EB 12); 2 Introduction of Reading Part Four; Skills and Practice (EB 37); Business practices Listening Part One; in China Speaking Part Two Homework Check Homework: Reading Part One Reading Part Two (Ex 2) Reading Part Three (Ex 3) Reading Part Four (Ex 2) Reading Part Five (Ex 2) Reading Part Six (Ex 2) Writing Part One Writing Part Two (additional material) Listening Part One (Ex 2) Listening Part Two (Ex 2) Listening Part Three (Ex 2) Day Seven Visions Selective Reading (SB page 43) Predictions Reading Part One (SB page 44); Discussion; Reality Listening Part Three (SB 45-46); Intensive Exercise Speaking Part Two Homework Check Homework: Reading Part One (Ex 5) Reading Part Two Reading Part Three Reading Part Four Reading Part Five Reading Part Six Writing Part One Writing Part Two Listening Part One Listening Part Two (Ex 3) Listening Part Three 3 Day Eight What is e-business Discussion and Reading; (e-business=e-commerce ?) The advantage of Listening Part Two; e-business Intensive Practice; Report Writing; Skills and Practice; Homework Check Homework: Reading Part One Reading Part Two (Ex 3) Reading Part Three (Ex 4) Reading Part Four (Ex 3) Reading Part Five (Ex 3) Reading Part Six (Ex 3) Writing Part One Writing Part Two (additional material) Listening Part One (Ex 3) Listening Part Two Listening Part Three (Ex 3) Day Nine Sample Test Discussion and Assessment Homework Check Homework: Review Day Ten Test Preparation Discussion (SB page 71; 74-75) Homework Check 4 Homework: Reading Part One (Ex 6) Reading Part Two (Ex 4) Reading Part Three (Ex 5) Reading Part Four (Ex 4) Reading Part Five (Ex 4) Reading Part Six (Ex 4) Writing Part One Writing Part Two Listening Part One (Ex 4) Listening Part Two Listening Part Three (Ex 4) Intensive Exercise for Unit Two A 1. Well, all the ____ about the Internet ___________________ some investors looking for a _____________-____ I think the __________________ has been the fact that ______ has far _________ a limited ______. There were only a handful of Internet ____________ last year, so _____________ to jump onto the Internet bandwagon have been very ______. 2. Well, this is what’s so fascinating. Take Amazon.com, for example, the Internet bookseller. They have a market value of $18bn, _________ in ______ of $1 bn, and ____ they haven’t even reached the ________ point. ______________ a couple of companies, such as yahoo! and America Online, most of them are ______________________ from making _________________________ whatsoever, _____________ the huge profits everyone’s hoping for. 3. Well they’re very ________, and _________ there’s always the ____________, which is another reason. Companies like Yahoo! and America Online now enjoy incredibly high _________________. But the real attraction is the __________________ for future _________, particularly from ___________. 4. Well, it’s not easy. They have few ______ in the ________________ and they all show ________________ growth in terms of __________, so analysts are having to rely on alternative ___________ to compare them. Such as? Such as things like ________________. 5. Well, we were due a ____________ so it’s not ___________ that shareholders ______________________ the recent sharp ______. But I think what’s really ________ prices is the ______ of Internet companies that have ________ recently and _______ the market with their _______. It seems that supply and demand are now _____________. 6. Well, it’s a very _______ market, don’t forget. And many companies have been ______ for 5 only a couple of months. Also, a lot of people who invest in these stocks actually use the Internet to ___________. Without the __________________, they can afford to ______ and ________ stocks several times a day. This makes the market very ________ to any ____________ news. And I think it’s this ____________ which makes it so volatile. 7. Some of the prices being paid ____ reflect the _______ of these companies so I can’t really see prices falling such more. And although ________ will return, __________ is ________ so _________________ to see prices _______ in the near future. 8. Well, I think the sector’s going to see lots of ______________ activity as the ____________ look to buy ______ and ____________. Intensive Exercise for Unit Four A 1. Well, we had a lot people _______________ in a lot of different buildings. British Airways has been around a long time so we’ve ________ a lot of old offices and buildings. _______ were _____________ on a lot of key buildings on the Heathrow site and we decided that rather than try to _______ them, it would _____________ for us _________ to build a new building on this site. 2. Well we knew from ______________ that our work environment needed improving. When designing the building, we very much wanted to realize a ________ which was _________ and ________, one that involved bringing people together in an open working environment. We now have an excellent facility where people can meet and work anywhere in the building. And by ___________ our information and data, we can now work together much more ____________ than before. We _____ looked at _________ and ways of reducing hierarchy. 3. Physically, we ________ have a very hierarchical ________. PAs, for example, used to sit right outside the manager’s office and we ________ whether that kink of system ___________ the way we worked. We also looked at things like the ____ and ______ of office ______. And we make small changes like not ______________________________. 4. This means they have to walk through the street to get to their place of work, wherever that might be that day. And _____________ was very much, and it does work, that we would all be very _____ and we would stop and talk or __________ each other at the shop or the bank. So again, everyone, whatever their _______, comes through the building the same way. 5. It’s very simple. All the phones in the building are _____________. So wherever I am in the building, I can ____ into the system as 95001, which ________ that particular terminal and ________ all my calls to it. So I’m always 95001, whether I’m in the building or even at home. We also have ___________ and an ________________ just in case people are unavailable. 6 6. Well, it’s very clear that people need to do things like pop to the bank or pick up shopping or whatever. Normally if you want to do those things, you’re going to have to _____ out at lunchtime or after work. So what we’ve done is ______ what people need to do and we’ve just made them ______________. It’s a _______________ thing, that’s all. 7. Yes, we’re encouraging people on the ________ really: making sure you need a meeting and that you’re inviting the right people. I suppose we’re suggesting that we ____________ a useful meeting to be ______ than ___________ people. But we’ve got a lot of ________. I can choose a location suited to the type of meeting I want to run. There’s ___________ the cafes and informal meeting rooms __________ the theatre, which seats 400 people. 8. I really feel I get things done quicker and more __________ and that I’m ____________ of my time. Intensive Reading for Unit Four B 1. Well, it’s really made a huge impact and by the time the project’s fully implemented, we’ll have ___________ over 300,000 employees and suppliers-they’ll all be able to communicate through e-mail. And it’s this interconnectivity, it’s changing everything about the way we work. I mean, last year around 15 per cent of our ___________________ was carried out through web-based _________________ using the company ____________. And we reckon that for every 1,000 days of _______________ that’s supplied by _____________, it generates about $500,000 in __________________. And this year we’ll be delivering up to 30 per cent of our _______ by __________________. So we’ll be looking at ________ of over $100 million. 2. We’re one of the largest insurance organizations in Canada, offering a wide range of financial products. We rely on a system of _______________ to distribute our products so it’s really important to maintain a close relationship with them. This used to be done over the telephone but that was all very ________________ for our employees and meant we could only supply agents with ___________- during office hours. Now we have the _________, which means that all our __________________ can _______________ around the clock and get the latest ___________ about ___________. They can also request _______ articles and information such as telemarketing scripts and advertisements. And of course, we’ll be introducing more and more new product lines so it’s essential that our agents get the _______ they need. 3. We’re one of the Netherlands’ leading banks with 1,300 branches here and abroad. We deal with both businesses and consumers but our primary focus is small and medium-sized businesses-SMBs as we call them. As part of our offering to SMBs, we recently launched a web-based euro project which provides ___________ to both customers and staff about the new European currency. Since the issues surrounding the euro will constantly be changing, people 7 will need regular updating. By providing up-to-the-minute ________, we’re establishing ourselves as a ____________ in the Eurozone countries. This, in turn, is enhancing our ______________ of us and strengthening our _____________. 4. Well, we are one of France’s most prestigious bicycle manufacturers, selling mainly to professionals and people with a real passion for cycling as a sport. The best bit about our new website is that it lets customers actually ________ their own ___________ cyber cycle. All they have to do is choose a basic model and then decide what frame, wheels, pedals, color and so on they want. They __________ by ____________ and the bike is then ___________ to their nearest ________ within 14 days. It’s as simple as that. Our business was ________ aimed at mostly French customers but with the new way of using the internet, we have been able to create an ____________________ at a fraction of what it would have cost to ___________ outside the ________________. 5. After recent __________ we felt we needed to change the company culture to reflect our ______ structure. Processes that used to be highly bureaucratized needed to be simplified. One area we really had to tackle was ____________. After filling in massive amounts of ________, getting ________________ and then faxing orders off, our employees sometimes had to wait over a month for things like office material and PCs to get here. A real advantage with the new system is there’s ______________ for error because if the form isn’t filled in correctly, then the system says so immediately. So less time’ll be wasted on ______________ problems. By the end of the year we’ll have reduced our ___________________ five million to zero. Materials for Your Speaking Test Part One Could you tell me about your interests outside college or work? Could you tell me how you relax from your work or study? Interests Reason Sports: Basketball; football; Watching or playing these sports help me to foster a spirit volleyball; of teamwork. I’m able to learn how to achieve my own goal in a team or how to success through teamwork or job-sharing. I’m also able to develop my interpersonal skills and learn how to cooperate with other team members. These skills and techniques are very useful in my future jobs. Could you tell me how important you think the tourist industry in China? Tourism is a key economic sector in China. In terms of foreign currency it acts as a positive factor and its share in export and the gross domestic product is also particularly important. The development of other branches of the economy is based on the growth of the tourist industry and its impact on the employment rate and on 8 the development of individual regions, where tourism provides a great opportunity to exploit the potential of natural and cultural monuments is very positive. Can you tell me whether you would like to work or study in a foreign country? Keep me current on the latest technologies and best practices in global business. (if you are working now) Provide me with the skills I need in global business and equip me with the experience necessary to succeed in the global marketplace. (if you are working now) I’m able to gain experience and obtain skills that they may not have the chance to learn in their home country and absorb different values and come to better understand international expectations. (if you are a student) For students, an international education — particularly through life experience — creates an understanding that differences among people can be life-enhancing, and makes the transition into foreign cultures much more successful. 9