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BEC中级口试全真试题 PART 1
Phase I
I: Good morning/afternoon. I’m … and this is my colleague …. S/he’s just going to listen to us. Could I have your mark sheets, please? (To A) What’s your name? Where are you from? A:回答
I: Thank you. (To B) And you? B:回答
I: Thanks. Do you work or are you a student, B? B: 回答
I: (What do you do? What do you study?) B:回答
I: What about you, A? (What do you do? What do you study?) A: 回答
I: What do you like most about your job/studies, A? A:回答
I: (Why?) A:回答
I: What about you, B? B:回答
Phase II
1
I: A, which specific skills will you need most in your career? (Why?) A:回答
I: How about you, B? (Why?) B:回答
I: B, what qualities does a good employee need to have? (Why?) B:回答
I: What do you think, A? A:回答
I: A, to what extent is it possible to train people in interpersonal skills? (Why/Why not?) A:回答
I: B, which special qualities do you think managers need to have? (Why?) B:回答
2.
I: Do you find the internet useful for your work/studies, A? (Why/Why not?) A:回答
I: How about you, B? (Why/Why not?) B:回答
I: Do you think the internet will become more widely used by companies in the future, B? (Why/Why not?)
B:回答
I: What do you think, A? A:回答
I: Do you think that the internet is an effective channel for marketing a company’s products, A? (Why/Why not?) A:回答
I: Do you think other forms of advertising will continue to be more important than the internet, B? (Why/Why not?) B:回答
3.
I: How ambitious are you for your career, A? (Why/Why not?) A:回答
I: How about you, B? (Why/Why not?) B:回答
I: Do you think you are or would be a good manager, B? (Why/Why not?) B:回答
I: A, what do you think? (Why/Why not?) A:回答
I: Would you rather be a manager in a small company or a large corporation, A? (Why) A:回答
I: Would you like to be the head of your own business, B? (Why/Why not?) B:回答
4.
I: How do you feel about being away from home on business, A? (Why) A:回答
I: What about you, B? (Why?) B:回答
I: Do you think all hotels should provide special facilities for business people, B? (Why/Why not?) B:回答
I: How about you, A? What do you think? (Why/Why not?) A:回答
I: Do you think it is an advantage to stay in a large international hotel rather than a small hotel when on business, A? (Why/Why not?) A:回答
I: Do you prefer to stay in a hotel on your own or with colleagues, B? (Why?) B:回答
5.
I: How important is it to you to have flexible working hours, A? (Why/Why not?) A:回答
I: What about you, B? (Why/Why not?) B:回答
I: Do you think that companies should control the number of extra hours staff work, B?
(Why/Why not?) B:回答
I: How about you, A? What do you think? (Why/Why not?) A:回答
I: Do you work more effectively at certain times of the day, A? (Why/Why not?) A:回答
I: Do you work faster when you have to meet a deadline, B? (Why/Why not?)
6.
I: Are you influenced by company logos when you choose services or products, A? (Why/Why not?)
A:回答
I: What about you, B? (Why/Why not?) B:回答
I: What kinds of popular events or personalities do you think companies should be involved in sponsoring, B? (Why?) B:回答
I: What are you, A? What do you think? (Why?) A:回答
I: Do you think that sponsoring sports events or personalities is the most effective form of advertising, A? (Why/Why not?) A:回答
I: B, do you think companies will make more use of sponsorship in the future as a way of advertising? (Why/Why not?) B:回答
外贸英语 口语大全
对外贸易与外贸关系
They mainly trade with Japanese firms.
他们主要和日本商行进行贸易。
For the past five years, we have done a lot of trade with your company.
在过去的五年中，我们与贵国进行了大量的贸易。
Our trade is conducted on the basis of equality.
我们是在平等的基础上进行贸易。
There has been a slowdown in the wool trade with you.
和你们的羊毛贸易已有所减少。
Our foreign trade is continuously expanding.
我们的对外贸易不断发展。
Trade in leather has gone up (down) 3%.
皮革贸易上升(下降)了百分之三。
Trade in general is improving.
贸易情况正在好转。
Our company mainly trades in arts and crafts.
我们公司主要经营手工艺品。
They are well-known in trade circles.
他们在贸易界很有名望。
We trade with people in all countries on the basis of equality and mutual benefit.
我们在平等互利的基础上和各国人民进行贸易。
To respect the local custom of the buying country is one important aspect of Chinas foreign policy.
尊重买方国家的风俗习惯是我国贸易政策的一个重要方面。
Our purpose is to explore the possibilities of developing trade with you.
我们的目的是和你们探讨一下发展贸易的可能性。
Words and Phrases
foreign trade 对外贸易
overseas trade 海外贸易
international trade 国际贸易
to trade with 和...进行贸易
to do business in a moderate way 做生意稳重
to do business in a sincere way 做生意诚恳
to make a deal 做一笔交易
deal 交易，经营，处理，与...交往
to deal in 经营，做生意
to explore the possibilities of 探讨...的可能性
trade circles 贸易界
to handle 经营某商品
to trade in 经营某商品
business scope/frame 经营范围
trading firm/house 贸易行，商行
商务英语 口试指导：办公室常用语句
1.Be 100% open 完全推心置腹
A:I will talk to Lisa on the relocation .
B:My advice is to be 100% open with her, tell her all your concerns and all your questions.
A：我会和莉莎谈谈搬家的事儿。
B：我的忠告是完全和她推心置腹，告诉她你所有的顾虑，提出所有的问题。
2.Don't bother 别管它，别在上面花精力
A: I think Mary was mad at me.
B: Don't even bother. She's like that to everybody.
A：我想玛丽生我气了。
B：别担心，她对谁都那样。
3.Get back to 给……回话
A: Are you going to check on this issue?
B: Yes, I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
A：你会跟踪这个问题吗?
B：会的，我一有消息就给你回话。
4.Give it a shot 试着做做
A: Do you think it's going to work?
B: Why don't you give it a shot?
A：你认为这行吗?
B：你为什么不试试呢?
5.Have you had a chance to ... 您得空儿……
A: Have you had a chance to look at the report?
B: Yes, I did. Let's talk about it.
A：您得空儿看那个 报告 了吗?
B：我看了，咱们谈谈吧。
1.In good hands 没问题，会处理得很好
A: Do you want to look at this presentation?
B: No. It's in good hands. I trust you.
A：你想看看这个演示材料吗?
B：不用了，你一定会处理得很好，我相信你。
2.Run out of 用光
A: We are running out of paper.
B: Place another order.
A：我们的纸要没了。
B：再订购一些。
3.Not a big deal. 没什么大不了的。
A: Just change the meeting time. It's not a big deal.
B: You don't know. We are reviewing with the big bosses. They don't like changing times.
A：就改会议时间呗，没什么大不了的。
B：你有所不知，我们这是和大头目们评审，他们不喜欢改时间。
4.Let me know 告诉我
A: If you get any info, please let me know.
B: I will.
A：你要是得到任何信息，请告诉我。
B：我会的。
5.Think about it 想想
A: Have you got a job offer?
B: Yes! I need to think about it.
A：您得到聘任书了吗?
B：得到了!我得想想。
商务英语口试指导：致谢,道歉
1.From the bottom of my heart 发自内心的
A:Amanda，I'm so sorry about what happened. I sincerely apologize from the bottom of my heart.
B:That's Okay. It wasn't your fault.
A：阿曼达，我对发生的事情感到很抱歉，我发自内心的向你道歉。
B：没事，不是你的错。
2.I'd like to take this opportunity to 我想借这个机会
A: I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for everything you did for us.
B: It's my pleasure. I enjoyed working with you guys.
A：我想借这个机会感谢你为我们所做的一切。
B：不用客气，我喜欢与你们共事。
3.I am sorry 对不起
A: I'm sorry to be late.
B: Be careful next time.
A：对不起我迟到了。
B：下次注意。
4.I apologize 我道歉
A: I apologize. This should not have to be this way.
B: Apology accepted. Try to do better next time..
A：我道歉，事情不该发展成这样。
B：(我)接受(你的)道歉，下次干好点。
5.I feel terribly sorry. 我觉得很抱歉。
A: I feel terribly sorry. We caused a lot of trouble for you.
B: I never thought your hotel is like this. We will never come back again.
A：我觉得很抱歉，我们给你带来很多麻烦。
B：真想不到你们旅馆竟然是这样子的，我们再也不会来了。
1.I present this gift as a token of our appreciation
我用这个礼物作为我们感激的象征
A:John, I present this gift as a token of our appreciation for what you've done for us.
B:You shouldn't have done this. I just did what I should have done.
A：约翰，我用这个礼物作为象征，对你为我们做的一切表示感激。
B：你不用这样，我只是做了分内该做的事情。
2. I regret 我很遗憾
A: I regret for what happened to you.
B: You just regret? What are you going to do?
A：我对你的事表示遗憾。
B：只是遗憾吗?你会做些什么(来弥补)吗?
3.I want to say a huge "Thank you!" to...
我想对……说万分地感谢你。
A: After forty years of service, Mike is retiring from our company. I want to say a huge "Thank you!" to Mike.
B: Thank you so much for your appreciation.
A：工作了四十年后，迈克就要从我们公司退休了，我要向迈克说，万分地感谢你!
B：非常感谢你的赞赏。
4.I want you to know how much we appreciate
我想要你知道我们有多感激
A: I want you to know how much we appreciate your help.
B: It's my pleasure.
A：我想要你知道我们有多感激你的帮助。
B：这是我的荣幸。
5.I was truly touched 我真的感动
A: I was truly touched by what I've seen.
B: What a dedicated worker he is.
A：我真的对我所见到的很感动。
B：他是一个多么有献身精神的工人啊!
1.Please accept my apology 请接受我的道歉
A:What I said was totally wrong. Please accept my apology.
B:I just hope it doesn't happen again.
A：我说的完全错了，请接受我的道歉。
B：我只希望这种事情不要再发生了。
2. Thank you for what you did. 感谢你所做的。
A: Thank you for what you did. We wouldn't be able to make it without your help.
B: You are very welcome.
A：感谢你所做的，如果没有你的帮助，我们不会成功的。
B：不客气。
3.Thanks for your... 谢谢你的……
A: Thanks for your support. We are confident to do well in this program.
B: I will be waiting for your successes!
A：谢谢你的支持，我们有信心做好这个项目。
B：我等着你们成功的好消息!
4. We really appreciate 我们真心感谢
A: We really appreciate if you could send us the payment on time.
B: I will confirm with you this afternoon.
A：如果您能按时付款的话我们将不胜感激。
B：我今天下午会和你确认这件事。
5.We want to thank you 我们想感谢你
A: We want to thank you again for the great job you did.
B: We strive to exceed customer's expectations.
A：我们想要再次感谢你所做的出色的工作。
B：我们在努力超越客户的期望。
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BEC中级口语自我介绍话题归纳:
Competition
1What is important when dealing with competition?
Pricing policies
Advertisingstrategies
2 What is important when setting prices for new products
Production costs
Competitors' pricing;
Keypoints: Pricing: Advertising, Production costs, Competitor’sprice; Marketing; A wide range of services and products
Pricing:
a.(For a consumer):all consumers would liketo go for higher quality and expensive product ,it is a common sense.
b.(For a manager):correct pricing policiescan capture a large number of consumer in a short period of time.
c.(For a newly built company): pricingpolicies are particularly important for newly built businesses at the earlystage is to draw the public attention and make their company and brand known tothe public. When a new product is put into market, there must be a lot of peopleknowing about it.
Competitor’s price
a. Once a new product is put intomarket, it will immediately face the competition from rivals. The price war sometimescan be incredibly fierce and crude.
b. Competitors’ price will mirrorthe consumer’s attitude about certain products and the satisfaction about theirprices.
c. If you fixed the price higherthan your rivals without higher quality of service, you might soon findyourself in an unfavorable situation.
d. Correct pricing could alsodefeat some competitors in a short period of time.For example: Safeway, Tescoprice war against all small bread manufactures. In this case, Safeway and Tescofixed their price for 7p per loaf, which is 23p cheaper than their competitors’offer. As a result of this , in 35 days time, most of their competitors wentinto liquidation.
Advertising strategies
a. The fundamental task for acompany is to make its products and itself known to the public. There are manyways to achieve this, advertising is the most important one.
b. Advertising through differentmedia can cover nearly every corner in the world. The major channels are :TV-Radio-Internet-Newspaper-BillBoard-Poster-Magazine
c. The advantage of advertising isnot only about propagandizing your company but also competing against/with yourrivals. A company, through proper advertisements, can manage introduce theadvantages of their products would be the right choice. For instance, car manufacturescan put in their new designs to the ads, e.g. ABS, double airbags to convincethe prospective customers that their cars are safer than others.
Motivating staff
1.What is important when motivating staff?
Financialbenefits
Careerdevelopment opportunities
2.What is important when introducing rewardsystem for staff?
Purpose of thereward system
Types of rewardoffered
3. What is important when aiming to reward staffturnover
Financialincentives
Career structure
Key points: Financialbenefits ; Career development/structure; reduce staff turnover
Financialbenefit
a. Managers , company owners andsupervisors have always been frustrated and bewildered by employees with littleor no motivation.
b. Staff always want reward fortheir contribution to the company and what they are worth. Such factors arejust like market forces. The fundamental reason of looking for a job is to getpay. Staff do the job what they are paid for. However, quite often, the staffwork overtime under their managers’ demand. If the company fails to give properfinancial benefits staff might subsequently feel not being fairly treated, andtherefore frustrate their enthusiasm for their work.
c. Staff want some sort ofrecognition for the job they do. Correct financial benefits plan will arosetheir enthusiasm; otherwise they would feel being ignored.
d. The job that the staff aredoing is not always interesting , or the working environment may not bepleasant, or their colleagues might not be very helpful and cooperative. Inthis kind of situation, the staff would become stressful and uninterested intheir job. Correct financial benefits can normally distract staff from theirdissatisfaction with…
Careerdevelopment/structure
a. Job-hunting is always a two-wayprocess. On one hand, the employees look for their ideal jobs, on the otherhand the employer, at the same time, look for competitive people. An employerhas a number of methods to attract the best people into its business. Such ashigh pay, travelling opportunities, company cars and training/careerdevelopment opportunities.
b. Good educational background isnot the only element that the employers will take into account when they lookfor someone in the job market. Postgraduate qualifications and professionaltraining are equally or even more important than the higher education degrees.When the HR managers only have 30 seconds to go through each applicant’s CV,the sector that will catch their eyes are normally your qualification andprofessional training experiences, which show whether you suit their vacantpositions.
c. Nowadays, very few people wouldlike to go for that kind of job-for-life posts. They all wish to have theirjobs better and better, If an employee is able to get the opportunities toobtain some sort of professional training during the course of employment, thisexperience will definitely enhance his value in the employment market andtherefore benefits his future job-hunting.
d. So in the two-way job-seekingprocess, while the employer is choosing its favorite people, the wise futureemployee will consider the training and career development opportunities withhis/her future employer and try to make himself/herself more competitive in theemployment market.
Business premises;
1.What is important when relocation abusiness?
Local workforceavailable
Location of site
2. What is important when choosing retailpremises to rent
Location
Length ofcontract
Key points: location ofthe premises; local workforce; rent a premises
Local workforce
a. Might technology support andskillful workforce are the two crucial elements leading a modern enterprise tosuccess. So when locating a business , the management people in the business goto consider local workforce.
b. Skillful workers are just likethe hands of a business, they are the direct creators of company’s profits.
c. The diversity of the workforce’sskills will diversify the quality of the products.
d. Skillful workforce isparticularly important to hi-tech oriented companies. The hi-tech productsrequire the company to maintain a strong research and development team, whichare normally the more valuable assets of the company.
e. When locating a business, themanagers need to consider whether the local workforce is capable of producingsuch a strong R&D team.
f. Moreover, cheap local forcewill certainly reduce the production costs. (Consider why many foreigncompanies chooseChinaas their manufacturing base)
Location ofthe business site
Consider thefollowing issues:
a. Whether it is convenient andeasy for raw material supply and transporting out the products.
b. Whether it is easy to get accessto the electricity, water, gas, and other supporting energy supplies.
c. Whether it is convenient formost of staff to go to work.
d. The property price there
e. Environmental issues
f. Planning permission
g. Tax liabilities
The length ofthe contract
a. Longer contract would covermore details. The contract should cover certain matter which are likely toincur, such as assignment , service charges, and rent review clause.
Marketing
1What isimportant when aiming to reach new market?
Market research
Advertising
2. What isimportant when advertising a new product?
Target market
Choice of media
Marketresearch:
a. Marketing is the performance ofbusiness activities that direct the flow of goods and services from producer toconsumer or user.
b. Marketing research is always thefirst step before the company gets into the market.
c. The fundamental goal ofmarketing is the satisfaction of consumer needs. No organization can survivefor long without meeting consumer needs. People will simply not purchase aproduct or service that they do not need.
d. Thus, any organization, if itis to be successful , must proceed from the goal of consumer satisfaction andadjust its programs to deliver an offering meeting consumers’ needs.
e. E.g. foreign medium and highrange car manufacturers did not attempt to enter into the Chinese market untilrecent years ,because following market research, they discovered that Chineseconsumers, in general, could not afford to buy and maintain expensive cars.
f. E.g. Pizza ,Pizza…
g. Talking about Market Research.
--The companyhas done a lot of market research for the products.
--Can you tellme how a company starts selling a new product?
--Do you oftencarry out/conduct market research?
--What’s of market research/
--One of the purposeof market research is to find out whether there’s market for the product.
--We did adetailed market analysis.
--Marketresearch is actually an analysis of a specific market for a particular product.
--We have to runthe market test for two months.
--We have a wideproduct range.
--The stockmarket is uncertain at the moment because interest rates are falling.
Advertising:
a. Advertising is the most usefulway to propagandize a company’s products and make them known to the public.Advertising is also the way to get the products orientated.(E.g. whether theproducts are for female/male market, high earning people or low earning people.Sports shoes…perfume )
b. When advertising a new product,it is essential to consider the target markets. Consumers’ needs in the targetmarket.
c. Choice of media: seeAdvertising Strategies
Tradefair
What is important when exhibiting at trade fair?
Quality of display
Staff selected
Key issues: Quality of display in trade fairs; Staff selected fortrade fair
Quality of display in trade fairs
a. The quality of display will affect the public image of the company.
b. Trade fairs are the irreplaceable means of propagandizing products.They provide the manufacturers with the formal stages to display theirproducts.
c. A trade fair is an important link and activity in commercial sale.Before a trade fair takes place there normal are a lot of propagandas about it,and the organizer always try to attract as many as customers as possible toattend the trade fair.
d. Consequently, a trade fair will have massive influence on the publicand market. And most visitors to a trade fair will be the genuine buyers or atleast would like to take interests in the companies and the products on thetrade fair. And therefore a high quality of display in a trade fair would bethe best opportunity for an ambitious company to promote its newest product andbuilt up its good image.
Entertaining clients
What is important when Entertaining clients?
Types activities
Cost
Typesactivities:
a. Entertaining client is done by way of series of activities. Such as asightseeing tour, a football match, a ballroom party, an orchestra performance,a ballet show, a fashion show, playing tennis and a formal meal, etc.
b. The activities that you choose will constitute a part of the firstimpression that you will give your clients. So you should be careful whenchoosing the type of activities. You need consider the client’s aged,educational and cultural backgrounds and do some research about your clients’characters and hobbies.
c. For well-educated clients, they may expect some highclass-associated activities, such as ballroom parties, and orchestraperformances. If you fulfill their expectation/standard., you efforts will puta lot of weight on your credibility.
d. For some young clients, they may wish to take them to some more fashionableactivities , such as a music bar, a pop music show, a fashion show.
e. For those sporty client-football, tennis
f. However, you should always endup all kind of activities with having a formal meal. You don’t want to talkabout business with your clients in the tennis court or theatre; they are justwarming-up activities for the key matter-business. After a whole day or a fewdays’ entertainment, you may find the distance between the two sides are muchnarrower than the beginning, and there might be a lot of things that you bothwant to talk about.
The cost ofentertainment:
a. Not always the essential thing. Depending on thenature/characteristics of the transaction or the size of the deal.
b. Should consider the point issue. If the company is expecting to makebig gain/profits out of a specific client, it should at least put inproportional investment to entertain/please its client.
c. If the company foresees that the client is not very lucrative ,then…
d. The ideal plan would be spending as little money as possible to getthe deal done. But you must not offend your clients. You should make them feelbeing welcomed.
Complaintbanding
What is important whendealing with complaints from client?
Offering an apology
Suggesting a solution to the problem
a. Offering an apology is the very basic level.
b. When the clients think that they have received unfair treatment, thefirst thing that come to my mind the company should do is to calm them down andtry to keep the client.
c. An apology is the first step and a useful method to maintain controlof the situation.
d. Offering an apology is an important gesture to show that the hostingcompany is fully aware of the situation and would like to take the potentialresponsibility for its mistakes.
e. The complaining clients would feel that their complaints are beingpaid attention and may therefore happy to proceed to the transaction with thehosting company.
f. It is necessary to suggest asolution to the problem as well..
g. The clients want to enter into the transaction in good mood and witha reliable and trustworthy business partner. Apart from an apology, the clientwould want to have the problems and misunderstanding solved before theircommunication moves to the next level. If the hosting company failed or refusedto suggest a solution, its sincerity of entering into the transaction would beput into doubt.
