剑桥商务英语中级第三辑真题对话

第三辑

Test 1

Staff Magazine

Your company is planning to introduce an internal magazine to keep staff

informed of company developments.

You have been asked to help plan the staff magazine

Discuss the situation together, and decide:

?

What type of information to include in the magazine

?

Which type of staff should contribute to the magazine

?

How often the magazine should be published

【题目分析】

企业内刊

你所在 的公司目前正计划发行企业内部期刊以帮助员工随时了解公司的

发展状况。要求你帮助策 划企业内刊的设计。

你们一起讨论这个话题，并决定：

?

杂志包括哪些内容

?

杂志所定位的员工类型

?

杂志的发行周期

【参考范例】

A: I think the staff magazine should be published four times a year and

contains

news

and

features

about

events

in

the

company

and

the

achievements of staff.

B: I don

’

t think so. A

monthly publication of news , analysis, opinions,

interviews,

competitions

and

feedback

would

be

better,

which

can

cover a wide range of topics, of interest to staff.

C: I prefer the monthly. The magazine is an easy and convenient way of

keeping up-to-speed with everything that

’

s going on in the company.

In addition, staff magazine is designed to create a corporate culture

that can connect all people in. so, the more, the better.

A: Ok, maybe you are right. Staff magazine should involve everyone and

everything

in

the

company.

A

rich,

prompt

and

diverse

coverage

satisfies all needs and expectations. By the way, what could be the

target audience of the magazine?

B: since every issue is designed to give staff a better understanding of

our

business,

to

share

knowledge

and

experiences,

to

provide

interest and entertainment and to show readers why the company is

a good place to work, the magazine should be oriented to all the staff

members.

C:

You

can

target

the

staff

magazine

to

different

groups,

for

individual

department may want their version of the magazine. Moreover, staff

should

be

encouraged

to

become

involved

in

producing

the

magazine and building a sense of community and engagement.

A: An employee magazine, um, sounds nice. And printed staff magazines

can

be

out

of

date

before

staff

even

read

them;

so

what

about

e-magazine, which allows content to be alive and up to date?

B: Good idea! Then staff can get information across in an engaging and

visual

way.

Down-loading

and

uploading

old

and

new

issues

are

really

easy

through

the

internet

and

intranet.

Anyone

can

easily

submit

their

article

or

update

in

the

relevant

section

of

the

staff

magazine.

C:

So

many

ways

to

improve

the

magazine

and

the

staff

magazine

is

such a great commitment to help staff to communicate better, and be

better

informed.

Even

the

clients

can

get

useful

information

and

grasp business opportunities from the staff magazine.

Test 2

Video Conferencing

The company you work for is concerned about the amount of time staff

spend traveling to meetings in other branches of the company, and is

looking at alternatives.

You

have

been

asked

to

make

recommendations

about

introducing

video conferencing.

Discuss the situation together and decide:

?

What

the

company

needs

to

know

about

the

meetings

that

take

place at present.

?

What

are

the

advantage

and

disadvantage

of

video

conferencing

might be

?

What

kinds

of

practical

preparations

would

be

needed

before

introducing the system?

电视会议

你所在的公司目前很关注员工出差 到其他分公司开会的用时问题，正在

寻找可替代的开会方式。本题要求你们就介绍电视会 议做一些推荐性的建议。

你们一起讨论这个话题，并决定：

?

就目前采用的会议方式来说，公司需要了解什么情况

?

电视会议的优缺点有哪些

?

要引进电视会议系统的话，需要做哪些实际的准备工作

【句型点击】

?

控制谈话进度，转为新话题

Now let

’

s move to the next issue.

Well, the next term on the agenda is

…

I think that covers the first item, now let

’

s

…

..

Shall we leave that item and move forward?

【参考范例】

A: Video conferencing involves conducting a conference between two

or more participants at different sites by using computer networks

to transmit audio and video data.

B: You know, many experts believe that video conferencing will be one

of the fastest-growing divisions in computer industry.

C: That

’

s true. There are so many hardware and software designed for

video

calls

and

video

conferencing,

which

makes

video

conferencing affordable and gains more popularity.

A:

But

there

are

two

striking

problems

which

prevent

video

conferencing

from

becoming

a

standard

form

of

communication,

namely, lack of eye contact and appearance consciousness.

C: Yes, I know what you mean. However, the lack of eye contact may be

solved with advancing technology, and the problem of appearance

consciousness

will

probably

disappear

as

people

become

accustomed to video conferencing.

B: I agree with you. Video conferencing services allow you face to face

interactivity

with

no

need

to

be

at

the

same

physical

location.

What’s

more, business that uses video conferencing systems can

save

a

great

deal

of

time

and

money

by

avoiding

the

burden

and

costs of business travel, so as to boost productivity.

C:

Given

its

potential

value,

video

conferencing

suites

should

be

introduced

to

the

company

as

an

alternative

to

traditional

conferences.

A:

The

best

choice

should

be

the

video

conferencing

system

with

simple dialing options, a range of dynamics layouts and numerous

in-conference controls.

B:

The

company

is

also

responsible

for

updating

its

computer

and

networking

system

to

meet

the

installment

requirements

of

video

conferencing system.

Test 3

Seminar for students

Your company has been asked to deliver a series of one- day

seminars

to

a

group

of

business

students

to

help

them

prepare

for

working in a large company.

You have been asked to help with planning the seminars

Discuss the situation together and decide:

?

What

kinds

of

information

it

would

be

useful

to

know

about

the

students

?

What the most useful topic would be

?

How best to measure the success of the seminars.

学生就业研讨会

你所在的公司受邀举办为期一天的 、面向商科学生的系列研讨会，目的

是为了帮助这些学生将来在大公司就业做好准备。要 求你帮助策划系列研讨会

的内容。

你们一起讨论这个话题，并决定：