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1、1/32LISTENINGLISTENINGSCRIPTSSCRIPTSModuleModule 1 11.1 What does your job involve?JanetJanetGood morning,everyone.Id like to welcome you all to this session aboutpublic speaking.My names Janet Coyte,and Ill be your trainer for today andtomorrow.I can see your names and the companies you work for on

2、 your badges,butId like you to say something about your jobs and responsibilities.Katherine,wouldyou like to start?KatherineKatherine Certainly.Hi,Im Katherine Alessi and I work for Marfil Solutions.Imamanagementconsultant.MarfilSolutionsgivescompaniesadviceontheirmarkets,organization and processes.

3、I interview clients,identify problems andsuggest solutions.MarkMarkMorning.My names Mark Jenkins,Im a sales rep for Soap Heaven,I visitcustomers and leave product samples.I look for new customers,and I support mycompanys customer service department.KostasKostas Hello,Im Kostas Hadavas.Im the persona

4、l assistant to the managingdirector of a company called Athens Daily Menu,which provides catering services.Iarrange the MDs travel and accommodation for business trips,I organise hismeetings,and I deal with correspondence.SuzanneSuzanne Good morning.My names Suzanne Wilkes.Im the chief financial off

5、icerof a company,P&B Europe,which designs gadgets and gifts.Im responsible for thecompanys accounts,I advise the managing director on financial matters,and Icontrol the money that comes in and goes out.CarmenCarmen Hello,Im Carmen Selles,Im the quality manager in a company that producescar seats and

6、 interiors.I arrange and carry out tests of our products and I dealwith customers complaints.Oh,the name of the company is CarSpek.1.2 What does your job involve?I IHello.May I introduce myself?My names Ian and I work in the Asia-Pacificdivision.H HNice to meet you,Ian.My namesHenry and this is my c

7、olleague,Sarah.S SHello,Ian.Do you work in the Sydney office?I INo,not at the moment.My boss is in Sydney.But Im based in Singapore.H HLook!Theres Michelle over there.Shes based somewhere in Asia.I cantremember where exactly.Do you know her?I IYes,were on the same project this year.Shes in Singapore

8、,too.H HAh,lucky you.Shes really beautiful-and clever too.I IYes,I know.Its a real pleasure to work with her.S SWell,I think Ill leave you boys to discuss.work.H HOh,Sarah,youre not jealous,are you?S SNo,Im notMichelle,how lovely it is to see you again.2/321.3 What does your job involve?I IWhats you

9、r name?K KKostas Hadavas.I IHow do you spell your surname?K KH-A-D-A-V-A-S.I IWhat do you do?K KIm the personal assistant to the managing director of Athens Daily Menu.I IWhos the managing director?K KHis names Georgos Solomos.I I What does your job involve?K KI deal with clients,and I organise meet

10、ings and events.I IDo you write reports too?K KYes,I often write reports and memos for our staff.I IDo you work only in the Athens area?K K No,we dont.We work in other parts of Greece too.I I How do people react to you,man,doing this job?K K Sometimes they are surprised,but it isnt usually a problem

11、 at all.I IDo you like your job?K KYes,I like it a lot.I IWhy do you like it?K KBecause Im always busy,and because of the variety of things I do.ModuleModule 2 22.1 New projectsV VHelloS SHi,Vicky.V VHi,darling.How are things in Brazil?S SPretty good,And with you?V VFine.Where are you calling from?S

12、 SMy hotel in Fortaleza.Its on the north-east coast.V VIs it nice there?S SYes,the scenery is amazing.V VAnd what are you doing in Fortaleza?S SIm woking on the plans for the shopping centre.What are you doing right now?V VOh,its sunny today,so Im working in the garden.S SAnd what are the children d

13、oing?V VTheyre watching TV.No,thats not right.Tommys playing on his computer,andEmmas with her friends,I think.S SGood.And are you doing anything nice this weekend2.2 Arranging a meeting3/32D DDave Prakash.M MHi,Dave,its Martina.Listen,I need to discuss the designs for the new R300series with you.Wh

14、en can we meet?D DI cant make it today,Ive got meetings all day.How about Monday morning?M MIm visiting the new plant on Monday morning,but the afternoon is OK.D DIm probably taking time off in the afternoon,acturally.M MOk.Let me seeare you free on Thursday?D DNo,Im visiting clients on Thursday mor

15、ning,and Im flying to Prague onThursday afternoon.M MAre you going to the trade fair?D DYes,thats on Friday morning.Im coming back on Friday afternoon.,Look,whatabout Tuesday,for lunch?M MNo,Im meeting the sales team on Tuesday and its an all-day thing.That leavesWednesday.D DWednesday looks OK at t

16、he moment,but dont forget the strategy meeing at 10oclock.M MOh,thats right,Im going to that too.But Im free after that.How does 12.30sound?We could have lunch.D D Great,we can talk and eat on Wednesday.Now I must run.Ive got a meeting withthe Finance Director.2.3Arranging a meetingB BFelix,are we p

17、lanning to go to the New Directions Book Fair this year?F FYes,I think so.Its always a good event.We usually make lots of newcontacts.When is it?B BIts in June this year.Its on Thursday and Friday the 21st and 22nd.F FOh,just a second.Arent we going to Helsinki that week?B BNo,the Helsinki conferenc

18、e is in July.F FOh yes,thats right.Fine,lets go to the Book Fair.B BTheres a special reception on the 21st.F FIs it an lunchtime?B BNo,its in the evening an 8 oclock.F FSounds great!Can you get everything organised?B BNo problem.Ill confirm our attendance.ModuleModule 3 33.1Our guest today on songs

19、of my life is the entrepreneur Martha Lane Fox,ofthe massively successful company lastminute.With her business partner,BrentHoberman,Martha Lane Fox started lastminute.in Brents living room.The idea wassimple-a website selling late flights and late hotel bookings.The company grew veryquickly and exp

20、anded from the UK into France,Germany and Sweden.They bought other4/32travel companies,and after six years they had 1,400 employees.Lastminute.wentpublic in 2000,and the shares in the company increased their value by 40 per centin two days.Martha Lane Fox left the company in 2003.True to her entrepr

21、eneurialspirit,she wanted to start more new companies.Martha,its a pleasure to have youhere in the studio3.2 Company structureParker Electronix is based in Fleet,in the south of England.We are leaders inhardwareandsoftwaresolutionsforsatellitetechnology.Myuncle,JohnParker,founded the company in the

22、1960s.Our lastest product is a new program foroptical instruments for the European Space Agency.Our engineers are involved in allof the stages of a project,from planning to the final performance validation.Theindustrial department,supervised by Gerhard Kulzer,provides regular certifiedtraining for i

23、ts staff.The R&D activities,supervised by Ross Benton,are essentialfor all future applications.We have a workforce of 60 employees and a turnover of$7.5 million,Now,let me introduce Arnaud Gamage,our contracts&purchasingmanaging.Arnaud will explain to you3.3Company structureand now Iwould like to tu

24、rn to the final section of the report.As you can see,lastyear was an excellent year in production.The first two quarters were ratherslow,but as a result of new orders from Asia,our production rose dramatically inthe third and fourth quarter.This situation was reflected,of course,in our salesfor last

25、 year.We started the year in a strong position,but in the second quarterworldwide sales fell sharply.This was a result of the high price of oil.However,asI mentioned earlier,new orders from Asia meant that sales went up to their previouslevel by the end of the year.Looking now at the share price,I a

26、m delighted to announcethat last year was also an excellent year in this respect.The share price rosesteadily for the first two quarters,and it remained steady at its maximum for therest of the year,All in all,last year was a very positive year3.4 Exam spotlight,Listening Test Part One1 1M MHello,Ja

27、net.Did you send those letters to our Italian suppliers?F FYes,I sent them on 13 June.Let me check.No,sorry.I sent them on the 14th.M MGreat,thanks.2 2M M1 1 The new management have decided to invest in staff training.M M2 2 Oh,really?I knew nothing about that.What do they want us to do?M M1 1 They

28、want us to improve our performance when presenting and negotiating,andmake the most of our computer skills.Somebody has complained that our computers areout of date and so are our skills!M M1 1 Yes,I thinktheyre right.Personally,I need to work on how to prepare mypresentations.5/32M1M1 Me too.Lets s

29、tart with presentation skills,then.3 34 4F1F1 Here are the P&W logos the agency has just sent.F2F2 Mm,let me seeI like the coloursF1F1 What about the shapes?F2F2 Im not very keen on squares or rectangles.F1F1 So,do you prefer this one?F2F2 Yes,the circle is nice.5 5M1M1 Ourbooking for the Magic Chil

30、dren Expo has been confirmed.M2M2 Excellent!Now we have to organise the stand.By the way,where exactly is thestand?M1M1 Let me have a look.Ive got the fax here.Its number 18 in Hall J.M2M2 Ah,thats the same hall as last year.M1M1 Yes,but last year our stand was number 80.6 6M1M1 The exhibition went

31、better than last year.M2M2 Yeah,Im really glad.It was a great success-especially for us.M1M1 There were more people than last year.Ive got the figures-yes,15,312.Thatsa lot more than last year.7 7The sales were very good in December.Then we saw the usual decrease in Januaryand February,and we recove

32、red a bit in March.8 8F FHello,this is Jane Howell from Conference Room number 4.M MHow can I help you,Ms Howell?F FWe asked for 120 bottles of water,one for each delegate at our meeting,but thereare only 100.Could you send us 20 more?M MDo you prefer sparkling or still water?F FStill,please.M MIll

33、send them to you immediately.F FThanks a lot.Bye.M MBye.ModuleModule 4 44.1 Views on import controlsPresenterPresenter The crisis over clothing imports is still hitting the headlines,and wespoke to some of the people involved.In Portugal,Joao da Silva owns a small factoryin Aveiro.JoaoJoao Look,I ca

34、ntsee any problem with these import controls.The European Union6/32should protect European industry-people like me and my factory workers.We cantproduce clothing at the prices the Chinese charge.I employ a small number ofpeople,its true,but they depend on me.Where else could they work around here?My

35、message to Mr Mandelson is this:stop the Chinese imports,support European producers.PresenterPresenter But its a different message from the retail clothing chain Tulip.Listento what Dagmar Rasmussen has to say.DagmarDagmar We in the retail trade really think we should import garments from China,orfr

36、om Malaysia,or from any country that can supply us at a good price.Why shouldthe European Union tell us where and how to do business?We are not at all happy withthis situation.Our shops could be almost completely empty next week.What are wegoing to say to our customers?The European Trade Commissione

37、r should act at once,andpermit the clothes to leave the warehouses and to stock our shops.Really,this cantgo on!4.2 Views on import controlsNewsreader1Newsreader1 And now for the business news from Susan Fleming.Newsreader2Newsreader2 Todays headline is that China and the European Union have justann

38、ounced that an end to the clothing blockade has been agreed.Millions of fashionitems are sitting in ports around Europe,where they have been since importrestrictions were introduced in June.Today,however,both sides in the dispute,havereached an agreement,and the clothes,will be in the shops soon,The

39、 EU will acceptall of the 80 million items.However,only 50 per cent of these items are part of thisyears imports.The other 50 per cent will be part of next import quotas.China agreedto this solution,which is a compromise on both sides.The agreement is a victoryfor Peter Mandelson,the EU trade commis

40、sioner.Newsreader1Newsreader1 And on the stock exchange4.3 Views on import controlsR R WatesOffice Supplies Ltd,can I help you?C C Hello,Id like to speak to Mariah Keaton,please?R R Whos calling.please?C C This is Jane Barrett,of Bryant&Sons.R R Im afraid Ms Keaton is not in her office at the moment

41、.Would you like to leavea message?C C Yes,I would.Our order has arrived,and youve sent the wrong items.We orderedthree boxes of A4 paper,five printer cartridges,two boxes of pencils,and four boxesof pens.You sent us two boxes of A5 paper,the wrong printer cartridges,only onebox of pencils,and no pen

42、s.R RI see.Which printer cartridges did you order?C C The code is HP92274A.R R And which did you receive?C C The code on the ones we received is FO26ND.R R Ok,Ms Barrett,Ill ask Ms Keaton to call you when she gets back.Does she haveyour number?7/32C C I think so.But Ill give it to you all the same.I

43、ts 0573 764812.R R Can I say that back to you?0573 764812.C C Thats right.R R Ill pass your message on to Ms Keaton.C C Thank you.Goodbye.4.4 Views on import controlsN N Westlaine Pharmaceuticals.S S Hello.Id like to speak to Natalia Marin,please.N N Speaking.S S Hi,Natalia.Its sven.Ineed your budge

44、t figures for the report.Can you email themto me?N N Theyre not ready yet,Im afraid.Id like to check them again.Some of thefigures arent quite right.S S When do you think theyll be ready?N N Im working them now,Ill send them to you this afternoon.Is four oclockalright?S S Yes,thats fine.Ill write th

45、e report tomorrow morning.N N Oh,by the way,Margareta is leaving next week.Were having a little party tomorrowafternoon.Would you like to come?S S Yes,Id love to.What time?N N Half past three.S S Great.Ill see you tomorrow.Bye.4.5 Telephone messages1 1M M Good morning.Coud I speak to Mr Aitken,pleas

46、e?F F Im afraid hes not in the office today.Can I take a message?M M Just tell him Cailin called.F F Could you spell your name,please?M M Sure,its C-A-I-L-I-N.F F Thanks so much.2 2F F And your address is?M M 27,Mendip Road.F F 27 Pendip.RoadM M No,M for Madrid.Mendip.3 3M M Hi,Sue.Can you call me b

47、ack on 98 983 988?F F Let me just check that-98 983 988?M M Yes.Can you call me back right now,please?4 4F F And when is the delivery due?M M On the 23nd.8/32F F Did you say the 21st?M M Sorry?F F Do you mean the 21st,2-1,or the 23rd,2-3?M M Oh I see.The 23rd,2-3.The 23rd of June.4.6 Telephone messa

48、ges1 1R RReid,Whelan and Blake.C CHello,Id like to speak to Ms Chandra.R RIm afraid shes not in today.Can I take a message?C CYes,this is Joe Panetta,from AS Associates.R RIm sorry,Panettais that P-A-N-E-doubleT-A?C CYes,thats right.R RAnd youre from ASC C.AssociatesR RThank you.So whats the message

49、,Mr Panetta?C CIm calling about the brochure Ms Chandra wanted.Can you tell her that our newbrochure is coming out in two weekstime?Would she like to wait for that one ratherthan receive the old one now?R RIm sorry,did you say two days or two weeks?C CTwo weeks.Could you ask Ms Chandra to phone me a

50、nd confirm which one she wants?R RYes,of course.Does she have your number?C CIll give it to you.Its 0632 158431.R R Alright,Mr Panetta,Ill pass your message on to Ms Chandra.C CThanks.R RYoure welcome.bye.2 2R RReid,Whelan and Blake.C CHello,can I speak to Mr Horbaczewski?R RIm afraid hes off sick.W