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1、商务英语考试:中级写作样题解析汇总 为了帮助大家提高写作水平,下面我给大家带来商务英语考试:中级写作样题解析汇总,一起来学习吧。 商务英语考试:中级写作样题解析1 BEC考试的显着特点就是把商业实际和英语运用结合起来,分成初、中、高三级(BEC Preliminary, BEC Vantage, BEC Higher),其中BEC中级最符合广阔考生的求职需求。BEC中级考试分成听、说、读、写四项考查,各占总成果1/4,其中写作部分与听、说、读相比,因其考查形式固定,内容要求有限,因而最易得高分。写作部分包含两个部分:Part One, 备忘录或电子邮件(Memo or Email),占写作成果
2、的1/3;Part Two, 商务信件、报告或提议(Letter, Report or Proposal),占写作成果的2/3。两部分相比,Part One要求简洁,较之Part Two更简单提高,本文以剑桥BEC真题集(中级) 其次辑的Test Two, Part One为例,具体分析Part One的写作流程,并在最终给出BEC写作的复习资料。 样 题 You are the Managing Director of a company whose profits have recently increased and you would like to reward staff for
3、this. Write a memo to all staff: Thanking them for their contribution Explaining why profits increased Telling them what their reward will be. Write 4050 words 题目解读 BEC中级写作考试总时长为45分钟,依据词数要求和分值,通常小作文写作不超过15分钟。应试创作可分成以下三步:1.审题构思Read & Plan (3 mins);2.写作Write (10 mins);3.检查Check (2 mins)。 Part One的
4、题目背景通常是一事、两人、三要点。本题中,最近公司利润增长,“你”作为公司的董事总经理(Managing Director)将对全体员工(all staff)进行嘉奖,备忘录的内容需包括三个要点:感谢员工的贡献,说明利润增长缘由,并告之嘉奖内容。正文词数要求为4050个词,因为商务英语要求简洁,词数要求有上限,这和四、六级以及考研写作只规定词数下限有所区分,但实际考试时允许少量超标,比如接近60词。 内容、结构、语言和形式 内容 首先可依据各要点的逻辑关系调整写作依次,比如在本题中,先说明利润增长的缘由,再感谢员工,最终宣布嘉奖。其次应针对要点简要绽开论述,比如利润增长的缘由可能是销售量增加(
5、the increase of sales)、成本降低(the reduction of cost)或推出新产品(the launch of the new product);而嘉奖的内容常常是集体旅行(a company trip)、涨工资(an increase of salary)或发放奖金(bonus)。要点扩展应留意两点:其一,商务沟通要求详细,比如利润的增长比去年同时段增加10%;其二,扩展内容应符合商务实际,如全体员工工资上浮50%、增加带薪假期(paid leave)、开派对(a party)或唱卡拉OK(Karaoke)等嘉奖都是不符合商务实际的。假如的确对商务实务不熟识,可
6、用简洁的理由以避开出错,比如公司业绩增长的缘由可以宽泛地写成是员工的努力工作和加班(hard work and long working hours)。 结构 因为文章内容很少,总词数只有50个词左右,写作时应写成一个整体,不应出现每句一段的散文诗文章,而且不要刻意运用first和second之类的过渡词语。 商务英语考试:中级写作样题解析2 语言 Part One题目中的要点通常以三个现在分词形式给出,写作时通常是三句话,即针对每个现在分词写一句话,平均句长在15个词左右。备考时应针对题目中常见的分词动词打算相应的表达方式,尽量避开重复运用题目中的词句即可。 说明缘由: 连词:because
7、, since, for, so;短语:because of, due to, owing to 表示感谢: Thank you very much for.; I would like to thank you for.; I am very grateful for.; It was very kind of you to . 嘉奖: A rise in salary of X%; A bonus of X% of your monthly salary; A trip to Hawaii/Athens/Maldives 须要留意的是,商务英语要求正式文体,较之非正式文体,其有以下常见特点
8、: 正式 非正式 Headquarters, September (不简写) H.Q. Sept. (缩写) schedule, discuss (精确动词) set, talk about (宽泛动词或词组) A copy has been sent. (被动语态) I sent you a copy. (主动语态) 形式 最终须要考虑的就是备忘录的形式。正式考试时,文字题目下方会模拟商务实际,附上备忘录开头片段,包括To, From, Date, Subject等细微环节,但是考生不必干脆在片段后书写,应当在试题纸背面写作,写作时不要求必需有From, To等内容,但若能精确而符合商务习惯
9、地写出备忘录细微环节,无疑会增加文章的印象分,这里简洁介绍一下备忘录细微环节的留意事项。 To: 备忘录对象 假如详细到人,最好写出全名,不要写自己的真实姓名,有作弊嫌疑,尤其不能“重名”,如Bill Tom,Bill和Tom都是名(Given name),而不是姓(Family name),一个简洁的处理方法就是use others?name,比如男名Bill Gates, Michael Scofield, Jay Chou或女名 From: 备忘录作者 要点同上,一般不用尊称,只有对方不知道自己身份的时候才后缀职位名称。 Date: 日期 BEC属于英联邦国家的考试,日期的写法一般为日、
10、月、年,比如7 December 2002,留意月份用英文而不是数字,以免和日期混淆,可以缩写,比如将一月写作Jan(也可以用开放标点)。 Britney Spears, Jennifer Aniston等;若显示关系密切,还可以把名字缩写,比如B. Gates, M. Scofield, J. Chou, B. Spears, J. Aniston等;假如写给上级,还应当加上尊称甚至职位,比如Mr. Bill Gates Managing Director, Mr. Jay Chou Art Director等;现代商务写作中流行开放标点(Open Punctuation),即标点不影响理解
11、的时候可以不用,所以Mr./Ms./Mrs.后面的省略点也可以省去,简洁写成Mr/Ms/Mrs;最好不要省去名字。 商务英语考试:中级写作样题解析3 范文示例 To: All Staff From: Bill Gates Date: 7 December 2002 Subject: Staff Reward The profits of our company this month went up 10% compared with the same period last year, due to your hard work and long working hours. I would
12、like to thank you for your long devoted service. A trip to Hawaii has been arranged next month as a prize. Enjoy! 用书举荐 剑桥标准商务英语教程(Cambridge Business Benchmark)剑桥高校出版社出版。 剑桥BEC真题集(中级) 其次辑,剑桥高校考试委员会编 Cambridge BEC Vantage 2 (Student Book with Answers) 剑桥BEC真题集(中级) 第三辑,剑桥高校考试委员会编 Cambridge BEC Vantage
13、3 (Student Book with Answers) 新编剑桥商务英语(中级) 学生用书,经济科学出版社出版 Pass Cambridge BEC Vantage (Student Book) 输入确定输出,阅读确定写作,复习BEC写作时,首先应系统学习新编剑桥商务英语,补充商务常识和商务词汇,此书分为10个双单元,共涉及 20个商务场景,每个场景中最易于自学的就是阅读部分,同学们可以先朗读文章,熟识商务背景,然后学习每个双单元后自学部分总结的词汇和特定语法现象,为写作积累素材,最终做每个双单元后面配备的和考试技能相关的各种练习。而写作复习的冲刺阶段,则要围绕剑桥BEC真题集(中级) ,
14、进行真题训练。 仅从语言难度上讲,BEC写作和六级写作接近,只不过是写作内容从一般话题变成了商业内容。既然学英语是为了将来的职业做打算,考完四、六级之后,通过备考BEC考试,完成自己英语水平从一般英语到职场英语的转变,何乐而不为呢? BEC写作备考指南:写作技巧 笔者上商务英语的课已经有些年头了。个人的体会是,商务英语课程以其务实、针对性强而受到学生的青睐,近年来报考的学生数明显大幅上升。当然要得高分也不易,尤其是作文部分,由于BEC写作和我们传统的作文考试题要求相差较大,学生比较难以适应。 本文通过对BEC中级考生文章的分析,给广阔考生一点备考建议。 首先一点,我们必需牢记,归根结底,BEC
15、作文考察的还是考生英语表达实力。所以学生并不须要担忧自己缺乏这方面的实际阅历是否会影响考场发挥。(顺便提一句,BEC高级对商务学问的要求大大提高,因此考生要在语言功底上苦下功夫。比如说,写商务报告的固定格式和用于必需牢记在心。) 与此同时,试题结合商务实战的特点,要求文章必需包含特定信息点,或者是通过供应信息源,以及考题中的标注,规定考生写作的详细范围和内容。所以审题是关键,全部已知条件都必需充分利用,换言之,假如遗漏已知条件,就会因信息表达不完整而导致失分。以下是对我的一名学员习文进行点评。 PART ONE You have been informed that next Wednesda
16、y your company's computer system will be closed down so that improvements can be made. Write an email to all staff in your department: ? saying what time on Wednesday the system will be closed down ? suggesting how staff should prepare for this ? saying how the system will be better after the im
17、provements Write 40-50 words 学生作文: From: Jenny Xu To: All Staff Date: 5 April 2009 Subject: Computer System I want to tell you that our Intranet based on Linux will be closed next Wednesday at 10 oclock. I want to suggesting that you should save all your important documents. The computer system will
18、 be faster because we will use a newer SAP system. The new system is according to ISO900 and we will benefit from that. 作文解析: BEC作文解答时,审题特别重要。题目中给出的要求就好比是解代数题中已知条件,都要用到。小作文处理的时候,大家不妨可以把每一个已知条件扩写成一句句句子,同时兼顾句子之间的连接。 通常学生犯的错误是: 1. 漏掉题中给出的已知条件。 2. 给出的已知条件没有表达清晰,用词过于口语化,没有条理,暴露出语言功底薄弱。 3. 切忌过于花哨的发挥,多说多错。
19、 这篇学生的作品是比较典型的案例。作者有肯定的英语表达实力和工作阅历,但文章中所暴露出来的不足也是明显的。写作不能从细处下笔,而是先要搭建框架。 以这篇习文为例,作者在详细语言的表达的雕琢上可圈可点,比如说第一个句子中based on引导的过去分词做后置定语,但是显而遗忘了这篇文章的主要目的,那就是通知同事公司电脑系统要升级,但update这个词始终没有在文章中出现,因此读下来以后,可能同事还不是特别清晰,为什么computer system will be closed down, 尽管后面提到了improvement,总让人觉得有些如鲠在咽,言之不尽;因此,思路不清楚是这篇习文最大的问题。
20、 此外,本文还有以下一些问题: 1. 有些用词过于口语化,比如说,文章开头, I want to tell you, 文中you should save这样的用语; 2. 建议Linux, 将SAP, ISO900等唬人术语统统除去,诚然BEC涉及到基本的商务学问,但是真正考核的还是语言功底,语用实力;商务学问好比是盖浇饭里面的小炒而已。 3.里面还有一个明显的语法错误,I want to suggesting.,当然阅卷者不会刻意去搜寻语法错误,而是综合考量语法得分,但由于小作文篇幅较短,那么这个错误就显得特别明显。 范文: Please be informed that our compu
21、ter system will be closed next Wednesday at 12 o'clock for system upgrade. The closure will last for at least two hours. Make sure that you have saved all your documents before that time. The whole system will run on a new server, much faster than the current one. PART TWO l You work for PJT Ltd
22、, a manufacturing company. You need more staff in your department and your line manager has asked you to write a report explaining why. l Look at the information below, on which you have already made some handwritten notes. l Then, using all your handwritten notes, write your report. l Write 120-140
23、 words. 学生作文: The purpose of this report is to explain why we need more staff in our department. We compare the number of staff in our department between 2001 and 2003, it only increased five staff. But the average number of ordered units grow up from 200000 to 400000 between 2001 and 2003. Our sale
24、s department has announced a big new order from an international company recently. It will bring us much more workload. And the annual holiday increased to 5 weeks per year. That means that we have more workload and less working days. If we had more staff the order should be on time. We should save
25、our companys reputation. And the workflow will be improved. 作文解析: BEC中级的大作文题型一般以写报告、书信为主,因此,这些必考问题的详细格式必需驾驭。英文商务报告的格式有五个部分组成,其中包括报告的Subject, Introduction (This report aims/sets out to),Findings (it was found that), Conclusions(It was decided/agreed/felt that), Recommendations (It is suggested that.)
26、 括号中是每段开头固定的表达方式,考生不宜自己去创建。同样写信也有格式化的表达方式,再此恕不绽开。 和第一部分一样,大作文的写作审题是第一步,全部给出的已知条件必需用足。 本文中: 1.考生的习文字数恰当。但没有把报告应有的四个部分写完整,这将导致大量失分。在以上的习文中,考生表现出了不错的语言驾驭实力。 2.在审题上还有一些欠缺,比如 Another reason for more staff is that we will have fewer delays. 在题目中给出的已知条件中,有一份客户的投诉信件,应当作为佐证被引用,否则order should be on time无从谈起。
27、3.除了没有根据报告的固定格式外,考生语言太随意。比如说,our sales department has announced a big new order,没有出处,而依据文章中给出的已知条件,这是公司Newsletter所通告的,那么依据报告的要求,应当指出信息来源。 4.中国学生还普遍特殊敏感的就是企业的信誉,因此常常会看到学生动辄就是喊口号的语言,比如说文中We should save our companys reputation. 这样空洞无物的话应当避开。 5.还有就是细微环节处理,句子和段落之间连接忽视了。比如说,It will bring us much more work
28、load. And the annual holiday increased to 5 weeks per year. 以及最终一句话And the workflow will be improved.其中的and 这个词用在这里显随意了些,可以考虑用Meanwhile 有“祸不单行”的意思。后面的And 应当删除。That means that we have more workload 这里两个that离的太近,可以考虑把后面一个去掉,同时时态应当是we will have。 范文: Report on: More staff in our department Date: 27.03.2
29、004 Introduction This report aims to explain why our department needs more staff. Findings Statistics show that there exists a big gap between the number of staff in our department and staff workload. While the number of ordered units grew up from only 200000 to 400000 in 2 years, the number of staf
30、f grew only by 5 people. According to the Staff Newsletter dated February 2004, we have won a big new order from an international company. That will bring us more work. At the same time, annual holiday has been increased to 5 weeks per year, meaning there wont be enough staff for all the work. Our c
31、ustomer service department recently received a complaint from one of our clients about a tremendous delay in our delivery. Conclusion There are many reasons which explain the need of more staff. It is especially important for reducing the number of delays in delivery and to optimize the workflow. Recommendations More staff does not only mean more costs, it also means improved customer satisfaction. 商务英语考试:中级写作样题解析汇总本文来源:网络收集与整理,如有侵权,请联系作者删除,谢谢!第18页 共18页第 18 页 共 18 页第 18 页 共 18 页第 18 页 共 18 页第 18 页 共 18 页第 18 页 共 18 页第 18 页 共 18 页第 18 页 共 18 页第 18 页 共 18 页第 18 页 共 18 页第 18 页 共 18 页
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