Chairman's Report
I am pleased to report that,although we had been expecting poor results for this half year because of slow growth in the world economy,the company has performed very profits for this first half are in fact very much (19) with those for the corresponding (20) last Profits reached ￡l 15 million before tax,compared with ￡l million last Much of our success in the last six months can be (21) to the fact that all our major construction projects remained on Particularly pleasing was the early (22)of a major building contract in
The company has made good progress with the initiatives announced at the Annual General The majority of shareholders (23) the Board's decision to sell the company's loss-making engineering (24). It was the Board's belief that the company would (25) most benefit by (26) its resources on the expansion of its construction Negotiations with a potential buyer began in February and are now at a critical (27).However,we feel that we are not as yet in a (28) to comment on what the outcome is likely to
In June,we made a successful (29) for the Renishaw Construction Company of Hong Kong SAR,in order to give us greater (30) to markets in South East We still have sufficient resources to pursue our growth (31) and are at present (32) several other business opportunities which,like Renishaw Construction,would (33) new markets to
in order B on track C in line D on target
session B term C season D period
attributed B referred C assigned D designated
termination B ending C completion D finalising
confirmed B maintained C agreed D supported
portion B component C sector D division
have B gain C find D earn
focusing B directing C pointing D strengthening
height B step C edge D stage
condition B point C position D capacity
request B price C demand D bid
access B approach C admission D entrance
strategy B process C promotion D system
inquiring B deliberating C exploring D searching
send B open C provide D give
网上报名相关准备
电脑系统：剑桥商务英语证书考试网上报名要求您使用联接互联网的电脑并装有浏览器(推荐使用Microsoft IE 9、10、11和火狐最新版本)。推荐显示分辨率设为 1366_68。电脑须安装简体中文输入法以输入考生中文姓名和地址。在汉字输入状态下，须采取半角方式输入数字。
网上支付考费：剑桥商务英语证书考试费的支付方式仅限于网上支付。考生可任选报名网站所连接的网上银行支付系统交纳考费。
身份证件规定：剑桥商务英语证书考试报名和考试入场对身份证件的要求规定如下：
中国大陆考生参加考试必须携带的唯一身份证件是有效的“中华人民共和国居民身份证”原件。根据《中华人民共和国身份证法》，任何中国公民无论是何年龄，均可向户籍所在派出所申领身份证。特别提醒未申领身份证的青少年考生提前办理，以免影响考试。
香港、澳门地区考生必须使用有效香港、澳门身份证原件;台湾地区考生必须使用有效台湾居民往来大陆通行证原件。
外国籍考生必须使用有效护照。
考生报名时须如实、准确提交身份证信息，包括：证件类型、证件号码、中文姓名、拼音姓名、性别和出生日期，确认提交后，不得更改，并将打印在准考证上;考生在考试日须携带与准考证信息一致的有效身份证件原件。
出现下列情况之一的考生，将被拒绝入场，并不退还考费或改期安排考试：
抵达考点与网上报名所选考点不一致;
未携带准考证或规定的有效身份证件;
所携身份证件的有效性未通过核验;
身份证件类型和号码与所持准考证显示信息不符;
身份证件相片与本人明显不符;
未按准考证规定时间到达考场;
不服从监考人员的管理，扰乱考场秩序。
网上报名过程中重要时限
网上支付时限：考生须在选择考点、考试级别、考试时间填写个人报名信息及背景问卷(下称：预订考位)后24小时之内完成网上付费，如考生只预订了考位，未完成考试费支付，并不意味着考生已报名成功，在24小时之后系统将自动取消尚未支付考试费考生已预定的座位;考生在未支付考试费的情况下，在24小时之内也可随时自行取消已预定的座位。
准考证打印时限：考生须在笔试考试日前5天之内，登录报名网站的个人账户下载和打印准考证。
the bottom of my heart 发自内心的
A:Amanda,I’m so sorry about what I sincerely apologize from the bottom of my
B:That’s It wasn’t your
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。
’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
B: It’s my I enjoyed working with you
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。
am sorry 对不起
A: I’m sorry to be
B: Be careful next
A:对不起我迟到了。
B:下次注意。
apologize 我道歉
A: I This should not have to be this
B: Apology Try to do better next
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。
feel terribly 我觉得很抱歉。
A: I feel terribly We caused a lot of trouble for
B: I never thought your hotel is like We will never come back
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。
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
B:You shouldn’t have done I just did what I should have
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。
I regret 我很遗憾
A: I regret for what happened to
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?
Go around the lake 去湖边走走
A: Would you like to go around the lake?
B: Great idea!
A:你想不想去湖边走走?
B:好主意!
How are things going? 怎么样?
A: How are things going recently?
B: Pretty
A:近怎么样?
B:很好。
How is your family? 家里人好吗?
A: How is your family?
B: They are doing
A:家里人好吗?
B:他们很好。
Let's go and get some fresh 我们出去呼吸一下新鲜空气吧。
A: After lunch,let's go and get some fresh
B: Good
A:吃完午饭,我们出去呼吸一下新鲜空气吧。
B:好主意。
第一步：了解题型
已经报考了BEC的同学，一般对BEC题型已经有过了解。这里建议大家可以做一套真题来更真切地熟悉一下题型，认清自己现有的水平，为之后的复习计划打个基础。小编的建议是，如果不是参加BEC机考的话，推荐买纸质版的真题来做(不推荐买二手的)，一共也就只有3辑，每辑4套题，一般做第四、第五即可。
第二步：选择一本合适的教材
在复习时间少、教材不会考的情况下，肯定会有人质疑有没有必要学教材。小编一直主张在“题海战术”前要学习教材。所谓“磨刀不误砍柴工”，学习教材有利于补充商务背景知识，对于在校学生和没有外企工作经验的人来说尤其重要。
教材的选择，这里推荐经济科学出版社的第三版教材，如果是自学，最好要买上一本学生用书、一本教师用书(对答案和读方法)、一本同步辅导(详细讲解、补充知识)。如果你报名了网校的BEC课程，则只需要按照班级里的指导购买学生用书即可。
第三步：正式开始复习备考
Day1-Day22：学透教材知识
一本BEC教材共12个Module，每一天半要完成一个Module的学习，总共18天时间。每学完四个Module安排一天时间复习，再安排一天时间做总复习，共22天。时间上有点紧，但是千万不要放弃课本的学习。对于每个Module，你要掌握的内容包括：
商务词汇的正确使用
商务常用句型的表达
商务文章与其传达的思想
商务情景口语及技巧
商务文书写作技巧
BEC考试题型与技巧
建议大家边学习边做好笔记，最后全部学完以后来个知识汇总哦!
自学能力一般的同学，建议报个BEC课程，不仅可以系统地学习教材内容，也能在专业BEC老师(曾是BEC考官哦)的指导下更好地复习，还有班主任和助教答疑解惑、激励学习。
Day23-Day51：真题实战演练
经过了商务英语知识的沉淀，从第5周开始就应该进行知识整合、复习，以及真题的练习了。小编推荐大家周一至五进行单项训练，周六日大块的时间用于自我模考。
1)周一至五：单项训练
BEC考试题型与我们平时接触的考试题型有较大区别，请务必通过真题熟悉题型，并且对于其中某些单项需要进行训练。
阅读训练：真题精做，辅以英文文章快速泛读。
写作训练：根据真题的写作题目，按要求将每一篇题目都写一遍，然后参照真题集的参考答案，揣摩自己的作文与优秀作文的差距，并对自己的写作进行修改。当然如果能有老师为你批改作文那是最好啦，没有的话也可以参照真题集上给出的习作标准自我修改。
听力训练：听力是BEC考试中的一大难点，一定要有一定量的训练来提升这一部分的分数，不经准备(尤其是听力部分)就去考BEC会很悲剧的哦!建议进行课本和真题的听力精听训练，结合BBC英语的泛听作为辅助。
口语训练：有很多中国考生担心口试部分，可实际上口试部分是最容易通过训练来提分的。口试训练不仅能帮你提升口语能力，还能在过程中帮你消除考试紧张感，是必不可少的哦!推荐使用课本上的口语话题，以及剑桥商务英语口试必备手册，对照练习和提高。可以与你的partner练习，也可以自己一个人对着镜子讲、用录音机录下来放给自己听等等。
2)周六日：自我模考
请实境模拟考试，进行真题练习。你可以找一个周六的早晨，遵守考试时间要求，依次完成考试的笔试部分。刚开始做真题时成绩惨淡是正常的，要给自己信心，做完以后记得总结经验，摸索出题规律，找到感觉以后再做后面几套题，正确率会有明显的进步。
Day52-Day60：查缺补漏&口语冲刺
千万不要等到最后一周再去做真题，临时抱佛脚只会让你更加紧张，影响你的正常发挥。在最后8-10天里，主要以复习笔记和教材为主;每天可以抽一个小时来练习写作、熟悉写作的套路格式和常用表达。推荐大家在这段时间可以多看商务外刊，比如英国的金融时报，美国的华尔街日报等，多注意商务表达和商务思维，为写作和口语积累素材。
此外，这段时间最重要的是口语冲刺。每天都要把口试的三个题型练习一遍。结合BEC教材、真题和阅读过的外刊材料，丰富自己的口语素材、提升自己的口语表达。当然，提高口语不是一蹴而就的，建议从备考第一天开始就每天练习口语。如果英语口语水平较好的话，可以自己和partner一起练习，如果水平一般或者不得口试要领的话，可以参加BEC课程，系统地学习复习BEC口试技巧。
(1)
A： You could save a lot if you would order a little more .
B： How could we do that ?
A： We offer a discount for large orders .
B： Let me take another look at our requirements .
A：如果你单子下得多一点，可以省不少的钱。
B：怎么说呢?
A：我们对大量订购有打折。
B：那我们看看我们的需要量有多少
(2)
A： Your prices seem a little high .
B： We could make them lower for you .
A： How ?
B： If you order in large lots ， we’ll reduce the price .
A：你们的价钱高了一些。
B：我们可以算你便宜一点。
A：怎么做呢?
B：如果你大量订购，我们可以降价
(3)
A： We can offer a 10% discount for orders over 10000
B： I’m not sure we can use that many .
A： It would represent quite a savings .
B： Ok， I’ll see what I can do .
A：订购一万个以上，我们可以打九折。
B：我怕我们用不了那么多。
A：这省下的可是一笔不少的钱哩。
B：好吧，我考虑考虑吧
(4)
A： Why are there three prices quoted for this part ?
B： They represent the prices for different
A： I see .
B： The more you order ， the more you will save .
A：这种零件为什么有三种不同的报价?
B：那表示不同的量有不同的价钱。
A：原来如此。
B：订购愈多，省的钱愈多
(5)
A： Is this your standard price ?
B： Yes ，it is .
A： It seems too high to me
B： We can negotiate the unit price for large orders .
A：这是你们的基本准价吗?
B：是的
A：好像贵了一点。
B：如果大量订购，单价可以再谈。
应对技巧：
播放录音前的一般会有几分钟的时间。
快速在试卷上划出关键词。
三个会话都划完后，小声重复这些关键词，这样会留下较为明确的印象。
不要指望说话人会在提及空格内容之前说出与空格部分前的字句完全一致的字句。
说话人往往说出与空格部分前字句意思相同的其他表达，包括使用近义词，近义句，就是paraphrase。
但是地点、数字、商品规格是要原原本本的填入的。
争取在听第一遍就完成大部分空格，在第二遍时完成并校对所有空格。
空格顺序完全按照录音的顺序。
空格部分包括：单个名词或形容词;两个名词构成的结构;一个形容词和一个名词构成的结构;动词加名词的结构;数词。
考生记住一个常识：不可在一个空格填入超过两个词。
应试技巧：
掌握每一选项的中文意思，并用最简洁的文字写出。
在该项的十个对话或独白中，通常是不会给出直接答案的;相反，一般绕个弯子把答案隐藏起来。
这也是该题对于考生来说困难的一个原因。如果听到内容与某选项完全一致，大胆排除该选项。
当选项中有赞扬和投诉的，考生须特别注意说话者的语气，甜美愉悦的一般为赞扬，而含有怒气的则是投诉。
该题困难的另一个原因，作者认为是主要原因—考生不熟悉外资企业管理层各个部门的实际沟通，尤其是口头的沟通。
有一个补救的办法是把往年真题该部分的录音文稿拿到，读上十份左右，不熟悉的用语划下来，然后依据功能和职位两个类别予以分类。
所谓功能就是说话的人要表达什么目的;所谓职位就是说这些话的人是哪个部门的，职责是什么。
以上内容大家可以仔细阅读，并运用到实战当中。
听力不仅要多听还要讲究技巧，平时要勤于练习，坚持下去，相信都会有所成效。
a change of pace 节奏变换
You can’t do these chemistry experiments all day You certainly need a change of
a far cry from 相距甚远
The published book is far cry from the early manuscript
and how 的确
A: She’s a good
B: and
a matter of time 时间问题
It is only a matter of
a phone call away 一个电话之远，愿意过来帮忙
If you need my do let me Just remember I am a phone call
a while back 不久以前
We had a good rain，a while back，but we needmore now
all along 一直
I knew it all along
anything but 绝对不
I was anything but happy aboutgoing
account for 解释
How do you account for it?
after all到底
A: I've just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just
B: I There is nothing to worry about after
allergic to 对….过敏
Oh man! Something in this room is making my eyes itch，I must be allergic to
at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
I am at your service at any time
around the clock 24小时不停
Martha studied around the clock for management exam
as far as I know 就我所知
As far as I know,we will have a test next Monday
at home with 对很熟悉
She is at home with problems like this
back out
1)退出
A: Wasn't Bert supposed to sing tonight
B： but he backedout at last minute
2) 不履行
She finally backed out of her
be cut out for 天生适合
I'm not cut out to be a
be absorbed in 沉浸在
She has been absorbed in a horror 't tear her
be addicted to 对。。。上瘾
She has been addicted to drugs for
attached to 对……有感情
A: I’m amazed that you are still driving that old carof thought you
would have gotten rid of it years
B: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to
back up
1) 累积
The subway is running behind schedule,and traffic is backed up for
don't know if we’ll make the 6:30
2) 支持
I’ll back it
be bound for 到地方
The bus is bound for New
be (feel) myself 找到自我
I’m feeling myself
be burned up生气
She was really burned up at the
be hard up for 缺少
I’m hard up for clothes,but I have a lotof
be head and shoulders above 好许多
In is head and shoulders above his
be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
A: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
B: I'm as in the dark as you
be stuck 卡住了
I can't get this window 's
bite off more than one can chew 贪多嚼不烂
A: I hear you’re taking an advanced physicscourse this
B: I think I’ve bitten off more than I
break new ground 有了新突破
His architectural design broke new ground in the
benefit concert 慈善音乐会
We need to let everyone know about the benefit concert,but we don't have
much money for
busy signal 占线
I’ve been calling David for the past half hour,but I keep getting a busy
between you and me 你我之间，保密
Between you and me,I think he's rather
call for
A: 打电话找
Tom just called for
B: 预报
The forecast calls for heavy rain again 't you glad well be
getting away from this for a week?
C：问
It's probably inthe new part of 'll have to call for
call it a day 就此结束
A: I’m really glad our club decides to raise money for the children's hospital and most of the people we’ve phoned seemed happy to
B: we’ve gone through all the numbers on our list now,so I
guess we can call it a
cash the check 兑现支票
Have your sister cashed her paycheck?
应对技巧：
播放录音前的一般会有几分钟的时间。快速在试卷上划出关键词。
三个会话都划完后，小声重复这些关键词，这样会留下较为明确的印象。
不要指望说话人会在提及空格内容之前说出与空格部分前的字句完全一致的字句。
说话人往往说出与空格部分前字句意思相同的其他表达，包括使用近义词，近义句，就是paraphrase。但是地点、数字、商品规格是要原原本本的填入的。
争取在听第一遍就完成大部分空格，在第二遍时完成并校对所有空格。
空格顺序完全按照录音的顺序。
空格部分包括：单个名词或形容词;两个名词构成的结构;一个形容词和一个名词构成的结构;动词加名词的结构;数词。
考生记住一个常识：不可在一个空格填入超过两个词。
空格是名词的标志是：空格前有介词的出现。
空格是形容词的标志是：空格后有名词的出现。
空格是动词的标志是：空格后有介词的出现。
需要填入数词的地方一般其前面会有介词或动词出现而后面会有名词出现;这在第一步重复关键词时就有预知了。
所写单词过长时用速记方式记录或用中文标明其意，往答题纸上转抄时再写出完整的。
往答题纸上转抄时切记每个单词的每个字母都需大写;合同、订单的参考号中的字母也不例外。
第二部分是一个小型演讲或者说是一个简短的口头陈述(Mini-Presentation)。整个第二部分的考试时间约为6分钟。在这一部分，每位考生将被要求就某一主题发表1分钟左右的演讲。
概括来说，在第二部分一开始，主考官会递给每位考生一张信息卡(注意：是不同的信息卡);每张信息卡上有A、B、C三个问题。每个问题后，有两个或三个提示。考生选择一个话题后，可根据提示组织自己的演讲。
考生选择其中的一个问题发表一个小型演讲。考生有1分钟的时间同时进行准备。在准备过程中，主考官会提供空白纸张和铅笔，也就是说,考生可以在准备的过程中做笔记。准备时间结束，其中一位，即考生B先发表演讲。B讲完之后，考生A要就考生B演讲的内容进行提问，然后考生B回答。接下来就是考生A进行演讲。完毕之后，考生B同样也要就考生A所陈述的内容进行提问，考生A回答。
1、BEC初级(BEC P)考试成绩说明：
通过等级：D、M、P;D为Pass with Distinction(优异)、M为Pass with Merit()、P为Pass(通过)
未通过等级：A2：未通过BEC初级，但将获得A2级剑桥英语证书、F:F为Fail(未通过)
缺考：X(部分缺考)、Z(全部缺考)
成绩未到：Q、V
2、BEC中级(BEC V)考试成绩说明：
通过等级：A、B、C
未通过等级：B1：未通过BEC中级，但将获得B1级剑桥英语证书、F:F为Fail(未通过)
缺考：X(部分缺考)、Z(全部缺考)
成绩未到：Q、V
3、BEC高级(BEC H)考试成绩说明：
通过等级：A、B、C
未通过等级：B2：未通过BEC高级，但将获得B2级剑桥英语证书、F:F为Fail(未通过)
缺考：X(部分缺考)、Z(全部缺考)
成绩未到：Q、V
4、如果输入信息正确，对应考试的成绩信息将在下一个页面列出。
5、页面上部操作步骤中蓝色字体内容表示您所处的查询位置。
Read the following
? Choose the best sentence from the list on page 52 to fill each of the
? For each gap 8 – 12 mark one letter A – I on your Answer
? Do not mark any letter
The Cash-free Society
Imagine a society in which cash no longer exists,Instead,“ cash ” is electronic,as in bank-card Currency and coin are
____ example ____ . Theft of cash would BECome Bank robberies and cash-register robberies would simply cease to occur ____ ( 8 ) ____ . Purse snatchings would become a thing of the Urban streets would become safer ____ ( 9 ) ____ . Security costs and insurance rates would Property values would Neighbourhoods would
Drug traffickers and their clients,burglars and receives of stolen property,arsonists for hire,and bribe-takers would no longer have the advantage of using untraceable ____ ( 10 ) ____ These prosecutions,in turn,would inhibit further
In a society devoid of physical money,a change from cash to recorded electronic money would be accompanied by a flow of previously unpaid income-tax revenues running in the tens of billions of ____ (11) ____
Cash has been the root of much social and economic ____ (12)____ Eighty percent of Americans regularly use credit The development of a federal system to handle the country’s 300 billion annual cash transactions in the United States electronically is within
Example:
A national electronic-money system would operate as a debit-card
Retail shops in once dangerous areas could operate in
As a result,income tax rates could be lowered or the national debt
The use of cash has diminished substantially since World War
Attacks on shopkeepers,taxi drivers,and cashiers would all
The emergence of electronic funds-transfer technology makes it possible to change the nature of money and to divorce it from
Almost every present-day cash transaction can be duplicated
The immediate benefits would be profound and
Electronic “money” would leave incriminating trails of data,resulting in more arrests and
答案：Questions 8 – 12: E,B,I,C,F
(1)
A： You could save a lot if you would order a little more .
B： How could we do that ?
A： We offer a discount for large orders .
B： Let me take another look at our requirements .
A：如果你单子下得多一点，可以省不少的钱。
B：怎么说呢?
A：我们对大量订购有打折。
B：那我们看看我们的需要量有多少
(2)
A： Your prices seem a little high .
B： We could make them lower for you .
A： How ?
B： If you order in large lots ， we’ll reduce the price .
A：你们的价钱高了一些。
B：我们可以算你便宜一点。
A：怎么做呢?
B：如果你大量订购，我们可以降价
(3)
A： We can offer a 10% discount for orders over 10000
B： I’m not sure we can use that many .
A： It would represent quite a savings .
B： Ok， I’ll see what I can do .
A：订购一万个以上，我们可以打九折。
B：我怕我们用不了那么多。
A：这省下的可是一笔不少的钱哩。
B：好吧，我考虑考虑吧
(4)
A： Why are there three prices quoted for this part ?
B： They represent the prices for different
A： I see .
B： The more you order ， the more you will save .
A：这种零件为什么有三种不同的报价?
B：那表示不同的量有不同的价钱。
A：原来如此。
B：订购愈多，省的钱愈多
(5)
A： Is this your standard price ?
B： Yes ，it is .
A： It seems too high to me
B： We can negotiate the unit price for large orders .
A：这是你们的基本准价吗?
B：是的
A：好像贵了一点。
B：如果大量订购，单价可以再谈。
《Dealing with Expenses》，处理花费。
34题，一个完整的句子，数据需要被处理，句子成分很齐全，不是when引导的时间状语从句，when是多余的
35题，前后没有用such指代的意思，就是说公司的其他的会计系统。Such多余。
36题，不是从句，不需要if来引导。从there开始也是一个完整的句子，成分很齐全。
37题，try在这里从意思上和用法上都不通。没有尝试的意思，就是要确保(ensure)，而且就算要用try，后面也不能直接跟ensure，好歹用个try to，可惜BEC里没有这种改法。只能把try去掉。
38题，前面有了谓语动词are，后面冒出一个been，这是什么用法，直接用are authorised，表示被授权。
39题，waste time doing，把时间浪费在什么上面，固定搭配，for多余。
40题，query是询问、质问，及物动词，后面直接跟宾语，不用
41题，正确的
42题，谓语动词重复。There is little point in doing so，做什么没有意义，常见的说法，are是多余的。
43题，make do 固定搭配，to多余
44题，正确的
45题，every后面不能直接跟名词的复数，除非是every four minutes这样的用法，所以去掉。
Chairman's Report
I am pleased to report that,although we had been expecting poor results for this half year because of slow growth in the world economy,the company has performed very profits for this first half are in fact very much (19) with those for the corresponding (20) last Profits reached ￡l 15 million before tax,compared with ￡l million last Much of our success in the last six months can be (21) to the fact that all our major construction projects remained on Particularly pleasing was the early (22)of a major building contract in
The company has made good progress with the initiatives announced at the Annual General The majority of shareholders (23) the Board's decision to sell the company's loss-making engineering (24). It was the Board's belief that the company would (25) most benefit by (26) its resources on the expansion of its construction Negotiations with a potential buyer began in February and are now at a critical (27).However,we feel that we are not as yet in a (28) to comment on what the outcome is likely to
In June,we made a successful (29) for the Renishaw Construction Company of Hong Kong SAR,in order to give us greater (30) to markets in South East We still have sufficient resources to pursue our growth (31) and are at present (32) several other business opportunities which,like Renishaw Construction,would (33) new markets to
in order B on track C in line D on target
session B term C season D period
attributed B referred C assigned D designated
termination B ending C completion D finalising
confirmed B maintained C agreed D supported
portion B component C sector D division
have B gain C find D earn
focusing B directing C pointing D strengthening
height B step C edge D stage
condition B point C position D capacity
request B price C demand D bid
access B approach C admission D entrance
strategy B process C promotion D system
inquiring B deliberating C exploring D searching
send B open C provide D give
head count 人工数
A: What is the labor head count in this plant?
B: Two hundred and fifty
A:这个工厂的人工数是多少?
B:257人。
layout 工厂布置
A: Have we finished the plant layout for this program?
B: The manufacturing did the
A:我们完成了这个项目的工厂布置吗?
B:制造工程部做了工厂布置。
运送,发送
A: Do we charge for shipping and handling?
B: We $3 per work
A:我们要收取运费和处理费吗?
B:收,每个单子收3美元。
reduction 减少供应商
A: We are managing too many
B: Vendor reduction is one of the major initiatives this
A:我们的供应商太多了。
B:减少供应商是我们今年的主要措施之一。
cell 工作单元
A: Are we still using work cells?
B: This is a low volume production We still use work
A:我们还在使用工作单元吗?
B:这是一种低产量产品,我们还使用工作单元的形式。
弯曲
A: What kind of parts do you usually need to bend?
B: Tubular parts or
A:什么样的零件一般需要进行弯曲加工?
B:管状零件或冲压件。
time 工作周期
A: What is the cycle time of the injection molding machine?
B: Three
A:这台注塑机的工作周期是多少?
B:三分钟。
抽样
A: There are certain rules for sampling,right?
B: You’ll get scrap without following the
A:抽样有一定的规则,是吗?
B:是的,不遵循这些规则就会出废品。
拉削
A: Can you use broaching to make a gear?
B: Why not?
A:你能用拉削技术制作齿轮吗?
B:为什么不能。
铸造
A: What is the best process to make complex metal parts?
B: No matter if the part is large or
A:制造复杂金属件的最好工艺是什么?
B:铸造,零件大小都没有关系。
line 装配线
A: How many workers are on assembly line?
B: Thirty nine
A:装配线上有多少工人?
B:一共39名。
code 条形码
A: Bar code is so popular these
B: I Walt-Mart won't be able to do business without bar
A:现在条形码很流行。
B:我知道,如果没有条形码,沃尔玛现在就做不成生意了。
asset 资本性资产
A: What is capital asset?
B: Any item which depreciates over
A:什么是资本性资产?
B:指那些随着时间的推移会贬值的资产。
reduction 降成本
A: We made a lot of efforts on the cost
B: Any realized savings?
A:我们做了许多降成本的努力。
B:有哪些实现的节约吗?
改革创新
A: Is there any way to encourage innovations on the shop floor?
B: We have incentive plans for
A:在工厂里有什么方法可以鼓励创新吗?
B:有,我们有创新的鼓励政策。
SCENE⑤ C 会议结束后
【她可都是玩真的】
Elvin: I used to 1) be down on the sales people until I saw her 2) in
艾文： 我以前对业务员都很失望，直到我见识到吉娜的能耐。
Dave: She means business,for
戴夫： 她可都是玩真的。
Elvin: Most salespeople seem like 3) Zina's definitely an 4)
艾文： 大部分的业务看起来都没大脑。吉娜绝对是个例外。
Dave: We'd better get back to
戴夫： 我们最好回去工作了。
Elvin: Yeah,I'm not too worried about Vince,but I'd hate to face Zina if we don't 5)
艾文： 是啊，我还不太担心文斯，但若我们搞不定，我可是打死不想面对吉娜……
语言详解
A: It's definitely time you got a
你绝对该去剪头发了。
B: I My hair is always in my
我知道。我的头发老是跑进眼睛。
【mean business 玩真的】
mean business是表示“当真，玩真的”，没有儿戏的成份在内，一心一意地去达成某件事，未必和“生意”business有关：
A: I still can't believe Mary got into
我还是不敢相信玛莉考进大学了。
B: Well,she meant business this
呃，她这次是玩真的。
mean business也可以表示为了某种目的而来：
A: Why are the police outside?
警察怎么会在这儿?
B: They mean Otherwise,they wouldn't have come
他们来办事。要不然没事他们不会来的。
1) be down 对……感到失望，看不起。
2) in action 在行动中，在动作中
3) half-brain () 只有半个脑，意即“没大脑，白痴”。
4) exception () 例外
5) deliver () 成功达成交付任务
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，给广大考生一点备考建议。
首先一点，我们必须牢记，归根结底，BEC作文考察的还是考生英语表达能力。所以学生并不需要担心自己缺乏这方面的实际经验是否会影响考场发挥。(顺便提一句，BEC高级对商务知识的要求大大提高，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须牢记在心。)
与此同时，试题结合商务实战的特点，要求文章必须包含特定信息点，或者是通过提供信息源，以及考题中的标注，规定考生写作的具体范围和内容。所以审题是关键，所有已知条件都必须充分利用，换言之，如果遗漏已知条件，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 Wednesday your company's computer system will be closed down so that improvements can be
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 improvements
Write 40--50 words
学生作文：
From: Jenny Xu
To: All Staff
Date: 5 April 20XX
Subject: Computer System
I want to tell you that our Intranet based on Linux will be closed next Wednesday at 10 o’ I want to suggesting that you should save all your important The computer system will be faster because we will use a newer SAP The new system is according to ISO900 and we will benefit from
作文解析：
BEC作文解答时，审题非常重要。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：
漏掉题中给出的已知条件。
给出的已知条件没有表达清楚，用词过于口语化，没有条理，暴露出语言功底薄弱。
切忌过于花哨的发挥，多说多错。
这篇学生的作品是比较典型的案例。作者有一定的英语表达能力和工作经验，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，作者在具体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，但是显而忘记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，可能同事还不是非常清楚，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，思路不清晰是这篇习文最大的问题。
此外，本文还有以下一些问题：
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;
建议Linux,将SAP,ISO900等唬人术语统统除去，诚然BEC涉及到基本的商务知识，但是真正考核的还是语言功底，语用能力;商务知识好比是盖浇饭里面的小炒而已。
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非常明显。
范文：
Please be informed that our computer system will be closed next Wednesday at 12 o'clock for system The closure will last for at least two Make sure that you have saved all your documents before that The whole system will run on a new server,much faster than the current
PART TWO
l You work for PJT Ltd,a manufacturing You need more staff in your department and your line manager has asked you to write a report explaining
l Look at the information below,on which you have already made some handwritten
l Then,using all your handwritten notes,write your
l Write 120-140
学生作文：
The purpose of this report is to explain why we need more staff in our
We compare the number of staff in our department between 20XX and 20XX,it only increased five But the average number of ordered units grow up from 20XX00 to 400000 between 20XX and
Our sales department has announced a big new order from an international company It will bring us much more And the annual holiday increased to 5 weeks per That means that we have more workload and less working
If we had more staff the order should be on We should save our company’s And the workflow will be
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，这些必考问题的具体格式必须掌握。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…) 括号中是每段开头固定的表达方式，考生不宜自己去创造。同样写信也有格式化的表达方式，再此恕不展开。 和第一部分一样，大作文的写作审题是第一步，所有给出的已知条件必须用足。
本文中：
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能力。
在审题上还有一些欠缺，比如 Another reason for more staff is that we will have fewer 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。
除了没有按照报告的固定格式外，考生语言太随意。比如说，our sales department has announced a big new order，没有出处，而根据文章中给出的已知条件，这是公司Newsletter所通告的，那么根据报告的要求，应该指出信息来源。
中国学生还普遍特别敏感的就是企业的信誉，因此经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 company’s 这样空洞无物的话应该避免。
还有就是细节处理，句子和段落之间连接忽略了。比如说，It will bring us much more And the annual holiday increased to 5 weeks per 以及最后一句话And the workflow will be 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 应该删除。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，同时时态应该是we will have。
范文：
Report on: More staff in our department
Date:
Introduction
This report aims to explain why our department needs more
Findings
Statistics show that there exists a big gap between the number of staff in our department and staff While the number of ordered units grew up from only 20XX00 to 400000 in 2 years,the number of staff grew only by 5 According to the Staff Newsletter dated February 20XX,we have won a big new order from an international That will bring us more At the same time,annual holiday has been increased to 5 weeks per year,meaning there won’t be enough staff for all the Our customer service department recently received a complaint from one of our clients about a tremendous delay in our
Conclusion
There are many reasons which explain the need of more It is especially important for reducing the number of delays in delivery and to optimize the
Recommendations
More staff does not only mean more costs,it also means improved customer
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