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商务英语中级口语素材BEC商务英语中级口语素材BEC导语考试的一大特点,其实也是其难点,就是有BEC口语考试环节大部分考生对此环节感到头痛,因为口语总是大家的,短板但是要想提高口语也不是不行能的,只要平常留意积累,勤练习,总会有提高的下面是为大家细心收集整理的商务英语中级口语素材,希望BEC能帮助到大家!A:Well,you see,our companyis goingto attendatrade fairin the US.B:Yeah,sounds exciting.Since wevenever donethatbefore,we needto havegood advancepreparationsfor thetrip.A:Youre right.The firstthing todo isof coursetomake traveland accommodationarrangements,such aschoosingan airlineoffering goodservices andthe flightofthe righttime so that we can arrangethingswell andin aneffective way.B:This canbe doneby makingseveral phonecalls.And wehave tomake advancereservation witha localhotelsothatthe peoplefor thetrade faircan have aplace tostay immediatelyafter theyarrive inthecountry.A:With earlybooking,we mayeven enjoysomediscounts.And itsbetter tochoose ahotel nearthetrade fair.That cansave thetime travelingthere.B:Or wecan arrangebeforehand tohire acar fromalocal carrental company.A:In addition,it would be usefulto knowaboutsome businesscustoms inthe US,including commonlyacceptedbusiness practices,ways ofdoing business,and lawsand regulations,etc.B:Yeah,especially thosedifferent fromours.Say,different ideasabout punctuality.I heardthat intheUnited States,people tend to bevery time-conscious.Being latewouldbeconsidered pooretiquetteA:Also inChina,business transactionsare oftenconcludedby treatingbusiness partnersto lavishdinnersand givingthem expensivegifts,Im afraidtheyseldom doit thisway inthe Westor inthe US.B:I wastold thatin Westerncountries,peopleattach muchimportance toformal agreementandcontracts withdetailed termsand conditions.Theynever feelcomfortable withverbal agreements.In China,however,business isoften concludedsimply byverbalagreement.A:We shouldalso learnabout businesscustomssuch asthe differentsystems ofmeasurement.Forinstance,we usethe day/month/year systemfor datingwhiletheUSuse month/day/year system.And therearemany otherdifferences includingtopics acceptableinconversation.B:Also,Chinese businessmentendtohavebusiness negotiationsin arather indirectmanner,whileAmerican businessmenhaveamore directstyle.Ourpeople shouldbe madeto understandall thesedifferences.A:But howto findout aboutall thisB:I thinkthere aremany waysto findout aboutthesebefore thetrip,say,wecango tothe Internet,read somereference booksor gettips fromexperiencedcolleagues andclients.A:They couldbe effectiveways.Lets dothem.。
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