商务英语口语练习.pptx

C C CAREER CHOICE (1)What kind of job would you prefer to take? Why? I am interested in business management, so I prefer to go into business in the future. If get enough experience in business, I will open a business school and teach others how to do business. (2)What kind of profession will be the most popular in twenty years time? I am not sure. But maybe farming will be very popular after twenty years. You know, now few people are willing to work as farmers and millions of people have to rely on farm product to survive. So I think it is a tendency to develop farming. (3)Do you prefer to work in a team or alone? Why? I am willing to work in a team becauce it has a lot of advantages. Team helps individuals to develop. Team members can share information and different points of view. They can talk openly and honestly to each other to help release pressure. If you work alone , you will easily feel tired and bored. If in trouble, it is hard to get help. (4)What will you do if the profession you are engaged in is not what you want? Probably I will go job- hunting and get a new job because I am a person who wants to do what I like. If I am not interested, I cannot do it well even if I am paid well. Interest is the most important to me when hunting for a job. STARTING A NEW JOB (1)What kind of information about a computer do you want to get before starting work there? There should be a lot of information about a company . But Id like to get information about my particular job, such as job descriptions and practical skills related to the job. I think it will help me quickly adapt to the new working environment. How can you get the information? There are many channels. I can get the information from the corporate website or from my friends. I can even phone directly to the secretary for the corporate website or from my friends. I can even phone directly to the job. I think it will help me quickly adapt to the new working environment. (3)If you are an old employee in a company, what will you do to welcome the new ones? I will be very friendly to the new ones and ready to offer help. If possible, we will hold an evening party to welcome them and make them feel at home. (4)What should you do to create a good impression at the start of a new job? It is very important to leave a good impression at the start of a new job. I think I will do the following to create a good impression: wear suitable clothes, speak politely and take my job seriously. LEISURE AND WORK Do you think companies should provide leisure facilities for their staff? Definitely. Companies should set aside some money to build fitness rooms or centers for the staff. After a days work, the staff will be very tired and they can relax themselves in the room and work better next day. It costs money but it pays in the long run. In your opinion, which matters more to business people, money or free time? Both are important. Money is not everything but you can do nothing without it. Free time is necessary to them because business people are very busy and they need time to relax themselves. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. If you are required to work overtime, whats your first response? My first response should be objection. I hope to finish my job within my work time. But if there is something special and I am required to work overtime, I will be glad to accept it. Do you like business trips? Why (not)?Yes, I do. I am pleased to go on business trips. I can make some friends and learn a lot about business from trips. If I am lucky enough, I can have chances to go sightseeing. SELLING PRODUCTS (1)what is the most important to customers about a product ? Why? Quality of a product should be the most important factor in the eyes of customers. Nobody wants to buy some rubbish. A product of high quality will enhance the companys reputation and earn more customers. (2)Are you good at selling product? Maybe I am not now, but I will be good at selling products after some training and practice because I have rich theoretical knowledge about it. Whats more, I have great interest in it. (3)Is training essential for a sales job? Yes. I think so .Some skills are not easy to grasp in selling products. So training is of vital importance. And training can make sales people more confident and efficient in working. (4)Do you think employers should pay more money to sales staff who are successful? Yes. Employees should get more if they sell more products. If all the employees get the same pay no matter what they do , They will lose passion for working hard. CORPORATE HOSPITALITY Do you think it is important to entertain your business partners and clients? Absolutely. It is very important to entertain our partners and clients and keep in touch with them if we want to do business well. You know, we human beings attach importance to feelings. If we are hospitable to our partners, they are willing to believe us and do business with us. What will you do to entertain your clients? It depends. I mean, I will do something different to entertain different clients according to their tastes. A meal at an expensive restaurant is perfect to some people while a sightseeing tour of the city is terrific to others. So I will think carefully about the way to make an informed decision. (3)How can hosts and clients build a good business relationship? I think the key to establish a good business relationship between hosts and clients should be to mix social conversation with purposeful conversation and to move smoothly and effortlessly between the two. Thats to say, hosts can do business with their clients during a dinner or some other way of entertainment and mix business and pleasure effectively. (4)Do you think it is a good idea to send clients to corporate events? I dont think so. Actually it is a big mistake to do so. Usually staff members see corporate events as a chance to stand around having free drinks and chatting rather than talking to clients. If you send a client to the event, they will feel uncomfortable. SUPPLY AND PRICE What is supply? Quantity of a product offered on the market at a specified price is called supply. The supply of a product only includes the amount which is for sale at a certain time. Do you think the price of the product will influence the supply? Yes, definitely. An increase in price will usually cause the supply of a product to increase. When price is lowered, supply usually goes down. (3)How does supply influence price? The change in supply influences the price in a similar way. If the supply of product decreases, if the supply of product decreases, the price will go up. (4)How does the rule of supply influence the marketer? The rule of supply indicates that a marketer is willing to supply more of a product if the price is higher and reluctant to sell the product when the price is lowered. PROFESSION Can you predict the best- paid profession in future? As far as Im concerned, the best-paid work in future would be doctors/lawyers. As you know, nowadays people care more and more about their own rights. They are not ignorant of laws like before, on the contrary, they use the law to protect their rights. In this way, more lawyers are required. Therefore, I think lawyers would be best paid in future. Why do you say so? You see with the development of human society, people pay more attention to their health. Longevity has become an expectation of most people. Besides, the natural environment has been greatly destroyed by our human beings, therefore, we may be affected by more kinds of virus and become ill more easily. The solution to these problems is to see a doctor. Doctors ca