BEC备考前需要掌握的相关知识

1、确认您已经熟练掌握一些基础知识 , 这些内容会在 BEC 学习、 实际工作 和考 试中会经常出现。1. 数字分为基数词和序数词Cardinal Ordinal1 one 1st first2 two 2nd second3 three 3rd third4 four 4th fourth5 five 5th fifth6 six 6th sixth7 seven 7th seventh8 eight 8th eighth9 nine 9th ninth10 ten 10th tenth11 eleven 11th eleventh12 twelve 12th twelfth13.thirtee

2、n 13th thirteenth15 fifteen 15th fifteenth16 sixteen 16th sixteenth17 seventeen 17th seventeenth18 eighteen 18th eighteenth19 nineteen 19th nineteenth20 twenty 20th twentieth21 twenty-one 21st twenty-first 22 twenty-two 22nd twenty-second 30 thirty 30th thirtieth40 forty 40th fortieth50 fifty 50th f

3、iftieth60sixty 60th sixtieth70seventy 70th seventieth80eighty 80th eightieth90ninety 90th ninetieth100 a hundred 100th hundredth0 *nought 0 is pronounced nought before a point and oh after a point inBritish English. It is pronounced zero in US English. 100 a hundred1,000 a thousand1,000,000,000 a bi

4、llion (US English1,000,000,000,000 a billion (British EnglishIn the pass, US and British billions were not the same. But US billions are now often used by British companies and newspapers.Fractions1/4 a quarter 1/3 a third 1/2 a half 4/5 four fifths Decimals0.5 nought point five0.25 nought point two

5、 five10.06 ten point oh six27.27 twenty-seven point two seven*Pronounce numbers individually after a decimal point. Telling the timeA simple way to tell the time is to say the numbers. 10.20 ten twenty 11.15 eleven fifteen 4.45 four forty-fiveYou can say the hours in two ways:9:00 nine or nine o clo

6、ckBut don t make this common mistakenine-thirty o c-lo-c-k This is wrong.If you need to be exact you can say: ten a.m. or ten in the morningand ten p.m. or ten at nightYou can also tell the time in this way:1.00 one o clock 3.10 ten past three 4.15 a quarter past four 5.30 half past five5.35 twenty-

7、five to six 6.45 a quarter to seven 这( 种表达 时间的方式在口语和考 试中经常出现Days: Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday SundayMonths: January February March April May June JulyAugust September October November DecemberSeasons: spring summer autumn (US English: fall winter Years: Written Spoken1992 ninet

8、een ninety-two1066 ten sixty-six190819002008Dates: BE AESpoken The sixteenth of September(16thSept. Sixteenth SeptemberSeptember the sixteenth (Sept. 16th September sixteenthWritten 16(th September 16(th September电话号码表达 :62196566 电话号码通常一位一位的读。 double /triple钱的表达法 : 8.50 eight pounds fifty pence eigh

9、t pounds fifty eight fifty2. 工作和考试中常见国家、国籍、首都及重大城市名称 : 亚洲China Chinese BeijingJapan Japanese Tokyo (Osaka, Yokohama, KobeSouth Korea South Korean SeoulThailand Thai BangkokIndonesia Indonesian JakartaVietnam Vietnamese HanoiMalaysia Malaysian Kuala LumpurPakistan Pakistani IslamabadPhilippines Phili

10、ppine Manila SingaporeHong KongMacaoIndia Indian New Delhi(Bombay 欧洲Italy Italian RomeSweden Swedish StockholmSwitzerland Swiss GenevaNorway Norwegian OsloFinland Finnish HelsinkiDenmark Danish CopenhagenGermany German Berlin (Bonn/ Hamburg France French ParisBritain (the UK British LondonSpain Span

11、ish MadridRussia Russian MoscowAustria Austrian ViennaGreece Greek AthensPoland Polish Warsaw美洲The USA ( NorthAmerican Washington(Chicago/New York/San FranciscoSeattle/Hawaii / Los Angeles/Detroit/AtlantaCanada Canadian Ottawa(Montreal/Vancouver/TorontoMexico Mexican Mexico CityBrazil Brazilian Bras

12、ilia ( Rio De Janeiro or Rio/Sao PauloArgentina Argentino Buenos Aires Chile SantiagoPeruLima大洋洲Australia Australian Canberra(Sydney/Melbourne/PerthNew Zealand New Zealander Wellington非洲Egypt Egyptian Cairo补充:Middle East: Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Lebanon African States: Kenya, Nigeria(尼日利亚

13、 , South Africa Eastern Europe: Hungary, Czech3. 在考试中曾经出现的公司的不同称呼 :1 companyOur company imports general merchandise.Co.The London Trading Co.Shell Co.limited LtdThe Beijing Electric Light Company, Ltd.International Trading Co. Ltd. Inc.=IncorporatedOriental Horizons Incjoint venture companyjoint sto

14、ck company2 corporationChina national export Commodities packing Corporation Corp. American Natural Resources Corp.Limited liability company3 firmWe have got no reply from that firm.Generally, firms have two principal sources of investment funds-debt and equity.4 concernfirm house companyIt was then

15、 the greatest publishing concern.They are a big concern.A going concern.5 associated company (associateOur associated company there will have the labels printed to comply with the FDA regulations.Associated Container LineAssociated Newspapers6 houseShe works for a big publishing house.London fashion

16、 house7 businessMany shipping businesses are facing collapse this year because of uneconomic freight rates.8 lineTrans World Airlines9 syndicate10 transnational corporation/multi-nationalenterprise/international firm11 branch/division12 subsidiary13group14plc=public limited company15state (owned ent

17、erprise Foreign (ownedcompany Franchise16 organization4公司中的各个部门、职位的称呼： Department=Dept. Human Resources: Training: organizes and arranges training courses for the staff Personnel: recruits new employees Wages and Salaries: pays the staff Production (Manufacturing: Production: manufactures(produces t

18、he products Packaging: packs the products and puts them in boxes and crates Distribution: dispatches the products and sends them to the customers Quality Control: checks the quality-organizes control systems to prevent mistakes. Maintenance: services (takes care of the machines and equipment. Market

19、ing: Marketing: plans how to sell new products Sales: sells the products to customers division=sectionAfter(Post-Sales Services: is responsible for after after-sales care and looks after customers problems and complaints Advertising: runs advertising campaignnds palaces ads in magazines Finance: Pur

20、chasing ( Buying: buys (purchases supplies Customers Accounts: sends invoices to customers ( invoices customers Financial Services: deals with taxation, investment, and cash managemen补t. 充部门： Accounting: working out the company s costs and its profits Administrative (Administration: in charge of the control and direction of affairs of the company Bookkeeping: keeping the accounts of money of business company. Promotion: helping the selling of products Reception: receiving visitors to a hotel or large organizationTransportation: carrying goods from one place to another Warehousing: storing the