BEC-vantage-module1含课程及考试简介

1、,新编剑桥商务英语伴侣用书 新编剑桥商务英语（中级）同步辅导（第三版） SUCCESS WITH BEC VANTAGE,Introduction I. The Cambridge Business English Certificate (BEC) is an international Business English examination，which offers a language qualification for learners who use, or will need to use, English for their work. Recognition of BEC i

2、s increasing rapidly as a growing number of companies are using the examination as a focus for in-company training courses. II. BEC is available at 3 levels: Cambridge BEC Preliminary Cambridge BEC Intermediate (Vantage) Cambridge BEC Advanced (Higher),III. Cambridge BEC Vantage is a practical exami

3、nation that focus on English in business-related situations. The major emphasis on the development of language skills for work: reading, writing, listening and speaking. . The Students Books for all levels contain twelve modules divided into the core lessons of Business topic, Business skills and Ex

4、am spotlight,考试简介,商务英语证书(BUSINESS ENGLISH CERTIFICATE)是教育部考试中心和英国剑桥大学考试委员会合作，于1993年起举办的考试。成绩及格者提供由英国剑桥大学考试委员会颁发的标准统一的成绩证书。该证书是剑桥系列考试中专为学习者提供的国际商务英语资格证书考试，考察真实工作环境中英语交流能力，被欧洲乃至全球众多教育机构、企业认可，将其作为入学考试或招聘录用的英语语言水平要求。例如英国超过60所大学承认BEC高级证书作为工商管理(MBA)课程的语言能力要求；越来越多的公司使用BEC，用以评估雇员、受训员工和应聘者的语言技能。其中包括全球著名企业如IB

5、M，Citibank，国际卫生组织，世界银行，摩托罗拉，联合国，可口可乐，西门子等。 商务英语考试(BEC)于1993年由中国教育部考试中心引进中国，历经多年实践和推广，其权威性和规范性使得BEC在中国极具知名度，是求职者有力的语言能力证明。全国有超过60所知名大学被授权为BEC考点。,剑桥商务英语BEC考试评分标准,BEC三个级别考试所使用的评分方法原则相同，除口语考试，全部在剑桥由资深考官进行评定。 阅读和听力 所有题目均为对或错的客观题，每题一分。拼写应当正确，但是在BEC P级和BEC V级别的听力考试中，细微的拼写错误是允许的。英式拼写和美式拼写均被接受。 写作 写作试卷由剑桥资深考

6、官来评分。每次考试时都有一位主考官担任考试领导工作。考官们都会参照评分细则进行评分工作，评分细则给出了5个不同级别能力的详细描述。不仅如此，针对每个具体考题也有一个评分细则。 口语 两个考生面对两个考官：一个考官是评分者，不参与对话；另一个则是参与对话者。 每个考生的表现会被单独评分。参与对话的考官对于考生的表现会做全面的评估。不参与对话的考官对于考生的四项表现：语法和词汇，谈话的掌控，发音和沟通交流技能进行单独评分。 BEC的分数由听说读写四部分组成，各占总分的25%。每部分批评分标准不尽相同，比如说听力和阅读都是每道题为一个原始分，然后按照一定标准折算，比较复杂，在这里就不再赘述，这里以口

7、语为例：评分标准测试依据发音、准确性、流利程度以及交流能力四个部分来判定。具体标准如下： 1发音（包括声音大小、重音、语调、语气） 2准确性（包括语法、用词及说话方式） 3流利程度（包括语速、长短句搭配） 4交流能力（包括独立性、灵活性以及对谈话方式的把握）,具体详解口试形式与内容,BEC口试主要考查考生商务交往过程中运用英文的能力。商务交往主要指： 1建立和保持商务联络； 2谈论工作； 3制定计划与安排工作,二、测试内容,1建立和保持商务联络 1) 向人表示问候和对问候的回答 2) 自我介绍 3) 询问对方或介绍自己的身份特征 4) 表达自己喜欢什么、不喜欢什么 5) 发出邀请、接受和拒绝邀

8、请 6) 表示感谢和欣赏 7) 给别人提供方便，接受和拒绝帮助,2谈论工作 1) 询问和描述工作任务 2) 询问和介绍公司情况 3) 询问和简要介绍产品 4) 比较不同产品及价格 5) 询问和提出自己的观点 6) 表示同意或反对 7) 提出、接受和拒绝建议 8) 表达需要和要求 3制定计划和安排工作 1）商务会议安排会议日程安排会议议程 2）商务旅行预定饭店房间到饭店住宿和结账点菜进行了旅行咨询预定机票乘火车旅行根据指南行路,BEC口试形式及评分标准,测试分两个阶段： 第一阶段：采取考官与考生交流的方式，时间约为4-5分钟。考生应对考官的问题做出回答或对考官提出的要求做出反应。考官所题问题主要

9、针对商务交往的具体内容。 第二阶段：采取考生与考生交流的方式，时间约为3-4分钟。每组考生抽去两组卡片，每组卡片为两张，一张卡片上描述具体内容，另一张卡片是针对其内容的问题。考生可得到一张卡片上描述具体内容和另一考生卡片相关问题卡片，有足够时间阅读卡片，交流的内容局限于这两组卡片。,评分标准：测试依据发音、准确性、流利程度以及交流能力四个部分判定3个等级。分数分别为3分、2分、1分。 具体标准如下： 1发音（包括声音大小、重音、语调、语气） 3分：尽管有些读音错误，并且有受母语影响的迹象，但比较容易听懂且抑扬顿挫较流畅。 2分：由于发音受母语影响，使某些词不易听懂，有一些读音错误，受母语影响严

10、重。 1分：考生的发音很难听懂。经常出现读音错误，受母语影响明显，语调不对且断断续续，给听者造成麻烦。 2准确性（包括语法、用词及说话方式） 3分：有错误，但基本上能把意思表达清楚。所采用的句子结构规范，但处理复杂句子结果比较困难。对所熟悉的话题词汇较充分，但表达有欠缺。 2分：有的意思表达不清。所采用的句子结构多为基本句式，且有语法及用词错误，对所熟悉的话题有一定词汇描述能力。 1分：表达令人费解，基本句子结构出现错误，缺乏用于交流的词汇。 3流利程度（包括语速、长短句搭配） 3分：听者感觉不错，尽管有停顿，但较流利，能组织语言，用较长的句子表达，但有些句子不够完整。 2分：听者需要耐心，尽

11、管有停顿但基本流利，句子比较短。 1分：听者需要非常耐心。经常中断且间隔较长。 4交流能力（包括独立性、灵活性以及对谈话方式的把握） 3分：基本具有独立性。只是有时需要在其它考生的帮助或提示下表达。在与其它考生的交流中占主导地位，回答其它考生所提问题较迅速。 2分：有时需要依靠别人的帮助完成表达。在交流中有不妥之处。不能很快回答其它考生所提问题。 1分：需要经常依靠别人的帮助才能完成表达。掌握了一些句式但使用不当，对其它考生的提问，反应慢，甚至没有反应。,通过标准： passing grades pass with Merit 80% and above pass 65% to 79% fai

12、ling grades level A2 45% to 64% fail 44% and below 参加考试的学生会在7周后收到成绩单。通过考试的学生会在收到成绩单4周后得到考试合格证书。,报考条件,参加BEC考试不需要任何特殊资格，报名不受年龄、性别、职业、地区、学历等限制，适用人群为具有初、中、高级英语水平者，且以从事商务工作为学习目的。任何人(包括学生、待业人员等)均可持本人身份证到当地考点报名。在华工作的外籍人员和现役军人亦可持本人有效身份证件及两张照片报名参加考试，也可持工作证和单位介绍信报名。,报名时间,剑桥商务英语证书BEC初级：考试时间上半年为5月，报名时间一般为3月中旬，下

13、半年考试时间11月，报名时间一般为9月中旬。 剑桥商务英语证书BEC中级：考试时间上半年为6月，报名时间一般为3月中旬，下半年为11月下旬，报名时间一般为9月中旬。 剑桥商务英语证书BEC高级：考试时间上半年：5月，报名时间一般为3月中旬，下半年考试时间11月，报名时间一般为9月中旬。,报名流程,报名方式及考点：考点参考教育部官网上的信息(进入查看)， 有些考点是现场报名，有些考点可以网上报名。包括准考证也是，有些去学校领，领取的时间都不一样，有些可以网上打印。具体情况以考点为准，目前没有统一的标准，也没有权威的说法。教育部的信息比较陈旧，很多电话都是空号。,考试费用,BEC商务英语考试费用介

14、绍： 报名每次收取考试费(含口试费) BEC初级：约360元人民币； BEC中级：约450元人民币； BEC高级：约580元人民币。 因人民币汇率可能变化，每次考试收费标准以考点公布的为准。,考试时间,剑桥商务英语证书BEC初级：考试时间上半年为5月，报名时间一般为3月中旬，下半年考试时间11月，报名时间一般为9月中旬。 剑桥商务英语证书BEC中级：考试时间上半年为6月，报名时间一般为3月中旬，下半年为11月下旬，报名时间一般为9月中旬。 剑桥商务英语证书BEC高级：考试时间上半年：5月，报名时间一般为3月中旬，下半年考试时间11月，报名时间一般为9月中旬。,BEC商务英语中级考试的流程(考试

15、时间如有变动，请以准考证为准)：,笔试阅读部分： 到9:50分钟时，老师会提醒填涂答题卡。 笔试写作部分： 阅读写作全部结束约为10点45分左右，间歇5分钟(试音时间)。 笔试听力部分： 听力考试，约40分钟。由于在中国考试，听力部分的试卷提早5分钟左右发，所以必须利用这提前的5分钟，先浏览第二部分试题，然后再是第一部分，第三部分。在开始播放录音，检查试卷时，有任何问题，请在此时间内用英语或汉语提问。 口试部分：一般安排在笔试结束当天的下午，或者第二天上午。 考生们要在候考室内进行分组，由叫号老师分组。一般14组，28个人同时候考。 考试采取的形式为面试，整体三部分：1)考官与考生一对一交谈;

16、2)每位考生就商务话题做发言;3)考生之间合作讨论商务话题。考生两人一组，由两位考官，一位提问， 一位评分。评分的考官(assessor)按以下四个标准给分：语法和词汇、谈话组织、发音、互动式交流。提问的考官(interlocutor)对整个测试给个总分。,BEC高级有多难？需要准备哪些资料？,有志于考BEC高级的各位，如果你不是母语级别的话，那么请千万不要“裸考”。好好制定一个备考计划，对于考BEC高级来说是绝对有必要的。工欲善其事，必先利其器。在介绍复习备考计划之前，我们先要来认识一下BEC高级。 BEC高级到底有多难？ BEC高级相当于国内英语专业八级的难度，由读、写、听、说四个部分组成

17、，每个部分都单独评分。由于它的题型和我们国内的考试是有很大区别的，重在能力的考查，因此，除非你真的是高手中的高手，不然要想顺利通过，不花精力去准备，就只能期待考试当天人品大爆发了。 BEC高级要准备哪些资料？ 关于教材的选购，以下是一些小建议：市面上关于BEC的教材大致分为四类：教材、单项备考资料、模拟题、真题。 （1）教材是需要的，如果是自学的话，需要学生用书和教师用书，学生用书的答案在教师用书里。 （2）同步辅导，如果时间精力有限的话，可以考虑不买。 （3）单项备考资料，比如BEC词汇书、写作书等等。BEC的阅读和听力基本上和国内的命题风格不同，所以国内出的辅导书，基本上可以不考虑。不过，

18、BEC写作的套路性比较强，可以买一本写作模板的书，多练多写。词汇书的话，去开心词场背就行，不用浪费钱了。 （4）模拟题，这个真没必要，不过可以去书店看看有什么作文题，口试题，这个拿手机照下来就行，不需要买了。 （5）真题，这个一定要！建议把第3、第4辑真题都买了。真题是关键！,Module One,BEC Vantage,Contents,1.1 Business Topic: Ways of working,1.2 Business Skills: Making contacts,1.3 Exam Spotlight: Speaking Test: Part One,Ways of work

19、ing,1.1 Business Topic,1.1 business topic：Ways of working,Teaching Objective Important and difficult points Contents 学时分配 2*50 min 学生作业 supplements,learning objectives,To enable Ss to talk about ways of working To practice reading for gist（梗要） and specific information To enable Ss to make a mini-pre

20、sentation,Important and difficult points,重点：to learn how to get the specific information from the reading and listening part, know the ways of working and make a mini-presentation. 难点：words about different ways of working and how to make a flexible communication,1.1Business Topic: Ways of working,Di

21、fferent ways of working,VOCABULARY,Background Information 弹性工作方式,出发点：降低员工在工作、家庭、休闲或教育方面不同要求的冲突，减少交通费用，兼顾工作和生活，使员工更加安心工作，降低员工流动率，更好地利用办公设备，提供24小时服务，许多公司釆用了灵活多样的弹性工作方式。其中主要有以下几类： 具体类型：弹性工作地点(flexiplace) 弹性工作时间（flexitime） 压缩工作周（compressed work weeks） 长期兼职（permanent part-time） 分担工作（job-sharing）,弹性工作地点（f

22、lexiplace),指员工通过电脑网络和其他通讯方法在家工作 (homeworking)员工可节省往返公司的时间，但此方法只适用于某些动脑和IT专业的员工，例如文字秘书、软件编程员、报刊编辑、作家等。,弹性工作时间（flexitime），亦作flexible working hours, 就是将员工工作时间分为核心时间和弹性时间。核心时间（例如早上10点到12点，下午2点到4点）为员工必须工作时间，其余时间定为弹性时间，即员工自己选择的工作时间， 这样员工可灵活决定上下班时间。员工每天工作时间相同（例如每天8小时），但实际到公司上班的时间每天不同。,压缩工作周（compressed work

23、 weeks),就是以每天较长工作时间的工作日，换取每周较少的工作日。例如员工每周需要工作40小时，在压缩工作周安排下， 员工不一定要工作5天，每天8小时，他们可选择每天工作10小时，每周工作4天。,长期兼职（permanent part-time),即雇用一些不愿全天候完整时间工作，而仅利用部分时间工作的员工，其工作时间虽不是整天整周，工作时间却定期不变（例如某私人企业定期雇用会计师在每个工作日下班后为其处理财务账目）。,分担工作（job-sharing),即一份全职工作由两人分担，两人均为长期兼职员工，按需要分摊工作时间、工资、假期及福利。,Discussion,How do you wo

24、rk most effectively? By working Regular hours/flexible hours? In a team/on your own? From home/in an office? For a boss/as your own boss?,regular hours regjul 正常工作时间 flexible hours fleksbl弹性工作时间 freelance fri:l:ns自由职业 job-share 分担工作 shift-work 轮班工作，倒班制 part-time 兼职 teleworking teliw:ki电子化办公方 式，电子办公,

25、Vocabulary,temping 当临时工 specialist advice spelist专业咨询 hot-desking 办公桌轮用 office gossip gsip办公室小道消 息 consultancy knsltnsi 咨询公司，顾问公司,Vocabulary,Useful Expressions,2. Match these ways of working 1-8 to definitions A-I. Do you work in any of these ways?,0 freelance 1 teleworking 2 job-sharing 3 shift-wor

26、k 4 part-time 5 temping 6 consultancy 7 flexitime 8 hot-desking,A You work during different parts of the day (eg. nights). B You sell your work or services to a number of different companies. C You work for different companies for a short time without a permanent contract. D You work a number of hou

27、rs per week or month but you decide when you start or finish. E You dont have a permanent place or office to work at, but you find a place to work when you arrive. F You work for a company from home via email, phone or the Internet. G You only work for some of the week (not full-time). H You do your

28、 job for part of the week and another person does it for the other part. I You arent employed by a company, but are paid to give specialist advice.,3.Match the nine ways of working in exercise 2 to their comments.,Its great because Im my own boss, but I still work with lots of different people. free

29、lance; temping; consultancy,I wish I had my own space. I have to carry everything around in my bag and sometimes theres nowhere to sit. hot-desking,I like it because its only for a couple of months and Im saving up to go round the world. temping,The only problem is sleeping. Your body never knows if

30、 its night or day! shift-work,It can get a bit lonely at times. And I miss my colleagues and all the office gossip. teleworking,My children are at school so it lets me spend more time with them. part-time; teleworking,When one of us wants a week off, the other person does a few extra days so its fai

31、rly flexible. job-sharing,How to job-share,READING,Tip 本道练习与BEC V阅读考试的第一部分类似，真实考试要求考生阅读四篇短文或一篇有四个段落的较长文章，然后将它们与所给句子分别配对。其中含一范例。该部分测试考生在阅读过程中寻找语篇大意和具体信息的能力。,READING,How to job-share,5 Read about job-sharing. Write these heading into each paragraph.,Reading,credit krdt n.赞扬，功劳 managing director n.总裁，总

32、经理（美国也称chief executive or president） brainpower n.智能 worst-case adj. 做最坏打算的 scenario sina:riu n.事态，局面 delegate dlgt vt.授权，分派工作 availability ,velblt n.利用（或获得）可能性，可以利用的人（物），人员，物资保证 parental leave prentl父母假，育儿假，照顾新生儿女假，产假,Routine type of person按部就班的人 Have flexible management of time and work灵活安排自己的工作和时

33、间 Get support from each other相互支持 Learn fron other peoples strong points学他人所长 An independent type of person and would like to make decisions myself性格独立，喜欢自己做决定 Dont want to work under someone不想在别人手下工作,4. Read about job-sharing. Write these headings into each paragraph.,Get organized,Set your limits,

34、Put pen to paper,Two become one,Open your mind,Plan for disaster,Find the perfect partner,Dont feel guilty,How to job-share Wouldnt it be nice if the working week finished on Wednesday? With a job-share it can. Heres the essential guide（指南/手册） to making it work使之顺利开展. (0) Find the perfect partner. F

35、ind someone you like. Be prepared to communicate and share credit and blame, says Carol Savage, the managing director of Flexecutive, a flexible working consultancy. (1) _ Bosses should consider requests for flexible working from employees with children under six. So embrace the benefits: Twice as m

36、uch experience, skills, brainpower and energy, Savage says. (2) _ Always discuss the worst-case scenarios. When Margaret Mills, a teacher, lost her job-share partner because of a family illness, a return to full-time work seemed inevitable. We had been over-optimistic. I did manage to find someone e

37、lse who fitted in with me, but I was very lucky.,Reading,Open your mind,Plan for disaster,(3) _ Plan the system for handing work over carefully and play to有助于 each others different strengths发挥各人所长. Delegate the workload分配工作任务 according to each others particular skills and qualities. (4) _ Manager sh

38、ould clarify what they expect in terms of hours, availability and results, and employees should manage their employers expectations. Sue Osborn, a job-sharer for 21 years, says, Were often asked to do five-day weeks每天工作5天. Eventually you just have to say no. (5) _ Agree in writing arrangements for h

39、olidays, parental leave, retirement, etc. everyone should know where they stand from the beginning.从一开始就该清楚了解自己所处的地位和享有的条件 (6) _ Do not work until 1am at home to make up for not being in the office every day. (7) _ Clients may not like having to deal with two people working closely together. As Sava

40、ge says: A job-share should be like a marriage- one voice, one unit.,Get organized,Set your limits,Put pen to paper,Dont feel guilty,Two become one,Key and Analysis 1.答案信息在Bosses should consider; embrace the benefits 2.答案信息在always discuss the worse-case scenario 3.答案信息在plancarefully; handing work ov

41、er; play to; delegate,READING,How to job-share,4.答案信息在clarifyterms of hours; manageexpectations 5.答案信息在writing arrangements for 6.答案信息在work until 1amto make up for 7.答案信息在not like having to deal with two people; one voice, one unit,READING,How to job-share,Key Points,Topic analysis：job-share 1 guide

42、 to 2 make it work 3 share credit and blame 4 Flexecutive 5 consultancy 6 “We had been over-optimistic. I did manage to find someone else who fitted in with me, but I was very lucky.” 7 play to 8 manage 9 parental leave,ReadingHow to job-share,6 . How easy would it be for you to job-share? Would you

43、r employer or boss think it was a good idea?,Useful Expressions,6 Oral practice,How easy would it be for you to job-share? Would your employer or boss think it was a good idea? 参考词汇及表达 yes Have more time with children With less work stress Can have more free time Can have someone to share credit and

44、 blame Two people doing one job means twice as much experience, skills, brainpower and energy.,6 Oral practice,How easy would it be for you to job-share? Would your employer or boss think it was a good idea? 参考词汇及表达 No Difficult to find someone you like Need to coordinate with each other person Tend

45、 to work late at night Need careful planning to play to each others difficult strengths They may not get what they expect of the job-share in terms of hours, availability and result.,练习6是在BEC中级口语测试中考官会问到的同类题型。,Exam Success,Working from Home,LISTENING,ListeningWorking from Home,I 1.1 You will hear a

46、woman called Michela talking about working from home. Key Points 1 save money on office space 2 no commuting,I=Interviewer M=Michela I: OK, Michela. You work from home now. Can you tell me about a typical day? M: Sure, I always get up around seven and the first thing I do is get the kids ready for s

47、chool. I take them at eight thirty and then I always start work at nine. I: Do you ever have a day where you decide to have the morning off and start work later? M: No, you cant do that. Its important with home-working to have a timetable and stick to it. If you end up watching TV or doing the clean

48、ing then it isnt for you. So I have lunch at twelve and finish work at two thirty to get the children. I: Was that why you gave up your office job? M: Yes, I wanted to spend more time with the children. It gives me more flexibility. Sometimes I need to work in the evening but usually it isnt a probl

49、em. I: So how long have you been doing this kind of work? M: For about five years. Ive been with the same company since I left school, but with the Internet and technology its easy now to be at home. I: So your employer doesnt mind. M: No. It means the company saves money on office space and as long

50、 as I get the work done, theyre happy. Sometimes I still go into work to meet clients and so on. For example, Im going in nearly every day this week because we have visitors from another company and I cant really invite them over to my house. Besides, its nice to go in every so often. I like to see

51、people and catch up on the gossip and the news with my colleagues. I miss that side of going into work every day. I: Is there anything else you miss? M: Ermm. No, not really. And Ill tell you what I really dont miss and thats having to spend two hours commuting on the bus and train every day.,Presen

52、t Tenses,GRAMMAR,Grammar Present tenses,(1)The simple present is used: to express habits, general truths, repeated actions or unchanging situations, emotions and wishes: to give instructions or directions,(2) Present continuous to describe an action that is going on at this moment to describe an act

53、ion that is going on during this period of time or a trend, e.g. More and more people are becoming vegetarian. to describe an action or event in the future, which has already been planned or prepared (See also Ways of expressing the future) e.g. Were going on holiday tomorrow. Im meeting my boyfrien

54、d tonight. to describe a temporary event or situation, (a changing trend) with always, forever, constantly, to describe and emphasize a continuing series of repeated actions, e.g. Harry and Sally are always arguing!,(3)present perfect tense To talk about something that was true in the past, and is s

55、till true in the present, as in, I have been married for five years. To refer to something that happened at an unspecified time in the past, as in, Becky has visited China several times already. To talk about something that happened during a period of time that has not yet ended, as in, I have gone

56、to three parties so far this month. When used with just, to refer to something that happened very recently, as in, My mother has just arrived. When you see words like since, ever, already, and so far in a sentence, it often means that you need to use the present perfect tense.,(4)Present Perfect Con

57、tinuous We use the Present Perfect Continuous to show that something started in the past and has continued up until now. For five minutes, for two weeks, and since Tuesday are all durations which can be used with the Present Perfect Continuous e.g She has been working at that company for three years

58、. You can also use the Present Perfect Continuous WITHOUT a duration such as for two weeks. Without the duration, the tense has a more general meaning of lately. We often use the words lately or recently to emphasize this meaning.,Key Points,一般现在时simple present,（1）用来指经常性的动作： I normally start work at 9 a.m.,（2）用来指一般事实： He works for a company in Spain.,Key Points,现在进行时,（1）用于表示说话时或说话前后正在进行的动作：Were doing some consulta