2010-06-15 所属栏目:BEC初级口试指导

人是铁饭是钢，一顿不吃饿得慌，可见吃饭的重要性。吃饭已经衍生为现代重要的交流与沟通的方式，但请客吃饭有一点是有共性的，那就是不管你的目的是谈生意还是与人约会，最终的打算是让对方高兴而来满意而去。

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2010-06-13 所属栏目:BEC中级写作指导

1.切忌主客不分或模糊。
例子: Deciding to rescind the earlier estimate, our report was updated to include $40,000 for new equipment.应改为 Deciding to rescind our earlier estimate, we have updated our

2010-06-13 所属栏目:BEC初级写作指导

　　一、在你请人吃饭的时候，你应该首先问问人家："What are you in the mood for？""您想吃什么？""mood"这里有心情、心绪的意思，这句话中"be in the mood for"是一个固定的用法，意思是"想吃什么？"当然，如果这

2010-06-13 所属栏目:BEC初级写作指导

　　商务英语的书信写作中，应当力图行文简洁有力，重点突出，以下是在这方面学要注意的点。
　　（一） 避免使用陈旧的商业术语
　　陈旧的与传统的商业术语（Commercial jargon）对信的内容没有什么作用，应该避

2010-06-13 所属栏目:BEC初级写作指导

　　COURTESY译成"礼貌"。但是根据西方国家函电书籍作者普遍的看法，所谓COURTESY是"客气而又体谅人"的意思。有的作者还把 COURTESY和POLITENESS这两个同义词做了比较，认为：POLITENESS的客气只是表现在文章的语句上

2010-06-12 所属栏目:BEC高级写作指导

（四） 运用被动语气 　　
有时，运用被动语气，比主动语气客气，如： a) You made a very careless mistake. 　 A very careless mistake was made b) You did not enclose the check with your order. 　 The che

2010-06-12 所属栏目:BEC高级阅读指导

　　商务英语证书(BEC)考试近年来被各类涉外企业、部门用来作为招收职员时英语能力的证明;同时也是商务工作人员或英语学习者检验、提高英语水平的方式。由于很多即将进入职场的学生或已工作的青年把该证书作为就业、

2010-06-12 所属栏目:BEC初级口试指导

　　1.I’ll respond to your counter-offer by reducing our price by three dollars.
　　我同意你们的还价，减价3元。
　　2. If the price is higher than that, we’d rather call the whole deal off.
　　

2010-06-11 所属栏目:BEC高级写作指导

COURTESY译成"礼貌"。但是根据西方国家函电书籍作者普遍的看法，所谓COURTESY是"客气而又体谅人"的意思。有的作者还把COURTESY和POLITENESS这两个同义词做了比较，认为：POLITENESS的客气只是表现在文章的语句上，而

2010-06-11 所属栏目:BEC中级阅读指导

　　There's no denying the festival's grown a bit since its start. The first Merlefest, held in 1988, attracted just 4,000 fans who gathered to watch Merle's friends jamming on a few flatbed trucks

2010-06-09 所属栏目:BEC高级写作指导

Correctness（正确）
商业书信必须写得正确，因为它涉及到买卖双方的权利，义务，厉害关系，是各种商业单据（如合同）的根据。 广义的说，商业书信的正确性表现在： （一） 运用正确的语言水平 （二） 叙述得正确 （

2010-06-08 所属栏目:BEC初级口试指导

市况上扬： The market advances/ gains /rises.市况下挫： The market declines /falls/loses.市况活跃： The market booms.The market is excited.The market becomes active.The market becomes brisk.市况暴跌停

2010-06-07 所属栏目:BEC考试经验

1、投资我们的时间和心智。我们并不傻，有足够的智慧和大脑空间来消化储存那些ABCD。别人能学会，我们也能学会，只要我们善于投资自己的时间。上帝赋于我们每日24小时，上班8小时，睡觉7小时，三餐饭2小时，莫名其妙

2010-06-06 所属栏目:BEC中级口试指导

1.I’ll respond to your counter-offer by reducing our price by three dollars.
我同意你们的还价，减价3元。2. If the price is higher than that, we’d rather call the whole deal off.
如果价格比这还高，

2010-06-05 所属栏目:BEC中级写作指导

　　写信的原则（Writing Principles）已从原来的3（Conciseness, Clearness, Courtesy）发展到目前的7个"Ｃ"：
　　Completeness, Clearness, Concreteness, Conciseness, Correctness, Courtesy,Consideration)

2010-06-04 所属栏目:BEC高级写作指导

　　Report writing Ex 4: Sample answer: (235words) 　　
　　Reassessment of job satisfaction: Sue Pearson(PR Dept.)
　　Introduction
　　This report sets out to use Workset colours to assess the ac

2010-06-04 所属栏目:BEC高级写作指导

　　Flexible working Ex 5:
　　Sample answer: (250words) 　　
　　Resource Planning Manager: Assessment of Suitability for Home-based Working
　　Introduction
　　The purpose of this report is to

2010-06-04 所属栏目:BEC高级写作指导

　　Resource Planning Manager: Assessment of Suitability for Home-based Working
　　Introduction
　　The purpose of this report is to assess the suitability of my position as Resource Planning Manag

2010-06-04 所属栏目:BEC高级写作指导

　　Describing graphs Ex 4: Sample answer: (132words)
　　The share price of IBM and AOL showed a upward trend from June until the end of 1998.However, while AOL shares then continued to rise steadi

2010-06-04 所属栏目:BEC高级写作指导

Replying to an enquiry Ex 7: Sample answer: (219words)
　　Dear Mr Zampieri
　　With reference to your letter dated 14 June, in which you requested information about A Cut Above, please find enclos

2010-06-03 所属栏目:BEC高级写作指导

仔细和恰当地分段落（Paragraphing）商业书信要写得使人一读就明白，因此必须按照内容仔细和恰当的分段落，一般的分段落原则是一个段落一个意思（A paragraph for each point is a good general rule.）. 现举例说明

2010-06-02 所属栏目:BEC高级写作指导

写信的原则（Writing Principles）已从原来的3（Conciseness, Clearness, Courtesy）发展到目前的7个"Ｃ"：

Completeness, Clearness, Concreteness, Conciseness, Correctness, Courtesy,Consideration)

实例

2010-05-27 所属栏目:BEC中级口试指导

Discuss what a company should do to retain its staff.

A: You see, in the past year one of our clients kept losing staff and suffered a heavy loss. They worry a lot and turn to us. Have you got any

2010-05-27 所属栏目:BEC中级口试指导

1. Go across the street 过马路
A: Let's go across the street for a walk.
B: Okay, sounds very nice.
A:我们过马路走走吧。
B:好的,这主意不错。
2. Go around the lake 去湖边

2010-05-27 所属栏目:BEC中级口试指导

1. Apply for an ID card 申请办理身份证
A: How can I apply for an ID card?
B: There is a guy in charge of the ID card. His name is Jerry Tang. Give him a call.
A:我怎样申请办理