BEC中级听力(三)

                      第三课时

fire, dismiss                  开除
resign, quit, leave, resignation    离职
pre-sales, after sales
Customer Services            客户服务部
interest   become interested in sth.    arouse one s interest in sth.
installation                    组装
Accountancy                  财会部门      记录帐目        
accountant                    会计
Financing   财务部   Fund-raising   集资 
financial analysist  财务分析师
company logo        公司标识               company image    公司形象
company reputation   公司名誉  good-will      spokesperson   代言人

Conversation Three
(Questions 9-12)
Look at the note below.
You will hear a woman calling about the arrangements for a meeting.
TELEPHONE MESSAGEFor:              John FitzgeraldName of caller:     Elizabeth ParnellDate:             7 / 12 / 2002Time:             10.05Message:          Elizabeth will be in the USA until next Tuesday, for a (9) ……………………………………Could you:Change the meeting to
(10) ……………………………………..on Wednesday.Add an item to the agenda: the (11) ………………………………………..?Please phone Elizabeth today at
(12) ………………………………………
日程      schedule     diary     check my diary
project schedule   项目计划
itinerary      行程
agenda       议程
item            一条内容
答案：
9 TRADE FAIR
10 AFTER LUNCH
11 REVISED BUDGETS
12 HEAD OFFICE
postpone till some time   
postpone to some time  推迟到.......
I thought...but...       I meant, I had thought...     后面的内容没有实现
Tapescript
Conversation Three. Questions 9 to 12
Look at the note below.
You will hear a woman calling about the arrangements for a meeting.
You have 15 seconds to read through the note.
[pause]
Now listen, and fill in the spaces.
Man: Good morning. Marketing Department. Peter Menzies speaking.
Woman: Hello. Could I speak to John Fitzgerald, please?
Man: I’m afraid he’s not in the office at the moment.
Woman: Well, this is Elizabeth Parnell calling. I wanted to talk to John about the meeting next week. You see, I only get back on Tuesday night from a trade fair in the States.
Man: So, would you like me to give him a message?
Woman: Yes, could you ask him if we can postpone Wednesday’s meeting? Till after lunch. That would be easier. I was originally going to be at ten a.m.
Man: OK. I’ll ask him to change it. I’ll get back to you with a time.
Woman: Thanks. And could you also ask him to add another item for discussion at the meeting? I thought we were going to talk about the revised budgets – but I can’t see this on the agenda.
Man: OK. I’d better ask him to call you …
Woman: Yes, please. I’m at Head Office at the moment. Can he phone me here today – I won’t be back at my own desk until tomorrow afternoon.
Man: Right, I’ll give him the message.
Woman: Thanks.
Man: Bye.
Woman: Goodbye.

[pause]
Now listen to the recording again.
[pause]
That is the end of Part One. You now have 20 seconds to check your answers.

[pause]

Part Two
Section Two  
(Questions 18-22)
You will hear another five recordings.
For each recording, decide what the speaker’s purpose is.
Write one letter (A-H) next to the number of the recording.
Do not use any letter more than once.
After you have listened once, replay the recordings.
A  to make a complaintB  to deny somethingC  to offer assistanceD  to ask for adviceE  to express doubtF  to ask for permissionG  to explain an actionH  to recommend a new policy
18 ……………………………………   

19 ……………………………………

20 …………………………………… 

21 …………………………………… 

22 ……………………………………
答案：18 C    19 G     20 H     21 E    22 B
Tapescript
Section Two. Question 18 to 22
You will hear another five recordings.
For each recording, decide what the speaker’s purpose is.
Write one letter (A-H) next to the number of the recording.
Do not use any letter more than once.
After you have listened once, replay the recordings.
You have 15 seconds to read the list A-H.
[pause]
Now listen, and decide what each speaker’s purpose is.

[pause]
Eighteen
Man: Hello. This is Guy Cooper from Centron Electronics here. I believe you rang for some advice about your alarm system, which isn’t functioning properly. The message I got said you weren’t sure if you needed someone to come and sort it out, or if we could advise you over the phone. Well perhaps you’d like to get back to me as soon as it’s convenient and tell me exactly what the problem is, and I’ll see what I can do.

[pause]
Nineteen
Woman: Well, as you say, Redlon has been supplying us for years but, quite honestly, two-thirds of the complaints we receive about our products are actually due to faults in components we’ve had from Redlon. So I talked to the Production Manager and he agreed that I should look at some alternatives. Future World’s range is fine for us, and one of their customers who I spoke to recommended them highly, so that’s why we’ve changed to using them.

[pause]
Twenty
Woman: The competition’s getting tougher, and you know we’ve facing serious problems. We need to see more benefit from the undeniably hard work we’re putting in, and this means saying no to jobs which aren’t profitable. It would be much more beneficial to put all our efforts into winning higher-margin contracts. So the way I feel you can help most is by identifying the types of contracts which bring in the income we need in order to ensure our future.

[pause]
Twenty-one
Man: John Woods here, phoning about the project we discussed earlier. Could you give me a ring so that we can talk about it a bit more? I’ve done a few calculations and I’m beginning to wonder whether it’s really a practical proposition. I still think the project’s got potential, but there are significant additional costs which we hadn’t taken into account. So could you get back to me as soon as you can, please?