剑桥商务英语BEC-听力

BEC 备考伴侣听力讲义

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一、听力考试须知： “两个所有”

1）所有单词要大写。 2）所有录音听两遍。

二、中级填空题专讲： 题型介绍：

·每空格填写单词数量为1~3词（高级亦同） ·主要考查基础商务词汇

·以对话形式命题，共听三篇对话，完成12个填空题

预读方法：

1）看空格前后单词 2）注意有无数字题 Eg.

Answers:

(1) WORLDNET/WORLD NET (2) OUTSIDE LINES (3) TRANSFER CALLS (4) (THE) EQUIPMENT

Tape Scripts:

Man: Hello, Swinburn Telecoms.

Woman: I’d like to speak to Tony Wilson, please.

Man: I’m afraid Tony isn’t available. Can I take a message? Woman: Yes please. I’m Sheila Dallas, from Worldnet. Man: Right.

Woman: I ’m ringing about the telephone system your firm installed here yesterday. We ’re not happy with it.

Man: Oh dear. What seems to be the problem?

Woman: First of all, your engineer said that with the number of extensions we’ve got, six outside lines would be enough, but we asked for eight, and anyway you ’ve charged us for the larger system.

Man: Right, we’ll look into that.

Woman: Then, whenever we try to transfer calls from one extension to another we lose them. We ’re following the instructions, but it just doesn’t work. Man: I see.

Woman: And finally, could you ask Tony to check the invoice, please? He promised us a discount on installation, which is shown, and one on the equipment, but that isn’t there.

Man: Right. I’m sorry about all that. I’ll get Tony to contact you as soon as he’s free. Woman: Thank. Goodbye. Man: Goodbye.

注释：

表示“公司”的词：

company

Co.,LTD 有限责任公司 Company Limited

PLC 私人有限公司 Private Limited Company group 集团公司 headquarter= HQ 总公司 subsidiary, branch 分公司 enterprise 企业

JV = joint venture 合资企业

解题技巧：

1）以空格之前的单词作为定位信息词。

2）听第一遍录音时，尽量记录空格信息，听第二遍录音时差缺补漏

3）不要直接写到答题卡上，先在试题册上做题，所有录音放完后，会专门有十分钟时间让考生誊写答案。

4）数字题考点及复习方法 ·整数听力理解及易错点

·零的各种读音 1) zero 2) O 3) nought 4) nil 5) love ·小数听力理解及易错点

·分数、百分比、倍数听力理解及易错点

分数基本读法：分子部分基数词读出，分母部分序数词读出 带分数的读法：整数归整数念，分数归分数念，中间用and 连接 倍数的读法：翻两番 quadruple ·时间、年份听力理解及易错点

·商务英语特殊数据的听法（序列号、航班号、电话号等） 5）要求填写姓名的空格是送分题（请参见“表格”的No.1），因为录音中会把姓名逐字母拼出，考生只要照听照记即可。

考点汇总：

2）电话留言

三、中级配伍题专讲： 题型介绍

·八选五，有三个干扰项须排除 ·历年听力考试错误率最高题型 ·涉及商务实际操作的考查

预读技巧

1）看试卷上解题指南的第二行，了解录音主要内容。 2）迅速浏览选项，找出选项中的核心词。 核心词种类：

·揭示含义主体的名词，比如，当选项以句子形式出现时，要关注句子的主语。

·具有重要修饰性、限制性作用的形容词或副词。尤其要关注那些揭示事物特点特征的词。 （请参见以下例题选项中划线部分。） eg.

Section Two

(Questions 18-22)

·You will hear another five recordings.

·For each recording, decide what reason each person gives. ·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 recording.

18_________________ 19_________________ 20_________________ 21_________________ 22_________________ G

H. The company’

Answers:

18.G 19.E 20.C 21.B 22.H

解题技巧

1）听第一遍录音时，排除干扰项。边听边理解各段材料的主要内容，并对比各选项中的核心词，如果某些选项的核心信息与录音内容无关，就把这些选项划去。

2）听第一遍录音时，先把比较容易的题目解答完。比较难以判断的题目，可留到听第二遍录音时再仔细理解。

3）一般来说，录音中的答案提示信息不止有一处。有的是直接提示，有的是暗示。

4）每段录音的语言内容中，都会刻意安插一些干扰信息。避免受到干扰的最好办法，就是不要根据听到的只言片语选择答案，而是要理解各段录音的主要内容，再看哪个选项的核心词能够概括本题录音的主要内容。

考点汇总

1）内容多与商务实际操作有关，包括会务安排、招聘面试、人才选拔、选择供应商、商务接洽、单据操作、广告宣传、建立合作关系，等等，信息较为多元化。 2）语言有特色：

BEC 听力各部分考题录音语言特色： ·填空题：偏重口语化的表达。

· 配伍题：语言专业性较强，常使用一些商务缩略词的表达。

·段子题：多书面化用语，句子普遍偏长，大量使用从句，逻辑关系较复杂。

Tape Scripts: Eighteen

Man: We were having problems with the company we normally use so we looked at a number of other companies and decided to give this one a try. They’re just new in the business and we were impressed as they promised they would deliver the goods we wanted within two days and they did. We had to pay more than we would have liked but the results were worth it. Since then, I’ve told a lot of other people about them.

Nineteen

Woman: Apparently they’re an established company in Scotland with an excellent reputation, but I didn ’t know that at the time. I found them through the internet. I was just browsing through the list of suppliers one day and I noticed their name. I looked them up and found that they had this fantastic discount available that particular month. We ordered various things and the quality was so good we’ve continued using them.

Twenty

Man: We like to try out different suppliers to make sure we’re always getting the best deal. This particular company was running a big publicity campaign. I’d seen the ads on TV and they really put me off. I just couldn’t see the appeal. But then someone I met at a training day told me we should use them. His company had used their service for years with no complaints, so we followed his advices.

Twenty-one

Woman : We’d looked round the market to find the cheapest deal possible but to be honest there wasn ’t much to choose, in terms of cost, between any of the local suppliers. However, we had a visit from a sales representative from one company and we asked him to make up some complimentary printed letterheads for us. They were exactly what we wanted so that was the deciding factor. I think that personal touch gives a company far better results than advertising ever can.

Twenty-two

Man : Obviously there are many different factors to consider when you choose a new supplier. We always used a local company because they were relatively near and we could even pick things up ourselves if necessary. But unfortunately they just became too expensive. Now that express delivery services are widely available, distance is no longer a consideration and we’ve been able to choose someone who can give us the best package for the lowest cost.

四、中级段子题专讲： 题型介绍

·要求听一篇长篇幅的单人演讲或双人对话，然后做单选。 ·单选题，但不同于国内的英语考试，这部分仅每题有三个选项

·每道题的提问内容会在试卷上显示，考生可以在听录音之前就了解提问信息。 ·语言较之前两种题型，更加书面化，逻辑更复杂，句子更长，较难理解。

预读技巧：

1）仔细阅读解题指南的第一行，了解出题形式、文体和主要内容。 ·段子题常见出题形式： 单人演讲 双人交替发言 双人对话

·段子题常见文体：

致辞 报告 采访

·段子题常考内容：

内容也与商务操作有关，但不同于配伍题侧重实物内容，段子题常涉及商务战略，内容高屋建瓴，比较宏观，如企业管理、创新经营、股市综述、竞争优劣势分析等。

2）阅读每道题的题干，并找出。 段子题定位词：

·大写专用名词，如公司名，人名，地名，事件名等，这些最容易找到，听的时候也最容易把握。如例题No.24中的Brownlow ，No.29中的Freewaves 这些公司名称，等等。当录音提到具体公司名称时，就意味着有关这一道题目的信息出现了。 ·数字、时间

·题干句子的主语，在没有以上特殊定位信息的情况下，就找出题目中的主语，搞清本题针对哪方面信息提问，并以此作为定位词。

3）注意选项中是否出现数字。如有数字，要仔细聆听和选项中数字有关的细节信息。 eg.

Questions 23-30

·You will hear a radio report about the London stock market.

·For each question (23-30), mark one letter (A, B, or C) for the correct answer. ·After you have listened once, replay the recording.

23. How did the stock market perform today?（C ） A It continued the week’s steady movement. B It reached its highest level of the week. C It finished below an earlier peak.

24. Brownlow, the clothing retailer, has（C ） A sold a subsidiary

B bought a foreign company C been taken over

25. What has happened at Westwales Electricity?（A ） A Training has been offered to the whole workforce. B The management team has been replaced.

C Many of its engineers have been made redundant.

26. Financial experts advise investors with shares in electricity and gas to （C ） A sell them immediately.

B persuade others to sell them C delay any decision about selling.

27. What is said about the pharmaceuticals sector?（A ）

A It is the strongest performing sector. B It is behaving similarly to other sectors. C It will soon be overtaken by other sectors.

28. Which type of business is continuing to experience difficulties?（C ） A supermarket retailers B leisure companies C construction firms

29. What is said about Freewaves, the internet café chain?（B ） A It has increased its research spending. B It has just announced a loss.

C It has paid shareholders large dividends.

30. What is Simpson’s planning to do?（B ） A expand by taking over other companies B reorganize the companies in the group C increase its market share

考点汇总

1）词汇难点：熟词生义

如在例题录音开头部分出现的close 这个单词，考生虽然早已熟识其有关“关闭、关上”的意思，但在例题中，它表示“收盘”，其后随之出现的另一个词组closing figure则表示“收盘价”。这种含义用法，是国内英语考试从来不考的，国内英语教学中一般也不向学生介绍这类词汇的商务含义，导致考生会有“似乎每个单词都认识，但就是听不懂在说什么”的困惑。

2）长句难点：句子结构复杂，一句话包含大量信息，加之不时说到一些考生不熟悉的词汇，且语速较快，使考生易产生难以招架之感。 3）顺序原则

长难句及重点商务词汇理解：（以下顺序根据词句在听力录音中的出现顺序排列） ·stock market ·mixed

·trading down ·rise ·close

·a sharp fall ·recovery

·closing figure

·moved Brownlow’s shares up

·Brownlow. Having finally found a buyer for their loss-making sports footwear subsidiary, Hiform, they ’ve rejected a take-over bid from a leading French retail chain which has been looking to buy into the British Market for some time.

·To the relief of Westwales managers, Lek haven ’t brought in their own people to run the company Despite predicted job cuts of something like a third of the engineering staff, no

announcement has been made, and indeed, Lek ’s comprehensive training scheme has been opened to all grades of staff in Westwales. ·getting rid of

·Recently we’ve seen several periods of rapid expansion in this sector, only for it to be overtaken a short time later by the strong financial institutions. ·a steep drop ·sectors

·supermarkets, having suffered a downturn in business for over a year, at least have some reason for optimism.

·…is also showing signs of a turnaround

·The same cannot be said of the building sector, though, which expects little relief for at least another six months.

·Like other new companies, Freewaves has tended to pay low dividends to investors, preferring to re-invest profits in research and development. ·declared operating losses

·For years Simpson’s have been acquiring other chains, giving them a strong market position ·But today Simpson ’s announced that they are to consolidate their three home improvement chains into one, under the Fresca name.

Tape Scripts:

Woman: Hello. I ’m Jane Bowen with our regular Friday look at the week just finished on the London stock market.

The general picture is pretty mixed . Shares in the major banks are trading down, while mining companies have surprised analysts with a small rise . Overall, it ’s been a week of considerable movement, with the highest level reached at the close two days ago and a sharp fall yesterday. A strong recovery saw most of those losses being made up today, but the closing figure still fell short of Wednesday’s. Now here’s Charles Wrighton with some company news.

activity has moved Brownlow’s shares up by twenty percent to ninety-six pence.

There ’s a lot of interest in the Lek energy group, which recently bought Westwales Electricity.

Woman: we’ve had a number of emails from investors asking what to do with their shares in gas and electricity companies after their consistently poor performance recently. Many of you might be thinking of getting rid of yours as quickly as possible. But financial experts are fairly optimistic about the outlook for the power sector, and investors may do better to see what happens over the next few months. With so many other investors deciding to cut their losses and sell now,

interest in this sector may increase, an that, of course, would push share prices up.

a steep drop in the share prices of many other companies. All other sectors have lost considerable amounts, but this simply has not been reflected in the overall value of the market, because pharmaceuticals companies are keeping the value high.

Looking next at the sectors whose troubles have been in the news recently: …

Man: One company in the news is Freewaves, which owns a chain in internet cafes. the first quarter, taking everyone by surprise, the company has now declared operating losses close to a million pounds. This, of course, will make shareholders think about whether to keep their shares.

And news form Simpon’, and they now sell everything from make-up to computers.

Woman: Now for the figures…

五、高级题型简介：

仍由三大部分构成：填空题、配伍题和段子题。

高级与中级的区别：

1．填空题：

·中级共有三个小练习，对应三段录音，平均每个练习有四道题目，共十二个空格；高级只有一个练习，包含所有十二个空格，只听一篇录音（但篇幅较长）。

·每空填写1至3个单词，需要填写的单词，同样是商务术语词汇，但以长难词居多，即词汇本身难度较大。

2．配伍题：

·依然分上下两个sections ，各有五道题，要求考生做八选五的选择题。

·中级是section one有五段录音，section two听另外五段录音，即两者相加有十段录音；高级两个section 合起来只有五段录音，所以每听一段录音要做一上一下两道题目，混淆性进一步加大。

·具体录音与题目对应关系：

Extract One—No.13 & No. 18

Extract Two—No. 14 & No. 19

Extract Three—No. 15 & No. 20

Extract Four—No.16 & No. 21

Extract Six—No.17 & No.22

3．段子题：

·形式与中级一致。即题目数量是No.23-No.30，每道题三个选项，题干直接印在试卷上。 ·出题形式主要以双人对话为主，不常出现中级中的单人演讲、报告等形式。

·该部分语速比中级明显加快。

六、高级填空题专讲：

预读方法

1）阅读解题指南第一行，了解录音材料所要讲述的主要内容及说话人的身份。

2）看标题

·大标题：揭示内容主旨

·小标题：一般出现三个小标题，相当于把长篇幅的录音材料切割成三个部分。小标题的作用更重要，因为可以引导学生跟上录音讲述的思路，并及时解答该标题下的题目。

3）顺序原则

4）重要规律：空格往往出现在题目句子的后半句这一位置。

看空格前半句话，并找出关键的定位词。

高级填空题定位词：

·充当句子主语的名词

·起到关键限制性、修饰性作用的形容词和副词

Eg.

考点汇总：

1）常考四大类实词，即名词、动词、形容词、副词。

2）注意评分原则，凡真题答案中有括号处，则说明括号内单词写或不写均不扣分。 英式拼法和美式拼法均可以。

运用速记技巧。

①缩略词法 PA 私人助理 CEO 首席执行官 MD 总经理 OHP 投影仪

②记录单词开头字母

③音标汉字法：听得懂但写不出则通过音标或中文解释记录

精听复习：

•利用一些商务英语有声材料（如BEC 考试真题、BBC 财经新闻播报等），练习听写。 •以句为单位听写，对照原文，分析错误原因

①读音 lamb

②拼写错误

③没听懂

Answers:

1 THREE DAYS

2 GLOBAL CONFERENCES PLC

3 TOMORROW(’)S SOFTWARE

4 PERMIT

5 LARGE CORPORATIONS

6 LOGIC SOLUTIONS

7 INTELLIGENT CHANGE

8 IT ANALYST

9 CUSTOMER(-) DRIVEN

10 ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURES

11 FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION

12 CASE STUDIES

Tape Scripts:

Woman: Good morning everyone and welcome. Thanks for coming. My name is Jane Watson and I look forward to meeting you all personally. Some of you are here just for today, others, I know, will be attending for all three days. I’m just going to say a few words on behalf of my company who have organized this event, Global Conferences plc. As you know, today ’s seminar is The Business Master Class, to be conducted by our distinguished guest who I will introduce in a moment. But first a few quick points of organization which perhaps you ’d like to note. All sessions will take place in this hotel except for the last session on Tomorrow’s Software, which will be at the New City Hotel. We will meet there at 2pm and this will give us a chance to see in action some of the things we have been discussing. A map with directions to the New City Hotel is available from me if you wish to make your own way. Alternatively there will be a bus going there at 1.30pm. There is limited car parking at the New City Hotel so if you wish to drive there you will need a permit. You can get on from the conference office.

Now to the reason we are all here. We are very fortunate to have a seminar today led by Dr Martin Sangalli, one of the most prominent and well-respected commentators in the world business community. He’s been asked to advise many large corporations. He’s a specialist in the strategic use of Information Technology in banking, pharmaceuticals and retail. He has his own company called Logic Solutions, which consults with some of the biggest names in the world of business. He is also an adviser to Intertel and a non-executive director of Global Conferences. Thousands of business and technology managers have benefited from reading his best-selling book, Intelligent Change. Always inspiring and thought provoking, his ideas have helped hundreds of organizations to gain a glimpse of the future. He is Europe ’s most famous IT analyst. Dr Sangalli-welcome.

Man: Thank you Jane, for that flattering introduction. I hope I can live up to it. So to begin. There are two main difficulties facing all corporations today. Firstly, how to make themselves more customer-driven. Secondly, and as a result of that, is the question of how to go about the major task of developing and implementing new organizational structures. This is a senior management session and is designed to provide you with two things. I hope that by the end of the session you will be equipped to design your own framework for action. To help you do this you will also be able to take away documentation of real-life case studies that I ’ve been involved in. So, if you would like to look at the screen…

七、高级配伍题专讲：

预读方法：

1）首先了解录音材料的主要内容，并明确每个task 需要判断的方向。

2）查看各选项。 规律：一般在task one的选项中会出现一些难词，需要边看边理解。

eg.

Questions 13-22

·You will hear five different people speaking about changes in personnel in their place of work. ·For each extract there are two tasks. For Task One, choose the reason for the change in personnel from the list A-H. For Task Two, choose the action that has been taken as result, from the list A-H . ·After you have listened once, replay the recording.

Task One – Reason

·For questions 13-17, match the extracts with the reason for the change in personnel, listed A-H . ·For each extract, choose the reason given.

·Write one letter (A-H) next to the number of the extract.

13_________________________ A sick leave

14_________________________ B dismissal

15_________________________ C promotion

16_________________________ D secondment

17_________________________ E resignation

F study leave

G retirement

H redundancy

Task Two – Action

·For questions 18-22, match the extracts with the action taken, listed A-H .

·For each extract, choose the action described.

·Write one letter (A-H) next to the number of the extract.

18_________________________ A employment on a temporary contract 19_________________________ B contracting work to another company 20_________________________ C doing a lot of overtime

21_________________________ D changing holiday plans

22_________________________ E increasing the work done a another site F postponing work

G giving staff extra training

H headhunting a successor

Answers:

1. B 14. C 15. E 16. D 17. A 18. D 19. F 20. C 21. A 22. E

考点汇总：

1）强调考生对语音语调有较好的把握。如能做到这点，对解题有很大的辅助作用。 试比较：

what 上扬语调往往表达惊讶、难以置信、激动、兴奋、怀疑等感情色彩。

what 下降语调往往表达沉着、赞同、肯定、漠不关心、情绪消沉、不满等感情色彩。

2）高级配伍题的两个tasks ，考点往往集中在以下几种：

Task one：REASON/PURPOSE，即让考生判断说话人给出的做某事的理由或目的。 考点引导词：because, that’s why…, since 等。

Task Two：PROBLEM ，即让考生判断由于做某事而引发的后续问题。

考点引导词：可通过转折引导出问题，即使用but, however, though, on the other hand等转折词；有时也会在由说话人提到the trouble is, the tricky thing is, it is confusing，等说法，则考生在听到时可判断，其后会有涉及考点problem 的信息出现。

Tape Scripts:

Man: It’s a shame in any ways because Andrew was doing an excellent job and was a very useful member of the team. The truth is he ’s probably contributed more than anyone else in terms of sheer energy and ideas to the projects he’s worked on. Certainly, he was a lot more popular with the team than his predecessor, in fact he’s so good with people from different backgrounds and different countries, he used to make me sick sometimes. But having said that, he was less good at getting on with superiors, I mean you can’t keep disagreeing with your line manager over quite basic matters. It’s just not on. There was too much conflict. The company had to choose between the two of them. So he ’s paid the price, but he won ’t have any problems getting a new job. Anyway Margaret won ’t be doing anything urgent, until they decide what to do about a new appointment. She had planned a two-week break starting yesterday but now that’s all been put off for two or three months.

Woman: Well, we knew she was a high-flyer from her previous company and she’s impressed the Board with her results, especially in the last six months. She can extract the main arguments from long documents in no time. Other people have to study them for hours. Certainly, we need more people like her at the top. I didn ’t think it ’d be this quick, but it ’s true that she ’s the person to make an impact. However, it does create a few headaches for us, because the MD wants her to start at Head Office almost straight away. What’s happening is we’re putting back the dates for the Canada Report and for the big meeting on the new training program for four weeks by which time we hope to have somebody in the post.

Man: Remember that working practices, systems, the management structure, the whole culture of the company have changed a great deal just in the last five years. Then there ’s been all the pressure and worry of the takeover, and the longer working day we’ve had since that time. It was a shock when I first heard he’d handed his notice in, but then when I think about it I’m not really surprised. I don’ really know, but I should think he now regrets not taking early retirement when it was a possibility. And don’t forget there’s the issue of his wife’s health, too, so I think John wants to sort of bring forward some of the plans he ’d made for retirement, like traveling to South

America and China. The immediate consequence will be quite a few late evenings for his two deputies plus a lot of weekend work, because the annual report has got to be sorted out by the end of the month and there are quite a few other outstanding matters on the contract side.

Woman: Martin has had quite a bit of overseas experience, mainly on sites in South America. Nobody ’s better at getting on with local managers and resolving conflicts between the various parties working on a project. In the situation we’ve got out there he’ll be just the right man for the job. I’ve been very impressed with everything he’s done since he came to us, I think he’s got the perfect mix of expertise and track record, but we’re going to miss him at this end. Fortunately, the woman we’ve signed up to fill the temporary gap is available for exactly the period that Martin’s going to be away. She’s been working for an electronics company in France that’s just been taken over by a German firm. Actually the boss me her quite by chance the very day she was made redundant. What could be very useful is that she ’s done quite a lot of budgeting work on development projects.

Woman: She’s a total workaholic—always the first to arrive at the office and the last to leave—but she spends a lot of time at the leisure center as well. Mind you, we’ve all been under pressure with the re-organization, so it’s doubtless been even worse for her in Human Resources, having to cope with so many redundancies and resignations. It’s something you only expect to older employees, isn ’t it? Anyway it actually happened during a Finance Committee meeting, but the medical team were very efficient. Anyway, let ’s hope she won ’t be away too long! There are a couple of managers just back from secondments. They’re going to do more of her work at Head Office, it seems, with weekly visits. Everybody’s assuming it isn’t too serious.

八、高级段子题专讲：

预读方法

1）通过阅读解题指南，了解命题形式是单人演讲还是双人对话（一般对话较多）。

2）了解录音材料的主要内容。

3）如果是双人对话则要看请两位说话人的名字（其作用将在“解题技巧”部分详细阐述）。

4）查看各题题干中，有无可充当答案定位词的大写专用名词（如No.23中的Chief Executive）。

eg.

Questions 23-30

·You will hear Tania and Jerry, two managers from a furniture manufacturer, discussing a meeting they have just attended.

·For each question (23-30), mark one letter (A,B, or C)for the correct answer.

·After you have listened once, replay the recording.

23. Why has the Chief Executive had to leave?

A The company has been taken over.

B The company’s share price has fallen.

C The company has changed its strategy.

24. What is Tania’s opinion of the new Chief Executive?

A He lacks the qualities necessary for the position.

B His experience qualifies him for the job.

C He will prove to be better than he seems.

25. What does the company intend to do?

A concentrate on a smaller range of furniture products

B diversify into non-furniture products

C expand by taking over some of its competitors

26. In Jerry and Tania’s opinion, what should the company focus on in future?

A increasing the market share of its core products

B finding niche markets for its products

C differentiating its products from those of competitors

27. Tania’s new area of responsibility is to manage

A a division

B a change

C a brand

28. Jerry’s fear about his new post is that

A some of his staff might not like him being the boss

B he does not know enough about the field

C it will not be sufficiently demanding

29. What do Tania and Jerry think about the proposed television advertising campaign?

A It will focus on the wrong products.

B The company cannot afford it.

C The timing is wrong

30. Tania thinks that not enough money is being spent on

A salaries

B product development

C the working environment

Answers:

23. C 24. A 25. B 26. C 27. B 28. A 29. A 30. C

考点汇总：

此题型对考生分辨语言内容层次，把握重点信息的能力有较高要求，而内容层次的转换及考点的出现多由引导词做前引。因此，必须把握以下十大类引导词：

听力十大类引导词：（中高级均适用）

1． 最高级引导词——起到提示特点特征的作用。

most / chief / primary / main / leading / „„

2． 唯一项引导词——起强调、突出要点的作用。

only / unique / prefer / every / one / of all / perfect / ……

3． 因果项引导词——揭示因果关系，其中。

cause / lead to / contribute to / thanks to / owing to / question / answer / why / reason / 其他形式的问句 / „„

4． 转则项引导词——表示语气转折，而语气转折之后往往有说话人要强调的重要信息，这种重要信息往往与题目答案有关。转折词之后有答案。

despite / in spite of / instead / while / from ~ to ~ / although ~ （yet ）~ / not only ~ but also ~ / „„

5． 序数项引导词词——表列举，尤其在罗列观点、介绍重要信息时会用到。也起到言内容产生层次转换的作用。

所有的序数词（first , second）/ another / the other / next / last / in addition / on the other hand / „„

6． 时间项引导词——常用于在描述发展进程时，引导层次转换。

when / how / today / before / after / then / until / ……

7． 解释项引导词——说话人常用以下词汇来对自己提到重点信息、复杂概念进行进一步说明，听者只要把握解释项引导词之后的详细阐述，就可理解难点。

or / namely / in other words / that is / that is to say / ……

8． 目的项引导词——解释行为、语言等的目的

to / for / ……

9． 总结项引导词——常出现在结尾，。

all in all / in brief / to conclude / at last / in summary / in short / ……

10．强调项引导词——起到强调突出作用，往往用来。 especially / particularly / almost / always / usually / „„

以上十大类引导词，非但适用于配伍题，也同事适用于其他听力题型。

Tape Scripts:

Woman: Whew, what a meeting! Were you as surprised as I was, Jerry?

Man: You bet. When the Chairman called us to it, I thought it might be about the takeover hat there have been rumor about, but I didn’t expect anything like the Chief Executive being forced out.

Woman: No. It doesn’t seem fair to blame him for the American project not making much money, when it hasn’t had long to establish itself. And I can’t see why the Board have decided to end it now. After all, they didn’t seem worried earlier this year, when the markets panicked about it and our share price dropped.

Man: And fancy Keith Barnes becoming Chief Executive! Did you know he joined as a trainee thirty years ago?

Woman: Yes, he certainly knows the company, but he’s had very little time in positions that’ll help him as Chief Executive. I doubt if he’s got what it takes to run a big company like this. If you ask me, the Chairman wanted to make an internal appointment, and Keith was in the right place at the right time. Well we’ll see how he turns out, but I reckon he’ll only keep the job for as long as the Chairman’s behind him.

Man: Yeah, you’re probably right. And what about theses new plans Keith talked about? It seems pretty risky to expand into areas where we’ve got no experience or expertise. This company has

been making furniture for years, and we ought to stick to what we’re good at, and maybe expand through acquisitions.

Woman: Well, it might be a good idea.

Man: I know our market share’s growing, but the strategy well relies too much on low prices to attract customers. What we really need to do more is to make people want our beds and furniture because they’re special, not because they’re cheap.

Woman: You mean moving into the niche markets?

Man: I’d describe it as staying in the mass market, but standing out from the rest.

Woman: Right. Consumers are becoming more demanding these days, after all.

Man: Exactly. What about you, Tania? How do you feel about your new responsibility?

Woman: It’s going to be quite a challenge, I reckon. I mean, sorting out the reorganization of the business into divisions sounds simple enough, but I suspect it’ll produce plenty of headaches. And with several brands to deal with, some of which cut across the divisions, it’s going to be pretty complicated. I suspect it ’ll be tough to finish it in the time I ’ve been given. And of course, congratulations on becoming Export Sales Manager, Jerry.

Man: Thanks.

Woman: You don’t sound very enthusiastic. Don’t you want the job?

Man: Oh yes, it’sto use what I learnt when I was Export Sales before. But there are other people who’ve stayed in the department who might resent me going back into it over them.

Woman: Well, surely if you work closely with them, they’ll realize you’re all right?

Man: Yes, I ’m sure I can do it. I just need to from the beginning.

Woman: So will you be involved in the TV advertising campaign that Keith talked about?

Man: I hope not! It’s all very well promoting out cabinet furniture brands, but I think the money would be better spent on pushing bed sales: that ’s the side of the business that needs more consumer awareness.

Woman: Right. I can see why they’ve picked this time to plan a campaign, as advertising costs are relatively low at the moment, but I agree, they haven’t got the plan quite right. Actually I’m not very happy about the way they’ve allocated money in general.

Man: You aren’t going to turn down the pay rise, are you?

Woman: No, I’m not that idealistic. And of course it’s right to spend money on new products and machinery. But we’ve been asking for ages for better facilities for the factory workers in particular, and it doesn’t look as though much is being done for them.

Man: Maybe if we keep pressing for that…

九、综合复习指导：

1． 真题练习：

真题永远是针对考试最有价值的复习材料。目前BEC 真题共三辑，皆为最近年份的真题，另有剑桥考试委员会编写的模拟题一辑，形式与真题相仿，可供在考试之前强化复习使用。 做真题要达到以下几个目的：

·总结归纳真题命题手法及考查重点。

·每做一篇真题，仔细分析错误原因。

·划出原文中蕴含的商务词汇作积累。

·整理高频词。

2．精听复习：

利用一些商务英语有声材料（如BBC 财经新闻播报、专门的商务英语听力训练材料等），练习听写。

·逐句听写，仔细核对答案，可有效提高听力能力。

·听写过程中，注意积累商务词汇。

·注意所选材料的语速，宜由慢到快分阶段练习。

·宜选用英国式英语发音特色

·适应商务场合语言表达的固有方式

·听写练习

3．泛听复习：

·闲暇时收听BBC 、VOA 的商务英语报道

·将已经做过的真题反复听

·在理解泛听材料内容的基础上，尝试练习复述内容。

4． 商务知识复习：

BEC 考试中涉及的商务知识，所以在听力训练之外，不应忽视背景知识的积累。一般涉及以下商务领域：

·企业组织构成

·企业内部管理

··人事

··公关

··会务

··战略决策

··选择办公地点

·市场营销

··广告宣传

··市场开拓

··销售手段等

·贸易合作

··合同签定

··谈判

··单据操作

··运输

··纠纷解决等

·金融

··股票走势

··财务表现

··财会单据等

·职业发展

··求职招聘

··跳槽

考生可寻找相关商务书籍补充知识。注意BEC 一般不考纯理论性的商务知识，也不会在商务方面考得太专业，太难。所以，作为对于考试的辅助性准备，只要了解大概情况，知道关键概念及所涉及的英文表达即可。