商務(wù)英語BEC高級(jí)課文輔導(dǎo)(一)

　　學(xué)習(xí)重點(diǎn)

　　1. Text: No longer poles apart

　　2. Arranging a course

　　3. Vocabulary consolidation

　　4. Memo writing

　　5. Oral Practice --- Training Opportunities

　　6. Homework

　　I. Reading.

　　No longer Poles apart

　　Polish adj. 波蘭的;

　　subsidiary n.子公司

　　be poles apart = be widely separated相距甚遠(yuǎn)

　　e.g. The employers and the trade union leaders are still poles apart.

　　雇主們與工會(huì)領(lǐng)袖們的意見仍然相差太遠(yuǎn)。(如有關(guān)工資問題)

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　　President(AmE)/ Chairman(BrE) 總裁，董事長

　　Board of Directors

　　CEO (Chief Executive Officer)/ MD (Managing Director) 總經(jīng)理

　　acquire v. 收購(n. acquisition)

　　merge v. (merger n. ) with

　　investment n.投資(v. invest)

　　major /massive/sizeable investment

　　take something ↔ over接受，接管to take control of something

　　His only reason for investing in the company was to take it over.

　　Ruth moved into our apartment and promptly took over.

　　--- takeover n.

　　Warsaw-based 總部位于華沙

　　-based: 總部位于：headquarters, head office

　　branch, office

　　toiletries noun [plural] things such as soap and toothpaste that are used for cleaning yourself 日化用品

　　turnover noun

　　1 [singular, uncountable] British English the amount of business done during a particular period營業(yè)額

　　2 [singular, uncountable] the rate at which people leave an organization and are replaced by others 員工流動(dòng)的比率

　　turnover of

　　Low pay accounts for the high turnover.

　　staff/labour turnover

　　a high degree of labour turnover among women

　　Wroclaw 弗羅茨瓦夫(波蘭西南部城市)

　　￡11m:讀做11 million pounds

　　brand 牌子=make

　　export v.& n. 出口

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　　in spite of 不管

　　approach verb

　　?MOVE TOWARDS? 接近

　　[intransitive and transitive] to move towards or nearer to someone or something

　　She heard footsteps approaching. 她聽見腳步聲越來越近。

　　?ASK? 詢問，接洽

　　[transitive] to ask someone for something, or ask them to do something, especially when you are asking them for the first time or when you are not sure if they will do it

　　approach somebody for something

　　Students should be able to approach teachers for advice. 學(xué)生可以找到老師詢問建議。

　　approach somebody/something about (doing) something

　　The charity approached several stores about giving food aid. 這家慈善機(jī)構(gòu)與多家商店接洽，希望他們給與食物援助。

　　I have already been approached by several other companies (=offered a job, work etc). 已經(jīng)有幾家公司與我接洽。

　　?DEAL WITH?

　　[transitive] to begin to deal with a situation or problem in a particular way or with a particular attitude

　　approach a problem/task/matter etc 解決，處理(問題)

　　It might be possible to approach the problem in a different way. 處理相同問題可以采用不同的解決辦法。

　　approach noun

　　?METHOD?

　　[countable] a method of doing something or dealing with a problem 方法

　　approach to

　　a new approach to teaching languages 一種新的語言教學(xué)方法

　　He decided to adopt a different approach and teach the Bible through story-telling. 他決定采用一種不同方法，即通過講故事的方法來教授圣經(jīng)。

　　regulation and control 規(guī)范與控制

　　take somebody/something ↔ on phrasal verb

　　1 take somebody ↔ on

　　to start to employ someone 招募，雇用

　　We're taking on 50 new staff this year. 我們今年招募了50名新員工。

　　2 take something ↔ on

　　to agree to do some work or be responsible for something 承擔(dān)工作或職責(zé)

　　Don't take on too much work - the extra cash isn't worth it. 不要給自己太多的工作量了，多掙的那些錢一點(diǎn)也不值。

　　3 take something ↔ on

　　to begin to have a particular quality or appearance

　　Her face took on a fierce expression. His life had taken on a new dimension.

　　responsibility n. 責(zé)任 (adj. responsible 后跟介詞for)

　　accountable 對…負(fù)責(zé)的(后跟介詞for)

　　department, division, section

　　Research and Development Department---Purchasing Department---Production Department (Manufacturing Department) (Maintenance Division)--- Warehousing---Distribution Department (Despatch Department) --Marketing Department---Advertising Department---Sales Department ----Customer Service Department

　　Personnel Department

　　Human Resources Department

　　Finance Department

　　Accounts Department

　　Administration Department

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　　bring somebody/something ↔ in phrasal verb

　　1 to introduce a new law 頒布一項(xiàng)新法律

　　Harsh anti-Trade Union laws were brought in in the early 1980s. 嚴(yán)厲的反工會(huì)法于80年代早期頒布。

　　2 to ask someone to become involved in a discussion or situation 聘請

　　I'd like to bring in Doctor Hall here and ask him his views. 我想聘請…博士來這里并詢問他的意見。

　　The police were brought in to investigate the matter. 他們把警方請來，調(diào)查此事。

　　3 to earn a particular amount or produce a particular amount of profit 產(chǎn)生收益

　　The sale of the house only brought in about £45,000. 這棟房子只賣了4萬5千英鎊。

　　4 to attract customers to a shop or business 吸引

　　We've got to bring in more business if we want the restaurant to survive. 我們?nèi)绻胍屵@家飯館繼續(xù)生存下去，我們就必須吸引更多人。

　　expatriate [countable] someone who lives in a foreign country

　　?expatriate adjective [only before noun]移居國外的;

　　expatriate workers

　　British expatriates living in Spain

　　sales staff 銷售人員 (sales force)

　　force noun

　　?MILITARY?軍隊(duì)

　　air force空軍

　　armed forces 武裝部隊(duì)

　　?MILITARY ACTION?

　　[uncountable] military action used as a way of achieving your aims 武力

　　Peace cannot be imposed by force. 和平是不可能靠武力來強(qiáng)制實(shí)現(xiàn)的。

　　?PHYSICAL POWER?

　　[uncountable]the amount of physical power with which something moves or hits another thing 力量

　　force of

　　The force of the explosion blew out all the windows. 爆炸的力量將所有玻璃都沖擊碎了。

　　?NATURAL POWER?

　　[uncountable and countable] a natural power or event

　　the force of gravity 地心引力

　　?ORGANIZED GROUP?

　　[countable usually singular] a group of people who have been trained and organized to do a particular job 一群人

　　the company's sales force 公司的銷售人員

　　the quality of the teaching force 高水平的教師隊(duì)伍

　　task force

　　?STRONG INFLUENCE?

　　[countable] something or someone who is powerful and has a lot of influence on the way things happen 強(qiáng)勢人物或事情

　　the driving force (behind something/somebody) (=the person or thing that makes something happen) 驅(qū)動(dòng)力

　　Betty Coward was the driving force behind the project. 貝迪是這個(gè)項(xiàng)目的發(fā)起人。

　　a force for change/peace/democracy etc (=someone or something that makes change, peace etc more likely to happen) 主張改變/和平/民主的力量

　　consultant [countable]咨詢?nèi)藛T

　　1 someone whose job is to give advice on a particular subject

　　a management consultant

　　consultancy noun

　　plural consultancies

　　1 [countable] a company that gives advice on a particular subject 咨詢公司

　　a management consultancy

　　a consultancy firm

　　2 [uncountable] advice that a company is paid to provide 咨詢公司的建議

　　consultancy fees

　　work on somebody/something phrasal verb

　　1 to spend time working in order to produce or repair something 做某事

　　He has spent the last two years working on a book about childcare. 他用了兩年的時(shí)間撰寫了一本關(guān)于育兒的書籍。

　　Every weekend you see him working on his car. 每個(gè)周末你可以看見他修理自己的汽車。

　　2 to try very hard to improve or achieve something 努力改善或取得成績

　　A trainer has been brought in to work on her fitness. 她請來了一個(gè)培訓(xùn)師，幫她鍛煉身體。

　　work on doing something

　　We need to work on ensuring that the children feel safe and confident. 我們需要不斷努力確保孩子們感到安全和自信。

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　　participant n. 參加者

　　*participate in sth. 參加

　　electric adjective驚人的;令人興奮的

　　making people feel very excited

　　The atmosphere in the courtroom was electric. 法庭里的氣氛令人振奮。

　　come up with something phrasal verb

　　1 to think of an idea, answer etc產(chǎn)生;發(fā)現(xiàn)(解決辦法;答案)

　　We've been asked to come up with some new ideas. 領(lǐng)導(dǎo)讓我們想出新主意。

　　2 informal to produce an amount of money 籌措錢

　　We wanted to buy the house but we couldn't come up with the cash. 我們想要買這棟房子，但是我們已是籌措不到這筆錢。

　　throw light on something

　　to make something easier to understand by providing new information幫助說明某事物;供給新知識(shí)

　　Recent investigations have thrown new light on how the two men died. 最近的調(diào)查給解釋這兩個(gè)人的死因帶了新說法。

　　*light n.見解

　　profit noun

　　[uncountable and countable]money that you gain by selling things or doing business, after your costs have been paid 利潤

　　?opposite loss

　　They sold their house at a healthy profit. 他們的房子賣了個(gè)高價(jià)錢。

　　The property company made a huge profit on the deal. 這家房地產(chǎn)公司在這次交易中賺了一大筆錢。

　　sell sth. at a profit (at a loss) 賺錢(賠本)出售某物

　　put somebody/something on phrasal verb

　　?CLOTHES?

　　put something ↔ on 穿衣服

　　to put a piece of clothing on your body

　　?opposite take off

　　?ON SKIN? 化妝

　　put something ↔ on

　　to put make-up, cream etc on your skin

　　I've got to put this cream on twice a day.

　　?MUSIC?播放音樂

　　put something ↔ on

　　to put a record, tape, or CD into a machine and start playing it

　　She put on some music while they ate.

　　put on weight/12 lbs/4 kg etc

　　to become fatter and heavier 增重

　　?synonym gain

　　Rosie's put on five kilos since she quit smoking.

　　?EVENT/CONCERT/PLAY ETC?

　　put something ↔ on

　　to arrange for a concert, play etc to take place, or to perform in it 上演

　　One summer the children put on a play.

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　　workplace n. 工作場所[countable] the room, building etc where you work

　　in the workplace

　　a report into discrimination in the workplace 一份關(guān)于工作場所歧視問題的報(bào)告

　　marketplace noun [countable]

　　1 the marketplace

　　the part of business activity that is concerned with buying and selling goods in competition with other companies 交流或競爭的場所

　　Some retailers worry that new regulations will hurt their ability to compete in the marketplace. 一些零售商擔(dān)憂新的法規(guī)頒布后會(huì)損害它們在市場上的競爭力。

　　2 an open area in a town where a market is held 集市

　　positive adj. 積極的;肯定的

　　accommodation n.

　　1 [uncountable] also accommodations American English a place for someone to stay, live, or work 住宿

　　The price for the holiday includes flights and accommodation.這個(gè)度假的價(jià)格包括機(jī)票錢和住宿費(fèi)。

　　Universities have to provide student accommodation for first-year students.

　　return n. 收益=pay-off