如何提高BEC中级听说能力

发布时间：2022-01-03

在日常生活和工作中，语言信息的传递主要是通过听和说来进行的。尤其是对国际商务活动中的人员来说，外语的听说能力更为重要。常见的商务活动如电话联系、业务洽谈、会议交流和发言，都需要运用听说。但由于我国外语教学中存在的一些原因，相当多的人存在着阅读能力较强，而听说能力却相对较弱的问题。

BEC2(VANTAGE)考试设计在指导思想上把听力放到了相当重要的位置。从BEC2各部分所占比例来看，阅读部分答题数为45，听力部分答题数为30，两者相比3：2，这在各类英语水平考试中所占比例而言其比重之大是少有的。另外，BEC2听力部分题型设计的指导思想为考查考生理解在不同场合中，特别是各种环境中使用的英语口语的能力，尤其是提取其中重要住处和了解、归纳所听内容大意的能力。这些都是实际商务活动中所必需的技能。

能否在BEC2考试听力部分取得较高的分数，取决于三个方面：(1)是否具有良好的英语听力；(2)对商务及相关行业的基本知识及词汇是否熟悉；(3)对BEC2考试听力部分的题型及其特点是否了解。良好的英语听力是最基本的，很多人在训练听力时不得法，只是一味地反复听，提高很慢。殊不知影响听力的因素很多，比如说音变现象。多数学习者朗读英语的习惯是把每个字发得过于清晰，而听力材料中的NATIVE SPEAKER则有很多连读，失音以及缩读等现象，由于发音习惯不同，因此不适应，即使听几遍也不知所云。所以要想从实质上提高听力，应该首先改善自己的朗读和发音习惯。

听力中还有一个误区，那就是听者试图一个字一个字去听，其结果往往是什么都没听着。其实正确有效的方式应该是听语调，也就是每个句子中的重读词，因为被读得重的词往往是说话者要传达给听者的重点信息。这样不但可以迅速地抓住所听内容的大意，并且能节省大量的精力和时间。这一技巧对BEC2听力的第二部分尤为重要。BEC2考试的内容适用于中层商务人员的工作范围。中层商务人员需要有很强的对大量信息做出快速识别、反应的能力。在与各色人等打交道的时候，能否从他们的三言两语中迅速判断他们的职业或他们所在公司的业务，从而提高工作的效率和质量。

对商务及相关行业的基本知识及词汇是否熟悉也是在BEC听力考试中取得高分的重要因素。与普通英语有所不同，商务场合中的用语一般都有比较正式，单词的含意也与普通生活词汇不同，如ORDER一词，在日常生活中表示“命令”，而在商务中则表示“订货”；又如日常生活中的“吃住”一词在商务中有一个专用词“ACCOMMODATION”，而不是“LIVING ａｎｄ　EATING”。如果对这些专用词汇不熟悉，会大大影响听力考试中的反应力，这也正是为什么很多过了四、六级的同学面对实际工作的英语束手无策的原因之一。通过准备BEC考试，可以系统地学习一些基本商务词汇，了解常规的商务背景知识，从而为顺利地走上工作岗位扫清障碍。

应对任何考试都必须熟悉其题型。BEC听力考试有它不同于其他考试的地方，尤其是上面提到的第二部分。针对每个部分都有一些专门的小技巧，由于篇幅的限制，这里无法一一叙述。

总之，BEC是一项侧重能力并且实用性较强的考试，它能真正实现英语的学以致用。因此，建议那些已通过四级并且希望毕业后在外企或合资企业就业的同学尝试一下。

下面小编为大家准备了 商务英语考试 的相关考题，供大家学习参考。

—You work for a small chain of clothing stores. The Managing Director has asked you to write a short report on last month's performance.

—Look at the charts and table below, on which you have already made some handwritten notes.

—Then, using all your handwritten notes, write the report for your Managing Director

—Write 120-140 words.

正确答案：To: Chris Sutcliffe Managing Director From: Lynn Dent Subject: Performance in November This report covers November's results in branches A-D compared with those in October MO NTH LY TURN OVER Only branch A saw an improvement in turnover which was probably the result of an advertising campaign in the local media. Neither branch B nor branch D reported any change while in branch C turnover fell considerably STAFF TURNOVER The only significant changes in staff turnover were in branches C and D. In C it rose sharply from 2% to 8% mainly because of dissatisfaction with the new manager on the other hand there was an improvement in branch D's previous high level of 10%. SALES BY PRODUCTTYPE Women's clothes which are already the best selling goods increased from 60 to 65% of total sales at the expense 'of men's clothing. Children's clothes were unchanged at 20%.
To: Chris Sutcliffe, Managing Director From: Lynn Dent Subject: Performance in November This report covers November's results in branches A-D, compared with those in October MO NTH LY TURN OVER Only branch A saw an improvement in turnover, which was probably the result of an advertising campaign in the local media. Neither branch B nor branch D reported any change, while in branch C turnover fell considerably STAFF TURNOVER The only significant changes in staff turnover were in branches C and D. In C it rose sharply, from 2% to 8%, mainly because of dissatisfaction with the new manager on the other hand, there was an improvement in branch D's previous high level of 10%. SALES BY PRODUCTTYPE Women's clothes, which are already the best selling goods, increased from 60 to 65% of total sales, at the expense 'of men's clothing. Children's clothes were unchanged, at 20%.

— You are the manager of the marketing department in your company. A new assistant manager has recently been appointed and will start work soon.

— Write an email to all staff in the department:

— explaining the need for the appointment

— saying when the assistant manager will start work

— describing the experience the assistant manager has.

— Write 40 - 50 words.

From: Candace Woodward

To: All marketing staff

Subject: New assistant manager

正确答案：To support our strategy of growing sales in our Asian and African markets a new position of assistant manager has been created. Paul Fisher has been appointed and will start on 1st September Paul has worked for several years in marketing toys concentrating on the Far East.
To support our strategy of growing sales in our Asian and African markets, a new position of assistant manager has been created. Paul Fisher has been appointed, and will start on 1st September Paul has worked for several years in marketing toys, concentrating on the Far East.

Dear Sirs,

The order mentioned above was delivered to our warehouse 2 days after it arrived in Chicago 8th Jan. and we regret that we have to complain about the conditions in which we received it.

In our order we stipulated that we required four dozen of your men's suits pattern CS/7, and in your invoice, No. CP/78, you charged us for this quantity, but it is clear that you have packed only three dozen in Case 3, 【B1】______ . We would therefore appreciate an explanation and your prompt action to send us the missing dozen suits.

Very much more serious is the condition of the ladies' trousers suits that you packed in Case 2. Of the six dozen that this case contains, 【B2】______ . It is quite clear that this is solely due to the totally inadequate way in which they had been packed for you had not lined the case with any waterproof paper. 【B3】______

【B4】______ , whereas in our order we had stated that we required your pattern CS/9 which is stated in your catalogue as being made up from heavy-weight material. There is no market here for tropical suits, and so we must emphasize 【B5】______ .

We must stress that the mistakes that you have made in this first order we have placed with you have caused considerable problems for us. We had hoped to include your products in the Spring Sale that is due to open at the end of February, but as it is, it is now clear that we shall not be able to do so. We wish to stress, therefore, that unless you take immediate action to correct the mistakes that you have made, 【B6】______ .

We now expect your prompt reply.

Yours,

Faithfully

A. please correct all the mistakes as soon as possible

B. that we expect you to replace these suits that have been wrongly delivered with those we ordered without delay

C. we shall certainly not consider further orders with you and shall report your company to the American Trade Promotion Office in New York

D. and we think the price is a little bit too high

E. forty have become very sodden in transit and most of these show signs of rotting

F. we are also surprised that you appear to have sent us three dozen lightweight gentlemen's suits in Case 1

G. we therefore expect your prompt action to remedy this situation

H. and there is no sign of the missing dozen in either Case 1 or 2

【B1】______

正确答案：H
H

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