初级英语讲课资料汇编.docx

1、初级英语讲课资料汇编A communication skills course for Business English Listening to peoples conversations Understanding and comprehension of listening materials Speaking in specific situations Useful words &. Expressions and sentence patterns Communication skills in generals Free talking and aimed discussion

2、6-8 hours study for each unit including self-learningUnit 1 People Greetings In formal and informal situations Introduction Self-introduction & introducing others Keeping a conversation going Asking people for more information How to make a good impression on the first meet 1.1 Meeting People Differ

3、ent ways of greetings How do you do? Nice to meet you./Pleased to meet you./It is really my honor to get the chance of meeting you here, Ive heard a lot about you/. How are you?/How are you going?/How was the day?/How was the work?/How is your project going?/How was the thing?/. Hi/Hi, there!/Gday,

4、mate./1.1 Meeting People (listening exercise) Conversation one: Woman: Hello. I dont think weve met. My name is Gina Lee. Man: And I am Paolo Mendes. Pleased to meet you, Ms Lee. Woman: Where are you from, Mr. Mendes? Man: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, to be exact. I work of Ark. Perhaps youve heard of th

5、em? Im a software engineer there. And what about you? What do you do? Woman: Im in hardware development with Cor. Man: Thats interesting. Perhaps you could till me something about Conversation two: Wendy, do you know Dirk Dressler? Dirk, this is Wendy James from United Finance. I dont think weve met

6、 before. Nice to meet you, Ms James. How do you do? Please call me Wendy. And I am Dirk. What exactly do you do, Dirk? Im responsible for quality control. I Conversation three: Hello Mikiko. Nice to see you again. Hi Oscar. How are you? Fine thanks. And you? Oh, not too bad. How are things in Sydney

7、? Pretty good. Were quite busy at the moment. But Ill tell you about that later. Did you have a good flight? Well. We were late taking off, butClassroom Exercise 1Practice different ways of greeting people Hello How are you?/how are you doing?/what is up? What is new? How was the day? How are things

8、 Did you have a good flight/trip Where are you from? Do you live in ? Is this your first time to ? What do you do? Which part of are you from? How long are you staying here? What do you think of the conference? 1.2 Introducing yourself and other people Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Please allo

9、w me to introduce myself to you. My name is It is indeed a pleasure of mine to get the opportunity to stand here and to see so many talent people. Nice to meet you Hello/Hi, every one, Im George/my name is George, nice to meet you all. I am a in this company, and Ive been working here for almost thr

10、ee years. Welcome to join in our company, and you will soon find out that you have made a good choice to come here! 1.2 Introducing yourself and other people Ok, can I have your attention for a moment? Please let me introduce our vice president from the Headquarter in Beijing. Ladies and gentlemen,

11、this is Doctor Brown, our vice president, he is from Australia. Lets give him our warmest welcome! (applause) Hey, silent, please. This is Xiao Chen from sales department, he will be with us for several weeks. Say something to him, guys! Coz he is really a shy boy, but believe me, he is one of the b

12、est young men in our company, a genius in fixing machines/computer man!1.2 Introducing yourself and other people (listening exercise) Are you Ms Novak? Yes, that is right. Im Bruno Soares, the Sales Manager. How do you do? How do you do? its nice to finally meet you- to put a face to a name. Yes, it

13、 is, isnt it? Now, come this way and well go up to my office. Is this your first trip to Porto? Yes, it is. Ive been to Lisbon a couple of times before, but this is the first time Ive been to Porto. And what do you think of it? It seems like a nice place. Do you live in Porto itself? No, I dont. I l

14、ive to he north. Its about twenty minutes from here, depending on the traffic. And what about yourself? Which part of the States are you from? The Midwest. From Omaha, Nebraska. Have you ever been there? No, I havent, unfortunately. How long are you staying in Porto? Until Friday. And then Im headin

15、g north. To Belgium. Right, here we are. Now can I get you a drink before we startClassroom Exercise 2 Introduce yourself to other learners, using the following words, expressions and sentence patterns Hello, everyone/my name is/I work forcompany/I am a /I am responsible for/I was educated in and ho

16、ld a degree/I likeor dislikebecause/I come here to / I hope that our two companies can cooperate in field/Nice meeting you all, have a nice day/1.3 Keeping a conversation going As a business man, sometimes you need to find out topics to further your conversation with other people (potential clients)

17、. In this situation, you need to pay attention to get suitable themes to continue the talk. Weather (popular in the West, not so accustomed here in China ) Company information/Personal likes and dislikes/Hobbies (if you have a common hobby, then it is much easier to talk about this and switch back t

18、o the business things later.)1.3 Keeping a conversation going Example A: (To a manager of another company) I was told that you like soccer/football very much, and that you are good player yourself. You know, I was a quite good goal keeper when I was in high school B: Oh, really! Which club is your f

19、avorite? A: I have an idea that maybe we can organize a game between our two companies, even if we are not business-connected. B: Why not! There should be some business between our companies, and then we could get more chances to play soccer together. Nowadays, business men are not very usually spor

20、ts menReview: Key Points of Unit One Introduce yourself and others Greet visitors Keep a conversation going Ask questions to find out more information about people Beginning of opening your mouth and try to communicate in English 1.4 Assignment (Homework) Review unit one and preview the next unit. (

21、minimum time acquired:1-2 hours) Prepare a formal self-introduction, both in written form and in oral. (at least 150words) Given situation: you are visiting another branch of the same firm. You are invited to an manager-level meeting and you are supposed to first introduce yourself and then talk abo

22、ut the sales Dept. (you are the manager of sales department) Prepare, in oral form, a brief introduction of a friend in the company. (1-2 min) I am sure/certain that. (100%) I think/reckon that.(75%) It could/might be.(50%) Now whats your answer of these industries in our book? In pairs, write down

23、the names of several big local companies/factories Join another pair and modify your lists so you are in agreement As a class and try to establish which lines of business(行业) they are in.A: Vocabulary lease: 租赁 general manager: 总经理 employee/employer: 雇员/雇主 client: 客户 secretary: 秘书 receptionist: 接待 o

24、ffice facilites: 办公设备 offshore: 近海的;海外的 annual turnover: 年营业额 financial year: 财政年B: Matching a: set up b: business plan c: temporary d: facilitiesC: Study the past simple tense. be: was/were have: had make: made become: became get: got say: said do: did go: went think: thought 2. Where was her first

25、 office? 3. Who was her first client? 4. What was its turnover last year? 5. Why did she go to Japan? 6. When did she go to Japan e: expandBusiness letter format(商务信函结构) A.信头( letterhead): 包括寄信人地址和发信日期B. 收信人地址(readers address)C. 称呼(opening salutations)D. 标题(caption/subjetc)E. 正文(body)F. 结束语(closing

26、salutations)G. 签名(signature)H. 结束记号(end notations): 姓名首字母(initials)/附件(enclosure)/附言(P.S./Postscript)Unit 3 Jobs In this unit, we will learn how to talk about company organization, company sections and different peoples responsibilities. Further more, well learn how to compose an advertisement for c

27、ertain positions. Making business phone calls. Asking to speak to someone and to leave a message.Part one: Company Structure Now words learning: Finance section Human Recourse department Production Section Sale section Marketing sectionUnit 4 Work and Play Aims of Study Make invitations accept and r

28、eject invitations Talk about hobbies and interests Talk about likes and dislikes Getting information for market research4.1 invitation Part A warming up(热身训练) Group discussion: 1. Describe the pictures in the learners book. Use the words and sentences you have already learned. Dont bother to use dif

29、ficult words and expressions. 2. If you are going on a business trip to Sydney, what would you like to do in your free time? List the things you are like to do, and discuss your plans with your partners.Part B listening practice Key words for Conversation 1: would you like to/ jet-lagged (因长途飞行导致时差不

30、适应)/ I am afraid that/ Key words for Conversation 2: barbecue (烧烤聚餐)/ were having would you like to come?/ That sounds great./ arrange for someone to pick you up (安排人去接你) Do you have any plans for the weekend?/ do a little sightseeing.(去观光) /How about?/ harbour cruise(海港巡航)/fantastic(美妙的)/ Ill get s

31、ome tickets/Part C Language focus Making invitations: Would you like to / How about we/ Do you think it is a good idea that/ I am wondering that maybe we can/ Accepting(接受): Yes, Id love to, it is very kind of you to offer the invitation/ That sounds nice/ That is a great idea/ I would like it very much./ ok, lets go Rejecting(拒绝): I really like it, but(解释并给出理由)/ I am