BBC商务英语1

BBC商务英语 Unit 1 Lesson 1 Exercise 1 MR LE: I'm Mr. Le from Hanoi. How do you do? MR BORWN: John Brown from Sydney. Pleased to meet you, Mr. Le. Hanoi, now that's up in the north, isn't it? MR WANG: Yes, it is. MS STEPHENS: Hello, John! I didn't know you were coming to the seminar. MR BROWN: Hello, Alison. Yes, I'm here giving a talk on financial management. How are you? MS STEPHENS: I'm fine, thank you. Unit 1 Lesson 1 Exercise 2 MAN How do you do? WOMAN How do you do? MAN Pleased to meet you. WOMAN Pleased to meet you, too. Unit 1 lesson 1 Exercise 4 1. Mrs --- Mrs Stephens 2. Mr --- Mr Brown 3. Miss --- Miss Wang 4. Ms --- Ms Stephens Unit 1 Lesson 1 Exercise 7 MR CANE: Hello, Mr Wey. How are you? MR WEY: Hello, Mr Cane. Fine, thank you, and you? MR CANE: Fine, thanks, I'm enjoying the management seminar. Mr Wey, I'd like you to meet Ms Marcos. She works for Moon Trading in Jakarta. Ms Marcos, this is Mr Wey. He's from England and he works for Ace Automobiles. MR WEY: How do you do, Ms Marcos? MS MARCOS: How do you do? MR WEY: Pleased to meet you. MS MARCOS: Pleased to meet you, too. Unit 1 Lesson 1 Exercise 10 I learnt English at school and I thought I could speak it quite well. I could always understand my teacher, but when I started doing business, I had a lot of problem My English was classroom English. When I met colleagues from the united States, I didn't know what to say to the I couldn't even introduce myself. Unit 1 Lesson 2 Exercise 1 MR FANG: May I introduce myself, Mr Ryder? I am Hong Fok Fang from Fang Toys. RYDER: Pleased to meet you, Mr Fang. Are you enjoying the fair? MR FANG: Oh yes. But I'll be ready to go home tomorrow. RYDER: Where are you from? MR FANG: I'm from Hong Kong. RYDER: Quite a long journey, then. Now, how can I help you? MR FANG: Well, I was hoping that I could interest you in some of our new products. Unit 1 lesson 2 Exercise 5 ...new products ...some of our new products ...tell you about some of our new products. I'd like to tell you about some of our new products. ...new range of products. ...an exciting new range of products. We have an exciting new range of products. ...some samples. ...show you some samples. ...I could show you some samples. Maybe I could show you some samples? Unit 1 Lesson 2 Exercise 6 Hello, I'd like to introduce myself. My name is Dera Tamli I'm from TSV in Tokyo. At this international trade fair I'd like to tell you about some of our new product We have an exciting new range of computers, the XR 10 range. Maybe I could show you some samples? Unit 1 Lesson 2 Exercise Young people,particularly young sales people. are very enthusiastic. For them it's business,business,business. This is good,of course. They need that enthusiasm. But unless they develop social skills and an understanding of how people do business in other countries. they will not make effective business contacts. Unit 1 Lesson 3 Exercise 1 NAOKO May I introduce myself?I'm Naoko Sakai from Japan. VICTOR Victor Chu from Singapore.Pleased to meet you. NAOKO And what do you do,Mr Chu? VICTOR I'm in computers.I'm a programmer. NAOKO Oh,really?My brother designs computer software,too.Who are you with? VICTOR I'm with AGG Computers.And what about you? NAOKO I work for an electronics company.Here's my card. VICTOR OK,Ms Sakai,I'll be in touch.Nice to meet you. NAOKO Goodbye,Mr Chu. Unit 1 Lesson 3 Exercise 7 When I first went to work in south east Asia,I was very badly prepared and yes it was a culture shock. The food was strange,the languages were really difficult,but there were little things,to For example,I didn't know how important business cards were, I never had enough business card Being without business cards in Asia is like being without your trousers. Unit 1 Lesson 4 Exercise 4 ...Thursday morning ...on Thursday morning Are you free on Thursday morning? ...Monday afternoon ...On Monday afternon They're busy on Monday afternoon. Unit 1 Lesson 4 Exercise Man:Are you free on Monday morning? FEMALE:No,I'm sorry,I'm in a meeting. MAN:What about Monday afternoon,then? FEMALE:Yes,I am.Yes,that's fine. MAN:Are you free on Tuesday afternoon? FEMALE:No,I'm sorry,I'm playing golf. MAN:What about Thursday afternoon,then? FEMALE:No,I'm sorry,I'm on a company tour. MAN:Are you free on Friday evening? FEMALE:No,I'm sorry,I'm having dinner in a restaurant. MAN:What about Friday morning,then? FEMALE:Yes,I am.Yes,that's fine. Unit 1 Lesson 4 Exercise When you first do business in a foreign country,you feel very insecure. Social customs,language,food,they're all different and strange. And this can be very difficult. You don't want to offend people. You want to do the right thing. So to feel confident and comfortable,you need the help and hospitality of the local people.