Speaking_Test(四段)

Speaking Test

1. Topics for speaking test Flow chart of short-answer questions 红色答题法RED

Topic sentence+reasons+ examples+details+ Conclusion

2.言之有理1。条理 2。道理

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3. 正说反说细说，就有话

说

Agree! Paraphrase the partner’s idea and add details/examples/new supporting evidence

Disagree! I’m afraid I cannot agree with you about this point. The reason is that…

Do you feel it more advisable to do …

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Let’s move on to the next question.

To sum up, in conclusion 口语葵花宝点之必说词汇 为了你在过度紧张时忘词， 你先记原则吧，包你有话说。

1． Competition and cooperation

2． Communication( meeting, IT) 3． Convenience 4． Cost

5． Consumer 6． Efficiency

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7． Resources 8． Strategy

Compete effectively with the rivals Competitor Competition Competitive

Maintain Competitiveness Competitive edge/advantage retain

Benefit from Be beneficial to

Communicate effectively Effective communication Communication channels

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Competition/compete effectively/competitor

Competitive advantage/edge Contribute to Available

I practice what I preach. 口语葵花宝点之必说句型 1. There is no sense in doing…

2. Doing business without advertising is like winking at a girl in the dark. You know what you are doing but nobody else does.

3. Money spent on the brain

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is never spent in vain,

4. All doors are open to courtesy. Identify

Integrate/integration Be committed to 4 口语测试金点子

Part 1 用心聆听，抓关键词

Part 2 框架固定： 主题句→要点一→要点二→要点三→总结→建议 观点套用

Well, three are several factors we have to consider when… Firstly, …is very important because…

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Secondly, … is equally important. For example,… Finally, we shouldn’t ignore… In conclusion,…..and…. are essential when…

Part 3 1、介绍背景，引出话题

2、陈述观点，细节例子

3、同意与否，给出原因

4、提出问题，传接流畅

5、回答问题，有话多说

不要支吾硬撑，不要语速太快。

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Useful phrases

Shelf life, loyalty scheme, retail outlet, competitive advantage, brand awareness, market leader, contract out, reduce costs, existing customers, potential customers，market feedback，review our pricing policy, promotional discounts, build up market share

loss-leader, take the lead, establish a wide enough customer base, dscontinue a product, fix our budget, secure the best display area, launch a product, selling points(卖点), running costs（运营成本）, damage a brand, boost sales, withdraw a product, run a competition, build up/win market share, enter our target market, meet/miss our sales target, set/review our target, concentrate on a target, promotion prospects, current/past/previous performance give priority to

Grandma’s words

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Setting up a team Have the necessary resources

Run staff training courses Make sure all staff are clear about the common objectives

写作测试金点子

Task 1 套话背熟，避免重复

Task 2 老奶奶的话记心头，爸爸的严谨，妈妈的细心

4Ps，PPS，4Cs——communication，

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cooperation，competition，culture

1. sentence, resulting in…

Some of the sports equipment often breaks down, resulting in a slight fall in customer satisfaction. 2. Sentence so that…

It is recommended that we place an advertisement in the local sports magazine so that we can win the young customers. 3. Sentence, which….

4. With+noun+doing/done, sentence

With many fake electronic products flooding the Chinese market, we find it tough to increase our profits.

5. There was a sharp/slight fall/rise in… 6. This is due to the fact…

7. The findings are outlined as follows.

8. This report aims to analyse/summarise… and

make recommendations about… 9. It is suggestd/essential that…

10. Our company experienced a marginal rise of

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3% in profits in 2010.

A. What is important when aiming to make a successful presentation?.  Involving the audience  Always keeping to your plan Using body language  Inviting questions during the presentation B. What is important when encouraging new ideas in a company?  Asking all staff to share the ideas  Offering bonuses for good ideas  Regular meetings to discuss new ideas  Improving working environment C. What is important when planning a presentation?   Finding out what your audience already knows Visiting the room in which you are presenting  Memorizing the introduction part  Making PPT slides  TASK SHEET 6 ( SPEAKING TEST- PART THEREE) 11 A. What is important when aiming to provide a healthy working environment?.  Air quality  Noise level  Furniture and equipment  decorations B. What is important when improving communication within an organisation?  Regular meeting  Technology  Teamwork  Office layout C. What is important when working from home?  Being organsied  Having enough space  Having access to the internet  Having fixed working times  TASK SHEET 7 ( SPEAKING TEST- PART THEREE) 12

Part Three. Discussion (3 minutes)

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TASK SHEET 1

The international fashion group you work for seems to have lost its creative energy. Its latest collections were described by a famous fashion expert as ‘boring, behind the times and with no appeal to a fashion-conscious buyer’. You have been asked to deal with the problem. Discuss the situation together and decide:  How to improve the communication among the designers  Hold regular meeting(communicate with  arrange some activity that can inspire their innovation  Whether to arrange training courses for the designers  Yes know the fashion trend satisfy the customer boost sales  Future investment You work for an established manufacturer of a well-known brand of coffee. However, sales of the company’s main product have fallen recently. You have been asked for suggestions on ways of changing the image of the product. Discuss the situation together and decide: What kind of market research might be necessary  Who is the potential customer  Competitors  The reason that led to the decline of the sales  Customer satisfaction  TASK SHEET 2  How the image of the product might be changed. Improve the quality  14  Provide good customer service The computer software company you work for would like to organize a team building seminar for the managers of its branches around the world. You have been asked to help select a hotel. Discuss the situation together and decide:  What kind of location would be convenient  Good transportation . in the city centre with subways bus stops taxi  Good weather(warm, not too hot. No  What facilities the hotel should have A hall that can contain all member A varied food mean Imternet Relaxing area TASK SHEET 3 15 A A: Applying for a business course abroad Reputation of the course Location of the course B: 16 Dealing with late payments A client’s payment history(if the client have a good payment history, then we discuss with him in a tolerant attitude, and ask them the reasons. If not, we can first ask the reason, if what he said is unreasonable, we should involve the legislation into the case. Amount of money owed(pay in installment) C: Setting sales targets( Previous sales figures(sales of the product so that we can have a general picture of the popularity in the market) Size of potential market(

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Selecting applicants for interview Work experience（cut cost, avoid training cost, have ability to Qualifications( ensure the employee have professional knowledge and the learning ability. Using special offers to promote a product Having clear aims(younger, older, middle aged Type of publicity( internet, delivery product samples to the customers. tv advertisement, Speakig at a conference Encouraging audience participation(raise a question that Making a talk interesting(humor sense, a joke will attract the audiences) The company you work for is developing a unisex perfume in an English-speaking country. You have been asked to prepare ideas about how to launch the product successfully. Discuss the situation together and decide:  How to advertise the new perfume  Find a famous star in the local area as our spokesman so that we can attract the local customers. TASK SHEET 4 Using internet and other media to improve popularit  Whether to offer a discount for the first few months. Yes offering a discount will also contribute to the increase of popularity. A Low price will always attracts customers. That will help us build a wide enough customer base.  y The expanding company you work for wants to introduce a company-wide policy on how to I can ’t agree more. In addition to that, I think that offer a discount for the first few month 18 will also help us to gain competitive advantage over the other competitors as well as build select job applicants. up market share.

TASK SHEET 5

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The company you work for would like to start a competition called ‘most innovative employee of the year’. You have been asked to help organize the competition. Discuss the situation together and decide:  How the winner could be selected  I will depend on their effort they pay on their working. If a employee have done a good job for in bring up the profit of our company, and his outcome is outstanding, then I think he should be the winner.  I will also depend on the feedback of other staffs, because the staffs are the real witness who can prove his or her performance.carry out a poll  What sorts of prize should be given We should focus on the benefit package. Like we can provide the winner with an extra holiday as a reward for his or her effort made during these period of time; We can raise a giving the winner a bonus, because money is always can motivate the employees. TASK SHEET 6 20

TASK SHEET 7

The company you work for is considering spending a sum of money on creating a more pleasant workplace for its employees. You have been asked for your views on improving the working environment. Discuss the situation together and decide: 21  What the advantage would be for the company

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