正式商业交流商务英语听力指导

Lesson One

Formal Verbal Communication in Business I

正式商业交流 （1）– 研讨会

Part I Objectives

Procedures of Seminars Leading and Commonly Used Sentence Structures

研讨会各个程序及常用句型

Questioning Techniques

提问技巧

A Leader and A Good Listener, At the Same Time

做好的听众，做好的领导者

Giving Criticism

提出批评观点的`技巧

Part II The How-Tos

Leading Seminars/ Questioning Techniques

General procedures of a seminar/lecture

1) Self-introduction

2) Introduction of Topic

3) Describing sequences and timing

4) Highlighting information

5) Involving the audience

6) Giving instructions

7) Checking understanding

8) Asking questions

9) Clarifying questions

10) Evading questions

11) Inviting comments

12) Interrupting

13) Transitions

14) Reformulations

15) Closing

Language Reference

Self-introduction 自我介绍

Good morning, I＇m ---- and I＇ve been invited to give this talk/ presentation / lecture because---

I have done research in / I have a special interest in / my experience is in

Introduction of Topic 话题介绍

In my presentation/talk/lecture today I shall be dealing with---

The subject of my ---- today is ----

What I＇d like to do today is introduce/suggest/ analyse/ describe / explain

My topic/subject today is ---

I shall be dealing with 2/3/4…. main areas/topics/subjects today

Describing Sequences and Timing 程序介绍与时间安排

First I want to /spend a few minutes outlining ---/remind you of the background to/summarise the ----/explain---/ present---

Next I shall---/after that I will take the opportunity of describing---/

Then we＇ll look at---

Finally I want to---

Highlighting Information 重点介绍

(Rhetorical questions)

So, what does that mean?/How can we interpret this?/What＇s the explanation for this?/What are the implications of these findings?

(Change of focus)

What that tells us is/What I＇m suggesting is/What is clear is that

(Introducing auxiliary verb)

So clearly we do need to--/Obviously they did understand that---/ Of course you do wan to know why---

Involving the Audience 听者的参与

Let＇s have a show of hands, how many of you agree with ----

I＇m sure we all know what it＇s like to---

Let me ask you spend a couple of seconds thinking about---

Well, what would you do, I wonder---

Just look around the room and ta