职场实用英语

董云鹏

目录

  • 1 Meetings商务会议
    • 1.1 Needs Analysis
    • 1.2 Opening a meeting
    • 1.3 Presenting information
    • 1.4 Problem-solving
    • 1.5 Explaining and Clarifying
    • 1.6 Agreeing and Disagreeing
    • 1.7 Summarizing and Closing
  • 2 Business Negotiation商务谈判
    • 2.1 Need Analysis
    • 2.2 Preparing   to  negotiate
    • 2.3 Opening the negotiation
    • 2.4 Making proposals
    • 2.5 Reaching agreement
    • 2.6 Involving others
    • 2.7 Concluding the deal
  • 3 Telephoning电话沟通
    • 3.1 Need Analysis
    • 3.2 Focus on listening
    • 3.3 making calls
    • 3.4 Receiving calls
    • 3.5 Receiving and Leaving messages
    • 3.6 Dealing with problems
    • 3.7 Conference calls
  • 4 E-mailing电子邮件写作
    • 4.1 Need analysis
    • 4.2 Getting started
    • 4.3 Structuring your message
    • 4.4 Being clear and concise
    • 4.5 Choosing the right level of formality
    • 4.6 Getting the tone right
    • 4.7 Checking before you send
  • 5 Sociallising商务社交
    • 5.1 Opening a conversation
    • 5.2 Making conversation
    • 5.3 Building rapport
    • 5.4 Entertaining
    • 5.5 making arrangements
    • 5.6 Leave-taking
  • 6 Presenting商业报告和演示
    • 6.1 The first few minutes
    • 6.2 Using equipment
    • 6.3 Organizing what you want to say
    • 6.4 Maintaining interest
    • 6.5 Dealing with problems and questions
    • 6.6 Summarizing and Concluding总结和结束
making calls
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  • 2 文本与答案

                                    Making Calls 拨打电话

学习内容提要

Think about planning your call   考如何就拨打电话做出计划

Learn useful phrases for getting through, greeting people. Introducing yourself and explaining the purpose of your call

学习关于拨打电话,问候,自我介绍和解释打电话目的的有用表达



Context  情景


1 在以下饼状图上画线,对比你拨打和接听电话的比例。


2.相对于接听电话,拨打电话有哪些优势?


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Presentation 语言呈现

1.请听实验室技术人员Paul van Gorp致电一家药物公司职员Sylvia Langmaid的内容,回答以下问题。


  1.What impression do you think the phone call made on Sylvia and the receptionist?

  2.Why do you think Paul give this impression?


计划电话内容

请听Paul以不同的方式致电Sylvia的内容,从下面的斜体部分中圈出正确答案。


1 Sylvia had a good / bad impression  of this call from Paul.

2 Paul had planned / had not plannedthis call.

小贴士

在拨打电话前,先做计划。打电话的目的是什么?接听电话的会是谁?对方关于电话的主题了解多少?对方的英语水平如何?


3 再听一遍音频2.2的对话内容,判断下列叙述的正误。


 1 Paul works for Agrico.                                                    [True]  [False]

    2 Paul wants to speak to the head of R&D.                       [True]  [False]

   3 Paul calls Sylvia directly.                                                 [True]  [False]

   4 Paul knows Sylvia already.                                              [True]  [False]

   5 Paul is calling about delivery problem.                           [True]  [False]


4 将右边的表达与左边的作用对应起来。听Paul第二次致电的录音,核对你的答案。


                 Function

                    Phrase

1 Identifying yourself

2 Asking to speak to someone

3 Starting with small talk

4 Explaining the purpose of your call

a I’d like to speak to Sylvia Langmaid, please.

b I’m calling about the pesticide, 35ZNR.

c This is Paul van Gorp from Agrico.

d How are things with you these days? I haven’t     seen you since the trade fair in Amsterdam...

Practice  演练


判断下列10组表达哪些可以起到 表格中的功能,将之填入表格相应位置。

Identifying yourself


Asking to speak to someone


Starting with small talk 

Explaining the purpose of your call


1 It’s Jeremy.

2 How are you?

3 I’m calling about the test results.

4 Is Lane in today, please?

5 Your name wa sgiven to me by Kate Horlock. I believe you’re responsible for developmental testing.

6 My name is Mike Smith. I'm calling from Agrico Laboratories in the UK.

7 Did you enjoy the presentation on Monday?

8 I was hoping you could help me with some test analyses.

9 Could you put me through to Quality Control, please?

10 It was good seeing you at the trade fair last week.

2 请听音频2.3中的表达,并跟读。特别注意说话者升调和降调的方式。


3 用音频2.2和2.3中的句子补全下列电话的开场白。

Call 1

  ▲    Office Globe, good morning.

    ╳  (Ask to speak to Jim Browning)                      

  ▲    Just a moment, I’ll put you through.

   ★   Jim Browning speaking.

   ╳   (Identifying yourself.)                           

    ★  Hello. How can I help?

  ╳Say you got his name from a colleague. You want somehelp with your

research.)

                                                                                                                                    

Call 2

▲   Mayu Fujikawa speaking.

╳   Hello, Mayu. (Identify yourself.)                                                           

▲   Oh, nice to hear from you again.

 ╳  (small talk)                                                                                         

▲   (small-talk reply)                                                                            

  ╳ (Say the purpose of your call is to finalizethe date of the clinical trials.)

   Anyway,                                                                                                            


4 用括号中所给词的适当形式补全句子,这些句子可以用作电话对话的开场白。


  1 Hello, my name’s Bernard Petit.          (I/ phone) to explain some of the services (my company/ offer).

  2                 (I/ work) for an international distributioncompany.

  3 How long              (you/ use) your current supplier?

  4                    (we/ not/ speak) since the Christmasdinner. How are you?

  5                 (we/produce) our products for over 40 years.


5 你打算给Catherine Jones打电话,询问有关一种新药的临床试验结果。Catherine是去年与你就临床试验方面合作的英国同事。为你的致电设计一段开场白。可以利用第77页的边框做记录。

                                       


 

Notes

 
 

Phrases to use

 
 

Key  vocabulary

 
 

Person  you need to speak to

 



 

Purpose  of your     call

 



 

Does  the receiver   know about the       subject of your call or do you need to    explain  it?

 



 

Do  you need  to      simplify your          English to  help the receiver                   understand?

 




6 现在请计划一通不同种类的电话。你打算打电话给一位西班牙同事,LuisAlvarez。该同事刚刚入职,英文能力不是很好。你需要向其传达临床试验的结果。可利用以下框架做记录。                                       


 

Notes

 
 

Phrases to use

 
 

Key  vocabulary

 
 

Person  you need   to speak to

 



 

Purpose  of your   call

 



 

Does  the receiver know about the     subject of your    call or do you need to explain  it?

 



 

Do  you need  to   simplify your      English to  help     the receiver         understand?

 




Consolidation     巩固练习


1 思考你常需拨打的电话类型,回答下列问题。

     1 Do you always call people on their direct numbers or do you go through a switchboard?

      2 Do you generally know the people you speak to or not?

      3 Do they know about the subject you are calling them about?

      4 Are they confident speaking and listening to English?

      5 Which expressions can you use? Which can you pronounce easily?


2 现在思考你即将要拨打的电话,用以上Practice的第6题的框架做计划,然后再拨打电话。


3 打完电话后,花一些时间思考以下问题。

        How did it go?


         What would you do differently next time?


Reference     重要词汇和表达


Useful phrases  实用表达

Identifying yourself   表明身份

It’s               .*

我是               

My name is               . I’m coming from        .

我叫             ,从            打来。

This is               from               

我是                        


Asking to speak to someone   请求与某人通话

I’d like to speak to               , please.

我想与               通话。

Is               in today, please?* 

请问           今天在吗?

Can I speak to           , please?

请问我可以与               讲话吗?

Could you put me through to          , please.

能帮我接通             吗?


Explaining the purpose of your call   说明致电意图

I’m calling about              .

我打电话来是为了               

I'm phoning to check / ask about / tell you    about               .

我打电话来确认/询问/告知         

Your name is given to me by                 and I believe you are responsible for              .

            告诉了我你的名字,我想你是负责       的。


Making small talk   寒暄

How are things with you these days? *

您最近好吗?

Ive not seen you since               .

自从          之后我就没见过你。

How are you ?

您好吗?   

How’s business?

最近生意怎么样?

Did you enjoy the presentation on Monday?

您喜欢周一的报告吗?

Did you have a good weekend / holiday?

您周末/假期过得好吗?

 *为非正式用语

Vocabulary   词汇

R&D  研发

analysis (复数 analyses) n. 分析  

analyse v. 分析

cinical trail 临床试验

developmental testing 研发试验

laboratory n. 实验室

presentation n. 报告;介绍;说明

quality control 质量监控

 carry out research 做研究

research n. 研究    

R&D Research and Development) 研发(研究和开发)

be responsible for  负责

run tests 进行试验

test result 试验结果


Making telephone calls  致电

call someone directly  直接致电某人     

directcall  直拨电话

chat v. 聊天

connect someone to someone)给某人接通(某人的)电话

explain v. 解释;说明

get through (用电话)联系上;通上电话

give a good / bad impression 留下好/坏印象

greeting and introduction问候和介绍


greet someone问候某人      introduce yourself 介绍自己

identify yourself 表明身份

identification n . 身份

plan v .计划

purpose n. 目的;意图

put someone through 为某人接通电话

small talk 闲聊;寒暄


Review  复习


Skills  技巧

补全下列问题。在你计划致电内容时应该考虑这些问题。

1 Why                                                                                                    ?

2 Who                                                                                                   ?

3 What                                                                                                 ?    

4 How good                                                                                         ?



Useful phrase: getting through 接通电话的实用表达

下列句子中词语的顺序是杂乱的。重新排列词语顺序,组成完整的句子。

1 the / I’m / results. / calling / about / test

2 please? / today, / is / in / Jane

3 put / to /could /me / you / Quality Control, / through / please?

4 Agrico. / is / Paul van Gorp / this / form

    5 me / hoping / could / I / help / you /the /was /tests. / with


Useful phrases: smalltalk  寒暄的实用表达

下列句子,有些的语法是正确的,有些是错误的。修改错误的句子。

1 I haven’t saw you since Amsterdam.

2 He’s been working in R&D for ten years.

3 Have you finish your project yet?

4 How long are you in this job?

5 How has business been since I saw you last?


Vocabulary 词汇

将左右两边的单词连起来,组成短语。可能不止有一种组合方式。 

1 clinical                                                        a  results

2 quality                                                         b research

3 laboratory                                                    c trails

4 test                                                              d control

5 to carryout                                                  e tests

6 to turn                                                         f technician


Pronunciation  发音练习

再听一遍音频2.2, 注意语调模式及说话者表示肯定和有兴趣时的语调。跟读电话沟通开场白,并将其录下来。


学习建议

在你记录的表达上画(上升或下降)箭头,提醒自己注意升调和降调的地方,以形成自然的语调模式。