目录

  • 1 Unit One
    • 1.1 Introduction
    • 1.2 Section I Talking Face to Face
    • 1.3 Section II Being All Ears
    • 1.4 Section III Trying Your Hand
    • 1.5 Section IV Maintaining A Sharp Eye
  • 2 Unit Two
    • 2.1 Introduction
    • 2.2 Section I Talking Face to Face
    • 2.3 Section II Being All Ears
    • 2.4 Section III Trying Your Hand
    • 2.5 Section IV Maintaining A Sharp Eye
  • 3 Unit Three
    • 3.1 Introduction
    • 3.2 Section I Talking Face to Face
    • 3.3 Section II Being All Ears
    • 3.4 Section III Trying Your Hand
    • 3.5 Section IV Maintaining A Sharp Eye
  • 4 Unit Four
    • 4.1 Introduction
    • 4.2 Section I Talking Face to Face
    • 4.3 Section II Being All Ears
    • 4.4 Section III Trying Your Hand
    • 4.5 Section IV Maintaining A Sharp Eye
  • 5 Unit Seven
    • 5.1 Introduction
    • 5.2 Section I Talking Face to Face
    • 5.3 Section II Being All Ears
    • 5.4 Section III Trying Your Hand
    • 5.5 Section IV Maintaining A Sharp Eye
  • 6 Unit Eight
    • 6.1 Introduction
    • 6.2 Section I Talking Face to Face
    • 6.3 Section II Being All Ears
    • 6.4 Section III Trying Your Hand
    • 6.5 Section IV Maintaining A Sjarp Eye
Section II Being All Ears

Being All Ears

Learning Sentences for Workplace Communication

1. Listen to ten topic-related English sentences for workplace communication cross-referenced with their Chinese translation and try to remember them.



2 Listen again to the above sentences rearranged in sequence, and then match them with their Chinese translation.




Handling a Dialogue

3. Listen to a dialogue and decode the message by finding the correct choices in brackets according to what you have heard.


Mr. Thomas, Mr. Li, Mr. Zhang is leaving China. His company has opened a branch office, shop, hotel in New York. He has been appointed as Regional Marketing Manager, Head, Director and will start work next Monday, month, week. His flight number is MU906, ME906, MU609, Orient Airlines. Mr. Li is seeing him off at the airport, hotel, railway station and asks him to keep in touch.

Mr. Thomas: It's really very kind of you to come to see me off, Mr. Li.

Mr. Li: I'm sorry you're unable to stay a little longer, Mr. Thomas.

Mr. Thomas: So am I. But I have to leave today. Our company's branch office in New York is newly opened. Appointed as its Regional Marketing Manager I must report for work next week.

Mr. Li: How nice. What's your flight number?

Mr. Thomas: It's Flight MU906, Orient Airlines. Oh, it's time for me to check in.

Mr. Li: How I shall miss you! Take care of yourself and keep in touch.

Mr. Thomas: Goodbye. Thanks again for everything.

Mr. Li: It was a pleasure. Hope to see you again next year. Goodbye.

Mr. Thomas: Goodbye.

Understanding a Short Speech / Talk

4. Listen to a short farewell speech twice and during the second listening put back the missing words in the blanks.


 As you all know, I have recently accepted a sales position with another _________ and will be leaving ________ of this week. Please consider this short thank-you speech to be my ________ wish to say goodbye to each and every one of you.

    I want you all to know that I am leaving here with ________ feelings: happy about my new career opportunity but _______ to be leaving such a great company. I have so many _______ friends and colleagues here. The last three years as a member of the ________ has been the best period of my career so far. I learned a great deal while working with many of you. I am sure we will remain friends in the future. I can only expect that my new job will also give me such rewarding _______ and supportive friends.

     Thank you so much for making my time at the company truly _______. I invite any of you, who would like to keep in touch with me, to speak to me before I leave on Friday and I will be happy to give you my new  ________ and e-mail address.