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BEC高级真题集听力原文

BEC高级真题集听力原文（2010版）

TEST1

ThisistheBusinessEnglishCertificateHigher2,ListeningTest1.

PartOne.Questions1to12.

Youwillheartheintroduction

toaseminar,calledtheBusinessabouttheuseofInformationTechnologyintheworkplace.

Asyoulisten,forquestions1to12,completethenotes,usinguptothreewordsoranumber.

Master

Class,

Afteryouhavelistenedonce,replaytherecording.

Younowhaveforty-fivesecondstoreadthroughthenotes.

[pause]

Nowlisten,andcompletethenotes.

[pause]

Woman:

Goodmorningeveryoneandwelcome.Thanksforcoming.

WatsonandIlookforwardtomeetingyouallpersonally.Someofyouareherejustfortoday,others,Iknow,willbeattendingforallthreedays.I'mjustgoingtosayafewwordsonbehalfwhohaveorganisedthisevent,GlobalConferencesplc.Asyouknow,today'sseminarisdistinguishedquickpointsothesessionsonTomorrow

TheBusinessMasterClass,toguestwhoIwillintroduceforganisationwhichperhapsyouwilltakeplaceinthishotel

Myname

ofmy

beconductedbyinamoment.Butfirst'dliketonote.All

exceptforthelastsSoftware,whichwillbeattheNewCityHotel.Wewillat2pmandthiswillgiveusachanceto

meetthereofthethingswehavebeendiscussing.AmapwithdirectionstotheNewCityHotelisavailablefrommeifyouwishto

Alternativelytherewillbeabusgoingthereat1.30pm.ThereislimitedcarparkingattheNewCityHotelsoifyouyouwillneedapermit.Youcangetonefromtheconferenceoffice.Nowtothereasonweareallhere.WeareveryfortunatetohaveaseminartodayledbyDrMartinSangalli,oneofthemostprominentandwell-respectedcommentatorsintheworldbusinessbeenaskedtoadvisemanylargecorporations.HeisaspecialistinthestrategicpharmaceuticalsSolutions,which

useofInformation

andretail.Hehashis

consultswithsomeofthe

see

make

wish

isJane

company

our

afew

session

inactionsome

yourownway.

todrivethere

community.He's

inbanking,

Logicnamesintheworld

Technologyowncompanycalledbiggest

ofbusiness.HeisalsoanadvisertoIntertelandanon-executive

director

ofGlobalConferences.

Thousands

ofbusinessand

managersIntelligenthavehelpedHeisEurope

havebenefitedfrom

Change.Alwaysinspiringhundredsoforganisations

'smostfamousITanalyst.DrSangalli

reading

and

his

to

thought

gaina

best-sellingprovoking,glimpseof

technologybook,hisideasthefuture.

-welcome.

Man:

ThankyouJane,forthatflatteringintroduction.IhopeIcanlive

uptoit.Sotobegin.Therearetwomaindifficultiesfacingall

corporationstoday.Firstly,howtomakethemselvesmore

customer-driven.Secondly,andasaresultofthat,isthequestionofhowtogoaboutthemajortaskofdevelopingandimplementingneworganisationalstructures.Thisisaseniormanagementsessionandisdesignedtoprovideyouwithtwothings.Ihopethatbytheendofthesessionyouwillbeequippedtodesignyourownframeworkforaction.Tohelpyoudothisyouwillalsobeabletotakeawaydocumentationofreal-lifecasestudiesthatI'vebeeninvolvedin.So,ifyouwouldliketolookatthescreen...

[pause]

Nowlistentotherecordingagain.

[pause]

ThatistheendofPartOne.Younowhavetwentysecondstocheckyouranswers.[pause]

PartTwo.Questions13to22.

Youwillhearfivedifferentbusinesspeopletalkingabouttripstheyhaverecentlybeenon.

Foreachextracttherearetwotasks.LookatTaskOne.Foreachquestion13-17,choosethepurposeofeachtrip,fromthelistA-H.NowlookatTaskTwo.Foreachquestion18-22,choosetheproblemdescribed,fromthelistA-H.

Afteryouhavelistenedonce,replaytherecording

[pause]

Nowlisten,anddothetwotasks.

[pause]

Man:

Younowhavethirtysecondstoreadthetwolists.

'sademandingpost,hinkthepotentialwethoughtwe'sgoingtodeliverthesort

'salreadygottheteamadapting

Ofcourse,Iwaslookingforwardtoit.Imean,itmeantseeingtheresultsofquitealengthyprocesstofindtherightperson,whichImyselfhadinvestedquitealotoftimein.Itwithalotofresponsibility.Itspottedisbeingrealised,andthatsheofnewinitiativeswehopedfor.She

Woman:

toherapproach.ButIdidfeelabitstupidinthemeeting,sittingtherewithouttherightfigures.Ijustcanupthechart.Icouldstillseeit,sittingonmydesk.Well,thewholethingwasaseriouschallenge,andifIdidn'treallyfeeluptoitinthefirsttobegoingawayfromtheoffice,andIcertainlydidnbeingaskedtopresentprettydifferentideasatthisstageofthegame.Icompletelyunderstandthatthelastthingtheywantedwastohavesomeonedroppinginfromabove,asitwere,andwe'vedecidedtochangetherules,etcetera.They'd

systemasitwasingoodfaith.AndthenIwasjustsotired.Whatwiththeweddingcelebrationgoingoninthehotel,I

tbelieveIdidn

place.

It

tpick

mhonestI

wasn'tagoodtfeelhappy,

saying,oh,

beenapplying

definitely

time

well,the

didn't

getenoughrest,andthatleftmedisorientated,soIunderperformed.

Man:

Iwasn'thappytobegoingouttherewhentherewassomuchthathadtobedealtwith,justleftthereonmydesk.Mysecretary'sextremely

good,butshecan'tdotheimpossible,obviously.Butitwasclearly

crucialtogetsomekindofideaofwhatitlookedlike,whetherwewereontotherightkindofthing.Gettingtherightlocationandspaceisvital.I'mmoreorlessconvincedthatthisisrightforwhat

wewant.Itwillattractcustomers.Thetroubleis,Ihadout-of-date

architect'splanswithme,soIkeptgettingconfusedaboutthe

dimensions.Butthehotelstaffwerereallyhelpfulwhenweweretrying

togettheup-to-datestufffaxedthrough.

Woman:

It'sthefirsttimeI'vebeenovertheresincewedecidedtogoaheadwiththeexpansionandImustsayIwasimpressedwiththenumberofreallygoodcandidatestherewere.Itreallyisagoodregion,intermsofbeingabletoattractandrecruittherightpeopleandI'mconfidentwechosetherightpeople.Iwishthesamethingwastruefortheotherbranches.WhatIjustcan'tbelieveisthatImanagedtosetsucha

badexamplebyarrivingawholehourafterweshouldhavestarted.

Ifeltlikearealfool,goingonaboutheavytraffic,whenI'dnever

acceptthatkindofexcusemyself!

Man:

Theysaiditwasalldifferent,andtheycertainlyweren'twrong!

I

couldhardlybelievesomeofit!

It'sdefinitelyeye-openingtosee

whatpolicycanmeaninreality.Butthewaythey'reapplyingit,I

meantheactualtechniques,reallyisimpressive.Ididn'tsayanything,

ofcourse,justtookmynotes,andIwillbedrawingupmyreportassoonasIcan.FI1definitelyberecommendingthatsomeoftheirways

ofgoingaboutthingsgetappliedintheotherbranches.Itwas

confusingatthesametime,Ihavetoadmit.Theywereshowingmeall

thesegraphs,differentmodelsofanalysis,andIcouldn'treally

followthatwayofpresentingthedata.Andthenthatguy'saccent!

Greathotel,though.

[pause]

Nowlistentotherecordingagain.

[pause]

ThatistheendofPartTwo.

[pause]

PartThree.Questions23to30.

YouwillhearpartofaconversationbetweenamanagementconsultantandtheHumanResourcesmanagerofJenkins,acompanywhichmanufactureschildren'sclothing.

Foreachquestion23-30,markoneletter,A,BorC,forthecorrectanswer.

Afteryouhavelistenedonce,replaytherecording.

Youhaveforty-fivesecondstoreadthroughthequestions.

[pause]

Nowlisten,andmarkA,BorC.

[pause]

Woman:

Goodmorning,nicetomeetyou.Dositdown.

Man:

Thankyou.

Woman:

Now,you'reHumanResourcesmanagerofJenkins,aren'tyou?

Givemesomebackgroundonthecompany-soIgetageneralpicture.

Man:

StephenJenkinsfoundedthecompanynearlythirtyyearsago,andnamed

itafterhimself,andheranitforalongtime.Lastyearoneofourcompetitorsproposedcombining,withtheideathatseparatelythetwocompaniesweretoosmalltosurvive.Theywereprobablyright,butanywayStephenturneddowntheoffer.Then,becausehewasgettingon,hehandedovertheday-to-dayrunningtohisdaughter,Catherine,whileretainingfullcontrolhimself.

Woman:

Andyoumakechildren'sclothes,don'tyou?

Aren'tthereproblemsinthesector?

Man:

Well,wemostlyselltoretailchains,whichsellthemundertheir

ownbrandlabels.Thingsaren'taseasyastheywere,whatwithcheapimports,andthemoreexpensivechildren'sboutiquesmakinginroads

atthetopendofthemarket.Butwepositionourselvesinthemiddlerange,sowe'renottoobadlyaffected.Wereunderincreasingpressuretocutourprofitmargins,though,becauseofgrowingcompetitionbetweenHighStreetretailers.

Woman:

Whatwouldyousayisthecompany'sstrength?

Man:

ItcertainlyhelpsthatwesupplythoselargeretailersImentioned,

andinfactsomeofthemhavebeencustomersforyears.Isuppose,though,thatwewouldn'thavesurvivedthislongifitwasn'tforthefactthatwewon'tsendanythingoutunlessitmeetsveryexactingstandards.Ourcustomersappreciatethat,plusthefactthatweaimtokeepthetimefromordertodeliveryveryshort,andthey'repreparedtopayapremiumforit.

Woman:

Whataboutweaknesses?

Man:

Well,we'vegotapoorrecordinprovidingtrainingonthemachines

we'recurrentlyusing.AndIhavetosaythatStephenusedtorunthecompanyinaveryold-fashioned,autocraticway,whichalienatedalotoftheworkers.DespiteCatherineit'sanuphillstruggletoco-operation.

Woman:

Neveraneasytask!

Man:

No.

try

smoreenlightenedapproach,tochang