掌握听懂英语新闻的九大诀窍（二）
发布时间：2021-12-14
(四)不要太在乎特殊难懂的人名及地名
2000 年初夏，裴济发生政变，没多久就宣布戒严令，军方的领导人，头衔连姓名叫“Fiji military commander Commodore Frank Bainimarama”，每次我播报新闻，念到这里时，都差点要吃螺丝。想一想，连我都要花时间先练习这些较难念的名字，而听众听我播报，三秒就过去了，难怪有人对这些外国人名及地名叫苦连天。
遇到这样的状况时，该怎幺办呢?别理它吧!说实话，我自己听 BBC 或 CNN 的新闻，也常常听到不太熟悉的人名或地名，如某国家的人，也许我没听过，很可能听完新闻你再问我，我也答不出来他的名字，但是多半时候对了解新闻内容并不影响，我只要知道他是某国的国会领导人就够了。再如俄罗斯南部某个难念的小城镇发生什幺事，清楚它他是俄罗斯南部的小城镇，足够我了解新闻内容。你也可以试试这种方法，不要为复杂的名称所困扰。当然，重要的新闻人物及地名还是得熟悉一下。
(五)以正确的播报速度来学习
我刚来中国台湾时，常常有人找我为一些英文教材配音。进录音室时，我坐在麦克风前，拿了稿子开始念，没念几句，负责人请我是否可以念慢些，于是我从头开始，放慢了速度，念了几句，他又问我可不可以再慢些。等到教材出版后，我听了卡带，自认为不但听起来怪怪的，对学会也没有帮助，因为人正常说话根本不是这样的。
经常有本地朋友抱怨，我在ICRT 播报新闻的速度，快得让他们听不太懂，我只能说，这是播报新闻正常的速度，即使 ICRT 播的慢些，等到你要听BBC或CNN ，还是会听不懂。那该怎幺办呢?我来中国台湾时，基本的中文会话不成问题，时间久了，报纸也能读看，但是打开中广或三台的新闻，还是觉得“雾煞煞”，于是我将中文新闻录音下来，重复的听，如果不会的单字，请朋友帮忙听一下，听到上百遍，直到完全听懂为止。因为我自己这样的练习，现在听中文新闻，一个字都不会漏掉。
有了手上的这套教材，你不用自己录音，更不需要麻烦别人帮忙听，但是你会发现，专业的播音员录制在CD 片上的新闻都是以正常的速度播报，因为这样才能真正的学会新闻英语，如果听不太懂，多听几次，一定大有进展。但是，如果用一些速度放慢的教材，那只能永远听教材，真正新闻的速度会跟不上。
(六)尽快锁定大略的新闻内容
不知你是否注意过，听英语新闻时，主播经常会在报某条新闻前，来句类似ａｎｄ now in sports...(现在进入体育新闻)，或Turning to the Middle East ...(转向中东地区……)或In U.S. election race news...(有关美国选举新闻……)等，没有一定格式或说法，这样短短的一句，就是要让不同类型新闻的转变自然些。
播报某条新闻前，来个这样的“自我介绍”，对学习新闻英语是很有帮助的。怎幺说呢?我举个简单的例子，到目前为止，我听得懂的台语还是有限，如果随便跟我说几句，我很可能听不懂，但是若有人先让我知道他准备跟我聊的话题，接下来对我就容易的多了。这个情形跟新闻前给你一个小提示一样，知道即将要接收哪一类的讯息，可以先准备一下自己的思惟。
当然，不是每条新闻前都会给你这样的提示，要是没有，自己也得赶快锁定内容及方向，如果看电视新闻的话，可以试着从画面了解是哪一类的新闻；若是广播的话，也应该从第一句就可以判断。
下面小编为大家准备了 商务英语考试 的相关考题，供大家学习参考。
? Read this part of a note from Emma Jackson, boss of a French travel agency.
We are thinking of printing a brochure to introduce tourist attractions and accommodation facilities in Europe. Please contact the major hotels and scenic spots and the like and invite them to make advertisements.
? Write a letter to Hotel Mecure:
? giving a brief self-introduction
? saying what kind of brochure you are going to print
? stating the rate of advertising
? asking for a prompt reply.
? Write 60-80 words.
? Write on your Answer Sheet.
Dear Manager, We write to introduce ourselves as one of the leading travel agencies in France. We are going to print a brochure to introduce some tourist attractions and accommodation facilities in Europe for distribution at Hong Kong International Tourist Fair this year. Would you like to advertise your hotel in our brochure? The rate is 1,000 for 1/2 page. We are looking forward to your early reply. Yours faithfully,
Dear Sirs,
The order mentioned above was delivered to our warehouse 2 days after it arrived in Chicago 8th Jan. and we regret that we have to complain about the conditions in which we received it.
In our order we stipulated that we required four dozen of your men's suits pattern CS/7, and in your invoice, No. CP/78, you charged us for this quantity, but it is clear that you have packed only three dozen in Case 3, 【B1】______ . We would therefore appreciate an explanation and your prompt action to send us the missing dozen suits.
Very much more serious is the condition of the ladies' trousers suits that you packed in Case 2. Of the six dozen that this case contains, 【B2】______ . It is quite clear that this is solely due to the totally inadequate way in which they had been packed for you had not lined the case with any waterproof paper. 【B3】______
【B4】______ , whereas in our order we had stated that we required your pattern CS/9 which is stated in your catalogue as being made up from heavy-weight material. There is no market here for tropical suits, and so we must emphasize 【B5】______ .
We must stress that the mistakes that you have made in this first order we have placed with you have caused considerable problems for us. We had hoped to include your products in the Spring Sale that is due to open at the end of February, but as it is, it is now clear that we shall not be able to do so. We wish to stress, therefore, that unless you take immediate action to correct the mistakes that you have made, 【B6】______ .
We now expect your prompt reply.
Yours,
Faithfully
A. please correct all the mistakes as soon as possible
B. that we expect you to replace these suits that have been wrongly delivered with those we ordered without delay
C. we shall certainly not consider further orders with you and shall report your company to the American Trade Promotion Office in New York
D. and we think the price is a little bit too high
E. forty have become very sodden in transit and most of these show signs of rotting
F. we are also surprised that you appear to have sent us three dozen lightweight gentlemen's suits in Case 1
G. we therefore expect your prompt action to remedy this situation
H. and there is no sign of the missing dozen in either Case 1 or 2
【B1】______
H
Financial Planning: the factors involved in deciding on appropriate pricing strategies
Suggested answers: a．In any single market three basic factors determine the boundaries of the pricing decision. The price floor, or minimum price, is bounded by product cost. The price ceiling, or maximum price, is bounded by competitive prices for comparable products and ability of customers to pay. Between the floor and ceiling for every product there is an optimum price, which is a function of the demand for the product and the cost of supplying the product. The international executive must develop a pricing system and pricing policies that 'address these fundamental factors in each of the national markets in which his company operates. b．In addition to developing a pricing system, the system must also be consistent with a number of uniquely international constraints. In addition to the diversity of national markets in all three basic dimensions—cost, competition, and demand—the international executive is also confronted by conflicting governmental tax policies and claims as well as government controls such as dumping legislation, resale price maintenance legislation, price ceilings and general review of price levels. Other factors affecting the international pricing decisions are the often surprisingly high international transportation costs, middlemen in elongated international channels of distribution, and multinational accounts demanding equal price treatment regardless of location. c．Pricing decisions have a major impact on a number of societal groups: consumers, customers, employees, stockholders, the public interest, and, of course, the competition. These interest groups are affected by pricing decisions, which in turn constrain the international executive. A widespread effect of international business is to lower prices. Within the corporation there are many interest groups and frequently conflicting price objectives. The divisional vice-president is concerned about profitability at the divisional level. Regional executives are concerned about profitability at the country level. d．The direction of international marketing seeks competitive prices in world markets.. The controller and financial vice-president are concerned about profits. The manufacturing vice-president seeks long runs for maximum manufacturing efficiency. The tax manager is concerned about compliance with government transfer pricing legislation, and company counsel is concerned about the antitrust implications of international pricing practices. With such a large number of divergent and often conflicting interests combined with the limitations of our existing measures of demand, it is premature to expect that we should be able to determine“optimal”prices in international marketing. A more feasible objective for the international executive is to formulate international pricing strategy and policy that will contribute rather than detract from company sales and profit objectives worldwide. 解析：constrain强迫，强制，束缚。optimum price最适当价格。 dumping倾销。antitrust反托拉斯。divergent分歧的，分开的。detract from贬低，减损。premature早熟的，仓促的。
— You are the manager of the marketing department in your company. A new assistant manager has recently been appointed and will start work soon.
— Write an email to all staff in the department:
— explaining the need for the appointment
— saying when the assistant manager will start work
— describing the experience the assistant manager has.
— Write 40 - 50 words.
From: Candace Woodward
To: All marketing staff
Subject: New assistant manager
To support our strategy of growing sales in our Asian and African markets, a new position of assistant manager has been created. Paul Fisher has been appointed, and will start on 1st September Paul has worked for several years in marketing toys, concentrating on the Far East.
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