商务英语BEC听力的全方位攻克法
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商务英语BEC听力的全方位攻克法
2010年04月23日商务英语BEC听力的全方位攻克法 题型概况
第一部分为信息题，指听一段信息性的独白后补充。
句子、填空或记笔记。考生必须写出答案的关键词，每题不超过3个单词。每题长度为2~3分钟，主题可能涉及介绍说明、更改安排，指示、工作计划或各种会议的细节。题目的答案可能为数字或金钱的数目，但不需要考生进行任何计算。这部分考题测试的是考生在实际情景中捕捉信息的能力。考题答案可能有关时间、地点、名字或者让考生分析图表或地图方位。要准确地回答这一部分的题目，考生应注意以下几点：
l、准确、迅速地理解供选择的图表所表达的意思。
2、特别注意日期、数字、姓名及简单的事实。
3、根据图表内容进行充分预测（anticipation）。
4、一旦认为知道某项选项符合对话的条件时，应仔细看一下，但不要急于做出选择，直到听完了全部对话之后再做决定。
第二部分为搭配题，以5篇摘录为基础。5篇摘录为 段由不同人说的独白，每篇各有两个问题，问题与摘录的内容和目的相关。要求考生回答以下问题：辨明说话者身份，解释语境，辨别主题，理解具体信息，辨明说话者的意见或感情。
第三部分为谈话题，属最体现商务英语交流功能的题型。谈话可能是访谈或会谈讨论，通常有两个或更多的谈话人。话题多是关于兴趣或工作，题目为8道多项选择题。每个问题有三个选项。此部分考题要求考生能够理解篇幅较长文章的中心意思以及根据题目要求获取细节性的信息，而且还要求考生能分析讲话人观点及态度。
这部分可以采取以下技巧：
1、从题目要求和试题中找出必须听懂的内容，并将其作为听的重点。同答题重点不相干的词句、内容，尽可心安理得地“不求甚解”，减轻记忆负担，以防因小失大。
2、尽可能快速地回答每道题。如果花费太长时间考虑某一问题，就有可能跟不上所听内容，错过谈话中重要部分。
3、边听录音边看题目，注意一次要看到两三道，提高效率和准确度。
4、如果没有听到一个问题的答案，看下面一个或两个问题，可努力从谈话中听出每个问题中提到的关键的话题或事物。
备考策略
1、纠正发音
无论是否参加考试，纠正发音都是一个十分重要的环节。自身准确地道的英文发音能给你的听力准确率助上一臂之力。
加强朗读训练！正确的读音与正确的听音密切相连的，只有和标准读音相近了，自己有了正确的语音语调，才能更好地听懂音带里的内容。可以跟着录音来朗读，这样可以比照自己和原音的差别，达到模仿的最佳效果。
2、精听和泛听相结合
精听的目的在于模仿英美人的说话，模仿他们的语音语调，对照改正自己的语音语调。可以从比较简单的句子开始，先慢后快。要有计划，有安排，根据自己的听力程度，找准起点。精听的概念是完全能够跟上磁带的节奏，对所有的句子和单词都能在第一时间作出反映，而且对于书中要求拼写的单词一定要熟练掌握。精听时，首先要熟悉听力材料中的商务词汇、术语及短语，然后反复听长难句句型。听力材料不在于多，而在于精，专心听懂一盘磁带比囫囵吞枣地听10盘磁带的效果要好得多。
除了精听之外，泛听的作用也不可忽视，因为精听要求全神贯注来听，而泛听只需听懂大意就行了。听的内容要杂，面要宽，可以不局限在一两本听力教材，最好根据自己的爱好和程度来选择一些东东来听，一小段故事，一两条新闻，甚至歌曲都可以。建议可以听BBC，一开始可能只能听到几个单词，因为语速真的很快。但是坚持往下听的话，回发现它比音乐还要好听，自信心也会成倍增加。泛听时，首先要量大，只求掌握大意，不必了解每个细节。泛听的遍数由材料难度和自己的听力程度来决定。就商务英语的难度而言，泛听不超过3遍为宜，否则就失去了泛听的意义。在商务英语听力练习中，既要能准确无误地听出重要信息，如：数据、年代、人名、地名及事实;又要兼顾把握大意的训练，因此必须将精听与泛听结合起来，交替练习。
3、阅读与听力练习同时进行
大家在听力练习中所接触到的信息很有限，这个信息包括词汇、语法、习惯用法、文化等，以及在接触材料时能够遇到的所有东西。其实，听10盘磁带所获信息也不及阅读一本外文期刊或杂志。只要你发音正确，在听力时遇到阅读过程中所接触过的词，你大部分都有可能听懂。所以词汇量和语法是阅读的关键，阅读量的多少以及阅读能力的高低决定了听说能力的高低，而我们的语言学习，又必须从听说开始。
4、扩大听力练习材料范围
要听懂英语，还必须不断扩大自己的知识面，了解英语国家的一些背景知识，风土人情等。一方面可以多读一些英文的原版书籍，内容可以根据个人的兴趣而定，另一方面可以多与外教接触，比如听听他们的讲座或是直接面对面交流。我们在备考BEC听力时，由于复习时间的紧迫，可以有针对性地练习与BEC相关的材料，如历年真题或模拟试题。英国广播公司(BBC)面向世界的广播也是地道英语的极好来源，它不仅包含丰富的词汇，复杂的句型结构，还涉及政治、经济、文化等各方面的知识。除此以外，要尽可能地多听英语本土人的谈话，以适应英式发音、美式发音及一些主要方言的能力，同时也要多听非英语国家人们的谈话(西班牙英语、法国英语、德国英语等)。选听各种报告录音也是不错的选择，应逐步适应不同口音和年龄段的人的讲话风格。
5、关注高频听力词汇
在商务环境下，很多词汇都是在特定行业或语境下频繁出现的。 (如：seminar, meeting minutes, Pick-up at the airport)，需要特别注意.
要想提高商务英语BEC听力能力，首先是要解决词汇的问题，要熟悉BEC听力教材中和日常口语中所出现的句型和表达法，把增强语感放到重要位置上来加以强调。没有足够词汇量，听力不可能提高的。没有一定量的句型，在和英美人交流的时候就会在表达上形成差距，造成交流障碍。所以词汇是第一步，同时要扩大对句型的掌握，背词汇的同时要大量记忆常用的句型结构，在听力教材中出现的生词要背，词组和句型更是要熟练掌握。
Thoughts on the Traffic System for the Shanghai World Expo
Date:03/06/2006
By Staff Reporter, Dai Qian
Expert Interpretation: Conceptual Planning on the Traffic System of Expo 2010 Shanghai
It is estimated there will be 70-80 million visitors to Shanghai during the 2010 Shanghai World Expo. Whether or not Shanghai's urban transport can meet the demands of the World Expo will be a key factor in the Expo's success.
To south? To north? To east? To west? A taxi driver told this report that nowadays, it is very hard to decide which way to go. Why? Because traffic jam is everywhere.
At the two Conferences (the National People's Congress and the Chinese Political Consultative Conference) held in Shanghai this year, traffic became the subject of heated debate among deputies and delegates. The mayor said that, according to the people's deputies, this problem needed prompt solution. Then, how about the future? Five years later, approximately 70 million people will flock to the Shanghai World Expo! Due to this, at the two Conferences, a great many ideas and suggestions on transport were pooled and submitted to relevant departments with a common wish, that is, make the arteries of the city smoother.
Just two months before the two Conferences were held, Tongji University published the Basic Blueprint for the World Expo Traffic System Planning upon the authorization of the Shanghai Planning Bureau, which inspires people's infinite imagination.
On a winter afternoon, I walked into Tongji University. The quiet campus and the noisy road outside formed a striking contrast. The vice-president of Tongji University, Mr. Yang Dongyuan, presented the blueprint to me.
According to the introduction made by Professor Yang, the Shanghai World Expo traffic system planning was confronted with two challenges: on the one hand, although large-scale construction of transportation infrastructure has been carried out in Shanghai, in 2010, it is still not possible to make radical changes to traffic congestion due to the rapid social and economic development and the convergence of population and economy to dynamic and energetic places. Therefore, one of the great challenges we are faced with is how to make transportation arrangements during the World Expo under such circumstances, the other is what we should show to the world through our transportation solutions during the Expo. Along with urban development, traffic congestion has become a common problem. The theme of Expo 2010 Shanghai is "Better City, Better Life", which requires that the traffic system should not only ensure the smooth running of the Expo, but also indicate a bright future for urban transportation, and demonstrate the Shanghai people's confidence and resolution to meet the challenges of resources, environment and urban transportation.
"During the Expo, we cannot possibly bring about a fundamental turn for the better, but we could show our resolution and wish to the world and give a profound interpretation of the theme of 'Better City, Better Life'." Professor Yang said confidently.
In light of Shanghai's development environment and opportunities, we can set up the following development objectives for its urban traffic system:
——ensure effective transportation and communication inside and outside the city;
——make use of the natural and environmental resources in a highly efficient manner;
——heighten the levels of environment, ecology and security；
——enhance the city's vitality in the broad economic system；
——ensure the feasibility of the construction objectives in terms of finance, economy and technology.
Professor Yang stated that the significance of formulating the Shanghai World Expo traffic system planning is far beyond the original intention.
Multimode combined-type transportation service system
Professor Yang pointed out that the land and environmental resources of a city are quite limited, therefore, the problem of congestion cannot be solved merely by increasing transportation facilities, instead, we should advocate a new modern concept of transportation consumption: moderate control. Under this presupposition, the core conception of the Expo traffic system is to set up a multimode combined-type transportation service system, which will provide comprehensive transportation services instead of merely transport supply capacity. With an organic combination of basic infrastructure, information system and management measures, such a system has the following features:
Transfer from private cars to public transport
The core concept of the Expo traffic system planning is "transfer", which can be realized by a number of ways.
——Set up interchange hubs and public transport systems with large transport capability. On the one hand, passenger flow coming from outside may be guided to transfer to various means of rail or Bus Rapid Transport bound for the Expo site, on the other hand, the disorganized trips by individuals in the city will be integrated in a systematic way. In brief, passenger flow must transfer from private means of transportation to public one before entering the Expo Garden.
——Establish entrances to the Expo area at places far from the city center in combination with the P+R hubs. For example, an entrance may be established at the intersection of the Shanghai Yangtze Bridge and the Chongming Island in combination with the transportation hubs on the middle ring roads and the outer ring roads; water entrances may be established at Wusong, Fuxing Island and Beiwaitan by making use of the shoreline of the Huangpu River. In a word, an orderly, highly efficient and convenient traffic system may be set up by construction of interchange hubs.
An estimated 70 million people will visit the World Expo, with 30% coming from the Yangtze River Delta (YRD) area and many getting there in their own cars, bringing pressure to Shanghai's transport system. In order to alleviate the bottleneck, four traffic zones have been designed: 1) green zone (central Expo Garden); 2) buffer zone (protective shell of the Expo Garden); 3) comfort zone (inside the outer ring roads); and 4) home zone (facing the YRD). On the periphery of urban areas, vehicles coming from outside will be guided to transfer to various means of public transport bound for the Expo Garden.
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