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中级商务英语听说 THE IMPORTANCE OF SPEAKING AND LISTENING Speaking and listening make up 69% of our total communicating time each day. One study showed that college students spent about 53% of their time listening and 16% speaking, but only 14% writing and 17% reading . Another study showed that most employees in America spend about 60% of their day listening to each other. In Business World listening and speaking is key to effective working relationships among employees and between management and staff. Listening and speaking skills also impact a company’s interaction with customers and other businesses. About the book Objectives: A. to improve students ’ oral and listening English competence in the field of foreign trade B. to qualify the students to work competently in the field of foreign trade Contents 16 units a variety of business activities Required length: 32 hours Requirements: pay attention to Language Focus learn to apply Mind you : practice make perfect Lesson one In this unit we will talk about .opening a meeting structuring a meeting discussing in the meeting-interrupting and resuming Discuss the following question in small group What elements are involved in a business meeting? Language focus 1.I call this meeting to order. I would like to call the meeting to start I would like to declare the meeting open since everybody is here,let’s begin. 2.May I suggest something 3.Do I have a second? 4.Overall,We can probably keep the meeting under two hours. 5.Now,What ‘s next on the agenda? 6.That’s all I’m saying 7Let me take a minute to sum up the main points of this discussion. 8.Thank you for your precious suggestions. 9.If nobody want to add anything, we can draw the meeting to a close. Lesson one 1.keep to : 要按时间进度完成 l keeping to schedule 2.tricky: 难处理的,需要技巧的 3.contribute:a.?捐献, 捐助, 贡献出，捐赠b.?撰稿, 投稿，讲话，发表意见 agree on 1.对某事〔物〕有同样看法, 商定〔同意〕某事, 商定做某事 We agree on the question. 我们在这个问题上意见一致。 They agreed on leaving there the next da