Unit 7商务英语综合教程1.pptVIP

B-Task 1 Reading B Task 1 Decide whether the following statements are TRUE (T) or FALSE(F). Before entering the meeting room, Ms. Smart felt confident and curious about the new technology,videoconferencing. More and more companies feel it is more efficient to have meetings with videoconferencing technology than to travel. In spite of rising travel costs and a declining economy, corporations tend to stick with face-to-face meeting. Consultants, accountants and lawyers, whose work is more often done with clients, will probably use videoconferencing more. Online meetings are a great substitute for face-to-face meeting since they are the only way to build relationships. F T F T F B-Task 2 Videoconferencing technology, known as telepresence, is designed to 1) _____________ the richest form of human 2) _____________: people talking to each other, face to face. The technology is going to change the way corporations think about travel and work in the long run. More and more companies are now using the 3)_______________ to avoid international trips and 4) _____________ flights since travel costs are rising and airlines have cut services. Management consultants, 5) ____________________, accountants, lawyers and technology services consultants as well as training and education staff, whose work has to be done 6) _____________ with clients, are increasingly using online 7) _____________ tools for work within their firms, 8) _____________ to cut down travel costs as a reaction to the 9) _____________ economy. However, some people don’t think it is a perfect 10) _____________ because they don’t learn about other cultures in telepresence and prefer to build a relationship from being there. Reading B stimulate interaction virtual meeting domestic investment bankers In person collaboration in part weakening substitute Task 2 Listen and fill in the blanks to summarize the text. BP-Task1 Business Practice 2,3