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常考话题 真题部分： （1）Staff Magazine Your company is planning to introduce an internal magazine to keep staff informed of company developments. You have been asked to help plan the staff magazine. Discuss the situation together, and decide: ? what type of information to include in the magazine ? which type of staff should contribute to the magazine. Follow-on questions ? Do you think magazines are a good way to keep staff informed? (Why?/Why not?) ? Do you think companies of all sizes should have staff magazines? (Why?/Why not?) ? Is it important for senior managers to contribute to staff magazines? (Why?/Why not?) ? Would you like to contribute to staff magazines? (Why? Why not?) ? Do you think an internal company website would be a good way of keeping staff informed? (Why?/Why not?) ? Do you think magazines for customers are a useful marketing tool? (Why?/Why not?) （2）Video Conferencing The company you work for is concerned about the amount of time staff spend travelling to meetings in other branches of the company, and is looking at alternatives. You have been asked to make recommendations about introducing video conferencing. Discuss the situation together, and decide: ? what the company needs to know about the meetings that take place at present ? what the advantages and disadvantages of video conferencing might be. Follow-on questions ? Would you prefer to have meetings face to face or through video conferencing? (Why?) ? In what other ways do you think a company could reduce the need for travelling to meetings? (Why?) ? Do you think the time spent on travelling to meetings is always time wasted? (Why?/Why not?) ? What do you think are the benefits to staff of business travel? (Why?) ? Do you think modern technology has affected the amount of business travel in recent years? (Why?/Why not?) ? Do you think video conferencing will become more important for meetings in the future? (Why?/Why not?) （3）Seminars for Students Your company has been asked to deliver a series of