BEC中級(jí)閱讀理解材料整合

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閱讀理解材料，下面我就和大家共享，來觀賞一下吧。

BEC中級(jí)閱讀理解材料：省錢秘笈

EverybusinessIknowhasbeenthroughthewringerduringthepast

twoyears.Sadlythegoodtimesarentreturninganytimesoon.SoIve

compiledalistofsomemorecreativeandworthwhilewayscompanies

cansavemoneytohelpentrepreneurskeepafloatinspiteofthe

challenges.

?Dorandomexpenseclaimaudits.

Abuseofexpensesisendemic,butifstaffknowthateventheir

mobilephonebillsarecheckedoccasionally,thentheyarelesslikelyto

takeadvantage.Youshouldhaveveryclearexpensepolicies,sofiddlers

arenotabletouseconfusiontogetawaywithcheating.

?Buysecond-hand.

Wefrequentlybuyreconditionedkitchenequipmentforour

restaurants.Donothesitatetochooseusedovershowroom-newifit

makeseconomicsense.

?Leadfromthefrontaboutcosts.

Asaboss,youshouldconstantlyquestioncostsandtrytobeseen

tobeabstemiousratherthanextravagant-atleastwithcorporateassets.

Ifyouareaspendthrift,yousetapoorexamplethatotherswillcopy-

withthecompanysmoney.

?Askforearlypaymentdiscounts.

Ifyouhavethecash,itmightbeagreatwaytoimproveyour

margins.Ifyoursuppliersareunderfinancialpressure,theymaywell

agreea5percentdiscountforswiftsettlement.Itwouldtakealmost

twoyearswithcurrentlowinterestratestoearnthatmuchifyoukept

themoneyinthebank.

?Understandwhateveryonedoes.

Atleastonceayear;undertakeathoroughanalysisofallstaffroles

andtrytoworkouttheirtrueproductivity-andrationalisepostsif

necessary.Remember:nooneevertellsyoutheyareunderworkedor

thattheircontributionisinessential.

ExamFocus:

(1)WhatisNOTthepurposeofrandomexpenseclaimaudits?

APreventingemployeesfromtakingadvantage.

BFiddlersmaynoteasilysucceedinthisway.

CToexaminetheirmobilebillsoccasionally.

DTocutcostsinthisaspect.

(2)WhichisNOTacreativeandworthwhilewaytohelpbossessave

money?

AChooseusedequipmentsassubstitutesforbrand-newones.

BSetexamplesasanabstemiousboss.

CEarlypaymenttoobtaindiscount

DRationalizepostsfrequently.

OralTopic:

Keys(反白可見):

(1)C

(2)D

以下為商務(wù)英語中級(jí)秋季班外教AlisonOraltopic題目的錄音文

稿：

ThisisamodaltestofBECSpeakingTestPartTwo.

Inthispart,youarerequiredtogivea"mini-presentation'onthe

followingtopic.

Whataretheeffecitvewaysforcompaniestosavemoneyintough

times?

Whataretheeffecitvewaysforcompaniestosavemoneyintough

times?

Now,youwillhaveoneminutetoprepareyourspeech.

參考譯文：

過去兩年，我相識(shí)的每家企業(yè)都?xì)v盡了磨難。缺憾的是，好時(shí)間

不會(huì)很快就回來。因此，我編制了一份較有創(chuàng)意和價(jià)值的企業(yè)省錢途

徑列表，協(xié)助企業(yè)家在面對挑戰(zhàn)時(shí)仍能生存。

?隨機(jī)審計(jì)費(fèi)用支出

it,self-beliefiseasytoboost

(1)

“Hugelyfromaleadershipandteamperspective/saysRobYeung,a

corporatepsychologistatTalentspaceandauthorofConfidence:TheArt

ofGettingWhateveryouWant.

“Youmustbeconfidentforotherstohaveconfidenceinyou.People

equateconfidencewithcompetence/

BobEtherington,asales,negotiationandpresentationtrainer,says

itcanbethedifferencebetweensuccessandfailure.''Companiesaren't

runbypeoplewhoarethebestbutbypeoplewhothinkthey'rethe

best/

(2)

“Oftenyoudoneedtofeignconfidenceatfirst/saysMr

Etherington.Z/Youtryandadoptthefeelingofsomeonewhoknowswhat

they'redoing.”

But,headds,thebestthingaboutfakingconfidenceisthatitoften

evolvesintotherealthing."Yougetapictureinyourmindofthe

outcomeyouwant.Athletesdoitallthetime-theyseetheballgoing

intothehole.Eventhoughyoudon'treallybelieveit,yourbrainlatches

ontoit.Thatgetsyourconfidencegoing/

⑶

Whenengaginginconversationormakingpresentations,Mr

Etherington'sadviceis:"Speakclearlyanddropyourvoice,standwith

yourfeetabout30centimetresapart,useyourhandswhenyoutalkand

makeeyecontact.”

PeterShaw,anexecutivecoachatPraesta,saysthatpersonal

experiencescanalsohelp.""Rememberoccasionswhenyouhavebeen

confidentinthepast.Encapsulatememoriesofsuccess/hesays.z<You

couldalsohaveamantra,like1candothis'or'Keepcalmandcarryon'.

Oryoucanthinkofsituationswhereyou'reconfidentoutsideofwork

andthentransfersomeofthatintotheworkenvironment//

MrYeungsays:''PsychologistsalsotalkabouttheIllusionof

transparency'.Mostpeoplebelievethatwhentheyarenervous

everyonecanseethis.Buttheycan't.Justrememberingthiscanmake

youmoreconfident/

(4)

Twowaystoimprovehowyoucomeacrossaretomakesureyou

havedoneyourhomeworkandtoshowuptomeetingswithplentyof

timetospare.Z/Youmaynotactuallyneedtoreadallthosepagesthe

nightbeforebutitwillboostyourconfidence/saysMrShaw.

""Preparationisasmuchpsychologicalaspractical//

Arrivingearlyisalsoagoodwaytocollectyourthoughts."Ifyou

arriveflusteredandhavetoapologise,youwon'tinspireconfidencein

thoseyou'remeetingandyoustartonthebackfoot/

(5)

Thereisafinelinebetweenself-beliefandarrogance.Aconfident

managerisgroundedenoughto"acceptcriticismandwelcome

feedback”,addsMrYeung.

LanguagePoints:

1.equate使等同2.feign假裝

3.evolve演化4.encapsulate封裝

5.mantra咒語6.flustered驚慌的

SpecialHint:

嘗試效仿以下經(jīng)典句式造句，為日后寫美麗文章做打算！

Companiesaren'trunbypeoplewhoarethebestbutbypeople

whothinkthey'rethebest.

公司的管理者不是最優(yōu)秀的人才，而是堅(jiān)信自己是最優(yōu)秀的人

ExamFocus:

此題為BEC中級(jí)考試閱讀真題其次局部模擬，題目要求如下：

Choosethebestsentencebelowtofilleachofthegaps.Donotuse

anylettermorethanonce,andthereisoneletterthatwon'tbeused.

AHowtouseyourconfidence?

BWhataboutfakingit?

CHowimportantisconfidence?

DWhatcanIdotobuildmyconfidence?

EHowimportantispreparation?

FCanyoubeoverconfident?

OralTopic:

Inwhatwaycanyouboostyourconfidenceatwork?

Keys(反白可見):

1、C2、B3>D4、E5、F

譯文參考：

信念能影響你事業(yè)的成敗。幸運(yùn)的是，對缺乏自信的人來說，信

念是很簡單提升的。

自信有多重要？

Talentspace的企業(yè)心理學(xué)家羅布?楊(RobYeung)表示：〃從領(lǐng)導(dǎo)力

和團(tuán)隊(duì)的角度來看，特別重要?！钪小蹲孕牛盒南胧鲁傻募记伞?/p>

(Confidence:TheArtofGettingWhateveryouWant)一書。

〃你必需堅(jiān)信其他人對你有信念。人們將信念等同于競爭力〃。

銷售、談判和演講培訓(xùn)人鮑勃?埃瑟林頓(BobEtherington)表示,

自信可以確定你勝利與否?！ü镜墓芾碚卟皇亲顑?yōu)秀的人才，而是

堅(jiān)信自己是最優(yōu)秀的人〃。

假裝自信怎樣？

埃瑟林頓表示：〃通常你一起先的確2頁要假裝自信。你要努力效

仿那些心中有數(shù)的人的心情。〃

但他補(bǔ)充稱