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新编剑桥商务英语中级第三版

MODULE 1

To: All Staff

From: Ray Bonner

Date: 24th June

Subject: Trial of flexitime system

Further to our previous meeting, we are pleased to be able

to confirm that the new flexitime system will come into operation

as from 1st August. The system applies to all administrative and

office staff. May I remind you that any production staff on the

current shift system remain unaffected by these changes.

From:

Hi, Rona

How are you? I got a note to say you called. Great news that

you passed your final exam! I’m sorry that I didn’t get back to

you but it’s been crazy here. The network was down for three

days so all our customers were receiving the wrong orders!

Anyway, how about meeting for lunch this week? If you can’t

make it, don’t forget the party this weekend. Do you want me

to pick you up at 8?

Managerial qualities

1 What does this quotation mean?

‘A bad manager confuses activity with performance.’ Anon

2 Read this story that was widely circulated on the Internet a few years ago. What

does it say about managers that made it so popular?

A man in a hot air balloon realised he was lost. He reduced altitude and spotted a

woman below. He descended a bit more and shouted, ‘Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago but I don’t know where I am.’

The woman below replied, ‘You are in a hot air balloon hovering approximately 30

feet above the ground. You are between 40 and 41 degrees north latitude and between 59 and 60 degrees west longitude.’

‘You must be an engineer,’ said the balloonist.

‘I am,’ replied the woman. ‘How did you know?’

‘Well,’ answered the balloonist, ‘everything you told me is technically correct, but I

Unit 1a Teamwork

toiletriesn 化妆品厂清洁化妆用品公司

major brands主导品牌

expatriaten侨民放弃本国国籍的人[eksptrieit]

creative thinking创新思维

a survival course生存技巧培训课程

profilen 简介小传概况侧面侧面像轮廓外形[prufail]

simulationn 模拟训练模仿[simjulein]

go for profit追求利润 [prfit]

behind schedule进度落后于计划

stick to the schedule严格按计划进行

Unit 1b Communication

exceedv 超越胜过在数量质量上突出领先[iksid]

over-estimatevt 过高的估计

manageableadj 便于管理[mnidbl]

understatevt 轻描淡写的说很有节制的陈述或表达少说少报数据等[ndsteit]

seminarn 研讨会讨论会研讨小组[seminɑ]

managementn企业机关的管理人员企业等的管理经营与人交往的手腕

follow-up evaluation后续评估[ivljuein]

complimentary ticket免费赠送的票优待券[kmplimentri] Self-study and Exam practice

have everything to do with与关系密切

curriculum vitae个人简历履历简称CV [krikjulm]

human factor认为因素

Unit 2a Entertaining

customer satisfaction form顾客满意情况问卷表 questionnairen调查表问卷[kwestin]

新编剑桥商务英语中级第三版答案

新编剑桥商务英语中级第三版答案

【篇一：新编剑桥商务英语(中级)课文翻译】

1、we wanna hold your hand 我们愿与你携手创业

带着浓厚的经营意识，加上一些进取精神，再来瞧瞧，哈!你拥有了一家连锁店!如果想自己开店、大展身手却又苦于缺乏经验，同时又不想在这个充满风险的昙花一现的独立法人世界中立足，那么开家连锁店不失为一个明智之举。 然而你必须明白自己将从事何种性质的经营，这是至关重要的。特许经营就是由一方(授予特许经营者)授权允许另一方(加盟特许经营者)使用其商标或商号，并使用其一揽子经营理念。

当然如果你下定决心，白手起家地单干，你随时可以从总店分离出去，另立门户，发展特许经营店。

阿齐尔说，想要设立特许经营店的新公司数目与日俱增。“加入这个队伍的人数多得令人难以置信，他们年龄越来越小，投资越来越少，他们获得回报后进行更大的风险投资。”如果能够募集到起步经费，开设自己的特许经营店，就为冒险家一展身手提供了理想机会

2、not sold on sales

相比之下，销售则意味着挨家挨户推销，进行不期而至的拜访或拨打不期而至的电话。不过这完全是误导人的印象。在英国，从事销售职业的人数比营销人员多出大约20万人。其中部分原因是那些投身销售工作的人们意识到销售工作根本不像传言中说的那么可怕。

要点解析：

(1) shake off its unglamorous image摆脱其乏味的形象。shake

off摆脱，例如：shake off responsibility摆脱责任。

(2) associations with something rather dishonest本意为“和某种不诚实守信的因素紧紧相联”，在这个语境中可以翻译为“与无商不奸的概念紧紧相联”。unglamorous单调的，乏味的，例如：unglamorous environment单调的环境。 (3) retain an air of