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1、商务英语中级情景口语精选篇 为了让大家更好的准备商务英语BEC考试,给大家整理了商务英语中级情景口语,下面就和大家分享,来欣赏一下吧。商务英语中级情景口语:工会Labor UnionsDialogue 1A: Labor relations have been getting heated over the last few days. Theres even talk of a strike if contract negotiations dont go smoothly.B: I would hate to see the negotiations go sour, because th
2、e last thing we need is more trouble from the labor union. What do they want this time?A: They are demanding another raise for full-time employees and more vacation days. They claim theres an increase of work-related stress, so there ought to be some kind of compensation for higher pressure on the j
3、ob.B: Hasnt it always been stressful? Why make demands now?A: With cutbacks after the recession, there is more workload per employee, so in actuality they do have more stress now than in the past. I just dont know if it warrants a pay raise for everyone.B: I guess the labor union seems to think so.D
4、ialogue 2A: Did your company go union? I heard that many companies in our industry are being unionized, so its getting harder and harder to compete on a level playing field.B: Yes, were hopping on the bandwagon and signing up for the union. Mostly people are pretty happy about it. I guess it depends
5、 on if you are in management or in the labor force.A: Management isnt looking on the labor unions too favorably, Id guess. I dont blame them.Labor unions can really put the squeeze on the executives.B: Sure. But its probably better for the workers, because the unions whole purpose is to look out for
6、 the little guys. The only way that the little guys can take on the big bosses is if they unite. Labor unions are all about getting a voice for the underdog.商务英语中级情景口语:罢工和示威Strikes and DemonstrationsDialogue1A:Do you have the day off today?How come youre not at work now?B:I dont have the day off. Ou
7、r labor union is staging a nationwide strike today,all of the workers in our department are supporting the labor union by participating and not going in to work this week.A:Are you serious? Why would they have to go to such extreme measures like a strike? Doesnt your company have a pretty good corpo
8、rate image? Ill bet the folks at headquarters are going nuts over something as serious as a strike.B:It happens quite often,actually.Whenever there arises a dispute between the union and the executive group,the first thing they do is to call a strike. Usually it only lasts a day or two before both s
9、ides can come to an agreement and we start work again. Anyhow,its a nice,unanticipated holiday.Dialogue2A:Did you hear whats going on downtown today? All the worders from the factory are staging a demonstration in the streets. Not one of the two thousand employees showed up for work today,and they h
10、ave gathered outside the city hall to demand better working conditions for all factory employees.B:Wow,sounds chaotic. two thousand people in the streets carrying picket signs and shouting sloans. What gave them the motivation to finally organize and call management on the substandard working condit
11、ions?A:I think they gained courage after the mayors speech last week on equality and opportunity for all town citizens. Anyway,the sentiments have been brewing for quite some time.I mean, we all know the working conditions at the factory are quite horrendous.B:So what kind of demands do they have? W
12、hat are they asking for specifically?A:They want raises and medical insurance, and I think they want to clean up the factorys safety hazards. Thats probably the most important issue.商务英语中级情景口语:目标消费者Dialogue 1A: The demographic reports are in. From the looks of it, were going to have to re-evaluate s
13、ome of the content for our promotional events in different venues.B:Why, whats the lowdown?A: According to the report, our Boston crowd is quite different make-up from our Chicago folks. Our Boston consumers are mostly from mid-level to upper-class income levels, universtity or postgraduates, marrie
14、d, no children, white collar. You know the kind,Chicago on the other hand, is mostly mid to low income levels, single parent homes, blue collar. I think were talking about two totally different target groups.B: I have no idea there was that great of deviation between the two venues. To make our prod
15、ucts sell, we have to take the target audience into account.A: No kidding, weve got to come up with two completely different sales pitches to suit the needs of each groups.Dialogue 2A: Whats our target audience for this campaign?B: This go-around were focusing on new moms, families with median incom
16、e and one or more children under the age of two.A: Do you think thats much different from the soccor moms we tailored the last campaign for?B: Well, there are some similarities that come up. Because both groups are made up of mothers, so as before, we can play up on maternal instincts, hygiene, safe
17、ty, along those lines. But that being said, there are some specific differences that come into play.Because we are dealing with mothers of infants here.A: Right, that makes sense. Whats the average age?B: Demographics say in average age of 28.7, educational back ground of university or post-grad, annual household income of 40-50K a year.