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Narrator Listen to part of a lecture in a business class. Now get ready to answer the questions. You may use your notes
Narrator Listen to part of a lecture in a business class. Now get ready to answer the questions. You may use your notes
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2013-04-25
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问题
Narrator
Listen to part of a lecture in a business class.
Now get ready to answer the questions. You may use your notes to help you answer.
What is the talk mainly about?
Good morning, everyone. Today, Ur...first of all, I’d like to talk about business customs around the world.
The world is becoming smaller and smaller with the development of science and technology. Are you going to attend an academic conference or are you going to do business with foreigners? The following passage gives advice on customs and protocol in a variety of different countries.
Foreign cultures adhere to different business customs and protocol. For example, caffeine junkies should restrain themselves in the Middle East. Three cups of tea or coffee is usually the polite limit in offices and during social calls. However, if your host keeps going, you also may continue sipping. If you’ve had your fill, give your empty cup a quick twist, a sort of wiggle, as you hand it back. That means, "No more, thank you." Also, visitors to the Middle East should not be surprised if others barge right into the office in the middle of your conversation with the person you are seeing. An old Arab custom calls for keeping an open office.
The British, however, consider it impolite to interrupt a visitor, even after all business has been transacted. The commercial caller is expected to be sensitive to this point, know when to stop, and initiate his or her own departure.
Spanish business people connect with tangibles. Samples of products of services should be offered whenever possible. Additionally, in Spain, offices and retail establishments generally close from 1:00 p. m. to as late as 4:30 p. m. Alfonso Escalera, U.S. representative for Spanish Line shipping company, adds that black shoes, not brown, are considered proper for business occasions. The Spanish have historically favored black and ultra-dark colors.
Good office manners in Indonesia require the visitor to present a business card immediately. If no card is offered, long delays may result. The mark of a thoughtful executive is to have one side in English and the other in Bahasa. In Japan, a visitor should be prepared to distribute as many as 40 business cards a day. Protocol in France calls for listing academic credentials on one’s calling cards.
In Japan, certain guests at evening business gatherings will leave early. They should be allowed to leave without enthusiastic good-byes. The Japanese consider formal departures to be disruptive in such cases and disturbing to remaining guests.
In Scandinavia and Finland, business guests may be asked to shed their clothes and join their hosts in a sauna. The invitation is a sign that a good working relationship has been established.
In Denmark, a visitor who is invited to a business associate’s home should take flowers or some unusual delicacy. In Norway, to be totally correct, the visitor should send a gift the day after dinner; in France always send flowers before visiting a home for dinner. However, don’t send chrysanthemums; they’re for funerals. Beyond flowers and gifts, the French prefer a business visitor to sponsor a special occasion after major dealings.
选项
A、Different customs and manners around the world.
B、How to do business with other people.
C、The unbelievable changes in the business world.
D、Advice on customs and protocol in many countries.
答案
D
解析
本题为要点题,要求考生理解分散在听力材料中的关键词汇、词组或事实,并通过综合分析来确定听力材料的要点。题目问:讲座的主要内容是什么?从文章的第二段“The world is becoming smaller and smaller with the development of science and technology. Are you going to attend an academic conference or are you going to do business with foreigners? The following passage gives advice on customs and protocol in a variety of different countries (随着科学技术的发展,世界变得越来越小。你是否出席学术会议或是与外国人做生意?下面我讲一讲不同国家的风俗和礼仪)”,可推出讲座谈论的是各国商业活动中应该注意的问题,故正确答案为D(在许多国家有关风俗和礼仪的建议),选项A(不同国家的风俗习惯)泛泛而谈,选项B(如何做生意)太片面,而选项C(世界的变化)不符合文章的内容。
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