首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
You will hear a radio interview with Martha Flowers, the Managing Director of the MAX chain of sandwich bars. For each question
You will hear a radio interview with Martha Flowers, the Managing Director of the MAX chain of sandwich bars. For each question
admin
2012-07-12
43
问题
You will hear a radio interview with Martha Flowers, the Managing Director of the MAX chain
of sandwich bars.
For each question (23-30), mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct answer.
After you have listened once, replay the recording.
Part Three. Questions 23 to 30.
You will hear a radio interview with Martha Flowers, the Managing Director of the MAX chain of sandwich bars.
For each question 23-30, mark one letter (A, Bor C) for the correct answer.
After you have listened once, replay the recording.
You have forty-five seconds to read through the questions.
[pause]
Now listen, and mark A, Bor C.
[pause]
Man: Martha Flowers, you’re the founder and managing director of MAX Sandwiches. First of all, thank you for agreeing to speak to us.
Woman: You’re welcome.
Man: I’d like to begin by asking you to tell us something about how you started what is now a very successful business.
Woman: OK, eh, I started it because I was hungry really. There was nowhere to buy something cheap yet healthy at lunchtime. And I spotted a gap in the market. I set up the business with a partner.
Man: What? Someone who knew the business?
Woman: Yes, he’d had lots of hands-on experience. However, the first three years were difficult. We worked all hours and hardly made any profit. We just didn’t have sufficiently clear ideas of what we wanted, and frankly we were lucky to survive. These days we are very much more focused. Man: Martha, would it be fair to describe MAX as just one more fast food company?
Woman: No. We’re definitely not that. For us, it’s all about selling naturally made products at reasonable prices, not selling cheap food fast. Having set that, the fast food chains do some things very well. And I’d like us to imitate the good aspects of how they operate. What I mean is we should cut out waste the way they do, not waste time or materials.
Man: All right, so that’s the aim. Now I’d like to ask you something about how you actually run your business like. Are you, like so many executives nowadays, a slave to your diary?
Woman: No, I am not. I don’t even own one. I find this lack of structure gives me immense flexibility. I really don’t see how you call get things done if you’re tired down all the time. I am sorry for my secretary, who has to cope with the way I work, but for me it’s the only way.
Man: But how are meetings scheduled?
Woman: Well, this is another thing. I hate meetings. The only regular feature of my week is the senior management team meeting. And we focus there not on details but on major issues. This means I can actually spend about 95% of my time listening to customers. And this is really the key to how I run my business life—listening to our employees, because they can often tell you how to get things right.
Man: Your approach certainly seems to be working. Your company is expanding all the time. How do you account for this success?
Woman: We’re a high volume low margin business. We only make a little profit on everything we sell, so basically we have to sell a lot. And the secret of success in a business like this is a loyal customer base. It’s as simple as that.
Man: Well, obviously the next question is what exactly do you do to keep your customer’s loyalty?
Woman; We have to look at three things. The price of the product, the quality of the product and the attitude of our employees. They have to understand one thing very well indeed, and that is, it’s the customers who pay their salary.
Man: Martha, if you were asked to give just one piece of advice to someone who is staring out in business today, what would you say?
Woman: I’d say, look at what other people in your line of business are doing. It’s absolutely vital.
Man: But doesn’t everyone monitor what their competitors are doing?
Woman: Perhaps they do, but the important thing is what action you then take. A lot of people seem to monitor what’s going on so they know what their feelings are. Then they do nothing about it. I find it most extraordinary.
Man: Martha Flowers, thanks very much for talking to us.
Woman: You’re welcome.
[pause]
Now listen to the recording again.
[pause]
That is the end of Part Three. You now have ten minutes to transfer your answers to your Answer Sheet.
[pause]
选项
A、someone asked her to.
B、she saw a good opportunity.
C、she had a lot of experience in fast food.
答案
B
解析
此题是时文章细节的提问。当问到此人为何开创该公司,她回答到:There wasnowhere to buy something cheap yet healthy atlunchtime.And I spotted a gap in the market.意思是当时没有卖又便宜又营养的午餐,因此她发现了这个市场上的机会,故答案为B。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/WuOd777K
本试题收录于:
BEC高级听力题库BEC商务英语分类
0
BEC高级听力
BEC商务英语
相关试题推荐
Whatisthetopicoftheworkshop?
Accordingtotheman,whyarehiscompany’ssystemsmoreexpensivethanothers?
Whatbusinessismentioned?
Whenisthewoman’sjobinterview?
Whatisthetopicoftheworkshop?
A、 B、 C、 CBecauseusuallystatesareasonthatanswersawhyquestion.Choice(A)usesshirtbutdoesnota
A、 B、 C、 ABecauseusuallystatesareasonthatanswersawhyquestion.Choice(B)confusesthesimilarsoun
A、 B、 C、 D、 B(A)说goingdown[descending]thestairs才是正确的。(C)对于以Thereare[is]开头的选项,一般通过主语(manypeople)后
Theinterlocutorasksyouquestionsonanumberofwork-relatedandnonwork-relatedsubjects.(Thecandidatechoosesonetopic
Task8EducationalSponsorshipThecompanyyouworkforisconsideringfundingaregionaleducationalprojectfor16-18-year-old
随机试题
《劳动保障监察条例》规定了保障行政部门实施劳动保障监察应当履行的四项职责,主要有()
关于类风湿因子(RF)与类风湿关节炎(RA)的陈述,正确的是()
甲某急需用钱,向乙某借款50万元,并以自己的房产作抵押。甲某和乙某签订了抵押借款协议,在协议中,借款人乙某明确表示“如借款期限届满不能还款时,自愿接受人民法院的强制执行”。双方在公证处对此协议办理了强制执行公证。关于此案,下列说法不正确的是哪些选项?(
某生产经营单位使用液化石油气气体用于生产中的加热,单元里有储罐和用于生产加热的管道。生产场所中存在6套存放液化气的管道系统,每套系统的最大容量为0.15t,有1个储罐,每个储罐的最大容积为60t,液化气的临界量是50t,该单位关于重大危险源管理划分应
期货公司的交易软件,结算软件,应当满足期货公司审慎经营和风险管理以及保证金安全存管监控推定的要求,期货公司的交易软件,结算软件不符合要求的,有权要求期货公司予以改进或者更换的是()。
阅读下面文章,完成下列小题。①一幅地图,一张照片,一个动作,如果要通过电报或电话让对方了解,那是太不容易了。即便你有很强的表达能力,也很难说得清、道得周全。如果有这样一种通信方式,它能把写在纸上的字,以及活动的或静止的画面、景物从千里之外传送到你的面前,
法律没有规定为犯罪行为的,一律不得类推定罪。()
法律如果不具有强制性,就仅仅是一种承诺、诉求或姿态。如果法律强制性因人而异,就不是真正的法律。真正的法律,不仅规定什么样的行为是禁止的,而且要给违反法律的行为者以强制性制裁。这样的违法犯罪者,有的人为公众讨厌、憎恶,甚至皆曰可杀;但也有的人公众并不讨厌,反
打开考生文件夹下EXC.xlsx文件,将sheet1工作表的A1:D1单元格合并为一个单元格,水平对齐方式设置为居中;计算“总计”行的内容和“人员比例”列的内容(人员比例:数量/数量的总计,单元格格式的数字分类为百分比,小数位数为2),将工作表命名为“人力
Wegivementalassenttotheidea,butwhenfacedwithourownlimitations,wereactwithirritation,anger,andresentment.
最新回复
(
0
)