BEC新编剑桥商务英语中级（第三版） Module2 Listening
Module2.2 Listening
Extract 1 Good morning and thanks for coming. Today I'd like to tell you about the world's largest document management company. With a turnover of nearly sixteen billion dollars the XeroxCorporation develops and markets innovative technologies with products and solutions that customers depend upon to get the best results for their business. In my brief presentation we'll begin by looking at some of the key figures behind the company's success and how the company is structured. Then I'll give an overview of Xerox around the world and finally I'd like to talk about some of the trends affecting our market and its future growth. If you have any questions, I'll be happy to answer them at the end. So, here you can see, the turnover for last year was nearly sixteen billion dollars, with a final income of 978 million dollars. We operated from our headquarters in Rochester New York State in 160 countries with 55000 employees, with over half of those in the USA. This next chart shows you how the corporation is split into four divisions. First of all, there's Xerox Global Services…
早上好，谢谢你的到来。今天我想给大家介绍一下世界上最大的文件管理公司。施乐公司拥有近160亿美元的营业额，通过产品和解决方案开发和销售创新技术，使客户获得最佳的业务效果。在我的简短介绍中，我们将从公司成功背后的一些关键人物以及公司的结构开始。然后，我将介绍施乐公司在世界各地的概况，最后，我想谈一谈影响我们市场的一些趋势及其未来的发展。如果你有任何问题，我很乐意在最后回答。这里你可以看到，去年的营业额接近160亿美元，最后的收入是978亿美元。我们在纽约州罗切斯特的总部运营，在160个国家有55000名员工，其中一半以上在美国。下一个图表向你展示了公司是如何被分成四个部门的。首先，施乐全球服务公司。
Extract 2 And finally there's Xerox Innovation with five centers in the United States, Canada and Europe. Note that six percent of revenue was dedicated to research and development last year as the key part of our mission statement is , and I quote, 'to help people find better ways to do great work.' Ok, let's move on to look at Xerox around the world in a little more detail. Take a look at this chart, which shows revenue by region. So about half our revenue is from the US market. Then Europe with over five billion dollars and the rest of the world with over two. One thing I'd like to point out is…
提取2，最后是施乐创新中心，在美国，加拿大和欧洲有五个中心。请注意，去年有6%的收入用于研发，因为我们的使命宣言的关键部分，我引用一下，是"帮助人们找到更好的方式来做伟大的工作"。好了，让我们继续来看看施乐公司在全球的情况。看一下这个图表，它按地区显示了收入。我们大约一半的收入来自美国市场。然后是欧洲超过50亿美元，世界其他地区超过2亿美元。我想指出的一件事是……
Extract 3 Finally, how is the market for the document industry looking? Well, it would be unrecognizable to the people who founded the original company in 1906 and even compared to the second half of the twentieth century. More and more offices are moving form black and white printing to color and form paper documents to electronic documents. These are clearly the future opportunities and areas of growth in what is a total market worth an estimated 112 billion dollars…
最后，文档行业的市场前景如何?1906年创办公司的人可能认不出来，甚至与20世纪下半叶相比也认不出来。越来越多的办公室正在把黑白打印转换成彩色，把纸质文档转换成电子文档。这些显然是未来的机会和增长领域，整个市场价值约1120亿美元。
So that brings me to the end of my presentation. Thanks for listening. I hope it's been of interest. Are there any questions?
我的演讲到此结束。谢谢你的倾听。我希望大家会感兴趣。还有什么问题吗?
Task 1
listen to three extracts from a presentation about Xerox . Which of the words in the following does the speaker mention when he talks about the Xerox Corporation?
1.distribution center 2.warehouse
3.holding company 4. call center
5.plant 6.headquarters
7.subsidiary 8. branch
9 .corporation 10.division
Answer: 3.headquarters 9.corporation 10.divisions
Task 2
Can you say all the following figures from the key facts about the Xerox Corporation?
Key Facts:
16,000,000,000 sixteen billion
978,000,000 nine hundred and seventy-eight million
160 one hundred and sixty
55,000 fifty-five thousand
½ half
4 four
6 six
5,000,000,000 five billion
2,000,000,000 two billion
1906 nineteen o six
112,000,000,000 one hundred and twelve billion
Task 3
Listen to the presentation and write what each refers to.
Fact Sheet Xerox
Key Facts:
16,000,000,000 turnover
978,000,000 final income
160 countries
55,000 employees
½ half of 55,000 in the USA
4 divisions
6 six percent of revenue dedicated to research and development
5,000,000,000 dollars revenue in Europe
2,000,000,000 dollars rest of world revenue
1906 company founded
112,000,000,000 total market
Task 4
Listen and match stages A-F to the expressions below. Write the letter after the expression.
Structure of the Presentation
A: Introducing the presentation
B: Explaining the structure of the presentation
C: Presenting the first part
D: Presenting the second part
E: Presenting the final part
F: Ending the presentation
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Today I'd like to tell you about … A
- So that brings me to the end of my presentation. F
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Are there any questions? F
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OK, let's move on to look at … D
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Good morning and thanks for coming. A
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Here you can see … C
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Finally I'd like to talk about … B
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If you have any questions, I'll be happy to answer them at the end. B
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Then I'll give an overview of … B
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One thing I'd like to point out is … D
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Take a look at this chart, which shows … D
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With a turnover of … the company develops / manufactures / markets … A
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In my brief presentation we'll begin by looking at … B
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First of all there's … / and finally there's … C
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Thanks for listening. F
