试听180秒2.3. Building an Argument 构建论点

Building anargument

Word

Pronunciation

Meaning

Brief

[briːf]

continuing for a short time

Component

 [kəm'pəʊnənt]

one of parts that together make up a whole machine, system etc.

Delay

[dɪ'leɪ]

when someone or something has to wait

Delivery

[dɪ'lɪv(ə)rɪ]

the act of bringing goods, letters etc. to a particular person or place

Expense

[ɪk'spens]

the amount of money that you spend on something

Modification

[,mɒdɪfɪ'keɪʃ(ə)n]

a small change made in something

Ambitious

[æm'bɪʃəs]

determined to be successful, rich, powerful etc.

Specification

[,spesɪfɪ'keɪʃ(ə)n]

a detailed instruction about how a car, building, piece of equipment etc. should be made

Let‘s brainstorm!

Listen to the second part of theconversation and answer the questions.

Does matt suggest an alternative solution? Yes. He suggested replacing some of the videos with audio plus skills.

How many reasons does matt give to support his suggestion?2

How does Scott react to Matt’s suggestion? He isn’t sure.

What does Michael suggest? That Matt sends an example/a sample.

Evelyn有话说：

在商务场合，除了过硬的英语水平，也需要员工具备高情商。

So, it’s a goodidea to have an alternative solution ready!

Mistake Correction Practice

There is one mistake in each of theseextracts from the second part of the conversation. Correct the mistakes.

Look, let me online an alternative which means we can stay in budget.

online-outline错因：根据前后文，此处需要的是动词“outline”

2.       What could we do is instead of havingvideos for every unit, replace some with an audio sequence and photo stills.

could we do –we could do错因：what引导主语从句，要用陈述语序。

3.       I think I will be good to havethe variety of approach …

I – it 错因：it 做形式主语，to do 后跟真正主语。

4.       … and however, researchsuggests that photo stills with audio support can be more effective than videowhen presenting information.

However -besides错因：此处逻辑为“递进”，而非转折。

5.       Sure. Michael, no problem, Ithink you’ll be pleasantly surprising.

Surprising -surprised错因：ing结尾的形容词多指代物体，ed结尾的形容词多指代人。

TEST

Completethe text with the words and phrases from the box.

Because      besides       could    facing    is    Looking at the situation means    put you in the picture    so  the budget won’t stretch  Thesituation improves

First, I need to __________________about the problem we’re currently ______.  What we’re finding _____ that higher interest rates mean that we haveless money available than expected, ______ it looks as if _________________ tocompleting our planned expansion program. ______________ realistically, this_____ that we’ll have to postpone our plans for Eastern Europe. What we _______do is wait till the end of the year to see if ________________. ________ thebusiness climate is  quite unpredictable,I think it will be good to sit on our hands for a while, and ________, it willgive us time to consolidate our other developments.

Put you in the picture

facing

is

the budget won’t stretch

Looking at the situation

Means

Could

the situation improves

Because

besides