本期節(jié)目

Business people in the West are increasingly aware of the importance of face 面子 when dealing with partners in China and the East. But in fact it is important to employ tact 言行得體不得罪人或能贏得好感的技巧 and diplomacy 外交手段 wherever you are working in the world.

In this final episode of BBC Business Class our Language Expert Simon Cuddihy explains to our regular panel of students how to raise issues of concern in a neutral, non-confrontational 避免沖突的 way.

我們的網(wǎng)站上有商務課堂同學們的介紹。在商務談判單元商務專家的頁面里你可以免費下載此節(jié)目錄音片段的文字稿。請登錄 bbcukchina.com/learningenglish 然后點擊 BBC Business Class.

在收聽之前

Think about a time you had to have a difficult conversation with a close friend or relative. Maybe you were breaking up with 和某人分手 a girlfriend or boyfriend, or maybe you were trying to tell a friend something he or she didn't want to hear.

• How did you put your point across 表達你的觀點？ Think about why you used those words in particular.
• Now try saying the same things again, but this time in English.

關于 Simon Cuddihy

Simon 是一位擁有十年英語教學經(jīng)驗的英語語言專家。在過去的五年里，Simon 的主要授課領域為高等教育中的學術英語。Simon 目前在倫敦政治與經(jīng)濟學院任教，主教英語書寫技巧。

關于董征

董征多年來一直在BBC國際臺擔任節(jié)目制作和主持工作。她在中英商貿(mào)界也是頗有影響的一位人物。董征在英國曾先后擔任過倫敦證券交易所上 市公司的中國業(yè)務總監(jiān)、PLUS上市投資公司集團業(yè)務總監(jiān)等。董征目前在一家中英投資貿(mào)易咨詢業(yè)務公司擔任總經(jīng)理。

圓滿結(jié)束

這是 BBC Business Class 系列節(jié)目的最后一集，希望大家喜歡我們此套系列節(jié)目，也希望大家從各位專家和同學的講解與練習中獲得了能夠幫助自己事業(yè)發(fā)展的知識和技能。祝你們好運！