2013年广东省高职高专英语口语比赛题目（英语专业组）

Part 1 Making a Short Speech (2 minutes)

 

Paper 1

Suppose you are the Sales Manager of a company specializing in electronic products. Your sales team currently feels very frustrated as your biggest competitor is taking up the market share with a new product.

 

Please make a short speech to your sales staff to boost their morale and present some possible approaches to compete with your business rival.

 

Q1: What kind of person do you think is a good team leader?

Q2: Is staff morale an important aspect of competitiveness? Why or why not?

 

 

Paper 2

Suppose your company is sending a sales team abroad to finalize a major contract negotiation. You are the group leader of the business trip.

 

Please make a short speech to the group about what need to be planned and what arrangements need to be made in advance.

 

Q1: What problems can business travelers have in other countries?

Q2: Why is it important to plan trips abroad in advance?

 

Paper 3

Suppose a group of business people from a foreign country is visiting your company on a fact-finding mission. As the project manager, you have been asked to entertain the visitors during their stay.

 

Please make a short speech to the visiting group at the fare-well party.

 

Q1: What is the purpose of a farewell party for a business?

Q2: Is entertaining clients important for a company?

 

Paper 4

Suppose you work for the Public Relations Department of a company specializing in cosmetics. Your company is producing a company promotional video before entering a foreign market.

 

Please make a short speech to your colleagues about what information should be included and what staff should appear in the promotional video.

 

Q1: What makes an effective company promotional video?

Q2: What is the purpose of making a company promotional video?

 

Paper 5

Suppose you are the production manager of a large manufacturing company. You have noticed the signs that employees in your department are overburdened with heavy workload. You have been asked to make suggestions about how to improve the situation.

 

Please make a short speech to the Board of Directors about the possible solutions.

 

Q1: Are there any advantages of working under stress?

Q2: What can managers do to help staff to relieve work stress?

 

Paper 6

Suppose you are the Public Relations Manager in a candy factory and your company is facing a serious food safety problem, which has caused extensive public concern and company image crisis. You have been asked to communicate with the media to repair the company image.

 

Please make a short speech to the press about the crisis, possible solutions and your business ethics.

 

Q1: Do you think company image is important for a company’s development? Why or why not?

Q2: What are the usual unethical behaviors in business activities?

 

Paper 7

Suppose the retailer company you work for needs to employ a number of temporary sales assistants to cover a busy period of its shops.

 

Please make a short speech to the job applicants about what type of people would be suitable for the positions and what the company can offer to attract temporary staff.

 

Q1: What is more important when you choose a job, high salary or job satisfaction?

Q2: Have you ever worked on a temporary basis? Did you like it? Why or why not?

 

Paper 8

Suppose you are a salesperson in a company specializing in office equipment. With more and more people working from home, the need of an office space in the house in increasing.

 

Please make a short speech to present your office equipment to a group of telecommuters and try to convince them to buy your products and services.

 

Q1: Do you think it is a good idea to use your home as your office?

Q2: What kind of job do you think can be done effectively at home?

 

Paper 9

Suppose your manager has been invited to attend a conference for regional sales managers organized by the headquarters of your company. You have been asked to help with the preparations.

 

Please make a short speech to your colleagues about what data should be prepared for the conference and how to do networking at the conference.

 

Q1: Do you think you can benefit from going to a conference? Why or why not?

Q2: Do you think companies should pay for the staffs to attend a conference?

 

Paper 10

Suppose your company is running a health and safety training course for the staff and you are the trainer.

 

Please make a short speech to the staff about the importance of a healthy and safe working environment and what measures or procedures should be introduced to improve the working conditions at the workplace.

 

Q1: What are the advantages of a pleasant working environment?

Q2: What should companies do to increase staffs’ work safety awareness?