Q 1

　　Our firm is planning to startup a new branch in Australia early next year. And we are making a feasibility study of the proposal.

　　此題目關鍵為一些基本商務英語詞匯的考察

　　branch : 分公司

　　feasibility study : 可行性研究

　　Q2

　　You would like me to describe our chief accountant? Well, I could never stay away any of his briefings without first drinking at least 3 cups of coffee.

　　Q3

　　Miss. Brown hasn’t had any previous working experience. She graduated from college 3 years ago, and started to work for us right away.

　　Q4

　　When the secretary said that the memorandum would be ready by Wednesday, the general manager told her to take her time.

　　此題目是04.3月statements考題的翻版。考察take one’s time 的意思。即“不用著急”

　　Q5

　　If you give us a 10% discount on this product, we will place a 2nd order immediately after we received the 1st one next month.

　　此題考點第一是數字10%discount，即九折。第二是商務英語 place an order, 表示訂貨。

　　Q6

　　Scientists believe that some animals become extinct because of changes in climate. When the places they live become hotter or colder, and they can’t adapt to the new surroundings, they die.

　　本題考察環保詞匯： climate change(氣候變化) extinct (滅絕)和 adapt to (適應)

　　Q7

　　I have been looking into the question of having the products delivered by air. It’s quick, the goods are less liable to damage than by sea, and there is less risk of holdups.

　　Look into sth. 深入調查

　　Liable : 容易的

　　Holdup : 耽擱

　　Q8

　　Today with the rapid social and economic changes of modern times, generation gap is found within the same generation between people of different age groups, sometimes with only a few years apart.

　　曾經高級口譯的聽力翻譯單句題的稍作改動。

　　Generation gap : 代溝

　　Q9

　　Last year’s annual sales conference was a great success. We have an attendance of almost 100 agents and influential customers. This time we are accounting on more than 180.

　　本題考點為商務英語詞匯和數字

　　annual sales conference 年度銷售會議

　　Attendance : 參加

　　Agent : 代理商

　　Q10

　　Originally, we had planned to invest 3.5million in that project, but just look at this figure, it has almost doubled that amount.

　　轉折題型，重點聽but后的短句。Double是本題的核心。