Prepared for TOEIC (II)

1. Prepared for TOEIC (II) BY Christine Hsieh

2. Outline • Starting Questions • Business English • Business English (II) • Useful Slang/Expression • Further Questions • Advanced Learning

3. Can you tell which one is soccer, and which American football? Source-- http://www.soton.ac.uk/~susu/Information/AthleticUnion/html/Gallery.htm http://www.cineform.com/customer/ArialFoundation/ArialFoundation.htm

4. Business -- Questions • 廣告代言 – If you want to have a star to make a commercial advertisement for your product, how would you say it? • 下訂單 – If your customer is going to buy your products, what should he/she do first? • 上市 – If you are going to introduce your company over the time that it became a listed company (上市公司), what would you say?

5. Business – Possible Answers • 廣告代言 – Can we have David Beckham, the soccer star, to endorse our products? • 下訂單 – It would be highly appreciated if you can place an order for the product you want. (For more related terms, checkhttp://som.twbbs.org/klee/notebook/note89.htm) • 上市 – We went IPO in 2006. (IPO– initiative public offering –首次公開發行認股)

6. Slang/daily usages • Oh no. I forgot to clock in again. – clock in/clock out is critical for you to get paid correctly. (打卡) • Don’t have a cow – don’t panic • Don’ t make a fuss about (over)–大驚小怪 • Keep your shirt on – stay calm; don’t get excited • Keep your hair/wig on – don’t be angry

7. Check the following abbreviations • ASAP • CEO • cc • IOU • HR

8. Learn more • Reference biz CNN: September 2006 No.33 • Hot Issue: The story of Steve Irwin, Crocodile Hunter, on CNN http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/04/australia.irwin/index.html