新职业英语--IT英语 Unit 4

,IT,英语,*,IT,英 语,新职业英语,Unit 4,Sales of,IT Products (I),ENGLISH FOR CAREERS,Warming-up,Reading A,Listening,Speaking,4,1,2,3,Reading B,5,Writing,6,Project,7,Vocabulary and Structure,8,Task 1,Work in pairs. Look at the following logos and tell each other what you know about them.,Task 2,Work in groups of four and discuss the following questions.,sensitivity to customers needs,knowledge of the company and its products,command of communication skills,relationship with customers,appearance and manner,promotional policy,personality,quality of products,training,What elements do you think are the most important for a successful salesperson among the following and why? What else do you think can lead to a salespersons success?,Reading A,Task 1,Before reading the passage, see how much,you know about,business marketing by answering,the following questions.,What,do you think,lead(s,) to business success, the CEO, the product, or the marketing?,2.,What suggestions can you give to make a business well-known?,Business,Marketing: Developing a Strategy,Marketing is a key part of business success. Developing a good business marketing strategy is what a company needs to rise above,competitors,. Careful research, proper introduction and good follow-up are very important to building a strong customer base.,Research Your Market,Do you have a target market in mind? Get to know the customers you want. Find out what groups your products or services will attract the most. Find companies that need your products or services in the area. Carefully research your target market for an,assessment,of the things you may be able to offer. You can send out a short poll (no longer than 10 questions). It is a quick and easy way to find out what they need.,Reading A,Examining the competition closely will help to find areas of demands your company can fill in.,Figure out,what special products or services your company offers that others do not. Studies show that specialty companies do better than those who try to do it all.,Introduce Your Business,Start out,with a simple handout. Any piece of marketing should include these basic elements: who you are, what you offer, where you are located, and how to contact you.,Reading A,Try to interest people by,emphasizing,those unique specialties that only your business offers in your advertising. The thing to focus on is one or two particular needs they have that you can take care of for them.,Other things you might include in an advertisement are: grand opening date, special sales, top-selling products, number of customers to date, and company slogan/logo.,Follow-Up,One of the aspects that people pay less attention to of marketing is follow-up. It is always good to have new customers, but to truly be successful, you need at least some of those people to come again. There are some very simple things that you can do to inspire repeat business.,If you get phone calls or emails,respond,to them. Give a call back or a reply message to thank them again for inquiring. Offering coupons, discounts or a free item (e.g. a pen with company logo) is also a way to thank and encourage them to come again.,If you follow these steps, you will surely see your business,take off,. Once you find out what works for you, just do it again and again, and you will soon have a strong customer base.,Reading A,Reading A,Task 2,Read the passage. Decide which,paragraph(s,),talk(s,) about each of the following parts.,1,2-3,4-6,7-8,9,Part 1:,Marketing is very important to business success.,Part 2:,The first step is to carefully research the market.,Part 3:,The second step is to make a proper introduction of your business.,Part 4:,The last step is to do a good follow-up.,Part 5:,Conclusionthe strategy will work.,Paragraph(s,) _,Paragraph(s,) _,Paragraph(s,) _,Paragraph(s,) _,Paragraph(s,) _,Reading A,Task 3,Read the passage again and answer,the following questions.,What is important to a strong customer base?,2. What is a quick and easy way to research the market?,3. What is the aim of market research?,Careful research, proper introduction and good follow-up.,Sending out a short poll is a quick and easy way to research the market.,It is for an assessment of the things you may be able to offer.,4. What are the basic elements of a business handout?,5. How can an advertisement interest people?,6. What can be done to inspire customers to come again?,The basic elements are: who you are, what you offer, where you are located, and how to contact you.,By focusing on one or two particular needs the customers have that you can take care of for them.,You can give a call back or a reply message. offer coupons, discounts or a free item.,Reading A,Task 4,Match the following terms with their Chinese meaning.,Reading A,A.,口号,B.,特色商品,C.,竞争对手,D.,畅销商品,E.,打折,F.,开业日期,G.,市场营销,H.,（ 公司的）标识,I.,市场跟踪,J.,免费赠送品,K.,评估,L.,传单,M.,特价优惠,N.,民意调查,O.,优惠券,1. business marketing,2. competitor,3. follow-up,4. assessment,5. poll,6. specialty,7. handout,8. opening date,9. special sales,10. top selling product,11. slogan,12. logo,13. coupon,14. discount,15. free item,商业营销：策略开发,营销是企业成功的关键。企业要想在竞争对手中脱颖而出就需要开发一套好的营销策略。仔细的调研、适当的宣传和及时的跟进对建立一个牢固的客户群来说都是十分重要的,。,调研市场,你的脑海中是否有一个目标市场？了解你想争取到的客户，查出你的产品或服务最吸引哪些人群，找到在本区域里哪些公司需要你的产品或服务。认真研究你的目标市场，从而评估那些你所能提供的东西。你可以发放一份简短的调查（不超过十个问题）。这是一个又快又简单的挖掘客户需求的方法,。,仔细研究竞争情况能够帮你找到一些你的公司可以填补的需求空白。弄清楚你的公司能提供哪些别的公司无法提供的产品或服务。研究表明有专长的公司比那些试图包揽一切的公司表现更好,。,Reading A,宣传企业,这一步可以从发放简单的传单开始。任何市场策略都应该包括以下这些基本要素：你是谁，提供什么，位置在哪里，以及如何联系,。,在广告中，尽量通过强调那些只有你的公司才能提供的专长来吸引顾客。焦点放在顾客的,一两个,特殊需求上，,而,这一两个特殊需求正是你们能满足的,。,在广告中可以包括的其他信息有：开业日期、特价销售、畅销产品、至今已有客户数量、公司口号或标志,。,客户跟进,客户跟进是营销中经常被忽视的一个环节。拥有新客户当然好，但是想要真正地成功,你至少要有一些回头客。而你只需做一些十分简单的事情就可以培养回头生意,。,当你接到电话或者收到电子邮件，务必回复。打一个电话或者回一条消息，感谢他们再次询问。提供优惠券、折扣或者免费礼品（比如有公司标志的钢笔），这些永远都是感谢并鼓励客户再次光临的好方法,。,如果照这些步骤去做，你一定会看到你的生意,开始成功,。,一旦你找到了有效的办法，就坚持使用，这样你很快就会有一个牢固的客户群了,。,Reading A,competitor,n.,a person, team, company etc. that is competing with another,Reading A,By lowering the price and increasing the quality, the,company has beaten all its main competitors in this area.,n.,a process in which you make a judgment about a person or situation,assessment,The government recently made an assessment of the local economic situation.,figure out,to come to understand,Reading A,I still cant figure out why she left me.,v.,get down to,start out,Katharine started out to write her first novel in the,summ,er of 2000.,The school particularly emphasizes good manners.,emphasize,v.,to give particular importance or,attention,to something,respond,v.,to reply, especially in writing,Reading A,I emailed her last week, but so far she hasnt responded yet.,v.,to achieve sudden growth or success,take off,Shia,LaBeoufs,career took off with the huge success of,Transformers,series.,Listening,Task 1,Leo is calling for the information about computers,.,Listen to,the conversation and fill in the,blanks with,what you,hear.,1.The conversation is most probably taking place between,a(n,)_ and,a(n,)_.,2. Kate is from _Company.,3. Leo cannot decide between,Yangtian,and,Kaitian,_.,enterprise desktops,secretary,customer,Lenovo,W: Good morning, Lenovo Sales Department. This is Kate Zhang speaking. What can I do for you?,M: Good morning. Im Leo Wang from Oriental Import Co. Were interested in your enterprise desktops.,W: We have both,Yangtian,and,Kaitian,enterprise desktops. May I know which series do you like better?,M: Im not sure. Could you explain to me in detail the differences between the two?,W: No problem.,Script,Purpose of Leos visit:,_,Products interested:,_,Specific requirements:,_,Target users of the products:,_,Features of the products interested:,_,Listening,Task 2,Leo is paying a visit to Kates office. Listen to the,conversation and complete the following notepad.,to talk about purchasing Lenovo computers,Kaitian,series,discount,for the large, promising and eco-friendly company,high speed, large storage, face recognition software, anti-bacteria keyboard,M: As said over the phone, were going to update our desktops so as to suit our present work. Your,Kaitian,series impressed me a lot.,W: Youre definitely right if you have interest in our,Kaitian,products. They are developed just for users like your company, large, promising and eco-friendly.,M: But we think the price is a little high. We are wondering whether you can give us a discount.,W: Ive already talked to our sales manager. He said that if the purchase is above 100 at one time, we can offer five percent off.,M: Well, is there any room for further discount?,W: Consider the high quality and all the features this series of products have, for instance, high speed, large storage, face recognition software, anti-bacteria keyboard, and its really a big deal.,M: OK. Lets have a look at the contract.,Script,As said over the phone, were going to 1_ our desktops so as to suit our present work. Your,Kaitian,series impressed me a lot.,Youre definitely right if you have interest in our,Kaitian,products. They are 2 _ just for users like your company, large, promising and eco-friendly.,But we think the price is a little high. Were wondering whether you can give us,a(n,) 3 _.,Ive already talked to our sales manager. He said that if the purchase is above 100 at one time, we can offer five percent 4 _.,Well, is there any room for further discount?,Consider the high quality and all the 5 _ this series of products have, for instance, high speed, large 6 _, face recognition software, anti-bacteria keyboard, its really 7 _.,OK. Lets have a look at the 8 _.,Listening,Task 3,Listen to the conversation in Task 2 and fill in the,blanks with what you hear.,contract,update,developed,discount,off,features,storage,a big deal,Leo:,Kate:,Leo:,Kate:,Leo:,Kate:,Leo:,M: As said over the phone, were going to update our desktops so as to suit our present work. Your,Kaitian,series impressed me a lot.,W: Youre definitely right if you have interest in our,Kaitian,products. They are developed just for users like your company, large, promising and eco-friendly.,M: But we think the price is a little high. We are wondering whether you can give us a discount.,W: Ive already talked to our sales manager. He said that if the purchase is above 100 at one time, we can offer five percent off.,M: Well, is there any room for further discount?,W: Consider the high quality and all the features this series of products have, for instance, high speed, large storage, face recognition software, anti-bacteria keyboard, and its really a big deal.,M: OK. Lets have a look at the contract.,Script,Listening,Task 4,A salesgirl is introducing the latest iPod,nano,to a,customer. Listen to the conversation and tick the,words and phrases mentioned about the new,features of the iPod,nano,.,W: Im going to introduce to you our new product,iPod,nano,. Compared with the former products, this has new features that make you fall in love with it instantly.,M: Thats interesting. What are the new features?,W: Besides the nine brilliant colors, say, light blue, dazzling purple, green and others, this new,iPod,also has the striking features like Musical Genius, Shaking and Shuffling, Rock and Roll Over and quite many others.,M: What do you mean by Musical Genius?,W: Say youre listening to a song you really like and want to hear other tracks that go great with it. The Genius feature finds the songs in your music library and makes a Genius,Playlist,for you. Its like having your own highly intelligent, personal DJ.,M: Quite impressive! What about Shaking and Shuffling?,W: Oh, it means you can shake to shuffle your music. Just give,iPod,nano,a shake and it shuffles to a different song in your music library. Youll always be surprised by what youll hear.,Script,(to be continued),M: Great! And Rock and Roll Over may mean that we can turn the,iPod,up and down and enjoy the music at the same time?,W: Exactly, but also far beyond that. Tilt or turn,iPod,nano, and youll listen, watch, and play in new ways. You can flip through your album with Cover Flow. Or, straightly speaking, see more albums and artists on the screen at one time.,M: Thats cool.,W: It also has games especially made for it. Whats more, watching movies, TV shows, and videos is big fun on,iPod,nano,. And the high-resolution picture looks crisp and vivid on the 2-inch wide screen display. So you can always have a little video with you.,M: This is really what I want to have. Whats the price, then?,W: Just a little over 1,000,yuan,.,M: OK, Ill take one.,Listening,Task 5,Listen to a passage about smiles and choose the,best answer to each question.,The author agrees that smiles _.,A. have more effect than body language,B. all have the same power and effect,C. are important to sales success,D. are complicated,2. A fake smile _.,A. sends a message that you are friendly B. shows you are easy to go along with C. makes others distrust you D. both A and B,3. According to the passage, we read _to judge whether a smile is genuine or not. A. body language B. facial signals,C. eye contact D. both A and B,4. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?,A. We can disagree with the statement that a great smile is important to our success.,B. Genuine smiles and fake smiles have the same power and effect.,C. We cannot tell genuine smiles from fake smiles.,D. Youll have a more productive day if you try to smile with your heart.,A great smile is important to your success in sales. Nobody wants to do business with someone who doesnt even smile upon initial greeting. You cant argue with that. However, not all smiles are created equal. Genuine smiles and fake smiles dont have the same power and effect. A genuine smile sends a message that you are friendly and easy to go along with while a fake one makes others distrust you. We read body language and facial signals to give us an impression whether a smile is genuine or fake. Try to smile with your heart, and you will have a more productive and successful day than the person who is not smiling.,Script,Speaking,Task 1,Work in pairs.,Compare the following two models,of laptops. Tell which one you like and give your,reasons. An example conversation has been given.,ThinkPad SL500,Processor:,Intel Core 2 Duo Processor P8400,Operating system:,Genuine Windows Vista Home Basic,Screen size:,15.4” wide screen,Total memory:,2 GB,Hard drive:,160 GB, 5400rpm,Runtime:,6 hours,Color:,Black,Weight:,4.5 Lb,Price:,$780,IdeaPad,S10,Processor:,Intel ATOM Processor N270 Single Core,Operating system:,Genuine Windows XP Home Edition,Screen size:,10.2” regular screen,Total memory:,512 MB,Hard drive:,80 GB, 5400rpm,Runtime:,3 hours,Colors:,Black, White, Pink, Red, Blue,Weight:,2.5 Lb,Price:,$399,Speaking,A:,Which computer do you like better?,B:,I prefer the S10 because it is much cheaper than the ThinkPad.,OR:,I like the S10 model better because it costs much less than the ThinkPad.,A:,I agree.,OR:,Im afraid I dont really agree. I like ThinkPad better because it has a bigger screen.,Example:,Task 2,Work in pairs.,Discuss and complete the,conversation at a computer store by filling in the,blanks with appropriate sentences. You may refer,to the expressions in the Language Focus Box.,Speaking,Language Focus Box,A: Do you have any preference for brands?,B: What type of computer do you want?,C: What do you usually use the computer for?,D: How much are you willing to pay for the computer?,E: How would you like to pay, by cash or credit card?,A:,Good afternoon. Can I help you?,B:,Yes, please. Im looking for a PC for myself.,A:,1_?,B:,Id like to buy a laptop.,A:,2,_,?,B:,Oh yes, Im considering Samsung.,A:,3_?,B:,Im willing to pay up to 5,000,yuan,for it.,A:,4_?,B:,I mostly use it to type documents and surf the Internet.,A:,We have a special offer for students.,B:,Oh, really? Thats a very good price. Ill take it.,A:,5_?,B:,Credit card, please.,B: What type of computer do you want,A: Do you have any preference for brands,D: How much are you willing to pay for the computer,C: What do you usually use the computer for,E: How would you like to pay, by cash or credit card,Speaking,Task 3,Work in pairs.,Practice making a conversation,according to the situation given below. You may,refer to the Language Focus Box and the,conversation in Task 2.,Situation,A customer wants to buy a cell phone with English dictionary, MP4 and e-books at no more than 2,000,yuan,. You, as a salesperson, help him/her to choose one.,Speaking,Language Focus Box, I want to buy a cell phone with functions of English dictionary, Do you have any preference for?, What do you usually use the cell phone for?, Im willing to pay up to 2,000,yuan,for the cell phone.,Task 4,Work in groups of four. First work together to think out,some features of a new cell phone that would best fit the,students needs and set a suitable price range. And then,make a presentation about the new cell phone in class.,Speaking,Welcome to our cell phone exhibition center.,This is a type of cell phone specially designed,for college students.,You cant miss it for its features like,The price of this type of cell phone is really,suitable for,Reading B,The tireless head of,HPs,personal computer department is winning over competitors Dell and Lenovo and making Wall Street happy. His secret? Invention.,On a rainy day in California, Todd Bradley carefully examines product s that his department at Hewlett-Packard has recently introduced. Theres a sleek laptop called the Voodoo Envy for hard-core gamers, a tiny pink-and-red computer created with a fashion designer, and the industrys first,touchscreen,notebook. It is truly impressive. He has helped the company become the top PC maker in the world and has increased profits at the same time.,As the deepening economic crisis hits companies around the globe, HP is moving very smoothly. While there are many reasons for that, including,HPs,expanding services business and profitable printer franchise, a big factor is the PC department, which brings in $42 billion annually from the sale of PCs, handhelds, and workstation computers.,Bradleys strategy at HP has depended on creating fresh designs and eye-catching marketing campaigns. Bradley believed from the star t that HP had to change its PC business. If it kept trying to sell boring boxes at the lowest cost, it would be locked in a cruel struggle with Dell. So Bradley asked a local ad agency to create a video to convince the executive board that HP needed a new way. The video argued that PCs had become a commodity because makers had given all invention to chipmaker Intel and Microsoft. The video then showed how HP could get out of the commodity game. “Wow! is what sells,” says Bradley.,Reading B,The executive board was convinced. The result: a,marketi