Module2.2 Listening
Extract 1 Good morning and thanks for coming. Today I'd like to tell you about the world's largest document management company. With a turnover of nearly sixteen billion dollars the XeroxCorporation develops and markets innovative technologies with products and solutions that customers depend upon to get the best results for their business. In my brief presentation we'll begin by looking at some of the key figures behind the company's success and how the company is structured. Then I'll give an overview of Xerox around the world and finally I'd like to talk about some of the trends affecting our market and its future growth. If you have any questions, I'll be happy to answer them at the end. So, here you can see, the turnover for last year was nearly sixteen billion dollars, with a final income of 978 million dollars. We operated from our headquarters in Rochester New York State in 160 countries with 55000 employees, with over half of those in the USA. This next chart shows you how the corporation is split into four divisions. First of all, there's Xerox Global Services…
早上好，謝謝你的到來。今天我想給大家介紹一下世界上最大的文件管理公司。施樂公司擁有近160億美元的營業額，通過產品和解決方案開發和銷售創新技術，使客戶獲得最佳的業務效果。在我的簡短介紹中，我們將從公司成功背后的一些關鍵人物以及公司的結構開始。然后，我將介紹施樂公司在世界各地的概況，最后，我想談一談影響我們市場的一些趨勢及其未來的發展。如果你有任何問題，我很樂意在最后回答。這里你可以看到，去年的營業額接近160億美元，最后的收入是978億美元。我們在紐約州羅切斯特的總部運營，在160個國家有55000名員工，其中一半以上在美國。下一個圖表向你展示了公司是如何被分成四個部門的。首先，施樂全球服務公司。
Extract 2 And finally there's Xerox Innovation with five centers in the United States, Canada and Europe. Note that six percent of revenue was dedicated to research and development last year as the key part of our mission statement is , and I quote, 'to help people find better ways to do great work.' Ok, let's move on to look at Xerox around the world in a little more detail. Take a look at this chart, which shows revenue by region. So about half our revenue is from the US market. Then Europe with over five billion dollars and the rest of the world with over two. One thing I'd like to point out is…
提取2，最后是施樂創新中心，在美國，加拿大和歐洲有五個中心。請注意，去年有6%的收入用於研發，因為我們的使命宣言的關鍵部分，我引用一下，是"幫助人們找到更好的方式來做偉大的工作"。好了，讓我們繼續來看看施樂公司在全球的情況。看一下這個圖表，它按地區顯示了收入。我們大約一半的收入來自美國市場。然后是歐洲超過50億美元，世界其他地區超過2億美元。我想指出的一件事是……
Extract 3 Finally, how is the market for the document industry looking? Well, it would be unrecognizable to the people who founded the original company in 1906 and even compared to the second half of the twentieth century. More and more offices are moving form black and white printing to color and form paper documents to electronic documents. These are clearly the future opportunities and areas of growth in what is a total market worth an estimated 112 billion dollars…
最后，文檔行業的市場前景如何?1906年創辦公司的人可能認不出來，甚至與20世紀下半葉相比也認不出來。越來越多的辦公室正在把黑白打印轉換成彩色，把紙質文檔轉換成電子文檔。這些顯然是未來的機會和增長領域，整個市場價值約1120億美元。
So that brings me to the end of my presentation. Thanks for listening. I hope it's been of interest. Are there any questions?
我的演講到此結束。謝謝你的傾聽。我希望大家會感興趣。還有什么問題嗎?
Task 1
listen to three extracts from a presentation about Xerox . Which of the words in the following does the speaker mention when he talks about the Xerox Corporation?
1.distribution center 2.warehouse
3.holding company 4. call center
5.plant 6.headquarters
7.subsidiary 8. branch
9 .corporation 10.division
Answer: 3.headquarters 9.corporation 10.divisions
Task 2
Can you say all the following figures from the key facts about the Xerox Corporation?
Key Facts:
16,000,000,000 sixteen billion
978,000,000 nine hundred and seventy-eight million
160 one hundred and sixty
55,000 fifty-five thousand
½ half
4 four
6 six
5,000,000,000 five billion
2,000,000,000 two billion
1906 nineteen o six
112,000,000,000 one hundred and twelve billion
Task 3
Listen to the presentation and write what each refers to.
Fact Sheet Xerox
Key Facts:
16,000,000,000 turnover
978,000,000 final income
160 countries
55,000 employees
½ half of 55,000 in the USA
4 divisions
6 six percent of revenue dedicated to research and development
5,000,000,000 dollars revenue in Europe
2,000,000,000 dollars rest of world revenue
1906 company founded
112,000,000,000 total market
Task 4
Listen and match stages A-F to the expressions below. Write the letter after the expression.
Structure of the Presentation
A: Introducing the presentation
B: Explaining the structure of the presentation
C: Presenting the first part
D: Presenting the second part
E: Presenting the final part
F: Ending the presentation
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Today I'd like to tell you about … A
- So that brings me to the end of my presentation. F
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Are there any questions? F
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OK, let's move on to look at … D
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Good morning and thanks for coming. A
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Here you can see … C
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Finally I'd like to talk about … B
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If you have any questions, I'll be happy to answer them at the end. B
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Then I'll give an overview of … B
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One thing I'd like to point out is … D
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Take a look at this chart, which shows … D
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With a turnover of … the company develops / manufactures / markets … A
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In my brief presentation we'll begin by looking at … B
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First of all there's … / and finally there's … C
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Thanks for listening. F