BEC listen and translation exercise 20

The spread of international commerce has taken English along with it.

Leadership skills are also developed by learning to organize and conduct

meetings.

I think, airports, from my point of view, the whole concept is outdated, really.在我看來，機場這一整個概念确實已經過時了。

All the report is, really, is the place in which you tell the story of your study.

Although many years later, the Americans broke away from their colonial master, the language of English remained and still does.

盡管過了很多年，美國已經從殖民母國脫離，但是英語保留了下來，到現在仍然是這樣。

The train derailed as it was crossing a bridge over the Dhavi River, near Raffee Gange Station in the eastern Bihar State.

在比哈爾州東部的Raffee Gange火車站附近，火車在通過達比河上的橋時脫軌。

It was going from the eastern city Calcutta to New Delhi when it was wrecked late Monday night.

It isn't necessary for people to travel so far or even so often.

Sweden's welfare system is famed around the world, but the system encourages people to be lazy.

Okay, today we've had a brief look at the format of an experimental report, what each section is about and some of the basic issues like reader awareness, so on and so forth.

好了，今天我們已經簡要學習了實驗報告的格式，包括每部分要講什麼，還有諸如讀者意識這樣的基本問題等。

Is the status of English as the No. 1 world language assured in the future?

There were nearly 600 passengers and staff on board the train.

The accident occurred in a remote area with poor telecommunication links.

事故發生的地區地處偏遠，通訊連結很差。

Today we'll discuss some preliminaries concerning how to write experimental reports.

There are in fact a number of interlocking reasons for the popularity of English as a lingua franca.

The scientists say the new report is based on studies done since then and stronger agreement on global warming.

A very common mistake, especially early on, is to assume that your reader is the person who will be marking the report.

The tapes were then shipped to a NASA operations center near Washington, the Goddard Space Flight Center.

It won't be necessary for businessmen to fly out to a foreign country to talk to somebody.商人将不必飛往國外與人商談。

Unemployment is also high in Sweden. One reason is the high tax on companies which makes it difficult to employ new people.