在这一单元,我们要采访那些每天在工作和生活中都使用英语的商界人士。他们将和我们谈工作和生活中如何运用英语,并提出一些建议。

  方慕真女士是一名在读的英国开放大学的哲学硕士研究生,她经常通过 email 或电话和导师用英语讨论学术问题。她对学习英语有自己独到的体会和见解。
Question 1 : Fang Muzhen, I know that your work involves you in communicating with British people. Can you tell us a little bit about the differences you have noticed between the kind of English that native speakers use and the English that you learned at school and university ?

While you are listening, think about this question : What differences does Fang Muzhen notice ?
  Answer 1
  Communicating with British people
Question 2 : Can you tell me how you use English in your life and work here in Beijing ?

While you are listening, think about this question : How does Fang Muzhen use English to study ?
  Answer 2
  Using English to do a distance learning degree
Glossary
primary (adj.)   初级的
native (adj.)   本国的
distance learning   远程学习
Mphil (n.)   哲学硕士
the UK Open University   英国开放大学
discuss (v.)   讨论
involve (v.)   使卷入,参与
project (n.)   项目