有效撰寫專業英文電子郵件(Effectively Communicating Online)


　
Exercise 474
 Inviting Speakers and Consultants/演講者邀請信函


I. Pre-Listening Exercise [Top]

Check the meanings of the following words and expressions:

  • constantly strives

  • growing elderly population

  • lack of confidence

  • extensive experience

  • consultant

  • governmental authorities

  • implement

  • practitioners

  • consultancy period

  • sufficient time

  • curriculum vitae

  • reimbursed

  • speech honorarium

　

II. Listening Exercise [Top]
1. Listen to the conversation by pressing the "Play" button and then answering the following questions. Press the "Final score" button to check your quiz results.


1. Why does Suzy’s hospital constantly strive to promote its long-term care facilities and services and offer medical treatment?
A. to control the quality of long term care services
B. to implement long-term care national policies
C. to meet the demands of the growing elderly population

　

2.Why does Suzy want Mr. Smith to recommend a consultant who could instruct  her hospital staff?
A. because of his organization’s extensive experience in implementing long-term care programs
B. because of his organization’s efficient follow-up services, including discharge planning, respiratory care, nursing facilities and home care as part of a visiting nursing program
C. because of his organization’s ability to promote its long-term care facilities and services

　

3.What is Suzy’s interest in national health insurance?
A. how it is integrated into the provision of long term care services

  B. how it can be adopted to control the quality of long term care services

  C. how it can be used to assess the various levels of long-term care services provided to the nation’s elderly

　

4. What is Suzy’s interest in the role of practitioners? 

A. how they implement long-term care national policies
B. how they control the quality of long term care services  
C. how they assess the various levels of long-term care services provided to the nation’s elderly

　

5. How long will each lecture last? 

A. three hours

  B.  two hours 

  C.  two and a half hours

　

　

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Post-Listening Exercise

Write a letter to invite speakers and consultants (演講者邀請信函) by including the following:

1.  Inviting a speaker 邀請演講者

2. Describing the purpose of the lecture

    描述演講目地

3. Explaining details of the lecture

    詳述演講的細節

4. Describing transportation and accommodation details 詳述交通及住宿的細節

5. Instructing the speaker what to prepare before the visit 演講者行前必知指導

6. Emphasizing the importance of the upcoming visit 對演講者強調訪問的重要性

Refer to additional examples of correspondence at http://www.chineseowl.idv.tw/html/correspondence/