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


 
Exercise 456
Seeking Technical Training 科技訓練請求信函

I. Pre-Listening Exercise [Top]

Check the meanings of the following words and expressions:

  • civil service examination

  • administrative position

  • generating income

  • remitted funds

  • strained financial resources

  • Innovative approaches

  • initiated

  • transformations

  • withstood

  • point to the success of

  • Expenditure targets

  • strictly adhered to

  • overhead costs

  • annual average

  • restrain

  • latest trends

 


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.  How has Mary greatly matured as an administrator?
A.  by taking courses on management in the medical sector
B.   through her experience of for calculating hospital fees
C.  through her experiences of generating income in the medical sector


2. How did Mary continue to enhance her administrative skills?
A.  by pointing to the success of Germany’s national health insurance scheme
B.   by adopting a global budget
C.  by taking courses on management in the medical sector at Yangming  University


3. Which country initiated one of the earliest health insurance

    systems worldwide?
 
A.  Taiwan
 
B.  Germany
 
C.  the United States

 

4. What year did Mary pass the Taiwanese governmental civil service examination?
A.  in 1994
B.  in 1997
C.  in 1991

 

5. What percent of the total medical cost must hospital inpatients in Germany pay?
A.  only 20%
B.  only 25%
C.  only 15%



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Post-Listening Exercise

Write a letter that seeks technical training (科技訓練請求信函) by including the following contents:

1. Summarizing one’s academic or professional experiences 某人學歷及工作經驗概述

2. Requesting technical training 科技訓練申請

3. Commending the organization to receive  technical training from 讚揚提供科技訓練的機構

4. Explaining the details of the technical training

    科技訓練細節解

5. Expressing optimism in the possibility of technical training 表達對科技訓練機會的樂觀態度

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