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


 
Exercise 461
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:

  • two decades
  • extensive professional experience
  • Given the opportunity
  • state-of-the-art equipment and facilities
  • globally recognized
  • diagnose
  • a practical context
  • widely regarded
  • in line with
  • careful consideration

 


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 did Matt become aware of advanced imaging procedures and other  diagnostic tests performed at the NYU Clinical Cancer Center to diagnose cancer?
A.
in the Radiation Therapy Department at National Taiwan University Hospital
B. 
in his graduate school courses on advanced imaging processing
C. 
while developing a radiation therapy planning system that would ensure optimal imaging for diagnosing and treating cancer

 

2. Why is the NYU Clinical Cancer Center globally recognized?
A. 
for its new ways to offer patients not only physiological, but also spiritual encouragement
B.
for its services that improve the lives of cancer patients  
C. 
for its highly skilled personnel and state-of-the-art equipment and facilities

 

3.  How many articles has Matt’s research group published in Gamma Journal over the past three years?
A.
three

  B. two

  C. four

 

4.  What is Matt’s current research? 

A. on the role of magnetic resonance imaging in a herniated inter-vertebral disc
B. 
on the perfusion function of F-FDG in SPECT
C. 
on intensity-modulated radiation therapy

 

5.  How much clinical experience has Matt acquired as a radiology technician?
A.
nearly two decades

  B. more than two decades

   C. more than a decade



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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/