有效撰寫英文商業策略 (Writing Effective Business Strategies)

Exercise 685

Citing Examples of Product/Service Commercialization
(產品/服務銷售實例)

I. Pre-Listening Exercise
II. Listening Exercise
III. Post-Listening Exercise



I. Pre-Listening Exercise [Top]

Check the meanings of the following words and expressions:
  • booming sector
  • electronic commerce
  • customer value
  • lag behind
  • fully exploit
  • traditional retail outlets
  • tremendous commercial potential
  • network transmission
  • supply chain systems
  • customer satisfaction and loyalty


II. Listening Exercise [Top]
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. What happened to the number of Internet users between 2002 and 2006?
A. more than tripled
B. more than doubled
C. more than quadrupled

2. Why are consumers easily discouraged from shopping online?
A. if any of these technical factors are neglected
B. if product/service strategies are appropriate for electronic commerce
C. if sales growth is continued

3. Why must more incentives be provided for customers?
A. To successfully implement business strategies
B. to monitor the consumer growth rate for a particular market niche
C. to switch their purchasing from traditional retail outlets to the Internet

4.How do many E-business startups look for new customers?
A. by extending the concept of customer value to Internet-based commercial activities
B. by striving to protect customer satisfaction and loyalty
C. by monitoring the consumer growth rate for a particular market niche

5. Why must companies closely scrutinize their product/service strategies?
A. to realize the market potential of online commerce
B. to ensure that they are appropriate for electronic commerce
C. to develop promotional campaigns in order to lure new customers


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III. Post-Listening Exercise [Top]

Write a paragraph that makes an inference from statistics regarding a product or service by following this structure:

1. Introduce the main emphases of a sector or industry.
簡述特定部門或產業所強調的主要重點
2. Cite specific applications, including examples of commercialization.
舉出商品化的特定實例
3. Describe the mid-term or long term benefits of such commercialization to a particular field of technology.
說明產品/服務商品化後對特定領域或部門的中長期利益
4. Describe the mid-term or long term benefits of such commercialization for practical purposes.
說明產品/服務商品化後在商業實際運用裡的中長期利益