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Welcome to the VOB Program on Tuesday

Welcome to the VOB Program on Tuesday. By PT Chen Zhixin On May 27 th , 2014. Self-introduction Passage Reading --- “JD.com Records China's Largest Company IPO in US” Oral Practice --- Public Speech. Passage Reading. “JD.com Records China's Largest Company IPO in US”. 连读：

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Welcome to the VOB Program on Tuesday

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  1. Welcome to the VOB Program on Tuesday By PT Chen Zhixin On May 27th, 2014

  2. Self-introduction • Passage Reading --- “JD.com Records China's Largest Company IPO in US” • Oral Practice --- Public Speech

  3. Passage Reading “JD.com Records China's Largest Company IPO in US”

  4. 连读： • 辅音+元音（hold on, stand up, first of all…） • 元音+元音（grow up, go away…） • /r/+元音（for ever, far away…） 重读：实词（如名、动、形、副、数词）重音，虚词（如冠、连、介词）不重音 My mother is a doctor. 弱读：主要是虚词（a, o, u等元音字母往往弱化成/ə/ , e, i, y等元音字母弱化成/i/） • What can I do for you? • can:强读/kæn/ 弱读/kən/ • do: 强读/du:/ 弱读/du/、/də/、/d/ • for: 强读/fɔ:/ 弱读/fə/ 停顿：标点符号、意群 语调

  5. Paragraph 1: China’s leading online direct sales company JD.com, Inc. /Thursday /successfully /listed its shares /on Nasdaq/and recorded /the largest initial public offering (IPO) /by a Chinese company/ in the United States. Inc.是英文incorporated(公司)的简称，在美语里经常用。在英国，company limited(有限公司)的缩写为Co.Ltd. Nasdaq: 纳斯达克是美国的一个电子证券交易机构 IPO: 初次公开发行，首次公开募股

  6. Paragraph 2: The company issued /93.685 million/ American Depositary Shares (ADSs), / each/representing /two Class A ordinary shares /and was priced/ at 19 U.S. dollars, making a total of/1.78 billion dollars. ADSs: 美国存托凭证，由美国的存托银行发行，允许外国的股票在美国股票交易所交易。每个ADR代表了一个或者多个外国的股票，或者一小部分股票。 Class A ordinary shares: A类普通股

  7. Paragraph 3: Founder/ and chief executive officer/ of JD.com/QiangdongLiu /said /the company made its way/from Beijing to Nasdaq/after 10 years of hard work, /and while /Liu described the day /as a milestone /in JD.com’s history,/ said /it still /has a long way to go /in the future.

  8. Paragraph 4: Its shares/ began trading /on Nasdaq/ under the symbol “JD”/and opened /at 21.75 dollars, /14.5 percent /higher than /its IPO price /and last traded /at 22.55 dollars.

  9. Paragraph 5: Jumei International Holding Limited,/China's online retailer /of beauty products, /made its IPO debut （出道，首演）/on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) /last Friday /and raised/ 245.1 million dollars.

  10. Paragraph 6: Moreover, /China's e-commerce giant/ Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. /also filed/ its IPO documents/ recently,/planning to raise/ 1 billion dollars, /though/ analysts /predicted/ the company /could fund around /15 to 20 billion dollars /and surpass /JD.com’srecord /to become /the largest IPO/made /by a Chinese company.

  11. Source: http://english.cri.cn/6826/2014/05/23/2941s827913.htm

  12. Oral Practice • Public speech = Private fear. • Are you fear of making a public speech in your company or in front of your boss? • How to cope with your stage fright? WHAT’S YOUR STORY???

  13. Tips for you to prepare a speech or a talk: • Make sure you know your audience and then write with them in mind • Think in terms of narrative, such as personal stories that bring subjects alive, and repetition • Prepare more material than you need • Practice • Do not read off a script • Recognise the difference between formal and informal communication • Make the signposting very clear • Anticipate questions your audience might have and address them during your talk • Don’t rely too much on the PowerPoint presentation. • You need a strong finish

  14. Thanks for Listening! Goodnight!

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