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| Business English: Holding meetings in English 用英语主持会议 The Structure of a Meeting 会议的结构 One of the most common requirements of business English is holding meetings in English. The following sections provide useful language and phrases for conducting meetings and making contributions to a meeting. Meetings generally follow a more or less similar structure and can be divided into the following parts: I - Introductions Opening the Meeting Welcoming and Introducing Participants Stating the Principal Objectives of a Meeting Giving Apologies for Someone Who is Absent II - Reviewing Past Business Reading the Minutes (notes) of the Last Meeting Dealing with Recent Developments III - Beginning the Meeting Introducing the Agenda Allocating Roles (secretary, participants) Agreeing on the Ground Rules for the Meeting (contributions, timing, decision-making, etc。) IV - Discussing Items Introducing the First Item on the Agenda Closing an Item Next Item Giving Control to the Next Participant V - Finishing the Meeting Summarizing Finishing Up Suggesting and Agreeing on Time, Date and Place for the Next Meeting Thanking Participants for Attending Closing the Meeting The following pages focus on each part of the meeting and the appropriate language for each situation. Running a Meeting 主持会议 The following phrases are used to conduct a meeting. These phrases are useful if you are called on to conduct a meeting. Opening 宣布会议开始 Good morning/afternoon, everyone. If we are all here, let’s get started / start the meeting / start. Welcoming and Introducing 欢迎和介绍出席人员 Please join me in welcoming (name of participant) We’re pleased to welcome (name of participant) I’d like to extend a warm welcome to (name of participant) It’s a pleasure to welcome (name of participant) I’d like to introduce (name of participant) Stating the Principal Objectives 阐明会议主要议题 We’re here today to ... I’d like to make sure that we ... Our main aim today is to ... I’ve called this meeting in order to ... Giving Apologies for Someone Who is Absent 对缺席者表示遗憾 I’m afraid.., (name of participant) can’t be with us today. She is in... Unfortunately, (name of participant) ... will not be with us to day because he ... I have received apologies for absence from (name of participant)， who is in (place). Reading the Minutes (notes) of the Last Meeting 宣读上次会议记要 To begin with I’d like to quickly go through the minutes of our last meeting. First, let’s go over the report from the last meeting, which was held on (date) Here are the minutes from our last meeting, which was on (date) Dealing with Recent Developments 询问近期动态 Jack, can you tell us how the XYZ project is progressing? Jack, how is the XYZ project coming along? John, have you completed the report on the new accounting package? Has everyone received a copy of the Tate Foundation report on current marketing trends? Moving Forward 转向下一个议题 So, if there is nothing else we need to discuss, let’s move on to today’s agenda. Shall we get down to business? Is there Any Other Business? If there are no further developments, I’d like to move on to today’s topic. Introducing the Agenda 介绍议程 Have you all received a copy of the agenda? There are X items on the agenda. First, ... second, ... third, ... lastly, ... Shall we take the points in this order? If you don’t mind, I’d like to go in order today. skip item 1 and move on to item 3 I suggest we take item 2 last. |
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