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1、EnglishforBusinessMeetings商业会议英语Foreword：Meetingsareanimportantpartofdoingbusiness.Andifyou'reinamultinationalcompany,manyofthosemeetingswillbeconductedinEnglish.Whetheryou'releadingorjustattendingone,bepreparedwiththesephrasesforeachstageofabusinessmeeting:Hi
2、ghlightsGreeting/OpeningStatethePurposeReviewPastBusinessIntroducingtheAgendaandDiscussionSkillsMakePeopleListenFinishingtheMeetingGreeting/OpeningThestructureofameetingisusuallythesame,regardlessofthelanguage.Andmeetingsalwaysstartwithagreeting!InEnglish,you'
3、llusethemoreformal"Goodmorning"or"Goodafternoon"ratherthan"hello."Then,ifyou'releadingthemeeting,you'llneedtoannouncethatthemeetingisstarting.Example:"Goodmorning.Itlookslikeeveryone'shere,solet'sgetstarted."StatethePurposeNext,youhavetoremindeveryonewhatthepu
4、rposeofthemeetingis,whatbusinessneedstobeaddressed.Ifyou'reincharge,say:"We'reheretodayto..."Otherphrasesyoumighthearare:"Ourgoaltodayis..."or"I'vecalledthismeetingto..."Thenfinishwithabriefexplanation.Example:"We'reheretodaytodiscusslastquarter'ssalesfigures.
5、"ReviewPastBusinessSincemeetingsoftendealwithongoingbusiness,youhavetoreviewoldinformationbeforepresentingnew.Thishappenswhensomeonereadstheminutesfromthepreviousmeeting.Minutesaretheofficialnotesfromameeting.Beforereadingtheminutessay,"Tobegin,let'squicklygoo
6、vertheminutesfromourlastmeeting.""Goover"meanstoreviewsomethingandiscommonlyusedinbusiness.IntroducingtheAgendaandDiscussionNowit'stimetodiscussnewbusiness!Usually,you'llfollowalistofdiscussionitemscalledan"agenda."Themeetingleaderwillstartbydrawingeveryone'sa
7、ttentiontotheagenda.They'llsay:"Pleaselookatyourcopyoftheagenda.Therearexxitemsonthelisttoday.Let'sstartwithnumberxx."Then,thekeytoasuccessfulmeetingiskeepingitmovingforward.Whenit'stimetomoveontothenexttopic,say,"Nowthatwe'vediscussed...,let'smoveonto...""Mov
8、eon"iscommonlyusedinbusinesssettingsandmeanstoleaveonetopicandstartanother.SkillsMakePeopleListenSuccessinbusinessrequiresconfidence.Whenyou'redoingbusinessinasecondlanguage,though
