This is the second in our two-part intermediate商務英語播客series on opening and managing用英語開會. 在第一集中, we looked at how to open a meeting. In today’s podcast lesson we’re going to cover how to manage the discussion.
馬丁, the GM of Daneline Singapore, is discussing with his staff how to make up a budget shortfall. He has just asked Sandra to kick off the first item on the agenda – outsourcing the cleaning.
聽力測驗
1) How much money can Daneline Singapore save by outsourcing cleaning? 2) Does Sam like pizza? 3) Does Dave agree with the strategy of outsourcing cleaning? 4) How does Dave suggest dealing with the brochure redesign?
This is the first in a two-part intermediate商務英語播客課程on opening and managing meetings. 在這一集, we’ll look at how to open a meeting. In the second part (BEP 43) we’ll look at language you can use to manage the discussion.
The listening takes place in the Singapore offices of Daneline, an international shipping company. 馬丁, the GM, is chairing a meeting with Sandra, David and Sam to discuss a budget shortfall. Shortfall means their budget has fallen short of expectations. 換句話說, they don’t have enough money, so they need to make some cuts. To chair a meeting is to lead the meeting. We can say that Martin is the chairperson. So in these two episodes on opening and managing meetings, you’ll be learning language for chairing meetings.
聽力測驗 1) What is the amount of the budget shortfall? 2) Why doesn’t Sandra have a copy of the agenda? 3) How many possible cuts are under discussion? 4) What is the first item on the agenda?
Today we have a Business English News story on a recent study by several universities that looks into the ”˜selling power’ or influence – of celebrities. Celebrity is another word for famous person, such as a movie or sports star.
The vocabulary we discuss in this podcast expands on the marketing terms we covered in影片詞彙 04.