Material材料Agenda議程Suggest建議Review評議Possible可能的Limit限制Major主要的Matter問題Minutes會議記錄Propose建議Second同意,贊同Motion動議,表決Carry通過Budget預算Manual手冊Polish推敲Action行動Plot圖表Quarter季度KeyGetdowntothenittygrittyA:Icalledthismeetingtoorder.Thankyouallinattendancetoday.Iknowit’sabusydayforallofWehavealotofmaterialtocovertoday.DideveryonegetanB:Ineedacopyoftheagenda.Also,mayIsuggestsomething?Iknowwehavemanypointstoreviewtoday,butwoulditbepossibletolimitourmeetingtimetofinishbefore4o’clock?Manyofusstillhaveamountainofworktodobeforetheday’send.A:weshouldbeabletofinisheverythingupbeforethen.Let’srunthroughthemajorpointsfirst,andseewhereweareat.Thefirstmatterofbusinessistoapprovetheminutesofourlastmeeting.B:Iproposeweaccepttheminutes.A:Good.DoIhaveasecond?C:IA:Motioncarried.Now,nextonouragendaisourbudgetreview.Margaret,canyoupleasefillusinonwherethebudgetreviewstands?B:Igaveeveryoneacopyofthemanuallastweek.Wehavehadthereviewboardgoingovereverything,andtheyhavecomeupwiththefinalreview.Here’sacopyforeveryone,andifyouhaveanyquestions,youcantalktomeafterthemeeting.Basically,thebudgetreviewhasbeencompleted,withmaybeafewpolishingdetailsleft.A:whatkindofactionisB:ifeveryonecouldtakealookatthefinalreviewhandout,ifthereareanyobjectionsorcorrections,letmeknow.Nextweekwecancastthefinalapproval.B,他們已經拿出了最后的評議意見。現在就每人發一份。如果有什么問題,你們可以會后找我談。預算評議基本上就算完成了,可A:now,wherewerewe?Ohyes,canyougiveusanideaaboutthestatisticalB:ouranalysisshowsthatweareverycompetitive.Ifyourefertothelastpageofthehandout,youwillseeaplotofourexpensesVSourprofitsforthelastquarter.Doyouthinkisnecessarytogoovertheexpensesmoreindetail?A:unlessanyonehasspecificquestions,let’smoveontothenextpoint.Motiontoacceptthestatisticalanalysisreport?B:Imovedtoexcept.A:Second?C:IA:Allinfavor?Motionpassed.Now,let’sgetdowntothenitty-gritty.Wehaveallsendaperformancereviewreports,butIwouldliketodiscussindetailourhumanresourcesagenda.C:togettothebottomofthisissue,ourproblemwithhumanresourcesisalackofqualifiedapplicants,aswellasnotenoughincentivestocurrentemployees.Iwouldrecommendamanagementtrainingforourexecutivestaff.A:I’msorry,Idon’tthinkIunderstand.CanyoupleaseC:I’llexplainagain.Ourhumanresourcesprogramisfailingforamultiplenumberofreasons,butIthinkthemostimportantissuehereislackofemployeeincentives.Positive積極的Effective有效地Easy-going隨和的Popular受歡迎的Strike攻擊Against反對censor審查Incident事件Correct更正Character性格Recommend推薦Raise升遷Promotion升職Fault過錯Enthusiasm熱情Negative負面的Slump衰退KeyGoodlooks美貌漂亮Privatelife私人生活Professionallife職業生活Bottomline底線Inandoutoftheoffice辦公室內外Lady’sman討女人喜歡的男人Officeromance辦公室緋聞Failthetest沒通過檢查Notcutin不夠好,不奏效SayalotforA:let’sgooverFriday’sperformanceB:Mostofthemoreprettypositive.TakeTomClarkforexample.He’sextroverted,whichmakeshimaveryeffectivesalesman.Youcanseehissalesforthisquarterarearecordhighforallcompany.He’salsoeasy-goingandveryfriendly.Addthattohisgoodlooks,andyoucanseewhyhe’ssopopular,inandoutoftheoffice!A:yes,I’vealsoheardthathe’salady’sman.Well,thatisastrikeagainsthimintheperformancereview.Itseemslikehehastroublekeepinghisprivatelifeandprofessionallifeseparate.Hehasbeeninvolvedinseveralofficeromancesthathavebeendetrimentaltoemployeeprofessionalismandperformance.B:hewascensoredforthetwoincidents,andsincethen,hehascorrectedhisbehavior.Ithinkthatsaysalotforhischaracter.A:doyourecommendhimforaraise,B:Ithinkhe’sdeservingofapromotionbecausehehasbroughtalotofprofittotheA:whataboutJohnMartin?Hisreportwasn’tsohot.He’salwaysmakingexcuseshehasnocommonsenseandhelacksresponsibility.B:youcanseehissalesrecordislessthanimpressive.Heishardtodealwith.Afterdisciplinaryaction,hecomplaintintotheboardofdirectorswithchargesofdiscrimination.Isseemshealwaysignoreshisfaultsandcriticizesothers.A:justbetweenyouandme,Ican’tstandtheguy.Butit’sverydifficulttofirehim.Helandedthispositionbecauseofhisparents.They’reveryinfluentialstockholders.A:Allofthenumbersweredownforperformancereviewsthisweek.OursalesdepartmentfailedtheB:whatwastheA:Ingeneral,ourprofessionalreviewswerealright.Thebosssaidhelikesourenthusiasmanddedication.Therewerenonegativereviewsforanyofoursalespeoplepersonallybuttheproblemwasoursalesnumbershavebeentoolowfortoolong.Whereinarealslump.B:butthat’snotnecessarilyourfault…themarketssloweddownalotsopeoplejustaren’tbuyingliketheyusedto.Thatisn’tourfault.A:yes,butitaffectsourselvesinamajorway,andthereforeaffectsourperformance.Sometimesit’sallaboutthebottomline.B:whatdotheysuggestweA:inyesterday’smeeting,thebosssuggestedwetakeamoreaggressivesalesapproach.Weneedstrongeradvertising,andstrongerattitude.Whatwasfineforlastyearjustwon’tcuthimthisyear.Hewantsstrongersales.Draft草稿Agenda議程Dignitary高官Protocol禮節Reckon計算Review回顧Delegate代表Verbose羅嗦的Limit限制Irrelevant無關的Point論點Impose強加Motion提議Second贊同Overlook忽略Item項目Objection反對意見Modification修改Proceed進行下去KeyWorkon致力于Goover復習Takelong花很長時間Oldbusiness舊業務Newbusiness新業務Leftover遺留Stretchout拉長Getstuckon卷入Allinfavor?大家都同意嗎？Makessense搞清楚A:PleaseletmeseethedraftofwhatyouhaveputtogetherforMonday’sB:I’mstillworkingontheagenda,therewillbealottogooveronMonday.There’swhatI’vegotsoA:Doyouthinkwillspendmorethan20minutesintheopening?IthinkitisshouldbeprettyB:Itshouldn’ttaketoolong,buttherewillbealotofdignitariesatthemeeting.Intheopeningexercises,itisprotocoltospendalittletimetorecognizethem.Ireckonitshouldtakeabouthalfanhourbeforewecanevengettotheminutes.A:Really?Well,atleasttheminutesforshouldn’ttaketoolongtoreview.Thereshouldn’tbealotofactivebusinessleftoverfromlastmeeting.B:True.Afterreviewandacceptanceoftheminutescomewehaveseveralcommitteereports.Oldbusinesswon’ttakeuptoomuchtime,butsometimesthecommitteedelegatescanbealittleverbose…isthereawaywecanlimitedtheirtime?A:Wecansetafive-minutereporttimewiththethree-minutequestionandanswerafterwards.B:That’snotgood.QandA’salwaysstressedoutthetimebecausepeopleusuallygetstuckonsomeirrelevantpoint.We’lllosecontrolofthemeetingifweopenituptwoquestionstooearly.A:True.Well,imposeaneight-minutelimitonthecommitteereportsthen.We’llsaveQ&Auntilrightbeforeclosedsession.B:Soundsgood.Overall,wecanprobablykeepthemeetingundertwoA:Let’sA:Whowillmotiontoapprovetheminutesfromlastmeeting?B:Imotion.Sheseconds.A:Allinfavor?Good.Now,what’snextontheagenda?Wehavesomenewbusiness.Tracy,canyouintroduceitemBontheagendaforus?B:Yes,butweshouldprobablyfollowtheagendainorder,shouldn’twe?ItemAisstillpending.Weshouldreportanapprovalbusinessbeforenewbusiness.A:Ohyes.IsomehowmanagetooverlookitemA.wellthen,MarkcanyoureporttousaboutyourprojectunderitemA?C:Theagendaisalittlebackwardstoday.IwouldpreferthatTracyintroduceherprojectfirst,thenwhatIhavetosaymightmakemoresense.Technicallyourprojectsarebothnewbusiness.Theonlyitemsofoldbusinesswehavearethatminutes,whichhavealreadybeenapproved.A:Oh,istheright?Well.Let’srearrangetheagendathen.WecanmoveitemAtotheendofournewbusinesssection.ItwillfollowreportsonitemBthroughD.anyobjections?B:CanwehaveitemAdirectlyfollowitemA:Fine.Andobjections?No?iftherearenoobjections,thenourmodificationstotheagendahavingapprovedunanimously.Wewillproceedaccordingtotheamendmentswehavejustmade.B:我提議,他也贊成。A：哦是應該這樣。我不知道怎么把A項忽略了。那好吧,馬克,你能給我們匯報一下A項的情況嗎？和D項報告之后。大家同意嗎?Favor恩惠Just僅僅Transection交易Expertise專長Several幾個Trouble麻煩Downtown市區Handle處理Binder活頁夾KeyBadtime時間不合適Welldo會起作用atallGetintouchwith聯系Setup安排某事Noproblem別客氣Inplaceof代替Fillinfor代替Onone’sA:Doyouhaveaminute?Ihopethisisn’tabadtime.Ihaveafavortoaskyou.B:Uh..howlongdoyouneed?A:JustfiveminuteswhatB:Sure,Icansparefiveminutes.Askaway...WhatcanIdoforA:IwaswonderingifyoucouldhelpmetofindsomeinformationontheSwensonaccount.Ineedtofindmoredetailsabouttransactionsoverthelastthreemonths.B:Actually,Ihaven’tbeenworkingontheSwensonAccountatall.FromwhatIunderstand,thatclientdealsininternationaltrade.Iworkindomestics,sointernationalisnotmyexpertise.Iprobablycan’thelpmuch.Butdoyouknowwhoyoushouldask?A:B:YoushouldtalktoSusanBrown.Shehasworkedwithseveraloftheinternationalclients.Sheshouldbeabletopointyouintherightdirection.A:SusanBrown?Idon’tthinkIknowheryet.Doyouthinkyoucouldintroducehertome,orarehelpmetogetintouchwithher?B:Sure,Icanarrangesomething.I’llgiveheracallandgetsomethingup.Hereisheremailaddress,youcangoaheadandtocontactherbyemailonyourown.A:Okaythanks.B:Noproblem.:B你應該問蘇珊布朗。她和幾個國際客戶打過交道。他應該能給你指明方向。B:不客氣。A:HeyMike?Sorrytotroubleyou,butIneedtoaskyouforbigfavor.B:Whatisitthistime?A:There’sameetingthisafternoondowntownwiththebossandoneofourimportantclients.Iamsupposedtogo,butI’vejustgottootodo.Wouldyougoinplaceofme?B:MostofthetimeIwouldbehappytohelpyouout,butI’mnotfeelingverywell.IwasplanningongettingoutoftheofficealittleearliertodaysoIcangohomeandgotobed.Whydon’tyouaskTerryif