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Material材料Agenda议程Suggest建议Review评议Possible可能的Limit限制Major主要的Matter问题Minutes会议记录Propose建议Second同意,赞同Motion动议,表决Carry通过Budget预算Manual手册Polish推敲Action行动Plot图表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,他们已经拿出了最后的评议意见。现在就每人发一份。如果有什么问题,你们可以会后找我谈。预算评议基本上就算完成了,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积极的Effective有效地Easy-going随和的Popular受欢迎的Strike攻击Against反对censor审查Incident事件Correct更正Character性格Recommend推荐Raise升迁Promotion升职Fault过错Enthusiasm热情Negative负面的Slump衰退KeyGoodlooks美貌漂亮Privatelife私人生活Professionallife职业生活Bottomline底线Inandoutoftheoffice办公室内外Lady’sman讨女人喜欢的男人Officeromance办公室绯闻Failthetest没通过检查Notcutin不够好,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议程Dignitary高官Protocol礼节Reckon计算Review回顾Delegate代表Verbose罗嗦的Limit限制Irrelevant无关的Point论点Impose强加Motion提议Second赞同Overlook忽略Item项目Objection反对意见Modification修改Proceed进行下去KeyWorkon致力于Goover复习Takelong花很长时间Oldbusiness旧业务Newbusiness新业务Leftover遗留Stretchout拉长Getstuckon卷入Allinfavor?大家都同意吗？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:我提议,他也赞成。A：哦是应该这样。我不知道怎么把A项忽略了。那好吧,马克,你能给我们汇报一下A项的情况吗？和D项报告之后。大家同意吗?Favor恩惠Just仅仅Transection交易Expertise专长Several几个Trouble麻烦Downtown市区Handle处理Binder活页夹KeyBadtime时间不合适Welldo会起作用atallGetintouchwith联系Setup安排某事Noproblem别客气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你应该问苏珊布朗。她和几个国际客户打过交道。他应该能给你指明方向。B:不客气。A:HeyMike?Sorrytotroubleyou,butIneedtoaskyouforbigfavor.B:Whatisitthistime?A:There’sameetingthisafternoondowntownwiththebossandoneofourimportantclients.Iamsupposedtogo,butI’vejustgottootodo.Wouldyougoinplaceofme?B:MostofthetimeIwouldbehappytohelpyouout,butI’mnotfeelingverywell.IwasplanningongettingoutoftheofficealittleearliertodaysoIcangohomeandgotobed.Whydon’tyouaskTerryif