时间:2018-12-03 作者:英语课 分类:2012年ESL之商务英语


英语课

 


Holding Structured and Unstructured Meetings 


Diego: Okay, why don’t you brief me on what you’ve planned for the meeting tomorrow? 


Maya: Sure. At the meeting of the managers tomorrow, we’ll begin with introductions. Since you’re the most senior manager, the job falls to you. 


Diego: I don’t think we need to stand on ceremony. Have Alexi do the introductions. 


Maya: All right. Then, we’ll follow the agenda and discuss each item of business. I have you down to lead the discussions. 


Diego: I don’t think we need the meeting to be so structured. If we follow the agenda point-by-point, we’ll never find out what’s really on the minds of the managers, what issues they think are of paramount 1 importance. I think I’ll open the floor to anyone who wants to raise an issue. 


Maya: Wouldn’t that turn into a free for all? I’m not sure we’ll get much accomplished 2


Diego: Sometimes, it’s not as important to accomplish something as it is to take the pulse of the group. If we want to know what issues are on the managers’ minds, we first need to let the managers speak freely. Agreed? 


Maya: Uh, sure. You’re the boss. Should I also cancel the lunch I’ve ordered so you can make up your minds about food later? 


Diego: Absolutely not! The one thing that’s not open for discussion is what I’m eating for lunch. 


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 paramount
a.最重要的,最高权力的
  • My paramount object is to save the Union and destroy slavery.我的最高目标是拯救美国,摧毁奴隶制度。
  • Nitrogen is of paramount importance to life on earth.氮对地球上的生命至关重要。
2 accomplished
adj.有才艺的;有造诣的;达到了的
  • Thanks to your help,we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.亏得你们帮忙,我们才提前完成了任务。
  • Removal of excess heat is accomplished by means of a radiator.通过散热器完成多余热量的排出。
学英语单词
A. C. R.
acceleration vibrograph
activation foil
adequality
after acquired clause
ar rawdah
architectress
arsenite
Avibirnavirus
Bengalis
box score
Castlebar
chemoattracting cytoking
cloop
closeup
Congregational Christian Church
daughterboard
deagnostic output file
disreverencing
domiciled
double bull-nose brick
dredge
efferent block
elasticity of flexure
elevation table
fan dances
fertiliser
flight information
four-hitter
fume-tight
gas concentration measurement instrument
genitally mutilated
glory-hole spillway
gournet
grrrr
hard mouth
hemihyperthesia
homogeneous differential equation
illumunance
immunostains
inclined plate
inclined roadway
inductor-type
inside broker
internet-age
interrogator-transmitter unit
invar extensometer
jauped
manganous fluosilicate
menthonaphthene
mimeusemia vilemani
mineral gum
Naemosphaera
Negri, Pte.
Netscape News
North Cowden
Norwood's tinctue
obsequial
omnivision
optoelectronic panel
overdeed
pneumatic coal pick
principal orientation direction
quantity theory of money
re-charges
reardors
rectigon
rhodamine S
scan positional distortion
sheppeys
shimming plate
shiphoard repair
single point loading device on deck
skin tone
skip speed
soak testing
sodium ssntoninate
sognas
space communication links
spherical coordinates quantization
St-Amarin
static address
strain slipcleavage
sunlight flavo(u)r
taken root
Teller mine
tert.-butyl hypochlorite
theratened species
thermolator method
thiometalates
Tingsryd
tone-quality
total value of trade
tractus thalamocorticales
unique termination property
upness
vaubel
vegetable
vehicle rational towing load
vertical pugmill
visual carrier
voicing