Unit 2 Business Meetings（课件）《商务英语》同步教学

Unit 2 Business Meetings 【Learning Objectives】 After finishing this unit, students should know some useful expressions used at a meeting. know the basic rules for holding effective meetings. know how to write a meeting minute. Warm-up Work in groups. Discuss the advantages and drawbacks of holding meetings. Fill the following chart with your results. Advantages Drawbacks            … … getting more opinions repetitive talk taking up a lot of time taking up a lot of time wordy making strategies irrelevant talk getting constructive solutions making decisions Listening & Speaking Task 1: Listen to the following dialogue and complete it with the missing information. New Words and Expressions make it 成功做某事 take place 举行；进行；发生 go over 核对； 检查 quarter n. 季度 bottom line 盈亏结算线 keen adj. 灵敏的；敏锐的 insight n. 洞察力 strategy n. 策略；对策 phone in 给工作单位打电话（报告某事） Kevin: Hello! This is Kevin speaking. Alice: Hi, Kevin, this is Alice. We’re having a meeting tomorrow. _______________? Kevin: When is it taking place? Alice: We’re planning on 10 o’clock. Is that OK? Kevin: Yes, that’ll be fine. Alice: We’re going to _______________________________. Kevin: Good. I have a proposal to make. Alice: Frank is also going to make some suggestions on _______________________. Kevin: That’ll be interesting. He’s got keen insights. Alice: Yes, he’s going to outline some new _______________. Kevin: Is Alan attending? Alice: No, he’s flying to San Francisco and won’t be able to make it. Kevin: Oh well, maybe he’ll _________. Alice: I think so. See you tomorrow. Bye. phone in Can you make it go over last quarter’s sales figures improving the bottom line sales strategies Task 2: Listen to the dialogue and decide if the following statements are True (T) or False (F). New Words and Expressions attendance n. 出席；到场 agenda n. 议事单；日程表 approve v. 通过；批准；同意 minutes n.