商务英语播客 BEP Meeting Essentials 会议英语

©2009Allrightsreserved:businessenglishpod.com©2009Allrightsreserved:businessenglishpod.comMeetingEssentialsAbusinessEnglishstudyguidetocommunicatingeffectivelyinmeetings2ndEditionWrittenbyJamesMossAudioproduced&recordedbyPaulMeredithOnlineactivitiesbyJamesMossCopyright2009BusinessEnglishPodLtd.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybeusedorreproducedwithoutwrittenpermission,exceptinthecaseofbriefquotationsembodiedincriticalarticlesorreviews.Published2008(2ndEdition2009)©2009Allrightsreserved:businessenglishpod.comMeetingEssentials2ndEditionTableofContents(Clickaunittitletojumptothestartofthatunit)1.Unit201-Introductionpg4-52.Unit202–ExpressingOpinionspg6-143.Unit203–Agreeingpg15-244.Unit204–Disagreeingpg25-325.Unit205–MakingSuggestionspg33-396.Unit206–AcceptingandRejectingSuggestionspg40-467.Unit207–ClarifyingWhatWasSaidpg47-568.Unit208–ClarifyingWhatWasMeantpg57-659.Unit209–OpeningaMeetingpg66-7410.Unit210–ManagingtheDiscussionpg75-8411.Unit211–InterruptingandResistingInterruptionpg85-9512.Unit212–DiscussingProblems(Part1)pg96-10513.Unit213–DiscussingProblems(Part2)pg106-11514.Unit214–FinishingUpandActionPointspg116-12415.ExamplePhrasesbyFunctionpg125-13616.Audio&OnlineActivities(Clickheretogotothewebpage)©2009Allrightsreserved:businessenglishpod.comMeetingEssentialsThisisane-bookbroughttoyoubyBusinessEnglishPod,theleadingproviderofon-demandaudioandstudytoolsforbusinessEnglishcommunicationskills,ontheWebat’llbeyourhostforthisseries.Whetheryoulovethemorhatethem,meetingsarepartofalmosteveryjob.Soperformingwellinmeetingsisaveryimportantskill.Peoplewhocanexpresstheiropinions,disagreepolitely,handlethediscussionwithskillanddiplomacy–thesekindsofpeoplesucceedintheircareersandrisetothetopintheircompanies.Meetingscomeinmanytypes.Theyincludelarge,formalconferences,likeyear-endmeetings,andsmallinformaldiscussions,likeaquickchatbetweenteamleadersandtheirstaff.Inthis12-chaptere-bookonmeetingskills,wewilllearnusefullanguageformeetingsofmanydifferenttypes.Thegoalistostudyalltheessentialsyouneedforparticipatingactivelyin,and,whenrequired,leadingandmanagingthediscussion.Firstwewillcoveragreeing,disagreeingandexpressingopinionsinthreechapters.Thenexttwopartslookatmaking,accepting,andrejectingsuggestions.Afterthat,we’llhandleaskingforandgivingclarification,intwosections.Finally,inthelastfourchapters,we’lllookatrunningameeting;thisincludeskickingitoff,managingthediscussion,dealingwithinterruptions,andfinishingup.Inall,thise-bookhasoverfourhoursofinformation-packedaudiolessons.Theaccompanyingstudynotescontainacompletetranscriptofeverychapter,vocabularydefinitions,extrapracticequestions,andstudystrategies.Andyoucanaccessawidevarietyofadditionallisteningandlanguagedevelopmentexercisesonthewebsite,at’llplayadialogthatdemonstratesthekeyconcepts.Afterwards,inthe“debrief”section,I’lltakeyouthroughthemainpointsandexplainimportantvocabularyandidioms.Foreachskill,we’lllearnmorephrasesthatyoucanuse.Then,finally,inthepracticesectionofeachdebrief,youwillhavetheopportunitytousesomeofthelanguageyoulearned.Learnersoftenaskmehowtostudymoreefficientlyandeffectively.Ihavesomesuggestions.Listentoeachchapterandpracticetheexamplephrasesmultipletimes.Firstlistenwithoutthetranscript;then,whenyouhavetime,gobackandlistenagainwiththetranscript.Underlineandlookupwordsyoudon’t©2009Allrightsreserved:businessenglishpod.comunderstand.It’simportanttostudyvocabularyincontext:Payattentiontocollocations,orwordpartnerships,andwordsinwholesentences,withtheiraccompanyingprepositionsandothergrammaticalcharacteristics.Dothepracticesectionofeachdebriefatleastacoupletimes;trysubstitutingdifferentlanguagethesecondtimeyoupractice.Substitutionhelpsyouincreaseyourfluency,thatis,yourabilitytosaythesamethinginmanyways.Youcanalsorecordyourself,writeandactoutdialogs,andpracticetogetherwithalearningpartner.Theseandmanymorestrategiesarecoveredinthestudynotesforeachchapter.MeetingEssentialsistargetedforintermediatelearnersatoraroundtheCommonEuropeanFramework(CEF)levelB2.ThiscorrespondstoaBULATSscoreof3orhigheroranIELTSscoreof5orhigher.Thematerialsaredesigned,however,tobeusefultostudentsatavarietyoflevels:Intermediatelearnerswillfocusinitiallyonlanguagedevelopmentwhereasupper-intermediateandmoreadvancedlearnerscanzoominonskillsdevelopment,high-levelvocabulary,fluency,confidenceandenhancementofoverallprofessionalism.MeetingEssentialsisanofficialpublicationofBusinessEnglishPod,Ltd.,copyright2008,allrightsreserved.What’sIncluded?AllBusinessEnglishPode-bookscomewithavarietyofstudyresourcestoprovidelearnerswithmaximumflexibilityandvalue.Youcanaccessanddownloadallthematerialsforthise-bookonthiswebpage::PodcastsMP3lessonsyoucandownloadtoyourcomputer,MP3playerormobilephone.StudyNotesPDFlessontranscriptswithextravocabularyandlanguageexercises.PhraseCastsCompactMP3