Hold meeting in English

HoldmeetinginEnglishusinessEnglish:HoldingmeetingsinEnglish用英语主持会议☆TheStructureofaMeeting会议的结构OneofthemostcommonrequirementsofbusinessEnglishisholdingmeetingsinEnglish.Thefollowingsectionsprovideusefullanguageandphrasesforconductingmeetingsandmakingcontributionstoameeting.Meetingsgenerallyfollowamoreorlesssimilarstructureandcanbedividedintothefollowingparts:I-IntroductionsOpeningtheMeetingWelcomingandIntroducingParticipantsStatingthePrincipalObjectivesofaMeetingGivingApologiesforSomeoneWhoisAbsentII-ReviewingPastBusinessReadingtheMinutes(notes)oftheLastMeetingDealingwithRecentDevelopmentsIII-BeginningtheMeetingIntroducingtheAgendaAllocatingRoles(secretary,participants)AgreeingontheGroundRulesfortheMeeting(contributions,timing,decision-making,etc.)IV-DiscussingItemsIntroducingtheFirstItemontheAgendaClosinganItemNextItemGivingControltotheNextParticipantV-FinishingtheMeetingSummarizingFinishingUpSuggestingandAgreeingonTime,DateandPlacefortheNextMeetingThankingParticipantsforAttendingClosingtheMeetingThefollowingpagesfocusoneachpartofthemeetingandtheappropriatelanguageforeachsituation.☆☆RunningaMeeting主持会议Thefollowingphrasesareusedtoconductameeting.Thesephrasesareusefulifyouarecalledontoconductameeting.Opening宣布会议开始Goodmorning/afternoon,everyone.Ifweareallhere,let'sgetstarted/startthemeeting/start.WelcomingandIntroducing欢迎和介绍出席人员Pleasejoinmeinwelcoming(nameofparticipant)We'repleasedtowelcome(nameofparticipant)I'dliketoextendawarmwelcometo(nameofparticipant)It'sapleasuretowelcome(nameofparticipant)I'dliketointroduce(nameofparticipant)StatingthePrincipalObjectives阐明会议主要议题We'reheretodayto...I'dliketomakesurethatwe...Ourmainaimtodayisto...I'vecalledthismeetinginorderto...GivingApologiesforSomeoneWhoisAbsent对缺席者表示遗憾I'mafraid..,(nameofparticipant)can'tbewithustoday.Sheisin...Unfortunately,(nameofparticipant)...willnotbewithustodaybecausehe...Ihavereceivedapologiesforabsencefrom(nameofparticipant),whoisin(place).ReadingtheMinutes(notes)oftheLastMeeting宣读上次会议记要TobeginwithI'dliketoquicklygothroughtheminutesofourlastmeeting.First,let'sgooverthereportfromthelastmeeting,whichwasheldon(date)Herearetheminutesfromourlastmeeting,whichwason(date)DealingwithRecentDevelopments询问近期动态Jack,canyoutellushowtheXYZprojectisprogressing?Jack,howistheXYZprojectcomingalong?John,haveyoucompletedthereportonthenewaccountingpackage?HaseveryonereceivedacopyoftheTateFoundationreportoncurrentmarketingtrends?MovingForward转向下一个议题So,ifthereisnothingelseweneedtodiscuss,let'smoveontotoday'sagenda.Shallwegetdowntobusiness?IsthereAnyOtherBusiness?Iftherearenofurtherdevelopments,I'dliketomoveontotoday'stopic.IntroducingtheAgenda介绍议程Haveyouallreceivedacopyoftheagenda?ThereareXitemsontheagenda.First,...second,...third,...lastly,...Shallwetakethepointsinthisorder?Ifyoudon'tmind,I'dliketogoinordertoday.skipitem1andmoveontoitem3Isuggestwetakeitem2last.AllocatingRoles(secretary,participants)分配秘书和出席者的会议角色(nameofparticipant)hasagreedtotaketheminutes.(nameofparticipant),wouldyoumindtakingtheminutes?(nameofparticipant)haskindlyagreedtogiveusareporton...(nameofparticipant)willleadpoint1,(nameofparticipant)point2,and(nameofparticipant)point3.(nameofparticipant),wouldyoumindtakingnotestoday?AgreeingontheGroundRulesfortheMeeting(contributions,timing,decision-making,etc.)就会议程序（发言，时间，决策）达成一致Wewillfirsthearashortreportoneachpointfirst,followedbyadiscussionof...Isuggestwegoroundthetablefirst.Let'smakesurewefinishby...I'dsuggestwe...Therewillbefiveminutesforeachitem.We'llhavetokeepeachitemto15minutes.Otherwisewe'llnevergetthrough.IntroducingtheFirstItemontheAgenda介绍第一项议题So,let'sstartwith...I'dsuggestwestartwith...Whydon'twestartwith...So,thefirstitemontheagendaisPete,wouldyouliketokickoff?Shallwestartwith...(nameofparticipant),wouldyouliketointroducethisitem?ClosinganItem结束一个议题Ithinkthattakescareofthefirstitem.Shallweleavethatitem?Whydon'twemoveonto...Ifnobodyhasanythingelsetoadd,lets...NextItem开始下一个议题Let'smoveontothenextitemNowthatwe'vediscussedX,let'snow...Thenextitemontoday'sagendais...Nowwecometothequestionof.GivingControltotheNextParticipant请下一位出席者发言I'dliketohandoverto(nameofparticipant),whoisgoingtoleadthenextpoint.Next,(nameofparticipant)isgoingtotakeusthrough...Now,I'dliketointroduce(nameofparticipant)whoisgoingto...Summarizing总结Beforeweclosetoday'smeeting,letmejustsummarizethemainpoints.Letmequicklygoovertoday'smainpoints.Tosumup,...,.OK,whydon'twequicklysummarizewhatwe'vedonetoday.Inbrief,...ShallIgooverthemainpoints?FinishingUp结束今日议题Right,itlooksasthoughwe'vecoveredthemainitems.Iftherearenoothercomments,I'dliketowrapthismeetingup.Let'sbringthistoaclosefortoday.IsthereAnyOtherBusiness?SuggestingandAgreeingonTime,DateandPlacefortheNextMeeting建议和征询下一次会议时间，日期和地点Canwesetthedateforthenextmeeting,please?So,thenextmeetingwillbeon...(day),the...(date)of...(month)at...Let'snextmeeton...(day),the...(date)of...(month)at...WhataboutthefollowingWednesday?Howisthat?ThankingParticipantsforAttending感谢出席人员I'dliketothankMarianneandJeremyforcomingoverfromLondon.Thankyouallforattendi