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Business Englishwith
Fern Kushner
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When you are at work. . .
When you are at work. . .do you need to speak English at meetings?
How about telephone conferences?
This takes some practice. Why?
Meetings have their own special kind of language.
So some words you already know in English. . .
are used differently in meetings.So some words you already know in English
Use the questions in this presentation to practice meeting vocabulary.
Let’s get started.Here’s the first question.
When is a chair . . .
When is a chair
not a chair?
When is a chair
not a chair?
And the answer is. . .
The chair of a meeting . . .
The chair of a meeting is the person who leads the meeting.
You can also say:
You can also say:Marijke chairs the meeting on Thursdays.
Here’s the second question for you.
When are minutes . . .
When are minutes
not part of an hour?
When are minutes
not part of an hour?
And the answer is. . .
The minutes of a meeting
The minutes of a meeting are a short written version
of what was discussed or decided.
Usually one persontakes the minutes
of a meeting.
This means that this personwrites down what happened
at the meeting.
Here’s the last question for you.
Does table
always mean furniture that’s in a meeting room or dining room?
Does table
always mean furniture that’s in a meeting room or dining room?
Well, this is a table. . .
but table also means something else.
If you and your colleagues table an idea,
you decide to talk about it at a later date.
“Let’s table that for now.”
You can hear this phrase in international business English, and especially in American English.
Practice makes perfect!Practice what you’ve learned.
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