《进了外企再学英语2.职场精英篇》 Meeting

1. Starting

• Shall we start?
• Let‘s get started.
• Good morning, everyone. Thank you for participating in this meeting.
• I‘m going to show you something really cool now.

2. Mangaging

• I don‘t wanna talk about it.
• Let‘s disregard what she says.
• Please concentrate on this.
• Hold on. Let s split up into groups.
• We have got to come out of here with something.
• Think out of the box.
• Can you take care of it?
• Let‘s keep brainstorming.
• Don‘t take it personally.
• Let‘s put it right here.
• You‘ve been sitting here very quietly, don‘t you have anything to say?
• What else do you need to know?
• It‘s a really tough decision.
• It‘s pretty close.
• Isn‘t this a good idea?
• Do you agree with that?
• Let‘s try to think of some other ideas.
• Are you comfortable with it?
• Let‘s see if it was good enough.
• She‘s entitled to her own opinion.
• We‘re cautiously optimistic.
• There‘s no question about it.
• Let me clarify it right now.
• How do you think it looks?
• There are some areas where we could have done better.
• We all agree on that.
• How did you respond to it?
• Do you think it s a good idea that we point it out?
• Are you a little disappointed?
• What else could we have done better?
• I just want to make sure we‘re all on the same page here.
• That‘s a very good question.
• Is everybody clear on that?
• It‘s nothing personal. It‘s business.
• We have to make this activity as appealing as possible.
• I‘m gonna seriously consider that.
• Let‘s take a risk.

3. Interrupting

• I am sort of lost.
• I haven‘t figured it out yet.
• Can I have a talk with you for a second?
• I thought of another idea.
• We have a small issue.
• Let me just say something.
• I have something to say.
• If you wanna discuss this, we can discuss it one-on-one.
• Did I ask the right question?
• What does that mean?
• What‘s that supposed to represent?

4. Replying

• It‘s pretty unique.
• It sounds like a deal.
• We should snatch up that deal.
• I will fight for that.
• I‘ve worked all these out.
• I will keep pushing for it.
• That‘s a pretty interesting name.
• This is fabulous!
• There are no further details.
• It‘s 50-50.
• It‘s damn good!
• This will be fun.
• There‘s always something new.
• If it‘s not too much trouble...
• Whatever.
• That‘s a great idea. I didn‘t think of that.
• That‘s a brilliant idea.
• I love that idea.
• That sounds great.
• I‘m with you.
• That‘s guaranteed.
• That‘s surprising.
• That‘s possible.
• That was too obvious.
• I‘ll back you up.
• I tend to agree with you.
• I think that‘s pretty amazing.
• I have no clue what it is.
• That doesn‘t seem unreasonable to me.
• I haven‘t processed it yet.
• Wow! That‘s really unbelievable.
• That makes it much more attractive.
• I think that would be a real selling point.
• Sounds good to me.
• I agree with you on that point.
• I‘m not really sure.
• Will do.
• To be honest with you, I don t know.
• That‘s for sure.
• There‘s nothing like it.
• The numbers speak for themselves.
• He came up with an absolutely creative idea.

5. Challenging

• I thought it was misleading.
• It‘s corny.
• It‘s a waste of time.
• Don‘t be childish.
• I don‘t know what the angle is.
• We don‘t have the luxury of doing that.
• It‘s dumb.
• I don‘t think we need to.
• It s ridiculous.
• Can you give me something that I can really use?
• I‘m curious to know why.
• It obviously sounds a little unusual.
• It shouldn‘t have happened.
• This doesn‘t sound like a good idea to me.
• It‘s not gonna help.
• It‘s not gonna matter.
• I was very concerned.
• Is this a gray area?
• It would be very difficult.
• I think that‘s an excuse.
• I just don‘t get it.
• There‘s no point.
• What was that all about?
• What are you afraid of?
• I disagree with that 100%.
• This is the kind of thing that concern me.
• I didn‘t expect to hear that.
• I think there were a lot of errors in judgment.

6. Defending

• Don‘t talk to me like that.
• I was not targeting you.
• Absolutely not.
• I‘ve been saying that since day one.
• That‘s what I‘m talking about.
• Can I argue about it?
• You‘re putting me on the hot seat, aren‘t you?

7. Summarizing

• Let‘s find out.
• There‘s much work to be done.
• We‘ve pretty much come to a consensus.
• Let‘s see what happens.

8. Ending

• Any other business (AOB)?
• Thank you for participating today.
• Well, I just wanna thank everybody for coming here.

9. Telephone

• Hi, this is Ruby in Mr. Ma s office.
• Mr. Yang asked me to call and tell you to meet him tomorrow morning at his office.
• Could you speak up?
• Yes, we‘ll be right there.
• We‘ll come to you.
• Hold on one second.
• I‘ll call you and give you an update in about half an hour.
• Do you have a pen handy?
• Talk to you later.
• He ll be around at 4:00.
• What was that call about?
• I‘ll call you right back.