第一章01. Opening a Meeting 召开会议-Warm up & Practice

Opening a Meeting

Warm up

Question ：What did the meeting startwith in the video?

Answer:  The meeting started with welcoming all theparticipants.

Part 1：

Welcomingparticipants ＆ stating the purpose and aims

Vocabularylist

Vocabulary

Pronunciation

Meaning

participant

[pɑː'tɪsɪp(ə)nt]

someone who is taking part in an activity or event

organize

[ˈɔ:gənaɪz]

to manage a group of people who are doing something

invite

[ɪn'vaɪt]

to ask someone to come to a party, wedding, meal etc

outcome

['aʊtkʌm]

the final result of a meeting, discussion, war etc

agenda

[ə'dʒendə]

a list of problems or subjects that a government, organization etc is planning to deal with

strategy

[ˈstrætədʒɪ]

a planned series of actions for achieving something

terrific

[tə'rɪfɪk]

very good, especially in a way that makes you feel happy

evaluate

[ɪ'væljʊeɪt]

to judge how good, useful, or successful something is

assessment

[ə'sesmənt]

a process where you make a judgment about a person or situation

Hereare some of the elements that might be included in the opening to a meeting.Rank them in the order you think they should be introduced

Make sure all the participants know each other        1             

Saying how long the meeting is going to take         5

Saying how the meeting will be organized           7

Introducing everyone by name and role           2

Inviting questions from participants              8

Giving background information about the reason for the meeting  3

Outlining the expected  outcomes of the meeting   4

Going through the agenda for the meeting          6

Presentation

Veracity [vəˈræsəti] is amultinational publishing group with its headquarters in New York. Jane Wang,the CEO, is welcoming the Centre Managers from branches around the world to thecompany’s annual review and strategic planning conference.

Listen to Jane Wang, the chairperson, opening the meeting. Decide whether the statementsare true or false.

Jane Wang has met all the participants before.

The meeting will last for three days.

The meeting will influence the company’s future strategy.

Jane Wang hopes everyone will agree.

The meeting will consider the company’s results for the last 12 months.

Jane Wang wants the participants to share positive and negative points.

Jane Wang introduces all the participants.

Juanita Carcia works in Mexico City.

How can listeners get the main idea
of the context as soon as possible?

那些年

伤我千百遍的英语听力到底在考什么？

Listen toJane Wang, the chairperson, opening the meeting. Decide whether the statementsare true or false.

Jane Wang has met all the participants before.   情感态度

The meeting will last for three days.          数字

The meeting will influence the company’s future strategy.     情感态度

Jane Wang hopes everyone will agree.    比例

The meeting will consider the company’s results for the last 12 months.   数字

Jane Wang wants the participants to share positive and negative points.  情感态度

Jane Wang introduces all the participants.  比例

Juanita Carcia works in Mexico City.  具体地点

Intensivelistening

There  is one mistake in each of these extracts fromthe opening to the meeting. Listen again and correct each mistake.

I might say it’s great to see you. 情感态度：商务场合，需要坚定语气表现正式。

I’m really looking for to our time together. 固定搭配：look forward to n./v-ing

This is a terrible opportunity for us to share our ideas and concerns… 情感态度：P/N

I don’t expect us all to agree in everything.  固定搭配：agree in/on

...we’re going to review the past year interim how far we have achieved targets set. 固定搭配：in terms of

The purpose is evaluating our results…语法积累：主语-表将来的purpose，主补应该是to do

…to make a realistic assessment of last year’s results for that we can use it… 固定搭配：so that （以至于）

I’m going to ask you to say a few words about you by way of introduction. 介词+宾语：about + you(主语)/yourself（主语）

Test

Choosethe correct option.

Hi. Everyone, thanks for comingand welcome/welcoming. First, I’ll go under/go over what we hope toachieve/like to achieve in the morning’s session. Right, how you know/as youknow, we are discussing ideas to/ideas for improving quality control. We’ll startin/start by brainstorming ideas for 15 minutes in small groups of three/smallgroups of threes. After that, each group will show its ideas/present its ideas,and then I’ll ask you vote/you to vote for the best three. Finally, we’ll drawup a plan of action/draw on a plan of action. Is that clear? OK, we’ll getstarting / get started.