商务英语会议对话范文三人 原汁原味商务英语播客第138课:开会畅所欲言(1)

原汁原味商务英语播客第138课:开会畅所欲言(1)  

This is the first in a three-part Business English Pod series on getting your ideas across in meetings.
Meetings are an important part of most people's jobs. And doing well in meetings requires very effective munication skills. You need to make sure you are getting your ideas across clearly with the right amount of subtlety and tact. If you do this well
then you will be able to influence people and the direction of the anization you work with.
So
how can you get your ideas across with tact and clarity? That's what we will look at in this lesson. We'll cover some important ways of giving opinions of differing strength. And we'll learn about supporting and contradicting other people's opinions.
因此，你如何让你想法在会议的时候表达得具体而清晰？这也是这一集我们要学习的东西。这包括表达不同强调程度的重要方法。我们还要学习支持和反对别人的观点。
In today's dialogue
four managers are meeting to discuss ways of saving money on travel expenses. The chair of the meeting is Alison. The other participants are Stewart from sales
Pat from HR
and Nate from marketing. We'll hear the group express a variety of opinions as they discuss how to cut 15% from the travel budget.
Listening Questions
1. What are three things that Pat mentions could be cut?2. What does Pat think they should focus on?3. Why does Stewart disagree with Pat?