1. 会议的开场
attend [''tend] [at·tend] v. 参加;出席
例 He did not attend the meeting yesterday.
他昨天没有参加会议。
agenda [''dend] [a·gen·da] n. 待议事项
例 The first item on the agenda was how to cut down the cost in manufacture.
第一个待议事项是如何减少生产费用。
start with [start with] 以……开始
例 Her illness started with a high fever.
她的病是从发高烧开始的。
issue [''u:] [is·sue] n. 议题
例 They have published a lot of new books on international issues.
他们已经出版了很多论述国际问题的新书。
item [''atm] [i·tem] v. 议题;事项
例 Trade is a top item on the agenda for the APEC summit in Sydney , along with climate change. 商贸与
气候改变是在悉尼举行的亚太经合组织峰会的头等议题。
present [pr''zent] [pre·sent] v. 介绍;发表
例 300 papers were presented at the conference.
会上发表了300篇论文。
regarding [rgɑ:d] [re·gard·ing] prep. 关于;就……而论
例 He knew nothing regarding the case.
关于这个案子,他一无所知。
result [r''zlt] [re·sult] n. 结果
例 They worked without result.
他们徒劳无功。
consumer [knsju:mr] [con·sum·er] n. 消费者
例 We’re here today to present you the results of feedback of consumers .
我们今天要向大家发表消费者反馈的结果。
behaviour [bhevjr] [be·hav·iour] n. 行为
例 She was on her best behaviour.
她表现得非常好。
regular meeting [reg·u·lar meeting] 例会
例 Today we are going to start the regular meeting as usual.
今天我们照常召开例会。
board meeting [board meeting] 董事会
例 This meeting is organized by board meeting.
这次大会是由董事会组织的。
member [membr] [mem·ber] n. 成员
例 Let me introduce the members of the board meeting of our company.
让我介绍一下我们公司董事会的成员。
department [d''pɑ:tmnt] [de·part·ment] n. 部门
例 Betty is from International Department.
贝蒂来自国际部。
special [''spel] [spe·cial] adj. 特别的;特殊的
例 I would like to give a special welcome to our guests today.
今天我想要特别欢迎一下我们的客人。
lady [''led] [la·dy] n. 女士
例 Lady, could you move on a little faster?
女士,您能快一点吗?
gentleman [''dentlmn] [gen·tle·man] n. 绅士
例 If he is anything of a gentleman, he will pay the money.
倘若他是位真君子, 就会付这笔钱的。
market [''mɑ:kt] [mar·ket] n. 市场;营销
例 I think we’d better look into the market of our products in the first place.
我想我们最好先调查一下我们的产品市场。
foreign [frn] [for·eign] adj. 外国的
例 I would like to introduce our foreign guests to you.
我想把我们的外国朋友介绍给你。
vice [vais] [vice] adj. 副的
例 He is Vice President of our board meeting.
他是董事会的副主席。
sale [sel] [sale] n. 销售
例 The goods of last year are still for sale now.
现在还在销售去年的商品。
toss [ts] [toss] v. 抛;扔;掷
例 Let''s say toss a handful of salt into ice water, and the temperature drops to 20 degrees.
假设往冰水里扔一把盐,温度就会降至20华氏度了。
keep [ki:p] [keep] v. 保持;继续
例 I can’t keep up with the class.
我跟不上这堂课的进度。
information [nfmen] [in·for·ma·tion] n. 信息
例 I need to get some information from the Marketing Department.
我需要从市场部获取一些信息。
luncheon [''lntn] [lun·cheon] n. 午餐约会;午餐宴
例 How many people will join the luncheon?
有多少人会参加午宴?
service [''s:vs] [ser·vice] n. 服务
例 Let me transfer you to our service manager.
我帮你转接给客服部经理。
doctor [''dktr] [doc·tor] n. 医生;博士
例 He received his doctor''s degree in Princeton University.
他在普林斯顿大学拿到了博士学位。
copy [''kp] [copy] n. 复印;一份
例 Can I have a copy of your book?
我可以影印你的书吗?
subject [''sbdkt] [sub·ject] n. 问题;科目;学科
例 Please introduce the main subject of this meeting.
请介绍一下这次大会的主题。
various [vers] [var·i·ous] adj. 各式各样的
例 There are various fruits in Taipei.
台北有各种各样的水果。
greet [gri:t] [greet] v. 问候
例 The directors of two companies greeted each other with smile.
两家公司的老板微笑着彼此问候。
project [prdekt] [proj·ect] n. 专案;工程
例 They want to hold a meeting to discuss about the project.
他们想开会讨论一下那项工程。
hold [hld] [hold] v. 举行;握住
例 Where and when is the forum going to be held?
这次论坛将在何时何地举行?
forum [''f:rm] [fo·rum] n. 论坛;大会
例 The forum of the economists is held in New York every year.
经济学家论坛每年都在纽约召开。
government [''gvnmnt] [gov·ern·ment] n. 政府
例 The French government had formed an alliance with Russia.
法国政府已同俄国结盟。
情景会话
Good morning everyone. Thank you for attending the meeting today. I’m sure you all have a copy of the agenda. So let’s get started with the first issue now.
大家早上好。谢谢你们来参加今天这场会议。我相信你们都已经拿到了一份会议议程。我们现在就开始讨论第一项议题吧。
We’re here today to present you the results of our marketing research regarding the consumer behaviour.
我们今天要向大家发表关于消费者行为的市场调研结果。
I would like to begin by introducing our foreign guests to our staff: on your leftright, we have Mr.Brown, who is Vice President of Sales. Next to him is Mr. Artos, Director of Marketing for the Atlas Company. In the back row is Dr. Barolo, who is visiting from Italy. Thank you all for coming.
首先,我想把我们的外国客人介绍给大家:在你们左边(右边)的是布朗先生──销售部的副经理,他旁边的是奥托斯先生,阿特拉斯公司营销部的主席,在后排的是巴洛拉博士,他来自意大利。感谢各位的光临。
I am glad to see everyone is here and on time. Let’s get started! Susan, toss out some of your ideas.
很高兴看到大家都准时出席,我们开始吧!苏珊,拿出一些点子来吧。