白領的一天 場景101:設定會議章程 Setting an agenda for a meeting

設定會議章程 Setting an agenda for a meeting

Narrator: 歡迎回到 Tip Top 貿易公司。 馬上就要開會了，可是 Paul 遲到了。他讓 Anna 來主持會議，不要等他了。

Denise: Here you go Anna, it's a print-out of the agenda for the meeting.

Anna: Thank you. Oh dear, I'm not sure if I know the right words to start meetings.

Narrator: Well, 你可以說：

謝謝大家今天到場. Thank you for coming.

今天會議日程上有5項內容。There are five items on the agenda today.

Anna: Items?

Narrator: 比較正式的英語，意思和 'things' 一樣。需要一項一項列出來：

第一點 Firstly, 第二點 secondly, 然後是 after that, 接着是 and then, 最後finally...

Anna: Yes, that's easy.

Narrator: 會議結束前一般會有問 'any other business.'

Anna: Any other business?

Narrator: 對了，除了日程上提到的，還有沒有什麼其它事情需要討論的？我想 Tom 肯定想吹捧一下自己的能力，Denise 可能想說說她的新的理髮師。然後會議也就可以結束了，你可以說 Let's wrap up 我們可以結束了.

Anna: To wrap up. Okay, I'll do my best. Oop, it's time, everyone is gathering.

(Sound of shuffling, chairs being moved, quiet pre-meeting chitchat between staff.)

Anna: Thank you. Thank you for coming. Paul will be here soon, but he asked me to start the meeting. There are (counting to herself) one, two, three, four items on the agenda today.

Firstly, the stock management systems. Secondly, plans for a team-building activity (collective groan). After that, the colour of our new apples and finally any other business, before we can wrap up.

Paul: (arriving) Oh golly gosh, there you are, here I am, good. Hello everyone. Sorry I'm late.

Anna: I'd just opened the meeting.

Paul: Great. Remind me what the first item on the agenda is?

Anna: Stock.

Paul: Stock, stock and stock. Ah yes, stock management systems. Yes, right. Well that's mainly to announce that we need to start developing a good stock management system. So we can meet the huge demand I am expecting for these laser-curve fruits. Anna, I'd like you to lead on that.

(quiet murmur of surprise)

Anna: Me? You want me to be in charge of the stock management systems?

Paul: Anna's had some excellent ideas already and I think she'll do a great job. For these new fruits, stock control would be key to supplying our customers laser-curve oranges, laser-curve lemons, laser-curve (fade out).

Narrator: 這對 Anna 來說是好消息， 不過她可真的是付出了努力。她主持了成功的會議。讓我們來複習一下她用到的一些短語：

Thank you for coming.

There are four items on the agenda today.

Firstly...

Secondly...

After that...

Then...

And finally...

Any other business.

And then we can wrap up.

Narrator: 現在我們可以結束了。 Well, time for me to wrap up too. 我們下期節目再會!Bye!

聽力挑戰：

What was the second item on the agenda for today's meeting?
今天開會時的第二個討論點是什麼？

上期答案：

問題：Anna 在郵件裏想確認些什麼？
答案：她的公司可以提供300個豪華包裝盒。
Tom在地上找到了他的一份證書，是什麼證書呢？
答案：塑料梨子全年最佳銷售員