商务英语听说Unit 3 At a meeting.pptVIP

* How important is it for a company to have regular meetings? Why? reaching decisions and consensus; information is available to more people; different and unexpected ideas can be contributed; meetings can lead to more imaginative and informed decisions Drawbacks: more time is required; more talk (sometimes is irrelevant and repetitive) there’s more group pressure Unit 3 At a meeting Teaching Objectives After completing this lesson, students should be able to: ---understand and use vocabulary related to meetings; ---identify and understand basic aspects of planning a meeting; ---effectively use communication skills to; chair a meeting; ask for and give opinions; agree and disagree with an idea; make suggestions. Part Ⅱ Listening Practice Task 1 Here are 9 different tasks for business meeting. First complete the tasks with what you hear. Then decide in which row task belongs and fill out the chart. Distribute the ___________ of action points. Distribute the ___________ of a meeting. Circulate the ____________ of a meeting. Make a ___________________. _________________ information and feedback. Decide on the ___________________ of a meeting. _______________ the minutes of a meeting. ______________ seating. ______________ participants and confirm attendance. Before the meeting During a meeting After a meeting list agenda minutes decision Collect topic Write Arrange Invite (2) (6) (8) (9) (4) (5) (7) (1) (3) Task 2 You will hear some business people talking at meetings about things that can go wrong. Complete the sentences and tick the three items that you consider the worst. Sometimes the participants don’t know the ___________ of the meeting. People often start to ________ and then they get angry with each other. Lots of meetings I go to have no ________________________. What often happens is that the _______________ just rushes through the agenda, in order to finish the meeting on time. (5) Well, often some members are ______ so we have to