白领英语口语速查 第27期:会议用语:小组会议(1)

 　　Unit 4 会议用语

　　小组会议

　　Group Meeting

　　预定会议室

　　book/ reserve a conference room

　　A: Jennifer,could you book us a conference room?

　　B: What time?

　　A: 1:00 to 3:00 tomorrow afternoon.

　　B: You are all set.

　　会议通知

　　call for meeting =notification¹ of meeting

　　A: Have you received the call for meeting?

　　B: Not yet.I thought there would be no meeting today.

　　日程安排

　　calendar event =register of events

　　A: The best way to notify² a meeting is to set it up as a calendar event.

　　B: I know.But people are used to the phone notification or email.

　　错过会议

　　miss the meeting

　　A: Once people get used to the calendar,they will see how convenient it is.

　　They will never miss another meeting.

　　B: You're right.

　　会议议程

　　meeting agenda³

　　A: Kate,has the meeting agenda been printed?

　　B: Not yet,because I found a problem in it.

　　修改议程

　　revise the agenda

　　A: Yesterday we have talked about the attendance⁴ record,but it wasn't mentioned.

　　I was about to ask you about it.

　　B: Oh yes,we are supposed to discuss that today.We should put it in.I will revise the agenda.

　　关机

　　No cell phones =Turn off the cell phones

　　A: Elsie,remind me to announce a new rule before the meeting.

　　B: Okay,but what is it?

　　A: No cell phones.I'm really fed up with people receiving the calls.

　　这是惯例。

　　It's routine.

　　A: Tom,do we still have the group meeting before we go？

　　B: Right,it's routine.

　　每天都开会。

　　Have a meeting every day.

　　A: I really want to give a suggestion.Can't we have the meeting every other day?

　　It's really a waste of time to have a meeting every day.

　　B: A waste of time? Don't we have important issues to discuss every day?

　　推迟会议

　　put off/postpone the meeting

　　A: Martin,I think today's group meeting has to be put off.

　　B: What's the matter?

　　A: I heard Tina and Kate went to the headquarter for a meeting.

　　B: Really.I'm in complete agreement to put off the meeting.

　　今天开会应该讲讲这个。

　　We should talk about it in today's meeting.

　　A: Even though we often talk about individuality,we should pay more attention to teamwork these days.

　　I think we should talk about it in today's meeting.

　　B: Those are my sentiments⁶ exactly.

　　会议主题

　　major task of the meeting

　　A: What's the major task for today's group meeting?

　　B: To discuss the latest business development.

　　缺席会议

　　absent from the meeting

　　A: I don't think I saw Nancy in today's group meeting.

　　B: Of course not,she was absent from the meeting.

　　不点名批评

　　talk at

　　A: I heard Shelly was talked at at the meeting.

　　B: No wonder she looked pale and wan⁵ when I saw her coming out of the meeting room.

　　开会点名

　　call the roll =take attendance=call over the names

　　A: Do they call the roll at the meeting?

　　B: Sure,no exception.

1 notification   

n.通知单，通告，告示；通知

参考例句：

• Can you give us some notification?请给我们发个通知好吗？
• None of the four people killed was identified pending notification of relatives.四个被害者身份尚未确定，正待亲人前来辨认。

2 notify   

vt.通知，告知，报告

参考例句：

• The court clerk will notify the witness when and where to appear.法院办事员将通知证人出庭的时间及地点。
• He will notify us where we are to meet.他将通知我们在什么地方集合。

3 agenda   

n.议事日程，记事册

参考例句：

• We now proceed to the next item on the agenda.我们现在着手讨论下一项议题。
• If there is no objection,the agenda is adopted.如果没有意见，议程就通过了。

4 attendance   

n.出席，出席人数，护理，照料

参考例句：

• The attendance of this class never dropped off.这个班的出席人数从未下降。
• The young man danced attendance on his rich aunt.这个年轻人小心侍候他有钱的姑妈。

5 wan   

(wide area network)广域网

参考例句：

• The shared connection can be an Ethernet,wireless LAN,or wireless WAN connection.提供共享的网络连接可以是以太网、无线局域网或无线广域网。

6 sentiments   

（基于情感的）观点( sentiment的名词复数 )； （对怜悯、怀旧等的）柔情； （失之过度或不恰当的）伤感； 态度或意见

参考例句：

• the spread of nationalist sentiments 民族主义情绪的传播
• He expressed his sentiments about the war with great eloquence. 他雄辩地表达了他对那场战争的看法。