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发表于 2002-11-9 02:06
今天开始贴第一课。
我们这个课程主要是针对我们在和老外开会时的场景，因此资料也主要集中在如何提出自己的意见，同意别人的意见，不同意别人的意见，打断别人的话，请别人重复，甚至包括像其他人抱歉自己的英语水平。
我们这个课程的讲义看起来很简单，相对坊间卖的各种英语资料来说简直可以说太小儿科了。但是学过之后却发现非常实用。只要你努力的练习，过一段时间你就会发现会有很大提高的。主要是这个讲义介绍了平时交流最常用的一些句型，和一些简单词汇的具体用法。
不要小看这些词和句型，如果你真正掌握了，你会发现你离真正地道的英语已经不远了。最关键的一点，英语水平的高低不在于你记住了多少单词，而在于你真正会使用多少单词。
闲话少说，言归正传。
首先声明一下course' goals
1. to improve participants' ability to actively express themselves in English-language conference situations
2. to develop conversational and interaction skills in English
3. to increse basic listening and speaking skills in English
[B]Lesson 1[/B]
[B]Vocabulary List #1[/B]
1. [B]agenda[/B]: a schedule for a meeting; a list of issues or items to be covered at a meeting.[Used with the preposition "on" as in "on the agenda"]
"What's on the agenda for the meeting today?"
2. [B]get on that/it(a problem etc.)[/B]: to begin work on something
"I don't have time to work on the proposal today, but I'll get on it tomorrow"
3. [B]walk/talk someone through something[/B]: to help someone go through the steps of a process.
"If you have trouble installing that software, give me a call and I'll talk you through it"
4. [B]at the moment[/B]: at the present time; right now
"I don't have the technical manual with me at the moment, but I'll bring it to the next meeting."
5. [B]go over something[/B]: to examine or look at something in detail
"We must go over the budget tomorrow to see if there are any problems with it."
6. [B]get a handle on something9e.g., a problem)[/B]: to come to an understanding of a problem or situation.
"We've done tests on all the devices that failed, and we think we have a handle on the problem."
7. [B]keep one's fingers crossed[/B]: to be in a state of hopeful expectation.
"I've applied for a new job, but I don't know if I'll get it; I'm keeping my fingers corssed."
8. [B]keep some one up-to-date[/B]:to provede someone with ongoing new information.
" lease kep me up-to-date about any changes in the schedule."
9. [B]fill someone in[/B]: to give someone the necessary information they need in order to function properly
"Jane just came back from a vocation. Ted, could you fill her in on the new rules for making logn-distance calls?"
10. [B]feedback[/B]: responses or suggestions concerning a proposal, query, or new development. [Note:"feedback" is not a count noun, you cannot say"We received some feedbacks."]
"The customer feedback on the new voice-mail service has been positive."
[B]Dialogue[/B]
Wu: Let's start the meeting. Waht's on the agenda today?
Joe: Well, we have two new people here, Bob and Li Li, who are here to help us with this hardware problem. We have to decide what their duties will be on the project.
Wu:I suggest we appoint someone to fill them in on our progress [U]to date[/U](so far). Wang Du, would you like to do that?
Wang: Maybe we should find someone else to do that. I'm really busy with the new software project.
Su: Okay, Sam, would you like to go over the project with Bob and Li Li?
Sam: Sure, I'll get on it tomorrow morning, if that's okay with them.
Wu: Bob, Lili? Is that convenient for you?
Bob: As far as I'm concerned, mornings would be better. I'm really busy in the afternoon.
Li Li: Maybe we should meet separately, since I'm out of the office every morning.
Wu: That sounds fine. Just keep us up-to-date on your progress.
[B]Sentence patterns[/B]
[U]Making suggestions/offering opinions[/U]
I think we should...
I suggest that...
Let me suggest that...
Here's my suggestion/idea:
Here's what I think:
In my opinion,...
What about.../How about...
As far as I'm cnocerned...
I feel that...
Maybe we should...
I think the best way is to...(reboot the machine, etc.)
I think it would be a good idea to...
The best thing would be to(bes[U]t[/U] thing, 't' should be skipped when pronounce it)...
if I were you, I'd...
What do you think of this idea?
How about this?
It would be best if you...
What you want to do is...
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