1. Meetings

Meetings are a usual situation at work, be it a meeting between you and your boss, or you and co-workers to discuss work matters. During meetings, it is important that you are able to communicate effectively and be able to share your opinion in a clear manner.

 

 

A : I have no idea how to meet this deadline!. We're in trouble.

 

B : Don't be such a pessimist. All we need to do is put our heads together and brainstrom.

After that, we organize our game plan and follow through.

 

A : I guess we can do that. But I just realized, how will we call in particpants in such short notice?

 

B : Let's figure that out later. We'll cross that bridge when we get there.

 

 

 

 

Meet this deadline - to have something finished on time

 

 

Put our heads together - consult and work together

 

 

Brainstrom - a spontaneous group discussion to produce ideas and ways of solving problems

 

 

Game plan - a strategy worked out in advance, especially in sports, politics, or business

 

 

Short notice - quickly and without a timely notification of other people, with very little lead time

 

 

We'll cross that bridge when we get there - pessimistically delaying a reaction to an impending situation

 

 

 

 

Additionel Expressions and Vocabulary

 

1. Minutes of a meeting - the written record of an official proceeding.

 

Sample Sentence : Please take the minutes of the meeting this afternoon. It is important that all is recorded.

 

 

 

2. Meeting adjourned - the official end of a meeting or conference

 

Sample Sentence : If not one has anything else to add, meeting adjourned. Have a good weekend.

 

 

 

3. Agenda - a list of times to be discussed at a formal meeting.

 

Sample Sentence : Our agenda for today is the decrease in sales in the first quarter of 2014.

 

 

 

4. Designate - to appoint someone to a specified position

 

Sample Sentence : If no one volunterrs to help our marketing committee, I will have no other choise but to designate someone for the task.

 

 

 

5. Confidential - intended to be kept secret

 

Sample Sentence : All matters discussed this afternoon will remain confidential to protect our client's information.

 

 

 

 

E. 적용 Application

당신이 회의 중이라고 가정합시다.	Pretend that you are in a meeting.
다음의 질문/진술에 어떻게 대답하시겠습니까?	How would you answer to these question/statements?