Business (Intermediate Chapter 2)｜ビジネス会話（中級２章）Lesson22: Exchanging opinions｜意見交換

LESSON GOAL

Let’s check our lesson goal. In this material, you will learn how to get your opinions across during meetings. You will also learn new vocabulary.

この教材では、他の人と意見交換をするときに使う表現と単語を学びます。

PART A_1

Read aloud the vocabulary words.

単語を音読しましょう。

PART A_2

see eye to eye (idiom)
expound (v.)
proposition (n.)
target market (n.)
ahead of the curve (idiom)

PART A_3

Read aloud and complete the sentences.

適切な単語を選び、空欄を埋めて文章を読みましょう。

PART A_4

1.	The _________ had been defined by the manager, so we carry out our advertising plans right away.
2.	Robbin stands by his _________ to air advertisements on TV.
3.	When asked to _________ on his idea, he made no comment.
4.	My father’s business has always been succesful because he’s always _________ in business.
5.	They seem to _________ on most important issues in their company.

PART A_5

Read the whole dialogue with your tutor.
Fill in the blanks with the words you just learned.

講師と会話文を読みましょう。
空欄には先ほど習った単語を入れましょう。

PART A_6

Tutor:	Good morning, Ms. Amber. Is everything fine?
Student:	Hi, Ruth. I’d like to discuss with you about the upcoming campaign for our newest product.
Tutor:	I see. May I know the (1)________?
Student:	We will introduce our new deodorant to females ages from 18–35. I’m thinking of advertising this product on the radio. What do you think?
Tutor:	I’m afraid I can’t agree with your (2)________. We should use appropriate media that our target market is most likely to interact with. I recommend having placement on print and television.
Student:	I don’t quite follow you. What exactly do you mean? Kindly (3)________ your suggestion.
Tutor:	Well, our target market is more exposed on print and television. We should put our advertisements on television since women like to watch dramas at night. They are also highly exposed to print media, especially magazines.
Student:	I must admit I never thought about the media of advertisement that way before. I am thankful that you were able to share your ideas. You made me see a new perspective on this.
Tutor:	We need to be (4)________ with our competitors. Since we are going to promote our newest deodorant, we need to make our target market learn about its benefits & how this particular product fits with their lifestyle.
Student:	I (5)________ with you on that. That was a great recommendation, Ruth. Let’s discuss our next steps on this campaign next week.
Tutor:	Thank you, Ms. Amber. I am glad that I was able to help you.

PART B_1

Listen to your tutor as he/she reads a passage twice.
Then, answer your tutor’s question.

講師が文章を2回読むので聞きましょう。
その後、質問に答えましょう。

PART B_2

下の質問は、講師が読みあげる英文の内容に関する質問です。
よく聞いて、質問に答えましょう。

According to the passage, how are you going to make your opinions heard?

PART B_3

Text read out by the tutor

PART B_4

PART B_5

Read the following text aloud. Then, answer your tutor’s question.

下の文章を読んでみましょう。その後、講師の質問に答えましょう。

PART B_6

During a meeting in your department, the Human Resources Director announced that she will be proposing to the CEO the idea of having a flexible time schedule in the company. You completely disagree with her idea since you think that having a flexible time schedule would make the employees inefficient in their work. The Human Resources Director asked for you to explain your idea.

PART B_7

How would you deal with the situation?

PART B_8

REVIEW AND FEEDBACK

Now, let us review the things that you learned in this lesson.

ではこのレッスンで学んだことを振り返りましょう。

(Please give a short feedback on how your student did in your class.)

	Grammar 文法	Pronunciation 発音	Vocabulary 単語	Comprehension 理解
GOOD	文法の誤りはほとんどなく、完全な文章で話すことができる	ほとんどの単語をはっきりと正しく発音することができる	習った表現を適切に使うことができる	文章を理解し、質問に正しく答えることができる
FAIR	文法の誤りはあるが、完全な文章で話すことができる	発音の練習が必要な言葉がいくつかある	たまにミスはあるが、習った表現を適切に使うことができる	文章を完全に理解するのは難しく、質問に正しく答えられないときもある
POOR	文章で話すのは難しく、単語だけで話すことができる	発音の練習が必要である	習った単語と表現を少しだけ使うことができる	文章を理解するのは難しく、質問に答えるのは難しい

TUTOR FEEDBACK

GRAMMAR
Good:	Was able to speak in complete sentences with minimal grammatical errors.
Fair:	Was able to speak in complete sentences with evident grammatical errors.
Poor:	Was able to speak using words only.
PRONUNCIATION
Good:	Was able to pronounce most of the words clearly and correctly.
Fair:	Mispronounced a few words.
Poor:	Mispronounced most of the words.
VOCABULARY
Good:	Used appropriate expressions learned in class.
Fair:	Used appropriate expressions learned in class and made a few errors in word choice.
Poor:	Used only a few words and expressions.
COMPREHENSION
Good:	Was able to understand the passages and answer the questions correctly.
Fair:	Had a little difficulty in understanding passages and answering questions.
Poor:	Had a hard time understanding passages and answering questions.

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