Business (Expert Chapter 1)｜ビジネス会話（上級１章）Lesson26: Report on company revenue

PART A_1

Let’s learn vocabulary. Listen and repeat the words and the sentences with your tutor.

PART A_2

1.　revenue
	-the income that a government or company receives regularly
	Travel and tourism revenues fell dramatically.
2.　static
	-staying in one place without moving, or not changing for a long time
	Car trends have been static over the last few years.
3.　game plan
	-a plan for achieving success
	You need to change your game plan if you want to sell more houses.
4.　corner the market (in/on something)
	-to be more successful than any other company at selling a particular type of product
	Many Japanese brands continue to corner the market in cars.
5.　campaign
	-a planned group of especially political, business, or military activities that are intended to achieve a particular aim
	The company’s winter campaign was a huge success.

PART A_3

Let’s make sentences using the vocabulary we’ve just learned.

PART A_4

1.　revenue
Answer:
2.static
Answer:
3.game plan
Answer:
4.corner the market (in/on something)
Answer:
5.campaign
Answer:

PART B_1

Let’s read the dialogue. After that, we’ll switch roles.

以下の会話文を読みましょう。終わったら交代してもう一度読みましょう。

PART B_2

Ana (sales representative)

Good morning, Ms. Lana! Thank you so much for making time to discuss with me the revenue from our sales of tumblers.

Tom

Don’t worry about it, Mr. Ben. I understand that you were engaged in another meeting. Shall we start?

Ana (sales representative)

Yes, please.

Tom

As you can see, the revenue from our sales of bamboo tumblers rose gradually, while the sales of thermal tumblers remained static.

Ana (sales representative)

I find that quite interesting. I’m thinking people are opting for more environmentally-friendly products.

Tom

I believe that is the case. Mrs. Lopez has advised us to come up with a new game plan to corner our markets on tumblers.

Ana (sales representative)

We should do an advertising campaign on all our tumblers.

Tom

Yes, I agree. An ad campaign would be great for the summer season.

Ana (sales representative)

I shall pitch some ideas to our marketing team.

Tom

That would be great! I already have some ideas for the product posters.

PART B_3

Please summarize the conversation using your own words and expressions.

PART B_4

PART C_1

Let’s do a roleplay. Talk with me according to the situation below, using the expressions you just learned.

PART C_2

Your co-worker missed a meeting due to a prior engagement. Update him/her with your company’s revenue from sofas. Please use the words and expressions you learned today. The tutor will be the co-worker. Kindly use the following as your guide:
・Compare the revenue between fabric sofas and leather sofas.
・Ask him/her to suggest an idea for a new game plan to corner your markets on sofas.

PART C_3

PART D_1

Let’s discuss today’s theme. Please answer the questions below.

PART D_2

1.	In your company, which product/service generates the most revenue? Please elaborate.
2.	Are clients’ suggestions for improvement important? Why or why not?

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 on 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.