Business (Upper Intermediate)｜ビジネス会話（中上級）Business Meeting (Vocabulary 1): 会議 1

PART A_1

We will read aloud the words, the meaning, and the example sentences below. Please repeat after me. I will check your pronunciation.

単語、意味、例文を音読します。講師に続いて読みましょう。講師は発音を確認します。

PART A_2

Word:	absent
Meaning:	not present in a place or event
Example Sentence:	The treasurer is absent today because of an important business meeting with a client.

PART A_3

Word:	accomplish
Meaning:	achieve or complete
Example Sentence:	I’m happy to let everyone know that this team has accomplished a lot this year.

PART A_4

Word:	address
Meaning:	to deal with or discuss
Example Sentence:	We have to address the current issue on budget cuts.

PART A_5

Word:	adjourn
Meaning:	to end a meeting with the intention to continue at another time or place
Example Sentence:	We will adjourn this meeting until November 9, when hopefully we’ll have more information on this subject.

PART A_6

Word:	agenda
Meaning:	list of objectives to cover for a meeting/ a list of things to be done or talked about
Example Sentence:	Please go over the agenda before the meeting so we can make changes if necessary.

PART A_7

Word:	AGM (abbreviation)
Meaning:	Annual General Meeting
Example Sentence:	We always hold our AGM in the middle of April.

PART A_8

Word:	allocate
Meaning:	to distribute resources or duties for a particular purpose; assign roles/tasks to certain people
Example Sentence:	We have to allocate 20% of our total earnings to research and data gathering.

PART A_9

Word:	AOB (abbreviation)
Meaning:	Any Other Business (unspecified item on the agenda)
Example Sentence:	So, I think we still have 5 more minutes for AOB.

PART A_10

Word:	apologies
Meaning:	an item on agenda announcing people who are absent; apologies for absence
Example Sentence:	Everyone is here today so we can skip the apologies.

PART A_11

Now, let’s review some words.

ではいくつかの単語を復習してみましょう。

(Please review the mispronounced words and expressions.)

PART A_12

PART B_1

Please fill in the blanks by using the words you learned above. Then, please read aloud the sentences.

上で習った単語を使って空欄を埋めましょう。その後、文章を音読しましょう。

PART B_2

1.	I’m afraid we’ll have to __________ the meeting until Tuesday next week. Thank you.
2.	The organizers forgot to __________ additional staff for the distribution of refreshments.
3.	In terms of sales and marketing, our company could not __________ much this year due to some uncontrollable factors but in today’s meeting, we’ll focus on things that we can control such as the contents of our advertisements.
4.	This meeting has been organized to __________ the issue on the shortage of manpower in our Taiwan office.
5.	The chair was just talking about Ms. Myers not attending today’s meeting due to her illness.　You just missed the __________.

PART B_3

Now, let’s review your answers.

では、あなたの答えを復習してみましょう。その後、修正したあなたの答えを読んでみましょう。

(Please review your student’s answers by sending the correct answers in complete sentences. After that, ask your student to read aloud his or her corrected answers.)

PART B_4

PART C_1

Now, you will make sentences by using the word you learned.

習った単語を使って文章を作りましょう。

(Please send the sentences that need grammar corrections to your student.)

PART C_2

word:	absent
		.
word:	accomplish
		.
word:	address
		.

PART C_3

Now, let’s review your answers.

では、あなたの答えを復習してみましょう。その後、修正したあなたの答えを読んでみましょう。

(Please review your student’s answers by sending the correct answers in complete sentences. After that, ask your student to read aloud his or her corrected answers.)

PART C_4