Business (Upper Intermediate)|ビジネス会話(中上級)
Business Meeting (Vocabulary 5): 会議 5

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.

PART A_2

Word: participant
Meaning: person who attends and joins in an event
Example Sentence: Please make sure that each participant receives a digital copy of this morning’s presentation.
PART A_3

Word: proxy vote
Meaning: a vote cast by one person for or in place of another
Example Sentence: We are not going to allow proxy votes next month so make sure you attend the meeting.
PART A_4

Word: punctual
Meaning: on time (not late)
Example Sentence: Participants from the head office are always punctual so make sure no one from our branch comes in late for the conference.
PART A_5

Word: recommend
Meaning: suggest
Example Sentence: I recommend that you bring last month’s report so we can compare it with this month’s.
PART A_6

Word: show of hands
Meaning: raised hands to express an opinion in a vote
Example Sentence: From the show of hands it appears that everyone is in favor of increasing the budget for the new office building.
PART A_7

Word: strategy
Meaning: plan to make something work
Example Sentence: Your committee will have to come up with a strategy to attract more teenagers to use our services.
PART A_8

Word: unanimous
Meaning: in complete agreement; united in opinion
Example Sentence: The heads of the department were unanimous in their approval of the extension of her contract with us.
PART A_9

Word: vote
Meaning: to express (the expression of) an opinion in a group by voice, hand, ballot, etc.
Example Sentence: If you want your voice to be heard, you need to at least vote on the motion to extend our working hours on Fridays.
PART A_10

Word: wrap up
Meaning: finish
Example Sentence: I’m sorry we have to wrap up now because I have a scheduled meeting in 5 minutes. Thank you for coming.
PART A_11

Now, let’s review some words.
(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.

PART B_2

1. There must be a ________ because there are 15 ballots here but only 14 attendees.
2. The board made a ________ decision to give everyone a 10% salary increase.
3. Ms. Brown is a ________ to this year’s Management Conference. Please give her all the assistance she needs.
4. If we don’t ________ this meeting soon, I’ll miss my 2:00 p.m. appointment. It’s already 1:55.
5. We need to meet again next week to come up with a new ________. Clearly, the one we have is not generating us enough profits.
PART B_3

Now, let’s review your answers.
(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.
(Please send the sentences that need grammar corrections to your student.)

PART C_2

word: proxy vote
.
word: strategy
.
word: wrap up
.

PART C_3

Now, let’s review your answers.
(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