The arrangement,especially big conference,is very important,which helps the attendant to make preparation to the affairs,and improve the efficiency.
The notice should be put in advance and should be integrated.Generally speaking,the meeting notice should include what,when and where.If it is the formal dating conference,the note of the last conference and the arrange of this meeting should be enclosed according to the western customs.
议程安排,尤其是大型的会议,议程安排就显得格外重要。会议议程有助于与会者就要讨论的事务做好准备,有助于会议有条不紊地进行,提高开会的效率。
会议通知应提前发出,会议通知的内容应该完整。一般来说,会议通知应说明会议内容(what)、开会时间(when)、开会地点(where)。如果是较正式的定期会议,按照西方国家的习惯,通知信函中要附上经整理的上次会议记录和本次会议议程的安排。
Preparation准备
Let s welcome... 让我们欢迎……
We d like to welcome all of the members and their guests.
我们欢迎所有会员及其来宾。
As the president of the Chemical Association,it is my great pleasure to welcome you.
身为化学协会的主席,我很荣幸欢迎各位。
First,on behalf of Smith,I wish to extend our heartiest welcome to the President,delegates,observers,secretarial staff and others who have come to China to attend this conference.
首先,本人代表史密斯先生,衷心地欢迎主席、代表、观察员、秘书及所有来中国出席此次会议的人。
It is a great joy for me to be allowed the opportunity of extending a hearty welcome to the delegates from various nations on the occasion of our opening ceremony.
我很高兴能有这个机会,在我们开幕式上竭诚欢迎来自不同国家代表的光临。
I would like to close these words of welcome by expressing my sincere hopes for the great success of this conference throughout the coming two weeks.
诚挚地希望从今天起,为期两周的大会能圆满成功,我的致词就到此为止。
sb. is chairman of this meeting 某人是本次会议的主席
I,Wang Lin,will be the chairman of today s meeting.
我是担任今天会议主席的王林。
I will take the place of Mr.Smith and be the chairman for today.
我将代替史密斯先生担任今天的主席。
Mr.Smith,will you please take the role of chairman?
史密斯先生,您能担任我们的主席吗?
Let s introduce sb. 介绍某人
Please let me introduce the attendees from our company.
请让我介绍一下我们公司参加会议的人员。
I would like to now introduce our next guest,Dr.Robinson.
现在我要介绍的下一位来宾是罗宾逊博士。
Ladies and gentlemen,I now have the great honor of introducing Mr.Smith.He will deliver his opening address to this conference.The floor is yours,Mr.Smith.
女士们,先生们,现在我很荣幸来介绍史密斯先生。他将为此次的会议致开幕词。有请史密斯先生,接下来交给您了。
Could each of you please introduce yourself in turn?
能请各位依序自我介绍一下吗?
prepare the agenda of... 准备……的议程
I ve put the Minute Book and some spare copies of the agenda on the table.
我已经把记录本和一些备用的议程表放在会议桌上了。
At first the agenda should be prepared before the meeting.
首先,开会前要准备好议程。
A:Since the executive committee meeting was postponed yesterday for lack of a quorum,it is now planned for today.Have you prepared the agenda,Miss Yang?
昨天,鉴于参加会议的法定人数不够,执行委员会会议被推迟,现安排今天召开。杨小姐,会议议程表准备好了吗?
B:Yes,sir.Here is a copy.
准备好了,先生,给你一份复印件。
A:Have you prepared the minutes book,a copy of the by laws and the charter,and drafts of the resolutions?
你准备好了会议记录本,规章细则副本以及决议草案了吗?
B:Yes,sir,I have provided all the necessary material.
准备好了,先生。我已经准备好了所有必要的资料。
A:How about the microphone and speakers?
麦克风和喇叭准备得怎么样?
B:I also have get them ready for the meeting.
我也已经把它们准备好了。
A:Good.Have you prepared some paper and pencils for the attendant?
很好,你为与会者准备纸和铅笔了吗?
B:Yes,It s ready.The paper and pencil offered to the attendant has been handed out according their cards.
是的,准备好了。供与会者们使用的纸和笔都按他们的名片放在会议桌上了。
Beginning开始
Let s start/open/begin the meeting 让我们开始会议
We shall now start the main business of the meeting.
现在我们进入会议的主题。
Please take your seats.We d like to begin the business meeting.
请各位就座,我们开业务会议吧。
Let s dispense with the formalities and begin the meeting immediately.
咱们省去繁文褥节,立即开始会议。
Ladies and gentlemen,please be seated.Since we have gotten off to a bit of late start,we should like to begin today s seminar.
女士们,先生们,请就座。由于开始已经有些延误,所以我们现在就要开始今天的研讨会。
I don t know where the delegates from the Administration Division are,but I believe we should start it since we re already running 5minutes late.
我不知道管理部的代表人员在哪,但已晚了5分钟,我认为我们该开始了。
Okay,all the board members are here;why don t we get started now,so we can get out of here that much sooner?
好,所有成员都到齐了,我们早点开始吧,这样大家就可以早点走?
arrange/plan 安排
Since the executive committee meeting was postponed yesterday for lack of a quorum,it is now planned for today.
鉴于昨天不够法定人数,执行委员会会议被推迟,现安排今天召开。
See if you can arrange a meeting with marketing department this morning.Then you should ensure that those entitled to be present are properly informed.
看看你能不能安排今天上午跟销售部门开个会。然后你要保证出席这次会议的人员都要通知到。
keep records/make notes 做记录
After the meeting she should type the minutes up,and keep proper records of the business transacted and the resolutions passed and also implement many of the decision reached at the meeting.
会后她要把讨论的问题和通过的决议作出记录,把它打印出来,并把会上作出的决定进行贯彻。
To take minutes means to make notes at a meeting so that afterwards you can write a record of what has happened.
“会议记录”是指在开会的时候记笔记,这样会后你可以把开会的情况做个记录。
The purpose/topic/aim/theme/subject of the meeting is... 会议的议题是……
The purpose of our meeting today is to discuss the application of new experimental methods.
今天会议的议题是讨论新实验方法的应用问题。
It is a great pleasure to have this opportunity to discuss a very interesting topic.
很荣幸有机会讨论这样一个有趣的话题。
I d like to confirm the purpose of this meeting.
我想再确认一下这次会议的目的。
The purpose of the meeting will be to hear each factory s report regarding the delay of the new product launch and to decide on the solution.
本会议的目的是听取各工厂对于新产品上市延误的报告,并做出解决对策。
The purpose of this plenary meeting is to review our activities during this past half year,and to propose new plans for the second half of the year.
本次全会的目的是回顾我们上半年的活动,并提出下半年的新计划。
This meeting s theme is “The Introduction of Knowledge Management into Our Company.”
这个会议的主题是“将知识管理导入本公司”。
Our meeting s theme is “The Reform of Knowledge Management.”
我们会议的主题是“知识管理的改革”。
Today s main subject is “The Reform of Knowledge Management.”
今天的主题是“知识管理的改革”。
The purpose of this meeting is to explore the possibility of future cooperation.
这次会议的目的是探索进一步合作的可能性。
Welcome to IBM,here in Shanghai,and to what I am sure will be the beginning of a major new alliance.Today our purpose is to deal with the remaining obstacles to our collaboration.
欢迎你们来到 IBM,来到上海,一个我认为是一股强强联手的新势力崛起的地方。今天,我们会议的目的是为了清除一些在我们合作过程中的遗留问题。
come up with 得出
The client s meeting is tomorrow and between now and then we ve got to come up with some original ideas.
明天就要见客户了,从现在起到明天的这段时间里,我们一定要想出些有创意的点子。
It didn t take John much time to come up with some great ideas.
约翰没有花很多时间就提出了一些很棒的意见。
at first/first of all 首先
At first,may I suggest that we follow the same procedure of the last time,namely 15minutes for speech and 5minutes for discussion?
首先,可否容我提议我们遵循像上次一样的程序,也就是15分钟的发言及5分钟的讨论?
First of all,let me outline what we intend to do here this afternoon.
首先,让我概括一下今天下午我们要做的事。
exchange ideas/opinions 交换意见
So everyone just speak your minds and exchange opinions because there s no such thing as stupid idea in the brainstorming session.
现在,每个人都可以畅所欲言,因为在头脑风暴环节中不存在愚蠢的想法。
Ladies and gentlemen,please be seated.Since we are already a bit late,we should like to begin the session immediately.All are encouraged to frankly exchange ideas.
女士们,先生们,请入座。我们已经有些晚了,会议马上就开始吧。请所有与会者畅所欲言。
We sincerely hope that all present here will feel free to express your ideas and exchange opinions,so as to make this conference a real success.
我们真诚地希望所有在座的各位都能无拘无束地畅谈自己的想法,交流意见,使我们的会议开得圆满成功。
make sure... 确定……
Before we get into the discussion in detail,let s first make sure we all agree on today s agenda.
在我们进行详细讨论之前,让我们先确定一下大家是否都同意今天的议程。
As you all know,I ve called this meeting to discuss the feasibility study recently released by our market research division.I just want to make sure everyone has got a copy of the file before the meeting starts.
大家都知道,我召开这次会议是为了讨论最近由市场调研部公布的一份可行性研究报告。在会议开始之前,我想先确定一下是否每个人都已经拿到了一份文件副本。
would like to/look forward to 希望/想要
According to the program,I am charged with all matters of this conference.I would like to ask for your kind cooperation as I review today s agenda.
根据议程表,我负责今天会议所有事项。在我过今天的议程时,希望各位能多多配合。
I would like to ask everybody to turn off your cell phones and pagers.
我想请各位关掉您的手机和呼叫器。
Who would you look forward to attending the meeting?
你希望谁来参加会议?
We welcome the discussion of problems in this meeting,but we would like to maintain a positive focus and constantly search for ways to strengthen our relationship.
我们欢迎各位于此会议中就问题来讨论,不过我们期望大家以正面的角度来进行讨论,并不断地寻求强化我们彼此关系的方法。
We really need the honest opinions of everyone present.I look forward to hearing what each of you have to say.
我们真的需要在场各位提出坦率的意见。我期望听到你们每位想要发表的意见。
distribute/hand out 分发
I have all the reports and materials handed out in the meeting.
我有开会时发的所有报告和资料。
Mr.Baker sent me here to distribute these copies.
贝克先生叫我来发这些影印资料。
All the necessary documents and the information relevant to the meeting should be available,preferably printed and distributed before the meeting.
所有有关会议的文件和资料都得准备妥当,最好在会议前印好并分发出去。
confidential 机密的
This document is confidential and we ask that you treat its contents accordingly.We will be collecting the documents after the meeting.
这份是机密文件,而且我们要求各位要对该内容保密。会议结束后,我们将会回收这些文件。
The document is confidential.We ask you not to disclose any information about this project to other companies.
文件是机密的。我们要求你们不要向其他公司透露有关这份计划的任何消息。
A:Ladies and Gentlemen,please take a seat.The meeting is about to start.
女士们,先生们,请就座。会议马上就要开始了。
B:Where s Billy?He s supposed to join us.
比利去哪儿了?他不是要出席会议的吗?
A:I haven t seen him all day.Shall we wait?
我一天都没见他了。我们要等吗?
B:I think he ll be here soon.
我想他马上就会来的。
A:Why don t we use this time to go over the documents?
那不如我们用这段时间来浏览一遍文件吧?
B:All right.Oh,speaking of the devil—here he comes!
好的。瞧,他来了。说曹操曹操就到。
C:I m sorry to keep you waiting.
对不起,让你们久等了。
B:OK,everyone s here.Let s begin.
好,所有人都到了。我们开始吧!
Stating陈述
our policy is 我们的政策是
Our abundant resources and stable policy provide foreigners with the advantages they invest here.
我们丰富的资源和稳定的政策为外商投资提供了有利条件。
We have always adopted some usual international policies.
我们一直采用一些通用的国际惯例。
We welcome foreign friends to invest in China and we are trying to create a more favorable environment for them under our favorable policy.
我们欢迎外国朋友到中国来投资,我们将在我们优惠政策范围内努力为他们营造一个更加有利的环境。
Our political situation is stable and the policy of opening to the world is firm.
我们的政治局势稳定,并且对外开放的政策不会动摇。
I think you probably know China has adopted a flexible policy in her foreign trade.
我想你也许已经了解到中国在对外贸易中采取了灵活的政策。
I think they re all part of the basic facility construction resulting from the reform and opening up policy.
我认为这些基础设施建设都得益于改革开放政策。
do trade/business with 和……做生意
During the past five years,we have done a lot of trade with your company.
在过去的5年中,我们与贵公司进行了大量的贸易往来。
Our two countries have had trade relations for ten years.
我们两国之间已经建立了10年的贸易关系。
Our foreign trade is continuously expanding.
我们的对外贸易正在不断发展。
Our trade policy with people in all countries is on the basis of equality and mutual benefit.
我们在平等互利的基础之上和各国人民进行贸易往来。
It s been a pleasure doing business with you,and I hope that we shall do more business in the future.
和你做生意非常愉快,我希望我们今后做更多的生意。
market 市场
Our commodities have found a ready market in many countries.
我们的商品在很多国家都找到了稳定的市场。
We now have 15% of the market.We will get more next years as our new production line is put into operation.
目前,我们的市场占有率是15%。随着新生产线的投产,明年将会获得更多的市场份额。
offer/give/provide 提供
We can offer this product in different levels of the quality.
我们可以提供3种不同品质的该种产品。
We would like to offer you a new product that would help you improve your work efficiency.
我们非常想向你们介绍一种新产品,它有助于提高你们的工作效率。
I should be very happy to give you any further information you need on it.
如您需要关于它的进一步的信息,我很乐意提供。
Advanced PC telephone exchange facilities,wireless telecommunication,facsimile,telegram and express mail services are provided.Apartments,hotels,banks,schools,hospitals,entertainment centres and a gym have been set up.
我们提供先进的程控电话设备、无线移动通讯、传真、电报、邮政特快专递服务。公寓住宅、涉外宾馆、银行、学校、医院、娱乐中心、体育馆一应俱全。
in advance 事先
I talked with my colleagues in advance,and here s what people in our company are talking about.
我事前跟同事谈过,而这就是我们公司人所想的。
We would like to hear your opinions in advance.
我们想先听听你们的意见。
This is personal... 这是个人的
This is just my personal idea.I can t guarantee that it will obtain support from the rest of my group.
这只是我个人的想法,我无法保证这会获得其他组员的支持。
This is my personal opinion,and doesn t necessarily reflect how other people in my company might think.
这是我个人的意见,并非必然代表我们同事的想法。
This is not just my personal proposal.It is the consensus of my section.
这不光是我个人的提案,这是我们小组达成的共识。
the point of view 看法,主题
I understand your point of view.
我了解您的看法。
I agree with you up to that point.
在那一点上,我同意您的看法。
Let s reestablish the point we agree on.
让我们再确认一下我们的协议点。
You seem to be getting off the point.
你似乎脱离主题了。
Could you please get to the point?
请明确地说明要点。
agree with 同意
Why don t you agree with me?
你为什么不同意我的看法?
I would agree with that,except for one thing.
除了一件事之外,我都同意。
I don t agree.This will not be of benefit to us.
我不同意。这对我们没有好处。
satisfy the customer 满意顾客
Customer satisfaction is more important than anything else.
顾客满意比任何事都要重要。
The most important thing is satisfy our customers.
最重要的事是令顾客满意。
It is essential that we satisfy our customers.
让顾客满意是极其重要的。
discuss something 讨论某事
Excuse us for a moment.We d like to discuss it among ourselves.
抱歉,我们要中途退席一会儿来单独讨论一下。
Let s wrap up the discussion.
我们结束这次的讨论吧!
At the next meeting.We will discuss the advertising expenses.
下次会议,我们将讨论有关广告费用的问题。
would like to emphasize... 想强调……
I would like to emphasize the importance of our cooperation.
我想强调合作的重要性。
What I would like to emphasize is that we really need to cooperate with each other.
我想强调的是,我们真的需要互相合作。
a chance of 机会
I definitely think there is a good chance of success in the new venture.
我确信新事业有成功的机会。
There is about a fiftyfifty chance of accomplishing it within one month.
在一个月之内完成的机会是一半一半。
be afraid 恐怕
We are afraid that this trouble will extend over a fairly large area.
我们恐怕这个麻烦会波及相当大的范围。
I m afraid that an unacceptable problem will occur.
恐怕一个令人不能接受的问题会发生。
level 水平
IT has not yet reached the same level of penetration as we see in the US.
IT 尚未达到像我们在美国看到的那样普及。
There is no change in our company s decision to deal with a service level agreement.
我们公司在处理服务品质保证的决定上,没有任何改变。
economic situation 经济状况
This project is in a serious economic situation at the present time.
这项计划目前正处于严峻的经济状况。
In our present condition,we can do nothing against a dire economic situation.
以我们目前的状况而言,对抗可怕的经济情势我们是束手无策。
A:If you don t want the powder to cost more,we can t add anything.We ll just have to sell it the way it is now,and put a warning on it.Then,if someone uses dirty water,they shoulder the responsibility,not us.
如果不想要奶粉成本上涨,我们就不能添加任何东西。只能直接拿现在的产品销售,并且加印警告标示。如果有人用了不洁的水冲泡,他们必须自行负责,错不在我们。
B:I m sorry,but I have to disagree.There are three very good reasons why it would be the wrong thing to do.
抱歉,我不能同意。我有3个充分的理由足以说明这种做法有问题。
A:You seem very sure of what you are saying.Can you back it up?
您好像很有把握。能不能加以说明呢?
B:As I see it,first of all most people there can t read,so a warning won t help them at all.Second,even if their governments say a warning is enough,other groups won t.They ll call out the media hounds,and many people will be very,very angry with us.Sales will go down everywhere.(pauses for effect)
就我看来,首先,在那里大部分的人都不识字,警告标示对他们根本没有用。第二,就算他们的政府说有警告标示就足够了,但是其他团体若不这么认为,就会引起舆论的注意,许多人将会对我们非常非常的不满,各地方的销路都会走下坡。(停顿一下加强反应)
C:You said there were three good reasons,Sara.Is there another reason you want to add?
莎拉,您说有3个充分的理由。那还有一个要补充的呢?
B:Yes,there is.Third,and most important,it just wouldn t be right if we knew even one person wouldn t listen to the warning,and a child is hurt because of it.
是的。第三个,也是最重要的。如果就算是只有一个人因不理会警告,使得小孩受害了,这就证明只靠警告标示是不够的。
C:I can t argue with that.How could we live with ourselves if we knew we let that happen?And just because we wanted to make more money.
说得没错。如果我们坐视这种情形发生,的确不能心安理得?难道只是为了赚较多的钱?!
A:It wouldn t be just because of the money.Those people aren t healthy,and our powder is better than mother s milk.Some people might get sick,but isn t it more important that we help so many others?
我想不只是为了钱。这些人的健康情形不佳,而我们的奶粉比母乳好,就算有些人因而生病,我们还是帮了许多人,这不是更重要吗?
Being On进行中
reminding the speaker 提醒发言人
Well,I m afraid that we have gone too far from the point.Let s go back to our main theme.
喂,恐怕我们扯得太远了,言归正传吧。
I m afraid what you said is beside the point.It seems to me there is no connection between your words and the topic presently being discussed.
恐怕你没有说到点子上。我觉得你所讲的与我们现在讨论的题目似乎没有联系。
Somewhat it seems what has just been said falls a bit beyond the range of our present topic.Let s go back to the main theme.
好像刚才的发言有点离题了。让我们回到主题上来吧。
I m afraid your speech is very general.Could you please make your point more concretely,Mr.Joseph?
恐怕您的发言太笼统了,您能否谈得更具体一点,约瑟夫先生?
Mr.Conrad,you appear to have some objections regarding this matter,could you please tell us what you think about it?
康拉德先生,看来您对这个问题有些相反的意见,可以讲一讲您对这个问题的看法吗?
This might be a good point to mention,but it s kind of irrelevant.
这虽然是一个不错的观点,但是好像有点不相关。
It s not on the agenda,but we can discuss it later.
虽然不在议程上面,但我们可以过一会讨论这个问题。
Anyway,let s go back to what we discussed earlier.
不管怎样,我们回到先前讨论的内容上吧。
moderating the dispute 缓和纠纷
Since we do not seem to be able to resolve this difference now,could we come to the next point? Our next point is...
我们的分歧看来现在无法解决,我们转到下一个问题怎么样? 我们的下一个问题是……
What do others think regarding the points debated a few minutes ago? Has anyone anything further to add to the debate?
对于刚才讨论的观点,其他人有什么想法? 有谁想要进一步补充一下?
As the result of this discussion.I would say,let s think it over for a few minutes.Could we move on to the next point?
至于这次讨论的结果,我想还是让我们考虑考虑再说吧! 我们继续进行下一项内容吧!
I m afraid the above misunderstanding was due to the pronunciation.Sometimes I have the feeling that they are speaking a foreign language even though I know that they are using English.
上述误会恐怕是由于词语的发音所造成的。有时尽管我知道他们是在用英语发言,但又总觉得他们是在用其他外语讲话。
Thank for your frank and candid opinions and views concerning Mr.Johnson s speech.Due to the time limitation,I would suggest that today s problem be discussed in our next session.
对约翰逊先生的发言,您直率而坦诚地说出了自己的见解,非常感谢。由于时间关系,我建议下一次会议再讨论今天的问题。
I don t see any point in discussing it any further.
我看不出我们继续讨论下去还有什么意义。
We ve reached the point where there s no return.
我们已经到了没有回头路的地步了。
I m afraid I have to disagree with you.
恐怕我不得不和您的意见相左了。
keeping the allotted time 维持规定时限
Are there any more questions? No.Well,so much for that.I thought I d like to turn your attention to our next speaker Dr.Walter.
还有其他问题吗?没有了,很好,就到此为止吧。下面有请沃尔特博士发言。
Since you have already used up our agreedupon time,so I am not willing but have to ask you to stop here.I think,we may have another chance to deal with the topic.
因为我们规定的时间已到,我不得不就此中断你的发言。我想,我们还会有机会再讨论这个题目的。
According to my watch we re scheduled to finish our discussion in about three minutes.Is there a final comment?
我们大约还有3分钟的时间结束讨论会。还有要最后发言的吗?
Excuse me,sirs,since the time s quite limited,could you continue your discussions after the session? We have already run about 30 minutes behind the schedule.
对不起,先生,鉴于时间有限,请你们会下继续讨论好吗? 我们已经比原定时间推迟了大约30分钟。
According to our time schedule,we have only three minutes left.There s no discussion after Mr.Keller s talk.
根据会议计划,我们只剩3分钟了。凯勒先生讲完后将不再进行讨论。
Because the agenda included several urgent topics,the postponement of the meeting was a surprise.
议程中有若干紧急论题,会议还延期,真是个意外。
thanking the speaker 感谢发言人
Well,we thank you very much for your enlightening opinions,Mr.Robert.I now have the pleasure of introducing to you the second speaker Dr.Walter.
罗伯特先生,非常感谢您有启发性的意见。现在我很荣幸地向诸位介绍第二位发言者——沃尔特博士。
We have gained,through your presentation,a better insight into Conrad s symbolism in The Heart of Darkness.Thank you,Dr.Peter.
从您刚才的报告中,我们对康拉德《黑暗之心》中象征手法的运用有了更深的了解。谢谢您,彼得博士。
Thank you Professor Scott.I m sure all the friends present here will agree with me,when I say that we have benefited a great deal from both your experience and wisdom.
谢谢您,斯科特教授。我相信在座的朋友都和我一样:我们从您的经验和才智中受益匪浅。
No more questions? No? OK.So much for that.I thought I would thank our speaker Mr.Cowley for his informative talk.(To Mr.Cowley) Thank you.
没有问题了吗? 没有了? 好吧,这个问题谈到这里。我想,我们应该感谢考利先生所做的内容丰富的报告。(转向考利先生)谢谢。
Thank you,Professor Lee,I m sure that my colleagues agree with me in thanking you for your lucid presentation of the main problems confronting us,and for the persuasive way in which you put your case.
谢谢您,李教授。我和同事们感谢您对我们面临的问题所做的明了易懂的报告,感谢您那极具说服力的论述。
turning to a new topic 启转话题
Ladies and gentlemen,it would be very interesting to take a look at our new project,which is the first attempt in our field.
女士们,先生们,看一下这项新工作吧,非常有意思,因为这是我们领域内的第一次尝试。
Well,may I say boldly,it is a common desire of everyone to have an opportunity to travel in the sea.Now,let s have a journey with Joseph Conrad.
那么,我可以冒昧地讲,每个人都想有机会进行海上旅行。现在,让我们跟约瑟夫·康拉德一起去旅行吧!
The important thing in the program is that it can benefit the producers,the wholesalers and retailers...
在这个项目中很重要的一点是生产商、批发商和零售商都能受益……
It is not an exaggeration to say that Professor Walter has given me a great deal of ideas for my future work,which I would not otherwise be able to obtain,for example,...
我可以毫不夸张地说,沃尔特教授对我今后的工作提出了许多建议,这是我从其他地方难以得到的,例如……
Now,another important fact that I would like to explain is,besides possible problems you have mentioned,the advantage of the plan is obvious...
除了你所提到的可能出现的问题以外,另一个我想解释说明的重要事实是:这个计划的优点是显而易见的……
Let s move on the next item on the agenda.
我们谈谈议程的下一个议题吧。
generalizing the point 归纳要点
Mr.Walter,you are raising an especially important problem.Would you concentrate a bit and discuss it more deeply?
沃尔特先生,您提出了一个非常重要的问题。您能否再集中一点,再深入地讨论一下?
To summarize the results of our discussion,we find that we are left with the two main solutions for the traffic jams.They are:building more roads and reducing the number of cars.Any other objections?
对我们讨论的结果概括一下,解决交通阻塞问题有两个主要办法:修建更多的公路和减少汽车的数量。有什么反对意见吗?
All the speakers have presented their frank and candid opinions and views concerning children education.The opinions presented may be summarized as follows...
关于儿童教育问题,大家都畅所欲言地表达了自己的观点。迄今所提出的意见可归纳如下……
So far we have discussed the following four points:First...;Second...;Third...;The last one is...;Could we concentrate on the four points?
至此,我们已讨论了以下四点;一是……二是……三是……最后是……。我们集中讨论一下上述四点吧!
To give a summary of what have been presented so far,we can have the following three points:No.1...;No.2...;and No.3...
总结一下我们迄今所讨论的内容,主要有如下三点:一是……二是……三是……。
ending a speech 结束发言
I think that is all of what I want to say at present.Thank you,ladies and gentlemen.
我要讲的就这些,谢谢各位。
The themes I have dealt with can be boiled down as follows;first,...;second,...;third,...That s all.Thank you for your attention.
我所讲的主要内容可以归纳为以下几点:第一……第二……第三……。我的报告完了。谢谢大家!
Now that I have finished my speech,I hope you ll give your comments and suggestions.That ll help me improve my work.
我的报告完了。我希望诸位提出意见和建议。这些意见和建议肯定有助于我改进工作。
As time is limited,I can just give you only the outline of what I ve been studying.For any questions to be raised,I m quite willing to discuss them with you at any time.Thank you.
由于时间有限,我这里只能提纲挈领地讲一下我的研究工作。对所提出的问题,我随时准备与同行们探讨。谢谢大家!
That s all for my talk.If there s any points that I didn t make myself understood,please point them out and I would like to make further explanations.
我的报告就到这儿。如果诸位对我讲的有不明白的地方,请提出来,我乐意补充说明。
adjourning or closing a meeting 宣布休会或会议结束
Well,ladies and gentlemen,I think that covers everything on today s agenda.Our next meeting will be on Thursday morning,at the same time and place.Let s call it a day.
女士们,先生们,今天日程上的项目都进行完了。下次会议于星期四上午召开,开会的时间和地点相同。今天到此为止。
I thought I d now briefly summarize what have been said so far... Our time is up.So let us end our discussion at this point for the time being.
我现在把到目前为止我们所谈的内容简单地总结一下……规定的时间到了,那我们讨论就暂且到此为止。
Ladies and gentlemen,the meeting is now adjourned.Thank you all for your cooperation.
女士们,先生们,现在休会。感谢大家的合作。
In closing the conference,may I commend all the speakers and participants? We seem to have covered the area with extremely useful questions and answers in a remarkably short period of time.Thank you again,ladies and gentlemen.
在本次会议结束之际,我谨向全体演说者和全体与会人员表示祝贺。在这样短暂的会期内,我们已经涉及了一个非常复杂的领域,并进行了极为有益的答辩讨论。再次感谢诸位。
I wish we could have more time to continue our interesting discussion.But,since we have already used up our scheduled time,we would like to close this meeting now.Thank you very much for your worthwhile and informative talks.
我希望我们能有更多的时间继续我们饶有兴趣的探讨。但是,因为我们规定的时间到了,现在会议结束。感谢诸位有价值的、内容丰富的演讲。
I m afraid have to cancel our meeting for this afternoon.
恐怕不得不取消今天下午的会议了。
A:The next item under Unfinished Business on the agenda is the roof repair.If I remember correctly Gal was asked to check on the reliability of the three roofers still being considered.Therefore at this time,I m going to suspend the normal agenda to take business out of order.Let s go to Committee Reports to hear what Gal discovered on the finalists.Are you ready,Gal?
下一个未定案事项是有关屋顶维修的问题。如果我没记错,葛儿要为我们查证一下3家尚在评估阶段的屋顶维修公司的可靠度。因此现在我要跳过一般程序,先从“成员报告”开始,听听葛儿有什么发现。你准备好了吗?
B:I am sure.
没错。
A:Good,then you have the floor.
好,请发言。
B:Thank you John.I went to the Consumer Protection Office of the State Government to follow up on this report.They were very helpful.
谢谢你,约翰。我在州政府的消费者保护基金会找到一些很有用的信息。
C:They usually are pretty good about this stuff.What did you find out?
在这方面,他们通常都能提供很充分的信息。你找到了什么呢?
B:Acme and Island have several complaints lodged against them.The most recent for both was within the last ninety days.It seems they fixed all the problems but both companies were a bit slow.
“顶尖”和“岛屿”这两家公司有客户投诉案例。他们最近的投诉记录都在90天内发生。看来他们是在处理事情,但两家公司动作都不够快。
A:Okay,what about Sterling s Roofers,how did they do?
好,那么“史得林维修公司”呢?他们怎么样?
B:Excuse me! I didn n check on them.The third one was Standard Roofers.
对不起!我没有去查他们的资料,我查的是第3家是“史丹达维修公司”。
A:Sterling s had the best price.That s the one I m most interested in.
“史得林”的价钱最好,是我最想了解的公司。
B:I m sorry.I misunderstood.
对不起,我弄错了。
A:Well that s the report we really needed,and I m unwilling to make a decision without that data.I suggest we defer a decision on this issue until the next meeting.Is there a motion to that effect?
那是我们最需要的信息,因此没有那个资料我还不想做最后决定。我建议这个议题先放到下次再谈,有人要对这个结论提出动议吗?
B:So moved.
提议。
Memorandum备忘录
some expressions on memorandum 一些关于备忘录的表达
Where is that memorandum?
备忘录到哪儿去了?
Which memorandum are you talking about?
您说的是哪一份备忘录?
What s the subject of the memorandum?
备忘录是关于什么内容的?
Can you type a memo for me?
你能帮我打一份备忘录吗?
Do you want me to send the memo out?
您要我把这份备忘录分发出去吗?
I need you to type up this memo.
我需要你帮我打这份备忘录。
Do you look forward to distributing this memo to the department?
您要我把这份备忘录分发给整个部门吗?
Who is the memo going to?
这份备忘录应该交给谁?
Send the memo by express mail.
把这份备忘录用快递寄出。
You d better send the memo registered.
你最好把这份备忘录用挂号寄出。
I don t need any copies of the memo.
这份备忘录我不需要复印件。
A memorandum is a communication within an organization.
备忘录是一个单位内部的通讯。
It seems quite easy to write a memorandum.
看来写备忘录也很容易。
Can you tell me the differences between a letter and a memorandum?
您能告诉我信和备忘录有什么区别吗?
Should we use the layout we use for a letter when we write a memorandum?
写备忘录时该用信的格式吗?
Everyone has been told by external memo.I ve also made sure of the meeting schedule with each presenter,personally.
都已经用对外备忘录通知大家了,而且我也当面与每位主持人确定会议的议程。
the form is print 用于打印的格式
Usually we have a set form which is printed.
通常是用事先印好的固定格式。
We just fill in the printed forms and send it to the person or the offices concerned in the company.
只要填写印好的表格,然后把它送给公司内有关的人员或部门。
A:Can you tell me the differences between a letter and a memorandum,Miss Zhang?
张小姐,您能告诉我信和备忘录的区别吗?
B:Certainly.A letter must be sent out of the company and must be mailed or posted.A memorandum is a communication within an organization.
可以。信要发出公司并邮寄出去。备忘录是一个单位内部的通讯方式。
A:Should we use the layout we use for a letter when we write a memorandum?
写备忘录时要用和信一样的格式吗?
B:No,not necessary.Usually we have a fixed form which is printed.We just fill in the printed forms and send it to the person or the offices concerned in the company.
不,没有必要。通常用印好的固定格式。只要填入印好的表格,然后把它送给公司内有关的人员或部门。
A:It seems quite easy to write a memorandum.Could you show me a sample copy?
写备忘录似乎很容易,您能给我一份样本吗?
B:Of course,let me find one for you.
没问题。我给你找一份。
A:Mr.Smith,while you re out,the sales department called and asked you to lunch next Wednesday.
史密斯先生,您外出时,营业部来电邀请您星期三中午一起用餐。
C:I ll put them in my schedule.Are there any other messages?
我会排入时间表。还有其他留言吗?
A:Oh,yes,Miss Chen informed that the monthly management meeting has been changed to July 11th and I ve marked your diary accordingly.
噢,有。陈小姐说每月高层例会已改在7月11日,我已替你记入日记簿了。
C:Thanks a lot.
谢谢。
A:Here is the agenda for the meeting and that s all for the messages.
这是例会的议程,没有其他留言了。