7-1 展开讨论（正式会议）
9大商务场景，每个场景分正式和非正式英语表达,让你轻松学会商务会议英语。
Business Meetings:
商务会议
Shawn: When you have a question, please raise your hand. This will allow me to call on people one at a time and avoid having people talk over each other. Also please make sure that your questions are on topic. Who would like to begin?
Shawn:如有疑问，请举手。我一次会访问一位，避免大家互相讨论。请确保你们的提问不要离题，谁有疑问？
Chris:I need to voice my concern about how the focus groups were not asked about color or design. I think this would have...
Chris:我说出我关心的是目标客户群怎么就不要求产品的颜色和设计，我觉得...
Hannah: Please pardon my interruption, but with all due respect, Mr. Hanson, I completely disagree with you. I understand your concern, but in our experience those product characteristics pale in comparison next to “affordability” and “ease of use.” I don’t have time to address your concern fully, but most customers aren’t interested in design as much.
Hannah:请允许我打断，恕我直言，Mr. Hanson，我很赞同你。我理解你所关心的，但以我的经验这些产品特性与购买力和易用性相比很苍白。我没有时间过多的讲述你担心的事情，但是多数顾客对设计不感兴趣。
Alex:If I may offer my opinion, I believe Mr. Hanson has a legitimate concern and I’m glad he asked that question, but Ms. Graff may be right about the importance of listening to our customers. However, this topic is outside the scope of my expertise.
Alex:我的看法是，我认为Mr. Hanson的担心合理，很高兴能提出这个问题，但是Ms. Graff关于倾听客户重要性方面是对的。然而这个话题已经超出了我的专业范围。
【单词扩展 Glossary】
to raise (one’s) hand – to put one’s hand in the air to ask for permission to speak, usually in a classroom or in a large meeting
举手说
* If you know the answer to the teacher’s question, raise your hand.
如果知道答案，请举手
to call on – to say someone’s name and ask him or her to speak
拜访
* The Senator called on the reporter from the New York Times during the press conference.
参议员拜访了来自纽约时报的报道员在新闻会议期间
To talk over (someone) – to speak when someone else is speaking, so that two people are speaking at the same time and it is difficult to understand
交谈
* My brother was talking over my sister and my mother couldn’t understand anything they were saying.
我弟弟正在我和姐姐交谈，我妈妈不理解他们正在说什么
to make sure – to be certain; to be careful to do something in a certain way; to not forget to do something
确定
* Please make sure that you pack your medicine for your trip next week.
你确定你已经打包了下周旅行用的药
on topic – related to the subject; relevant
与主题相关
* If your questions aren’t on topic, the speaker won’t answer them.
如果问题偏题，演讲者将不会回答
to voice (one’s) concern – to express one’s worry; to say what one is worried about
说出担心
* Kensuke wants to voice his concern about Sheila’s drinking, but he’s worried that she’ll be mad at him.
Kensuke想要说出Sheila饮酒的担心，但是他怕她会讨厌他
pardon my interruption – a phrase used to apologize when one has something important to say and speaks while another person is speaking, making him or her stop talking in the middle of a sentence
允许打断
* Please pardon my interruption, but I think your cell phone is ringing.
请原谅我的打断，但是我觉得你的手机响了
with all due respect – a phrase used when one strongly disagrees with another person, but wants to say so as respectfully and nicely as possible
虽然不同意某人的观点，但是想尽可能礼貌的说出来
* I know that you want to work for our company, but with all due respect, you don’t have enough experience yet.
我知道你想要为公司出力，但是恕我直言，你没有足够的经验
to completely disagree with (someone) – to not agree with someone at all; to strongly disagree with someone
不同意某人
* Guillermo completely disagrees with his wife about which house they should buy.
Guillermo不同意他妻子关于买哪套房的观点
to understand (someone’s) concern, but – a phrase used to show that one understands what another person is worried about, but disagrees with it
理解某人的担心
* I understand your concern about not getting into a good university, but I don’t think you need to worry about it because you have very good high school grades.
我明白你关于进不了好大学的担心，但是我不认为你需要担心，因为你成绩很好
to pale in comparison – to be less important than something else; to not be as important as something else that it’s being compared to
与某事相比不重要
* Some people think that problems of drinking and smoking pale in comparison to the problems of serious drug use.
有人认为与吸毒相比吸烟喝酒不重要
ease of use – how easy or difficult it is to use a product
很好用
* This type of computer isn’t very fast or powerful, but many people like it because of its ease of use.
这款计算机速度不快，但是很多人都喜欢因为很好用
to address (something) – to deal with; to manage; to handle; to answer
处理
* Harvey believes that the best way to address the education problem in this country is to pay teachers more.
Harvey认为最好的解决毕业问题的处理方法是支付老师钱
to offer (one’s) opinion – to say what one thinks about something
说出想法
* I’d like to offer my opinion about the best way to proceed with this project.
我想说说关于这个项目进展的最好的方法
legitimate concern – a valid worry; a worry that makes sense or seems logical
有效地关心
* Sabrina’s father thinks that he has a legitimate concern about whether she’ll be able to make enough money while working as a full-time musician.
Sabrina的爸爸认为他应该关心她是否能够挣到钱如果做个全职音乐家
I’m glad (someone) asked that question – a phrase used to thank someone for asking a question; a phrase used to show appreciation for someone’s participation
感谢某人提出这样的问题
* I’m glad you asked that question because it’s something our team hadn’t thought about before.
我很高兴能提出这个问题，这是我们之前没有想到的
to make a good point – to present a good idea during a meeting; to say something that makes the discussion better
会间给出一个好的主意
* Ida made a good point about the need to find a good designer for our website.
关于为网站找一个好的设计师我想到了一个好主意
outside the scope of (one’s) expertise – something that one doesn’t know very much about; something that is not related to one’s education or experience
专业范围之外
* Questions about art are outside the scope of May’s experience because she studied science.
关于艺术的问题超出了May的经验因为她学的是理科
