办公室英语：如何用英语主持会议

　　外企工作或者想要去外企工作的人，不是你会说英文就行的。由于文化传统、思维方式、教育习惯的不同，在语言表达上也会有很大的区别，有时甚至会产生南辕北辙的后果。同样一个英文单词，在老外眼里是“含蓄的批评”，在中国人眼里就成了“得到认可”，长此以往的误解，对工作对交流都是极为不利的。以下总结的一些“如何用英语主持会议”，大家不妨学一学，并且举一反三、触类旁通。

　　用英语主持会议

　　(1)：会议的结构

　　I - Introductions

　　Opening the Meeting

　　Welcoming and Introducing Participants

　　Stating the Principal Objectives of a Meeting

学习啦在线学习网 　　Giving Apologies for Someone Who is Absent

　　II - Reviewing Past Business

学习啦在线学习网 　　Reading the Minutes (notes) of the Last Meeting

学习啦在线学习网 　　Dealing with Recent Developments

学习啦在线学习网 　　III - Beginning the Meeting

　　Introducing the Agenda

　　Allocating Roles (secretary, participants)

　　Agreeing on the Ground Rules for the Meeting (contributions, timing, decision-making, etc.)

　　IV - Discussing Items

学习啦在线学习网 　　Introducing the First Item on the Agenda

　　Closing an Item

学习啦在线学习网 　　Next Item

　　Giving Control to the Next Participant

　　V - Finishing the Meeting

　　Summarizing

　　Finishing Up

学习啦在线学习网 　　Suggesting and Agreeing on Time, Date and Place for the Next Meeting

　　Thanking Participants for Attending

学习啦在线学习网 　　Closing the Meeting

学习啦在线学习网 　　The following pages focus on each part of the meeting and the appropriate language for eachsituation.

　　用英语主持会议(2)：主持会议

　　Opening 宣布会议开始

学习啦在线学习网 　　Good morning/afternoon, everyone.

　　If we are all here, let's get started / start the meeting / start.

　　Welcoming and Introducing 欢迎和介绍出席人员

　　Please join me in welcoming (name of participant)

　　We're pleased to welcome (name of participant)

学习啦在线学习网 　　I'd like to extend a warm welcome to (name of participant)

学习啦在线学习网 　　It's a pleasure to welcome (name of participant)

　　I'd like to introduce (name of participant)

学习啦在线学习网 　　Stating the Principal Objectives 阐明会议主要议题

　　We're here today to ...

学习啦在线学习网 　　I'd like to make sure that we ...

学习啦在线学习网 　　Our main aim today is to ...

　　I've called this meeting in order to ...

　　Giving Apologies for Someone Who is Absent 对缺席者表示遗憾

学习啦在线学习网 　　I'm afraid.., (name of participant) can't be with us today. She is in...

学习啦在线学习网 　　Unfortunately, (name of participant) ... will not be with us to day because he ...

　　I have received apologies for absence from (name of participant), who is in (place).

　　Reading the Minutes (notes) of the Last Meeting 宣读上次会议记要

学习啦在线学习网 　　To begin with I'd like to quickly go through the minutes of our last meeting.

学习啦在线学习网 　　First, let's go over the report from the last meeting, which was held on (date)

　　Here are the minutes from our last meeting, which was on (date)

　　Dealing with Recent Developments 询问近期动态

学习啦在线学习网 　　Jack, can you tell us how the XYZ project is progressing?

　　Jack, how is the XYZ project coming along?

　　John, have you completed the report on the new accounting package?

学习啦在线学习网 　　Has everyone received a copy of the Tate Foundation report on current marketing trends?

　　Moving Forward 转向下一个议题

　　So, if there is nothing else we need to discuss, let's move on to today's agenda.

学习啦在线学习网 　　Shall we get down to business?

　　Is there Any Other Business?

学习啦在线学习网 　　If there are no further developments, I'd like to move on to today's topic.

学习啦在线学习网 　　Introducing the Agenda 介绍议程

　　Have you all received a copy of the agenda?

　　There are X items on the agenda. First, ... second, ... third, ... lastly, ...

　　Shall we take the points in this order?

学习啦在线学习网 　　If you don't mind, I'd like to go in order today.

　　skip item 1 and move on to item 3

　　I suggest we take item 2 last.

　　Allocating Roles (secretary, participants) 分配秘书和出席者的会议角色

　　(name of participant) has agreed to take the minutes.

　　(name of participant), would you mind taking the minutes?

学习啦在线学习网 　　(name of participant) has kindly agreed to give us a report on ...

　　(name of participant) will lead point 1, (name of participant) point 2, and (name ofparticipant) point 3.

学习啦在线学习网 　　(name of participant), would you mind taking notes today?

　　Agreeing on the Ground Rules for the Meeting (contributions, timing, decision-making, etc.) 就会议程序(发言，时间，决策)达成一致

　　We will first hear a short report on each point first, followed by a discussion of ...

学习啦在线学习网 　　I suggest we go round the table first.

　　Let's make sure we finish by ...

　　I'd suggest we ...

　　There will be five minutes for each item.

学习啦在线学习网 　　We'll have to keep each item to 15 minutes. Otherwise we'll never get through.

学习啦在线学习网 　　Introducing the First Item on the Agenda 介绍第一项议题

　　So, let's start with ...

学习啦在线学习网 　　I'd suggest we start with...

　　Why don't we start with...

学习啦在线学习网 　　So, the first item on the agenda is

学习啦在线学习网 　　Pete, would you like to kick off?

　　Shall we start with ...

　　(name of participant), would you like to introduce this item?

学习啦在线学习网 　　Closing an Item 结束一个议题

　　I think that takes care of the first item.

　　Shall we leave that item?

　　Why don't we move on to...

学习啦在线学习网 　　If nobody has anything else to add, lets ...

　　Next Item 开始下一个议题

　　Let's move onto the next item

　　Now that we've discussed X, let's now ...

　　The next item on today's agenda is...

学习啦在线学习网 　　Now we come to the question of.

　　Giving Control to the Next Participant 请下一位出席者发言

　　I'd like to hand over to (name of participant), who is going to lead the next point.

　　Next, (name of participant) is going to take us through ...

　　Now, I'd like to introduce (name of participant) who is going to ...

　　Summarizing 总结

学习啦在线学习网 　　Before we close today's meeting, let me just summarize the main points.

学习啦在线学习网 　　Let me quickly go over today's main points.

学习啦在线学习网 　　To sum up, ...,.

学习啦在线学习网 　　OK, why don't we quickly summarize what we've done today.

　　In brief, ...

　　Shall I go over the main points?

学习啦在线学习网 　　Finishing Up 结束今日议题

学习啦在线学习网 　　Right, it looks as though we've covered the main items.

学习啦在线学习网 　　If there are no other comments, I'd like to wrap this meeting up.

　　Let's bring this to a close for today.

学习啦在线学习网 　　Is there Any Other Business?

　　Suggesting and Agreeing on Time, Date and Place for the Next Meeting 建议和征询下一次会议时间，日期和地点

学习啦在线学习网 　　Can we set the date for the next meeting, please?

学习啦在线学习网 　　So, the next meeting will be on ... (day), the . . . (date) of.. . (month) at ...

　　Let's next meet on ... (day), the . . . (date) of.. . (month) at ... What about the followingWednesday? How is that?

　　Thanking Participants for Attending 感谢出席人员

学习啦在线学习网 　　I'd like to thank Marianne and Jeremy for coming over from London.

　　Thank you all for attending.

学习啦在线学习网 　　Thanks for your participation.

学习啦在线学习网 　　Closing the Meeting 宣布散会

　　The meeting is finished, we'll see each other next ...

　　The meeting is closed.

学习啦在线学习网 　　I declare the meeting closed.