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
学习啦在线学习网 (1)：会议的结构
学习啦在线学习网 I - Introductions
Opening the Meeting
Welcoming and Introducing Participants
学习啦在线学习网 Stating the Principal Objectives of a Meeting
学习啦在线学习网 Giving Apologies for Someone Who is Absent
学习啦在线学习网 II - Reviewing Past Business
学习啦在线学习网 Reading the Minutes (notes) of the Last Meeting
Dealing with Recent Developments
学习啦在线学习网 III - Beginning the Meeting
学习啦在线学习网 Introducing the Agenda
学习啦在线学习网 Allocating Roles (secretary, participants)
学习啦在线学习网 Agreeing on the Ground Rules for the Meeting (contributions, timing, decision-making, etc.)
学习啦在线学习网 IV - Discussing Items
Introducing the First Item on the Agenda
Closing an Item
Next Item
Giving Control to the Next Participant
学习啦在线学习网 V - Finishing the Meeting
学习啦在线学习网 Summarizing
Finishing Up
Suggesting and Agreeing on Time, Date and Place for the Next Meeting
Thanking Participants for Attending
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.
学习啦在线学习网 用英语主持会议(2)：主持会议
学习啦在线学习网 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.
学习啦在线学习网 Welcoming and Introducing 欢迎和介绍出席人员
Please join me in welcoming (name of participant)
学习啦在线学习网 We're pleased to welcome (name of participant)
I'd like to extend a warm welcome to (name of participant)
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
学习啦在线学习网 We're here today to ...
I'd like to make sure that we ...
Our main aim today is to ...
学习啦在线学习网 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...
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).
学习啦在线学习网 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)
学习啦在线学习网 Here are the minutes from our last meeting, which was on (date)
Dealing with Recent Developments 询问近期动态
Jack, can you tell us how the XYZ project is progressing?
学习啦在线学习网 Jack, how is the XYZ project coming along?
John, have you completed the report on the new accounting package?
Has everyone received a copy of the Tate Foundation report on current marketing trends?
Moving Forward 转向下一个议题
学习啦在线学习网 So, if there is nothing else we need to discuss, let's move on to today's agenda.
Shall we get down to business?
Is there Any Other Business?
If there are no further developments, I'd like to move on to today's topic.
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?
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
学习啦在线学习网 (name of participant) has agreed to take the minutes.
(name of participant), would you mind taking the minutes?
(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?
学习啦在线学习网 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
学习啦在线学习网 We will first hear a short report on each point first, followed by a discussion of ...
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.
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
Pete, would you like to kick off?
学习啦在线学习网 Shall we start with ...
(name of participant), would you like to introduce this item?
Closing an Item 结束一个议题
学习啦在线学习网 I think that takes care of the first item.
学习啦在线学习网 Shall we leave that item?
Why don't we move on to...
If nobody has anything else to add, lets ...
学习啦在线学习网 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...
Now we come to the question of.
学习啦在线学习网 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
Before we close today's meeting, let me just summarize the main points.
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.
学习啦在线学习网 In brief, ...
学习啦在线学习网 Shall I go over the main points?
Finishing Up 结束今日议题
Right, it looks as though we've covered the main items.
If there are no other comments, I'd like to wrap this meeting up.
学习啦在线学习网 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
Can we set the date for the next meeting, please?
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
I'd like to thank Marianne and Jeremy for coming over from London.
学习啦在线学习网 Thank you all for attending.
Thanks for your participation.
Closing the Meeting 宣布散会
学习啦在线学习网 The meeting is finished, we'll see each other next ...
学习啦在线学习网 The meeting is closed.
I declare the meeting closed.