Level B2 Business English
Lesson 12
Meeting - Making Comparisons Of Results
ミーティング 結果の比較を行う

1
PHRASE OF THE DAY
今日のフレーズ

The flagship store has 20% higher sales than...
旗艦店では～より２０％高い売上です。

2
SITUATION
状況

Cathy reviews her comparison of store sales figures in a meeting.
キャシーはミーティングで店舗の売り上げ比較をしています。

3
DIALOGUE
ダイアログ

Directions: First repeat after your tutor and then practice each role.

Serge
Cathy, I understand you have tabulated some statistical data on sales by stores. Could you tell us all what you found?
Cathy
My pleasure. As everyone is well aware, our flagship store, located in the heart of the city, always has the highest sales. The flagship store has 20% higher sales than the next highest store, which is located on the outskirts of the city. Interestingly, this store had the greatest increase in total sales. Last year’s sales in the flagship store were about 4% lower than the year before.
Miles
What about sales figures in our two urban locations?
Cathy
The larger store maintained its sales amounts while the smaller store had the second greatest increase in total sales.

4
VOCABULARY
語い

Directions: First repeat after your tutor and then read aloud by yourself.

tabulate
表にした
flagship
旗艦店
next highest
2番目に高い
the year before
昨年
interestingly
興味深いことに
second greatest
2番目に素晴らしい

5
LANGUAGE FOCUS
今日のポイント

The flagship store has 20% higher sales than...
旗艦店では～より２０％高い売上です。
Meeting - Making Comparisons of Results

Directions: First repeat after your tutor and then read aloud again by yourself.

The increase/decrease is greater than…
The sales figures are the highest for…
The largest/smallest decline was in…
… had the strongest/weakest sales figures.
… had stronger/weaker sales than …
… had a greater/weaker sales amount than …
Prices at … are higher/lower than …
Prices at … are the most expensive.
Cost of materials are more/less expensive at …

6
ACTIVITY
練習

Activity 1: Find out some information about your tutor, his/her family, travel experience, education, etc. Make some comparisons about your two lives.

Activity 2: Below are some statistics from three box companies. Choose which company you would buy boxes from using the information below. Give your reasons for/against each company by comparing them using the data.

HINTS
big
大きい
delivery
配達する
discount
値下げする
fast
早い
few in stock
いくつか在庫
slow
ゆっくり
style
スタイル
quick
早い