Level B2 Business English
Lesson 14
Meeting- Making Suggestions For Improvements
ミーティング―状況好転のために提案する

1
PHRASE OF THE DAY
今日のフレーズ

I think that if we…
～してみてはいかがでしょうか。

2
SITUATION
状況

Tomoko asks for ways to increase sales in rural areas.
トモコは郊外での売り上げを伸ばす方法を尋ねています。

3
DIALOGUE
ダイアログ

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

Tomoko
Total market share in the urban area is 35%. I think we ought to set a goal to increase our rural market share to match this. Any practical ideas on how to do this?
Mark
I think that if we increased the rural advertising budget, we could capture more of the market. At present, most advertising is focused only on the urban market.
Tomoko
In my opinion, only advertising is not enough. What if we were to develop a new product line targeted towards the rural demographic?
Miles
Hey, that might just work. If we created a new “urban line” of shoes, we would stand out from the competition!
Mark
But how do we know exactly what variety of shoes to develop for the rural market?
Tomoko
Might I recommend that we customize our shoes to fit our consumer needs?

4
VOCABULARY
語い

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

set a goal
目標を定める
practical
実用的な
budget
予算
at present
現時点で
variety
バラエティー
customize
カスタマイズする

5
LANGUAGE FOCUS
今日のポイント

I think that if we…
～してみてはいかがでしょうか。
Meeting- Making Suggestions for Improvements

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

In my opinion, we really ought to…
How about if we …
Can we do this a bit differently?
Why don’t we …?
What if we…?
I highly suggest changing the way we…
Might I recommend a different course of action?
Would anyone object if I made a suggestion?

6
ACTIVITY
練習

Activity 1: Talk about a time when you made a suggestion in a meeting, business or otherwise, and your suggestion was followed. Make sure to give as many details as possible.

Activity 2: Practice making suggestions for the following situations:

1. Not enough traffic for the website- increase advertising
2. Not enough repeat customers- offer a rebate
3. Product not selling well- make the design more trendy
4. Decrease in market share- introduce a new flavor

HINTS
discussion
討論
suggest
提案する
proposal
提案
agree
同意する
approve
承認する
decline
辞退する、承認しない
reject
拒絶する