Lesson 16 Meeting - Disagreeing ミーティング反対意見を述べる

1

PHRASE OF THE DAY

今日のフレーズ

That’s not the way I see it.

それは私が考えている方法とは違います。

2

SITUATION

状況

Mark is asking for opinions on increasing the marketing budget.

マークはマーケティング予算の増加について意見を求めています。

3

DIALOGUE

ダイアログ

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

Mark

So what do you think about my proposal to increase the marketing budget for next year?

Yuki

I’m really strongly against it. I think it’s too much of an expenditure. What do you think Jack?

Jack

Actually, I think Mark might be right. Wouldn’t it be better if we improved the company’s image with the consumer?

Yuki

Well, that’s not the way I see it. Given the current economic situation, it’s not feasible. We don’t have the money.

Jack

I understand your point, but marketing the company wisely now will help us gain market share in the future.

4

VOCABULARY

語い

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

proposal

提案

against

反対する

expenditure

経費

image

イメージ

feasible

実現可能な

wisely

賢明に

5

LANGUAGE FOCUS

今日のポイント

That’s not the way I see it.

それは私が考えている方法とは違います。

Meeting –Disagreeing

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

I beg to differ.

I’d say the exact opposite.

I’m not so sure about that.

Not necessarily.

I don’t think that’s the case here.

That’s not entirely true.

You can’t really believe that.

6

ACTIVITY

練習

Activity 1: Think about whether the company from the dialogue should increase their marketing budget. Try to think of as many points for or against the proposal and then discuss with your tutor.

Activity 2: You and your tutor are going to debate whether Japanese companies should adopt a whistle-blowing policy.
・ a clearly-defined procedure for reporting issues.
・ trained people to receive and investigate reports.
・ a commitment to take appropriate action.
・ guaranteed immunity for whistleblowers.
Choose a side and think of reasons for/against such policies. Your tutor will choose the opposing side. Switch roles after you debate for 5 minutes.

HINTS

adopt

採択する

beneficial

有益な

disagree

同意しない

expensive

高価な

immunity

免除

mutual

相互の

policy

ポリシー

retribution

報復

whistle-blower

内部告発者

1 PHRASE OF THE DAY 今日のフレーズ

2 SITUATION 状況

3 DIALOGUE ダイアログ

4 VOCABULARY 語い