Level B2 Business English
Lesson 21
Meeting - Correcting Information
ミーティング 情報を訂正する

1
PHRASE OF THE DAY
今日のフレーズ

I think you misunderstood what I was saying.
君は私が言ったことを勘違いしている。

2
SITUATION
状況

Miles and Mark are reviewing the latest data they requested.
マイルズとマークは依頼した最近のデータについて話しています。

3
DIALOGUE
ダイアログ

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

Mark
I have the finalized results from the recent survey the marketing team conducted.
Miles
What are they?
Mark
The most active group is the 18 to 26 age group. The second most active is the 36 to 45 age group. Across the board, women surveyed as being more active than men.
Miles
So, let me get this straight. The women’s 18 to 26 age group was found to be more active than all of the men’s groups?
Mark
I think you misunderstood what I was saying. All of the women’s age groups appeared to be more active than their corresponding men’s groups. So the 18 to 26 women’s group was more active than the 18 to 26 men’s group.
Miles
Oh, so then the women’s 18 to 26 was more active than the women’s 36 to 45 age group and the same remains true for the men?
Mark
Exactly.

4
VOCABULARY
語い

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

age group
年齢グループ
across the board
一律で
misunderstood
誤解する
exactly
そのとおり

5
LANGUAGE FOCUS
今日のポイント

I think you misunderstood what I was saying.
君は私が言ったことを勘違いしている。
Meeting – Correcting Information

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

I’m afraid you are mistaken about…
I don’t think you quite understand what has just been said.
Hmm… that’s not entirely correct. What I meant was …
Sorry, but that’s not what I meant.
I think we may have our wires crossed. What I really meant was…
I believe that you’ve got the wrong idea about…
My apologies, but I think there has been a misunderstanding about …

6
ACTIVITY
練習

Activity 1: Talk about the most embarrassing time you completely misunderstood what someone said to you in English. Where were you? What was said? What did you think you were told? Try to give as much detail as possible to your tutor.

Activity 2: Practice making corrections about the following misunderstandings your tutor has about your next business meeting:
•thinks meeting on Tuesday it’s really Wednesday
•confusion about time, it’s at 2 pm
•thinks meeting at his office, really your office
•thinks meeting about new customer, really about declining sales
•believes meeting is just you two, really with your staff
•assumes the CEO will be there, CEO is teleconferencing

HINTS
confused about
～に混乱する
embarrassed
恥ずかしい
incorrect
間違った
in reality
事実は
mistaken
間違った
not quite right
そうではない
should
すべきである
teleconference
電話会議
uncomfortable
落ち着かない