Level B2 Business English
Lesson 23
Meeting - Requesting For More Information
ミーティング さらなる情報を求める

1
PHRASE OF THE DAY
今日のフレーズ

Could you get us additional data…?
私たちに追加のデータをいただけますか?

2
SITUATION
状況

Miles is requesting more information about a recent survey.
マイルズさんは最近の調査に関してもっとデータが欲しいといっています。

3
DIALOGUE
ダイアログ

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

Miles
Have you heard about the recent survey conducted regarding sports and leisure activities?
Mark
A bit. I heard that they found that women are the more active group when it comes to leisure hobbies. But as far as actual numbers are concerned, I don’t have any of the details, yet.
Miles
Well, could you get us some additional data regarding the survey? I’d like to begin developing a line of product specifically tailored for the new target demographic.
Mark
I can ask Cathy or Jack for some more results, but I think it’s still an on-going survey. Any data I get would be preliminary.
Miles
That’s ok. I think the initial assessment will probably hold true. We can probably get to work on designing a new product with the preliminary results.
Mark
Alright, then I’ll get in touch with Cathy after we finish.

4
VOCABULARY
語い

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

tailored
合わせた、適合させた
demographic
層(商品の購買層、ターゲット層)、人口区分(年齢、性別、収入に分けられた人口の区分)
preliminary
予備的な
hold true
当てはめる
get in touch
連絡を取る

5
LANGUAGE FOCUS
今日のポイント

Could you get us additional data…?
私たちに追加のデータをいただけますか?
Meeting - Requesting for More Information

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

Is there any additional information available about…?
Would it be possible to get some extra info about …?
What other data is available concerning …?
If we wanted to get some more information, how would we go about getting it?
Who do we need to contact about getting some more figures related to this?
Does anyone know if there is more information available to us?

6
ACTIVITY
練習

Activity 1: Are you embarrassed trying to ask for additional information or clarification in English? Why/Why not?

Activity 2: Pretend you are on the phone with your tutor, who is going to be from the marketing department. Marketing has done a survey about customer service satisfaction. Ask for additional information about the following:
•how customers rated your product
•breakdown of overall satisfaction by gender
•breakdown of satisfaction by age ranges (18-30,31-45, 46-60, 60+)
•number of first time customers and repeat customers
•number of customers that would/wouldn’t buy again
•overall satisfaction/dissatisfaction with the company
•% of customers who would recommend product

HINTS
age range
年齢層
customer service
顧客サービス
dissatisfied
満足しない
gender
性別
recommendation
推薦
repeat customer
リピーター
overall
全体の