Level B2 Business English
Lesson 26
Meeting - Confirming Decisions And Agreements
ミーティング 決定事項、同意内容の確認

1
PHRASE OF THE DAY
今日のフレーズ

So it is safe to say that we all agree about...
では～について同意したということでよろしいですね。

2
SITUATION
状況

Tomoko is confirming decisions agreed upon in the meeting.
トモコはミーティングでの決定事項を確認しています。

3
DIALOGUE
ダイアログ

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

Tomoko
Well, we’re just about out of time. Can we quickly review the decisions about the course of action we’re going to take in the immediate future?
Mark
It was agreed upon that in order to capture our goal of 35% of the urban market share in athletic footwear, we need to manufacture a new line of shoes targeted for consumer needs and interests.
Serge
We agreed that Mark and I would develop and conduct a survey to determine this. Our newlines of footwear would be developed from this data.
Mark
We are also in agreement about trying to increase the rural market share to 35%, which would match our urban market share.
Tomoko
Mark, how about starting to develop a new advertising campaign to go with our new line of shoes? You’ll have to do so with the same budget as last year.
Mark
I think that shouldn’t pose too much of a problem
Tomoko
Great. So it’s safe to say that we all agree about our future goals and how to achieve them, correct?

4
VOCABULARY
語い

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

out of time
時間切れ
course of action
行動指針、活動方針
manufacture
工業製品
determine
決定する
campaign
キャンペーン

5
LANGUAGE FOCUS
今日のポイント

So it is safe to say that we all agree about...
では～について同意したということでよろしいですね。
Meeting - Confirming Decisions and Agreements

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

It was agreed upon that …
We are all in agreement about …
Everyone approved of the decided course of action.
There were no objections to the decisions from the meeting.
Nobody opposed the decision to …
There was no opposition to the idea of ...
No objections were made to the choices we made.
We all consented to the decisions made during the meeting.

6
ACTIVITY
練習

Activity 1: Discuss the following with your tutor:
Do you find it hard to come to agreements during meetings? What makes it so easy/difficult?
Do you do business with foreigners often? If so, is it hard to make agreements with them? Why/Why not? If not, do you think it would be? Why/Why not?

Activity 2: Below is a list of actions decided upon during a meeting. Practice confirming them.
・call client confirm meeting on next Friday
・push back opening of new store by 2 weeks
・new marketing campaign
・include dental in insurance coverage
・conduct market research for potential expansion

HINTS
customer
顧客
differ
異なる
dental
歯の
manage
管理する
unpleasant
不快な
see eye to eye
一致する
spread into
広がる
verify
確認する