2020年10月號 樂活職人
商務會議常用英文
EIE美語 / 提供
常感覺自己的英文不正宗、沒到位,總差了一味嗎?本期英文教室帶來超實用英文片語,要幫你戒掉台味英文,讓您在職場或生活中,英語說好說滿,遊刃有餘。
商務會議片語補給站
1. table it(延到下次再討論)
Time is running short. Why don’t we table it for now and go over the rest next week?(會議時間快到了。我們是否先討論到這裡,剩下的部分延到下周再進行?)
2. touch base (with someone)(聯繫一下/快速確認一下)
Hi, Sabrina, I just want to quickly touch base with you. Have you had a chance to go over the initial draft that I sent on September 25th? Is there any feedback? (嗨,Sabrina,我想快速跟您確認一下。您有機會看一下9月25日寄給您的初稿嗎?有沒有任何反饋或建議?)
3. will go from there(之後再來談下一步)
We will start getting things ready on our end. And it would be great if you could get started on a list of potential clients. We will go from there.(我們將會開始著手準備相關事宜。如果您能開始接洽名單上的潛在客戶就太好了,之後我們再來談下一步。)
4. get started on + something(開始著手進行某事項)
We’ll get started on this project. We’ll see you again next week for more updates.(我們將開始著手進行此專案,期待下週再跟您分享進一步的更新訊息。)
5. take care of + something(著手處理某事項)
I’ll take care of it and will get back to you within a week.(我將會處理這個項目,預計一週內回覆您。)
6. on my/our end(我們這端)
We’ll go over it on our end and get back to you on that.(我們部門將會進行確認,稍後回覆您。)
Sample Dialogue(情境範例)
每週例行的跨部門會議正在進行中,會議即將進入尾聲…...
Sabrina:Time is running short. Let’s table it for now. We’ll talk about it the same time next week. (會議時間不多了。今天未討論的部分,我們下周同一時間再繼續。)
Mark:I’d like to quickly touch base with you on the ABC proposal before we go. Have you received the file I sent last Friday? Do you have any feedback on that? (在我們結束之前,我想快速地跟您確認一下ABC提案。您有收到我上周五發送的檔案嗎?有任何反饋嗎?)
Sabrina:Thank you for checking, Mark. We will take care of it on our end. It would be great if you could get started on contacting potential clients before the next meeting. We will go from there. (謝謝您的確認,Mark。我們部門會開始著手準備,下次會議之前,如果您能開始聯繫潛在客戶就太好了,之後我們再來談下一步。)
Mark:Brilliant. We will go over the list on our end and we look forward to the next meeting for more updates. (太棒了,我們部門會確認客戶名單,並開始聯繫,期待下次會議能有更多資訊。)
註:以上英文教學由EIE美語提供,英文課程諮詢請洽:EIE Institute Belle Yin(Tel: (02) 8773-6828 Ext. 368;Email: belle@eie.com.tw)#