實用商務英語11：主持會議
主持會議 A Business Meeting Introduction
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英文正文
Good morning everyone. I'll be your chairman for the quarterly meeting of Action Appliances, third quarter, 1991. The meeting is now called to order.
According to the agenda, the order of business is as follows:
1. A reading of the minutes from the last quarterly meeting.
2. A report from Sales Director, Sam Liang, on this quarter's domestic sales.
3. An overview of Action's proposed U.S. 1992 public relations campaign. PR Director, Jane Tsai, will lead the discussion.
4. A demonstration by the Design Team of Action's newest washer / dryer combination unit, with a Q&A to follow.
5. The last order of business is my presentation of the projected outlook for Canadian sales.
So, if there are no questions, let's get started. Miss Teng, will you please begin with the minutes from the last quarterly meeting?
作業：看到劃線的句子了嗎？請翻譯。
句型總結
● 問候大家
1. Good morning everyone.
2. Welcome everyone.
3. I'd like to welcome each of you to this morning's meeting.與會者到齊之後，主持人（最先發言者）應向大家問候一聲。"welcome"、"good morning"都是實用的問候語。
● 宣佈會議開始
1. The meeting is now called to order.
2. I'd like to call this meeting to order.
3. We will now call the meeting to order.
問候與會者之後，應立即宣佈會議開始。"call to order"是正式場合中‘宣佈會議開始'的慣用詞，有引起注意的作用。
● 宣讀議程
1. According to the agenda, the order of business is as follows:
2. Referring to the agenda, the order of business is as follows:
3. As the agenda lists, the meeting's order of business is as follows:
此段的關鍵在於根據議程，宣佈今天開會討論的事項及其次序。"according to"或"referring to"意思是‘根據...，參照...'，指出討論的事項是以什麼作根據。
● 請演說者上臺
1. Ms. Teng, will you please begin with the minutes from the last quarterly meeting?
2. Ms. Teng, would you like to begin with the minutes from the last quarterly meeting?
3. Let's begin with Ms. Teng. Will you please read the minutes from the last quarterly meeting?
宣佈預定的議程之後，禮貌上應該問大家有無其它問題。若沒有，你便請下一個程序的負責人開始，算是交出‘話棒'。請他人做事時，"will you please..."是個客氣的說法；若要更客氣，則可以用"would you please..."。
結構分析
主持正式會議有一些特定的用語，值得注意，並予以牢記，以便需要時可派上用場。這類會議中主席的開場語應該注意到以下幾點：
1. 問候大家
向與會者打個招呼。
2. 宣佈開始
要求大家注意，並宣佈會議即將開始。
3. 宣讀議程
宣讀議程（主要是討論事項之次序）。
4. 請發言人
請下一位發言人（或討論負責人）開始。
