- •Introductory Text
- •Text 1: Holding a Meeting
- •Text 2: Agendas
- •3. Summer Sales Conference
- •Text 3: Minutes of a Meeting
- •Text 4: At a Meeting
- •Text 5: At a Trade Union Meeting
- •Essential Vocabulary
- •Exercises
- •III. Give English equivalents to the following:
- •IV. Match the synonyms:
- •VII. Fill in the missing words in the sentences by changing the nouns in brackets to verbs. (See example):
- •VIII. Match the type of meeting with each speech:
- •IX. Supply prepositions where necessary:
- •X. Complete the following sentences with a correct word or phrase:
- •XI. Translate into English:
- •XII. Render into Russian:
- •At a Meeting
Text 2: Agendas
An agenda informs people attending a meeting of the meeting’s purpose and the business to be covered. Whether the meeting is 30 minutes or a week long, an agenda is designed to make sure the topics that need to be discussed are discussed and any extraneous business is left for another time. By following an agenda closely, the chairperson of a meeting can ensure that the meeting is purposeful and productive.
Any agenda must include the date of the meeting. The agenda for a short in-house meeting may simply list numbered topics to be discussed. The agenda for a longer meeting, such as a sales conference or stockholder’s meeting, may be broken down into days and hours and include sites of individual sessions. Samples of each kind of agenda appear below.
1. Agenda for meeting of management committee to be held at 9:30 prompt in Room 208 on Tuesday 20th March.
Papers attached
1. Matters arising from minutes 1-3
2nd February meeting
2. Sales performance Jan/Feb:
Prospects March
UK sales 4-5
Ex-UK sales Schumann report*
3. Production Report
i. Jan and Feb performance Verbal report
4. Financial Report
i. Profit and loss accounts 6-9
Jan and Feb
ii. Working capital *
5. Data Processing Improvement *
Program
6. Any other business -
* to be presented at the meeting
2. Meeting of the County Democratic Committee
May 12, 1995 7:30 P. M.
Review and amend minutes.
Seat new members.
Hear report of highway subcommittee.
Vote on proposal to hold caucus
3. Summer Sales Conference
Boca Raton, July 8-9
Thursday, July 8
8-10 A. M. Working Breakfast Cafeteria
10-11 A. M. President’s Greeting Hall A
11 A. M. – Noon Regional Managers’ Meeting Oyster Room
Noon-1 P. M. Luncheon Hall B
1 P. M.-3 P.M. Exhibits Main Floor
7 P. M. Dinner Dance Ballroom
Friday, July 9
8-9 A. M. Working Breakfast Cafeteria
9-11 A. M. Regional Meetings Rooms C-D
11 A. M. – Noon Break
Noon-1 P. M. Luncheon Hall B
1 P. M.-3 P. M. “Making the Pitch” Hall A
panel discussion
Greg Lawford, chair
3 P. M.-5 P. M. Regional Workshops Rooms C-D