Level B2 Business English
Lesson 6
Meeting – Stating Positive Progress
ミーティング ポジティブな状況に言及する

1
PHRASE OF THE DAY
今日のフレーズ

We’re seeing an increase in…
～の増加を見ることができる。

2
SITUATION
状況

Jen is reporting project results in a meeting.
ジェンはミーティングでプロジェクトの結果について報告しています。

3
DIALOGUE
ダイアログ

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

Sam
How is the project going?
Jen
Very well. Everyone is doing a first-rate job.
Sam
Did we complete the initial phase of the project?
Jen
Yes, we have and we’ve moved onto the next phase. The product design has been completed. The next step is to start building a sample product now and then do testing. We’re seeing an increase in effort by all the staff working on the project as well.
Sam
That is excellent news. Do we foresee any issues?
Jen
Not that we are aware of but we’ll keep our eyes open.
Sam
Good to hear. Thank the team for their efforts.
Jen
Will do. Thanks Sam.

4
VOCABULARY
語い

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

initial
初期の
phase
フェーズ
design
デザイン
sample
サンプル
foresee
予見する

5
LANGUAGE FOCUS
今日のポイント

We’re seeing an increase in…
～の増加を見ることができる。
Meeting - Stating Positive Progress

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

Everything's going according to schedule.
There have been no major setbacks to speak of.
Things are progressing as planned.
We’re projected to finish on time/on schedule.
There should be no foreseeable problems in the immediate future.
I’m pleased to report that the project is advancing nicely.
Everything is being completed as scheduled.

6
ACTIVITY
練習

Activity 1: Discuss the following with your tutor:

Have you ever had to give a progress report during an important meeting? What did you have to give an update for? How did it go? Were you able to give positive results?
If you have never, imagine you had to. How would you feel? How would you go about presenting the information?

Activity 2: Imagine you’re in a meeting with your tutor as your boss. Give him an update on the positive progress you have made on a project you are working on or a client you are working with.

HINTS
as scheduled
予定どおり
accomplish
達成する
delay
遅らせる
fail
失敗する
go wrong
うまくいかない
reach a goal
目標に達する
succeed in
成功する
unacceptable
容認できない