Level B2 Business English
Lesson 20
Meeting- Interrupting and Clarifying
ミーティング －割りこんで確認する

1
PHRASE OF THE DAY
今日のフレーズ

If I could interrupt…
もし割り込んでよろしければ・・・

2
SITUATION
状況

Tomoko is asking a question during the meeting.
トモコが会議中に質問をしています。

3
DIALOGUE
ダイアログ

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

Bryan
...now if you look at the data shown on page nine, you can see that the trend....
Tomoko
Excuse me. If I could interrupt you with some questions I have.
Bryan
Sure, go ahead Tomoko.
Tomoko
Firstly, I could not fully understand the concept of part one on page eight that you’ve explained. Could you explain that again?
Bryan
No problem. Um...so let me start from the beginning again. The feasibility study of this model shows that...

4
VOCABULARY
語い

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

trend
傾向
feasibility study
フィジビリティスタディ、実行可能性調査、採算性調査、投資調査
concept
コンセプト
um...
うーん
model
モデル、形式

5
LANGUAGE FOCUS
今日のポイント

If I could interrupt…
もし割り込んでよろしければ・・・
Interrupting and Clarifying Information During a Meeting

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

INTERRUPTING EXPRESSIONS

Sorry to interrupt you there, but...
If I may interrupt you...
If you don't mind could I...
Excuse me, but...
Sorry, can we stop here.

CLARIFYING EXPRESSIONS

Sorry, but are you trying to say that...?
Do you mean...?
Am I right in thinking that...?

6
ACTIVITY
練習

Activity 1: Discuss the following topics with your tutor and try to interrupt two times and clarify information two times.
•a recent trend in the Philippines
•what Japanese products are popular in the Philippines

Activity 2: Discuss the following topics and your tutor will try to interrupt two times and clarify information two times.
•a recent trend in Japan
•what product or service your company provides (use your imagination)

HINTS
offer
提供する
common
ありふれた
exclusive
独占的な、専門的な
limited
限られた
youth
若者
electronics
電子製品
software
ソフトウェア