1、Language Used to Participate in Meetings 出席会议常用语The following phrases are used to participate in a meeting. These phrases are useful for expressing your ideas and giving input to a meeting.Getting the Chairpersons Attention 引起会议主席的注意（Mister/Madam） chairman.May I have a word？If I may， I thinkExcuse m
2、e for interrupting.May I come in here？Giving Opinions 表达意见Im positive thatI （really） feel thatIn my opinionThe way I see thingsIf you ask me， I tend to think thatAsking for Opinions 询问意见Are you positive thatDo you （really） think that（name of participant） can we get your input？How do you feel about？C
3、ommenting 做出评论Thats interesting .I never thought about it that way before.Good point！I get your point.I see what you mean.Agreeing 表示同意I totally agree with you.Exactly！Thats （exactly） the way I feel.I have to agree with （name of participant）。Disagreeing 表示异议Unfortunately， I see it differently.Up to
4、a point I agree with you， but（Im afraid） I cant agreeAdvising and Suggesting 提出建议LetsWe shouldWhy dont youHow/What aboutI suggest/recommend thatClarifying 澄清Let me spell outHave I made that clear？Do you see what Im getting at？Let me put this another wayId just like to repeat thatRequesting Informati
5、on 请求信息Please， could youId like you toWould you mindI wonder if you couldAsking for Repetition 请求重复Im afraid I didnt understand that. Could you repeat what you just said？I didnt catch that. Could you repeat that， please？I missed that. Could you say it again， please？Could you run that by me one more
6、time？Asking for Clarification 要求澄清I dont quite follow you. What exactly do you mean？Im afraid I dont quite understand what your are getting at.Could you explain to me how that is going to work？I dont see what you mean. Could we have some more details， please？Asking for Verification 请求确认You did say n
7、ext week， didnt you？ （did is stressed）Do you mean that？Is it true that？Asking for Spelling 请求拼写Could you spell that， please？Would you mind spelling that for me， please？Asking for Contributions 请求赐教We havent heard from you yet， （name of participant）。What do you think about this proposal？Would you lik
8、e to add anything， （name of participant）？Has anyone else got anything to contribute？Are there any more comments？Correcting Information 更正Sorry， I think you misunderstood what I said.Sorry， thats not quite right.Im afraid you dont understand what Im saying.Thats not quite what I had in mind.Thats not
9、 what I meant.Keeping the Meeting On Target （time， relevance， decisions） 转入正题Were running short of time.Well， that seems to be all the time we have today.Please be brief.Im afraid weve run out of time.Im afraid thats outside the scope of this meeting.Lets get back on track， why dont we？Thats not really why were here today.Why dont we return to the main focus of todays meeting.Well have to leave that to another time.Were beginning to lose sight of the main point.Keep to the point， please.I think wed better leave that for another meeting.Are we ready to make a decision？
