Weeks 10 : Meeting Vocabulary and What People Said

Hi everyone..

How are you? I'm back with new material this week. I hope you will still stay on my blog. I hope you all can understand it.

 A. MEETING VOCABULARY

ex:

• Could you send out the agenda for Friday's meeting, please?

=> to send out an agenda

[to send a plan for what will be discussed]

• The main objective of this meeting is to agree on a budget

=> main objective

[the primary aim]

• Yolanda is sick, so she will be absent from the meeting today

=> to be absent

[to be not present]

• Can we have a show of hands for those who agree with the proposal?

=> a show of hand

[a vote made by raising hands in the air to show agreement]

• Francesca will give a presentation on health and safety

=> to give a presentation

[to present information to a group of people]

• Today we need to look at our sales figures for the last year

=> to look at

[to consider or focus on something]

 

B. WHAT PEOPLE SAID

• When telling co-workers what someone else said, you can take what they said (direct speech) and rephrase it accurately and clearly. 
• This is called reported speech.