Keeping The Meeting On Target (Time, Relevance, Decisions)
KEEPING THE MEETING ON TARGET (TIME, RELEVANCE, DECISIONS)
Grammar Pattern
Warm-up
Talk about these questions with your teacher.
선생님과 이야기해 보세요.
- Have you ever been in a meeting that went off-topic or ran over time? What happened?
회의가 주제에서 벗어나거나 시간을 초과한 적이 있나요? 어떤 상황이었나요? - What do you think is the most polite way to bring a meeting back on track when someone is going off-topic?
누군가 주제에서 벗어날 때, 회의를 다시 본론으로 돌리는 가장 정중한 방법은 무엇이라고 생각하나요?
Vocabulary
Listen and repeat after your teacher.
선생님을 따라 읽어보세요.
Reading
Read the passage with your teacher.
선생님과 함께 지문을 읽어보세요.
Grammar Pattern
KEEPING THE MEETING ON TARGET (TIME, RELEVANCE, DECISIONS)
We're running short of time.
Well, that seems to be all the time we have today.
Please be brief.
I'm afraid we've run out of time.
I'm afraid that's outside the scope of this meeting.
Let's get back on track, why don't we?
That's not really why we're here today.
Why don't we return to the main focus of today's meeting.
We'll have to leave that to another time.
We're beginning to lose sight of the main point.
Keep to the point, please.
I think we'd better leave that for another meeting.
Are we ready to make a decision?
Korean Trap! / 한국인 실수 교정
Common mistakes Korean speakers make.
한국인이 자주 하는 실수를 알아봅시다.
한국어로 "시간 없으니까 끝내죠"라고 직역하면 너무 직접적이고 무례하게 들릴 수 있습니다. 영어 비즈니스 회의에서는 "I'm afraid..."와 같은 완곡한 표현을 사용하여 정중하게 시간 제한을 알립니다. 특히 회의를 주도할 때는 부드러운 톤으로 마무리하는 것이 중요합니다.
Discussion
Share your thoughts with your teacher.
선생님과 의견을 나눠보세요.
- How would you apply what you learned today?
오늘 배운 것을 어떻게 활용하시겠어요? - What was the most useful part of this lesson?
이 수업에서 가장 유용한 부분은 무엇이었나요? - Can you think of a real situation where you would use this?
이것을 사용할 실제 상황을 생각해 볼 수 있나요? - What would you like to practice more?
더 연습하고 싶은 것은 무엇인가요?
Lesson Summary / 수업 요약
Today's Topic: KEEPING THE MEETING ON TARGET (TIME, RELEVANCE, DECISIONS)
Level: Business (BIZ)
Review this lesson before your next class! / 다음 수업 전에 복습하세요!