Interruptions
INTERRUPTIONS
Grammar Pattern
Warm-up
Talk about these questions with your teacher.
선생님과 이야기해 보세요.
- Have you ever been in a meeting where someone kept interrupting others? How did it make you feel?
회의 중에 누군가가 계속 다른 사람의 말을 끊는 경험을 한 적이 있나요? 그때 기분이 어땠나요? - In your culture, is it considered rude to interrupt someone during a business meeting, or is it sometimes acceptable?
한국 문화에서 비즈니스 회의 중 상대방의 말을 끊는 것은 무례한 행동인가요, 아니면 때에 따라 괜찮다고 생각하나요?
Vocabulary
Listen and repeat after your teacher.
선생님을 따라 읽어보세요.
Reading
Read the passage with your teacher.
선생님과 함께 지문을 읽어보세요.
Grammar Pattern
Chair –interrupting
OK. John, if I could just interrupt you there…
Mary, sorry but I’ like to hear some other views on this.
Ok. Thank you, Bob. You’ve made your point.
Chair- stopping an interruption
Just a moment, Peter. I’ll come back to you when Mary has finished.
We can’t all speak at once. One at a time, please. Peter, you wanted to…?
Please, let him finish.
Participants- interrupting
Excuse me, may I interrupt?
Can I come in here?
Could I just comment on that?
Participants – stopping an interruption
If I could just finish.
May I just finish?
No, just one minute…
I haven’t finished what I was saying.
Why did you interrupt?
I’d like to point out …
I’d like to add something to…
I think we are forgetting an important point: namely…
I’d like to develop one point that was mentioned by…
Referring to other Opinions
Peter, you said that…
Somebody mentioned…
What you said about…
As Peter suggested,…
Changing the focus of the discussion
We need to go into this in more depth/detail.
Perhaps… is worth considering.
Commenting on an interruption
That’s a good point.
I see what you mean.
You’re right.
Chair –exploiting an interruption
OK. Perhaps we should talk more about …
So, is it perhaps more important to..?
Let’s think about this new point.
Dialogue Practice
Practice the dialogue with your teacher.
선생님과 대화를 연습해 보세요.
Fill in the blanks.
Add at once superficially in more depth
Mark: If I could just interrupt for a moment…
Bob: I think Linda has made a good point. Did you want to ____________
something, Mark?
Mark: Yes. I’d like to add namely that different clients have different needs. A
few of the suggestion we’ve heard______ ___acknowledge these
differences. But I think if we explore these techniques ________ we’ll find that they really make all the same assumptions about the needs of our clients.
Karen: May I just point out…
Linda: Just a minute, Mark…
Bob: One at a time, please. We can’t all speak ___________. Yes, Linda?...
Comprehension Check
Answer the questions about what you read.
읽은 내용에 대한 질문에 답해 보세요.
Match the questions or statements with similar meanings.
1. Did I make my point clear? A. Could I come in and say something?
2. I just want to mention one thing. B. Do you think everyone understood?
3. If I could just finish. C. I was not done speaking.
4. May I interrupt? D. Please let me make just one point
5. Not everyone can speak at once. E. We can’t all comment at the same
time.
Korean Trap! / 한국인 실수 교정
Common mistakes Korean speakers make.
한국인이 자주 하는 실수를 알아봅시다.
한국어의 "할 말이 있는데요"를 직역하면 "I have a saying"이 되지만, 영어에서 "a saying"은 속담이나 격언을 뜻합니다. 회의 중 끼어들 때는 "May I say something?" 또는 "Could I just comment on that?"처럼 허락을 구하는 표현을 사용해야 자연스럽습니다. 직접적으로 "I want to say"라고 하기보다 공손한 조동사(may, could)를 함께 쓰는 것이 비즈니스 상황에 적합합니다.
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: INTERRUPTIONS
Level: Business (BIZ)
Review this lesson before your next class! / 다음 수업 전에 복습하세요!