Business Expressions 2
BUSINESS EXPRESSIONS 2
Practice English with your teacher
Warm-up
Talk about these questions with your teacher.
선생님과 이야기해 보세요.
- Has your boss or a coworker ever been "breathing down your neck"? How did you handle it?
상사나 동료가 계속 감시하듯 압박한 적이 있나요? 어떻게 대처했나요? - When your team needs to come up with new ideas, do you prefer to brainstorm in a group or think alone first?
팀에서 새로운 아이디어가 필요할 때, 여러 명이 함께 브레인스토밍하는 것과 혼자 먼저 생각하는 것 중 어느 쪽을 선호하나요?
Vocabulary
Listen and repeat after your teacher.
선생님을 따라 읽어보세요.
Reading
Read the passage with your teacher.
선생님과 함께 지문을 읽어보세요.
Reading
1. He's not very quick on the uptake. it takes him quite a while to ___ new ideas.
a. on to a good thing
b. take on board
c. bullish
d. breathing down
e. brief
2. At the start of the meeting everybody was very quiet and reserved but he told a
few jokes to ___
a. across the board
b. break the ice
c. broke the news
d. back to the drawing board
e. take on board
3. We're going to have to reduce budgets in every single department. There will be
___ cuts.
a. back to the drawing board
b. brief
c. on to a good thing
d. brainstorm
e. across the board
4. My boss never gives me any freedom. She's always ___ my neck.
a. broke the news
b. brief
c. breathing down
d. back to the drawing board
e. bullish
5. We need a name for our new brand. The best thing is to get a few people together and try to ___ a name.
a. brief
b. on to a good thing
c. broke the news
d. bullish
e. brainstorm
6. I'm very happy with our sales prospects for the next year. I'm feeling really ___ .
a. bullish
b. back to the drawing board
c. broke the news
d. on to a good thing
e. brief
7. We would have liked to have looked at that but that wasn't part of the ___ you
set us.
a. brief
b. on to a good thing
c. back to the drawing board
d. breathing down
e. broke the news
8. I've heard all about it. Sally ___ to me.
a. brainstorm
b. on to a good thing
c. back to the drawing board
d. breathing down
9. I'm well aware that this is potentially a good new product and that we are probably ___ with it
a. on to a good thing
b. back to the drawing board
c. brainstorm
d. breathing down
e. across the board
10. I guess this market study shows that nobody wants to buy our product. It's ___ for us.
a. back to the drawing board
b. brainstorm
c. breathing down
d. across the board
e. take on board
e. broke the news
Korean Trap! / 한국인 실수 교정
Common mistakes Korean speakers make.
한국인이 자주 하는 실수를 알아봅시다.
한국어에서 '브레인스토밍하다'라고 하다 보니 brainstorm을 두 단어로 쓰거나, 전치사 about을 붙이는 경우가 많습니다. Brainstorm은 한 단어이며 타동사로 쓸 때는 바로 목적어를 취합니다. "brainstorm ideas"처럼 목적어를 바로 연결하세요.
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: BUSINESS EXPRESSIONS 2
Level: Vocabulary (VOC)
Review this lesson before your next class! / 다음 수업 전에 복습하세요!