IV. Match each word in the box to its definition below.

chair cancel postpone participants outcome miss

minutes workload etiquette propose

1. the final result of a process ……………………….

2. the people at a meeting ………................................

3. a written report of what was said and discussed in a meeting ………...

4. change the date of a meeting to a later date …………………….

5. to make a suggestion formally …………………………………

6. not to have a meeting …………………………………………..

7. the person in charge of a meeting ………………………………

8. a set of rules for behaving correctly …………………………….

9. the amount of work that a person has to do …………………….

10. not to go to the meeting ………………………………………..

V. Complete the remarks of a chairperson at various stages of a meeting. Use the words and phrases from A.

A.

any other business apology for absence

approving the minutes break for coffee

close the meeting come back to this

getting side-tracked have any views

introduce the first item see your point

stick to the agenda take a vote

agreed decision wouldn’t you agree

Beginning

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Is everyone here? I have received just one (1)…………………..from Celia. OK, I think we can begin. Let’s start by

(2)……………………of the last meeting. Any comments? They are quite

straightforward, I think. Good. Now, there is a lot to discuss today, so let’s try to (3)……………………... OK, who is going to (4) ……………………..?

Middle

That’s interesting, but I think we’re (5)…………………... Could we (6)……………… later? OK. Now, Antonio, we haven’t heard from you. Do you (7)………………on this issue? …… Thank you, Antonio. I (8)…………………, but you have to consider the impact on our budget.

(9)……………….that there will be substantial costs if we do as you suggest?

OK, there seems to be a consensus, so we don’t need to (10)………………….

This would be a good time to (11)………….

End.

Good, I think we’ve reached a (12)….......... on this. Before we finish we need to deal with (13)……...........

Does anyone have any other issue that we haven’t discussed? OK, I think we can (14) ……........

Answers:

(1)……………………………………………

(2)……………………………………………

(3)……………………………………………

(4)……………………………………………

(5)……………………………………………

(6)……………………………………………

(7)……………………………………………

(8)……………………………………………

(9)……………………………………………

(10)…………………………………………..

(11)…………………………………………..

(12)…………………………………………..

(13)…………………………………………..

(14)………………………………………….

VI. Translate the following linking words / phrases into the Russian language.

1. as a rule ………………………………………………………

2. finally…………………………………………………………

3. in conclusion………………………………………………….

4. on the whole…………………………………………………..

5. clearly…………………………………………………………

6. in addition……………………………………………………..

7. in other words…………………………………………………

8. in particular …………………………………………………..

9. moreover……………………………………………………………….

10. therefore………………………………………………………………..

11. especially……………………………………………………………….

12. in brief………………………………………………………………….

13. obviously……………………………………………………………….

14. to sum up……………………………………………………………….

15. consequently…………………………………………………………

16.certainly ……………………………………………………………

17 frequently ……………………................................................................

18 actually…………………………………………………………………

19.meanwhile………………………………………………………………

20.whatever ………………………………………………………………

21. in case………………………………………………………………….

VII. Match every word on the left with the word having the same meaning on the right:

1 actually a) at the same time

2 certainly b) often

3 in case c) therefore

4 frequently d) really

5 to sum up e) provided

6 consequently f) especially

7 in particular g) of course

8 finally h) in short

9 to sum up i) in the end

10 meanwhile j) in conclusion

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