Building up arguments

Stating & controlling meetings

1.Which words would you use to open the meeting? (p 10)

2.How would you state the objectives of the meeting? (p10)

3.How wld you direct the meeting to the first speaker? (p 9)

4.How wld you keep the meeting moving? (p 11)

5.How wld you present a summary of the problem/ the main facts of a case? (p 12)

Presenting & supporting opinions

6.How wld you ask a person for his or her opinion? (p19)

7.How wld you ask a group of people for their opinion? (p 19)

An opinion can be expressed in a strong/neutral/ tentative way. –

8.How wld you express an opinion in a strong way/…? (p 19)

9.How wld you express in a strong way/ in a neutral way that you agree with someone? (p 21)

10.How wld you express in a strong way/ in a neutral way that you disagree with smone? (p 21)

Sometimes we neither agree nor disagree but want to express only certain reservations. -

11.How wld you express reservations/ doubts? (p 22)

Balancing points of view

12.When we try to look at both sides of the problem we balance advantages & disadvantages. How wld you do it? (p 28)

13.If there is need to point out consequences one shd keep it in mind that consequences may be certain or possible. Give examples. (p 30)

During the meeting the speakers sometimes give more than one consequence to support their opi nions. –

14.How wld you support your opinions with a series of consequences? (p 31)

Making suggestions

If there is need to get the opinions & suggestions of other people – you request ideas.

15.What phrases can be used in this situation? (p 38)

16.Suggestions & recommendations can be strong/ neutral/ tentative. Give examples. (p 39)

Presenting alternatives

17.How wld you introduce various alternatives to solve a problem? (p 47)

18.How wld you justify your alternative/ choice? (by giving reasons) (p 49)

Accepting & rejecting ideas & proposals

19.How wld you accept proposals in a standard way? (p 55)

20.What is the informal way of accepting proposals? (p 55)

21.22.23.Give examples of strong/ standard/ diplomatic rejections of other people’s proposals! (p 57)

Building up arguments

24.You don’t support the proposal & you have a series of reasons. – How wld you let us know ab it? (p 63)

25.You want to connect a series of consequences into a full argument. With the help of what words you can do it? (p 65)

26.How wld you give a warning about consequences? (p 67)

	Well, ladies & gentlemen, I think we should begin.
	Perhaps, we’d better get started/ get down to business.
	I think it’s about/ high time we started the meeting.
	Shall we start?
	The purpose of the meeting is, first, to… & secondly to…
	We are here today to consider firstly… secondly… thirdly…
	The main objective of the meeting is…
	I’ve called this meeting first to… secondly to…
	Perhaps you’d like to start, Bob, (& put us in the picture)
	Would you like to begin/ open the discussion?
	Let’s move on.
	Would you like to comment here?
	Shall we continue then?
	As some of you probably know…
	The situation now is…
	Some months/ years ago/ yesterday…
	What are your views on/ feelings about…?
	What’s your opinion about that?
	Any reaction to that?
	Has anybody any strong feelings about that?
	What’s the general view on/ feeling about that?
	Has anybody any comments to make?
	I’m sure that…/ I’m convinced that…/ I feel quite sure that/ It’s perfectly clear to me that…
	(N) I think/ believe that; as I see it…; From (a financial) point of view…; the way I see it…
	(tentative) It seems to me that/ I’m inclined to think that…/I tend to favour the view that…
	I’m in complete agreement. I couldn’t agree more. Yes, definitely/exactly/ precisely.
	(N) I agree. I think you are right. That’s true/ right. You are right there.
	I disagree completely. That’s out of the question. On the contrary. That’s ridiculous.
	(N) I don’t agree. That’s not how I see it. I wouldn’t say that. I think you are wrong.
	I see your point but…/ that’s true but…/yes, but…/ Maybe but…
	I accept what you say… but I still feel….
	Althoughit may succeed eventually, it’s too much of a gamble for us
	The project would be profitable. On the other hand, it wld be bad for our image.
	The project is interesting from …point of view. However we wldn’t be able to fund it.
	The project will lead to problems in public relations field.
	(possible) Ifwe do smth it may create (financial) problems.
	It’s going to involve a lot of extra work on our part & in addition it will (give us a bad image)
	apart from that/ besides that
	We can’t …. Not only will it create a lot of extra work butit will also give us a bad image.
	If there is a change in (policy) we’ll be left with nothing. & another thing, we’ll be getting into very dubious area.
	I’d like to hear your ideas on this. Do any of you have any suggestions?
	What are your views on this? How do you see this?
	How do you think we shd do this? I suggest we shd…
	(S) The only solution is…/ I see no other alternative but…/ we must…/there’s no other alternative but
	(N) I recommend that we shd…/My recommendation is that…/I wld suggest that we…/If I were you I wld…
	(T) It might be a good idea to…/Have you thought of_________ing? One solution wld be to… What about___________ing?
	One possibility is to …/ Alternatively, we could…/ One solution is obviously to…/Either we… or we…
	For one thing (firstly = при перечислении) …/The advantage of…/By doing… we’ll be able to…
	I’m completely in favour of that. I’ve absolutely no objections. That seems quite a good idea.
	Great idea! Excellent. Terrific. Good idea. Fine by me. OK by me.
	(S) I really can’t accept that. I’m absolutely against that. That’s out of the question.
	(Standard) I’m afraid I can’t accept that. I’m sorry but that’s not practical/ but I have reservations about that
	(diplomatic) I don’t want to be discouraging but…/ I accept the need for smth but…/I appreciate you point of view but…/That’s very interesting but…
	I’m against/ for that proposal…because…first of all…secondly; for one thing…And for another…
	If…it will mean; as long as smth continuee we won’t be able to…;& so/ therefore/consequently
	Unless…I won’t be able to guarantee…; we must do…or otherwise

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