English Expressions for Business Person’s Meeting & Presentation
DAY1: #1 - #30 (p.12 – p.42)
Listen to the CD and answer the following questions.
001: How many people are missing? (Chapter 1)
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002: How is the weather?
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003: What is happening to the presenter?
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004: Why has the meeting been canceled?
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005: What does the secretary read before the
presentation?
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006: Where are the handouts?
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007: How can they increase the volume of the
headset?
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008: What is wrong with the projector? What is the cause?
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009: How soon will the presentation start?
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010: What will the presenter do if everyone
cannot hear him/her okay?
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011: When can people speak with the presenter?
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012: What is the name of the speaker? (Chapter
2)
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013: How is the speaker?
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014: What is the position of Mr. Turner?
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015: What is Mr. Rutherford going to talk about?
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016: How many minutes will the presenter take
for questions?
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017: Is the presenter happy to be interrupted
while talking?
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018: What would the presenter appreciate?
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019: What is the person going to record the
presentation for?
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020: How many pages are there in the handouts?
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021: Why is the information classified?
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022: What is Ms. Turner going to talk about?
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023: What is the point of the story?
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024: What is necessary to change the system?
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025: What is the key to success in business?
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026: What is the 2nd point?
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027: What is the 3rd point?
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013: Which salesman’s way of looking at the
situation do you support?
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014: What can networking increase in the
marketplace?
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015: What is telecommuting?
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MEMO
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English Expressions for Business Person’s Meeting & Presentation
DAY2: #31 - #60 (p.43 – p.72)
Listen to the CD and answer the following questions.
031: What is the second term?
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032: What is the change?
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033: Who are their competitors?
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034: What are being developed?
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035: How does the government explain about the
corporate tax issue?
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036: What will happen if banks are not lending
money to companies?
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037: What is behind the government negligence?
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038: What is the issue?
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039: What has dropped by 20 percent?
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040: What is the problem?
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041: What do they need?
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042: What do those in charge need to understand?
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043: How does the presenter want to be informed
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044: What kind of protections are there in place
that can help them?
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045: How much is the one-time bonus?
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046: What do most companies fail to try?
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047: Where are the URL and the email address are
written?
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048: What is the presenter about to present?
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049: How have their sales over the past 10
years?
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050: What can they see in Table 1?
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051: Why is the 3D graph used?
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052: What does the column graph represent?
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053: What does the pie chart represent?
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054: What should employees be aware?
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055: Why does employee benefits need to be
improved?
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056: What is the third reason why they need to
improve their corporate image?
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057: Does the presenter support the government’s
new regulations?
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058: What does the “phone in sick” mean?
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059: How many inquiries have they got?
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060: What is the new policy?
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MEMO
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English Expressions for Business Person’s Meeting & Presentation
DAY3: #61 - #90 (p.73 – p.102)
Listen to the CD and answer the following questions.
061: What is the government trying to increase?
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062: Is the presenter for or against bailing out
failed businesses with taxpayer money?
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063: What kinds of lifestyle are more and more
people seeking?
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064: What is assumed to be the best way to
improve a bad economy?
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065: What does the presenter believe should be
done?
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066: What is a “bear market”?
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067: What kind of people do they need to hire?
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068: How many customers does the presenter think
would notice the change of the price?
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069: How many times has the presenter fail in
the past?
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070: What is a “temp”?
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071: How can they increase sales?
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072: What did the government try to do?
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073: What does the presenter propose to end
meetings soon?
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074: What does Graph 3 show?
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075: What is the second factor?
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076: What is the problem?
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077: What does the presenter believe is the only
way for their company survival?
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078: What needs to be improved?
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079: What is certain?
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080: What do unions support?
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081: What should workers not do while working?
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082: Where is Table 3?
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083: For whom is money always a concern?
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084: What is the one reason for laws not to be
strong enough against things written on the Net?
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085: What has the presenter talked about
already?
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086: What does the presenter compare business
to?
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087: What is the proposal?
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088: Is the presenter sure which option is
better or worse?
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089: What is the one solution to reduce employees’
stress?
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090 What has become a popular area for new
research?
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MEMO
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English Expressions for Business Person’s Meeting & Presentation
DAY4: #91 - #120 (p.103 – p.134)
Listen to the CD and answer the following questions.
091: What is responsible for the declining job
applicants for their company?
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092: What has declined sharply?
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093: What was found in the recent study?
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094: How many agricultural cooperatives were
surveryed?
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095: What is the problem?
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096: What do the findings show?
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097: Is Taylor male or female?
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098: What is the problem that needs to be solved
in their company?
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099: What are not the same?
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100: Does increased spending on employees mean
increase productivity?
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101: What is important for companies to do?
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102: What does success bring?
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103: What is necessary for companies everywhere
to survive and to grow?
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104: What is the innovative work opportunities?
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105: What is the problem?
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106: What are all staff required to do?
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107: What is the topic?
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108: What is the problem??
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109: What is the sure way to gain the trust of
their customers?
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110: What is that backwards way of looking?
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111: What does the person want to see?
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112: What should be shared as their common goal?
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113: What is needed to increase the workforce?
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114: What is the question? (Chapter 3)
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115: What is Mike Friedman?
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116: What might help to improve their services?
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117: What are the likely causes of the economic
downturn?
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118:What is the last part about?
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119: What is the industry?
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120: What is needed to increase sales?
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MEMO
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English Expressions for Business Person’s Meeting & Presentation
DAY5: #121 - #150 (p.135 – p.164)
Listen to the CD and answer the following questions.
121: What is necessary for workers to be better
workers?
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122: What is the conclusion?
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123: What does the evidence show?
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124: How is the value of each product increased?
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125: How can the problems be solved?
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126: What does the presenter say they should do?
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127: What was raised?
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128: What can be reduced if schools educate
workers better?
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129: Whose study are they talking about?
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130: What have people been less interested over
the past five years?
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131: What does cold calling cause?
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132: What will unfriendly employees do unless
nothing is done about them?
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133: Do the two speakers agree or disagree?
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134: What does the questioner say is wrong with
their TV message?
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135: What does the person suggest to the
presenter?
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136: What do they agree?
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137: What does the presenter think of the
current laws?
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138: What do young people spend too much on?
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139: What is the new policy suggested?
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140: What could hackers do?
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141: What does the person disagree with the
presenter?
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142: What is their corporate outlook for the
upcoming year?
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143: Where is Tom going to be transferred to?
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144: When is the president retiring?
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145: What is the presenter’s definition of “bankrupt”?
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146: What have the staff been doing to get
business from the government?
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147: What do they disagree?
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148: What is the presenter going to do about the
rejected proposal?
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149: What does the presenter think is need to be
discussed?
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150: Is the person satisfied with the presentation?
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MEMO
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English Expressions for Business Person’s Meeting & Presentation
DAY6: #151 - #180 (p.166 – p.197)
Listen to the CD and answer the following questions.
151: What did the presenter say about employees’
right? (Chapter 4)
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152: Where do they plan to move their corporate
headquarters to?
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153: What is the question about?
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154: What words did the presenter fail to hear?
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155: Who is going to speak first?
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156: What does the presenter think about the
rules for company travel?
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157: What does the presenter say should be
separated?
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158: What is the presenter’s gut feeling about
the diversification?
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159: Who wishes to replace cellphones by far
more innovative digital devices?
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160: Where are the numbers from last quarter?
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161: Why is their business sluggish?
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162: Why do they have to read and answer email
so quickly on the job?
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163: What are the most common complaints about?
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164: What is currently under consideration?
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165: What does the person suspect about the
recently fired employee?
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166: Has the presenter answered both questions
in this dialog?
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167: What is commonly aware of?
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168: How did the Internet advertizing work out?
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169: Whose book did the presenter recommend?
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170: How will the low interest rate affect the
company?
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171: Who is not really happy about the current
company benefits situation?
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172: What is the question about?
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173: What is the key concern mentioned by the
presenter?
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174: Did anyone ask a question?
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175: What is the name of the presenter?
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176: When will their next meeting be held?
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177: How many questions did the presenter
get? (Chapter 5)
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178: How long did the presenter spend to prepare
for the presentation?
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179: What did the speaker fail to mention?
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180: What made the presenter nervous?
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MEMO
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English Expressions for Business Person’s Meeting & Presentation
DAY7: #181 - #188 (p.198 – p.205)
Listen to the CD and answer the following questions.
181: What did the presenter fail to stress?
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182: What was wrong with the presentation?
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183: What was wrong with the presenter’s way of
speaking?
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184: What is suggested for the presenter to look
confident?
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185: What was wrong with the presenter’s way of
speaking?
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186: What was wrong with the presentation?
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187: What did the presenter fail to do before
the presentation?
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188: What is the presenter advised to do?
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MEMO
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