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1、 UnitOverviewBystudyingthisunit youareexpectedto learnaboutthekeyfactorsthatleadtoproductivebusinessmeetings understandabusinessmeetinginvitationletter knowaboutthepreparationworkofbusinessmeetingsanddiscusssomeworkindetail writeminutesatbusinessmeetings Unit5BusinessMeeting Unit5BusinessMeeting Uni
2、t5BusinessMeeting Task2 Task1 Unit5BusinessMeeting Task1LookatthepictureonPage71 Tickthepeopleandthingsyoucanfind 1 laptop 2 presenter 3 marker 4 minutes 5 writtenmaterial 6 whiteboard 7 participant s 8 chairperson Unit5BusinessMeeting Task2Thefollowingarefivetypesofmeetingrooms Discusswithyourclass
3、matesthespecialfunctionofeachtype A Thiskindofmeetingroomischosenwhenthespeakerneedstouseaprojectorandalaptop andtheparticipantsneedtohavediscussioningroups B Thiskindofmeetingroomiscommonlyusedtoholdinternationalornation widemeetingswherehigh levelpoliticaloreconomicheadsgathertodiscussimportantiss
4、ues C Thisisameetingroomwithonlineconferencingequipment whichenablescompaniestokeepintouchwithemployees businesscontactsorclientsinotherplaceswithoutspendingtoomuchtimeormoneyontraveling D Thistypeofmeetingroomcanonlyholdafewpeople Itisusedfortheroutinemeetingsofsmalldepartmentsorprojectteams E This
5、kindofmeetingroomissuitableforformallectures Rowsofconferencetableswithchairsfacingthestageinthefrontprovidewritingspaceforeachattendee StartingPoint Text UnderstandingtheText Activity1 DealingwithLanguage FocusingOnGrammar Setting Activity2 Unit5BusinessMeeting Unit5BusinessMeeting Setting NovaCosm
6、eticsisplanningtoholdameetingconcerningitsChinamarketsales Theorganizationgroupshouldbeclearaboutthekeyfactorstoensurethemeeting ssuccess Unit5BusinessMeeting StartingPoint Task1Workinpairs Herearesomecharacteristicsofsuccessfulbusinessmeetings Firstrankthemintheorderofimportance Thencompareyourlist
7、withyourpartner sandexplainwhyyouranktheminthisway Awell designedagenda Clearobjectiveswhichareknowntoeveryone Respectforthetimeplanning Agoodchairwhoensureseverythingundercontrol Well preparedwrittenmaterials Unit5BusinessMeeting HowtoHoldProductiveBusinessMeetings Businessmeetingsareoneofthemostim
8、portantwaysforparticipantstocommunicatewithinateamororganization Communicationisusuallyessentialifworkistobedoneeffectively Itallowsfortheexchangeofideasandinformation fortheagreementandsettingofgoals andenablesplanstobedevelopedinorderthatworkisnotduplicated missedordoneinefficiently So howcanyouho
9、ldfruitfulandsuccessfulbusinessmeetings Unit5BusinessMeeting Beforeameeting youshould Beprepared Meetingsarework justasinanyotherworkactivity Therefore themorepreparationyouhavedone thebettertheresultsyoucanexpect Setanagenda Alistofthetopicstobecoveredduringthecourseofameetingcanplayacriticalrolein
10、itssuccess Itshowsparticipantswhattheyneedtoprepareforandwhatthegoalsofthemeetingare Unit5BusinessMeeting Duringameeting youshould Remembertimekeeping Inthesedaysoffasterandmoreflexiblebusinesspractices everyonealwayshasplentyofworkontheirto dolist Oftenemployeesarereluctanttotaketimeouttoattendamee
11、tingbecausetheyfeelitwillbeawasteoftime However ifthemeetingstartsandendsontimeandcoverstheitemsontheagenda peoplewillfeelthemeetingisaneffectiveuseoftime Maintainfocus Meetingscaneasilygoofftrackandendupwithoutachievinganygoals Boththechairpersonandtheparticipantsmustactivelyworktokeepmeetingsfocus
12、edontheagenda Itisthejobofthechairpersontoensurethatameetingdoesnotdriftofftrack butallattendeesalsohaveresponsibilitytosticktothepointwhentheyarespeaking Unit5BusinessMeeting Afterthemeeting youshould Takeminutes Theminutestakershouldwriteuptheminutesandcirculatethemtoallparticipants Participantssh
13、ouldreadtheminutescarefullysothattheywillbeabletoaffirmorcorrectwhathasbeenrecordedandtakeactionsaccordinglybeforethenextmeeting Unit5BusinessMeeting UnderstandingtheText Task2Completethepassagethatsummarizesthetext Toholdsuccessfulbusinessmeetings afewthingsshouldbetakencareof Beforeameeting 1 cane
14、nsurethebetterresults Andtheorganizercanshowtheparticipantsthelistoftopicstobecoveredby2 Duringameeting usuallytwothingsmaylargelyaffectthemeetingprocess Firstly theparticipantswon tfeelthemeetingisawasteoftimeiftheyhavegood3 Secondly everyoneshould4 bystickingtothepoint Afterameeting the5 shouldbec
15、irculatedtoalltheparticipantsforaffirmation beingprepared settinganagenda timekeeping maintainfocus minutes Unit5BusinessMeeting Task3Answerthequestionswiththeinformationyoufindinthetext 1 What sthetextabout Itisaboutthetipsonhowtoholdsuccessfulbusinessmeetings 2 Whyaremeetingslikeanyotherworkactivi
16、ty Meetingsarelikeotherworkactivitiesbecausethemorepreparationyouhavedone thebetterresultsyoucanexpect 3 Whatdoesagendamean Itmeans alistofthetopicstobecoveredduringthecourseofameeting 4 Whatneedstobedonetokeepmeetingsfocused Thechairpersonneedstoensurethatameetingdoesnotdriftofftrack andallattendeesshouldmaketheirspeechesstickingtothepoint 5 What sthefunctionofmeetingminutes Byreadingtheminutes attendeeswillbeabletoaffirmorcorrectwhathasbeenrecordedandtakeactionsaccordingly UnderstandingtheText
