EU4-13: Running a meeting

Vocabulary

[TODD] Thanks for coming, guys. I know that you're really busy. Have you looked at the agenda?[SALLY] Yup. Only three items?[TODD] Yes. New hires, office visits and a company update. We only have a short time, so let's get started.[SALLY] Okay.[TODD] First, new hires. Simon just hired a new chief engineer. She's from China. Her name's Amy Ling. Simon said that this is her first time in the US, so, um, let's make her feel welcome.[TODD] And, uh, Jessica in HR is leaving the company.[HAPPY] Really? Why?[TODD] It's for personal reasons. Next office visits. Joan told me that we have some important visitors in the office next week. And you know what that means.[SALLY] We have to clean up our desks.[TODD] That's right. Any questions before we continue?[HARRY] Um, can we talk about the company update? That's what's really important.[TODD] Yes, Harry. We're getting to that.

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Key words

• agenda
• items
• new hires
• short time
• for personal reasons
• visitors
• clean up
• continue
• update

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Grammar

1. Reported statements past tense

讨论一个商务场合。例如：

There are some visitors here today.

转述别人说话内容时可以用现在时，也可以用过去时，区别就是是否强调说话发生在现在活着非常重要。例如，下面的转述使用了过去时said that.

Cody said that there are some visitors here today.

也可以使用told +person+that转告说话内容。

Cody told me that there are some visitors here today.

记住，当你转述某人就另外一个人说的内容时，你可能需要改变代词和动词来进行正确的转述。例如，Cody和Linda对话，之后Linda向团队转述Cody所说的话：

[CODY] I want to come to your team meeting.
[LINDA] Cody told me that he wants to come t our team meeting.

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