Getting the Chairperson's Attention 引起会议主席的注意
chairman.
May I have a word?
If I may, I think
Excuse me for interrupting.
May I come in here?
Giving Opinions 表达建议
I'm positive that
I feel that
In my opinion
The way I see things
If you ask me, I tend to think that
Asking for Opinions 询问建议
Are you positive that
Do you think that
can we get your input?
How do you feel about?
Commenting 做出评论
That's interesting .
I never thought about it that way before.
Good point!
I get your point.
I see what you mean.
Agreeing 表示赞同
I totally agree with you.
Exactly!
That's the way I feel.
I have to agree with .
Disagreeing 表示异议
Unfortunately, I see it differently.
Up to a point I agree with you, but
I can't agree
Advising and Suggesting 提出建议
Let's
We should
Why don't you
How/What about
I suggest/recommend that
Clarifying2 澄清
Let me spell out
Have I made that clear?
Do you see what I'm getting at?
Let me put this another way
I'd just like to repeat that
Requesting Information 请求信息
Please, could you
I'd like you to
Would you mind
I wonder if you could
Asking for Repetition3 请求重复
I'm afraid I didn't understand that. Could you repeat what you just said?
I didn't catch that. Could you repeat that, please?
I missed that. Could you say it again, please?
Could you run that by me one more time?
Asking for Clarification4 需要澄清
I don't quite follow you. What exactly do you mean?
I'm afraid I don't quite understand what your are getting at.
Could you explain to me how that is going to work?
I don't see what you mean. Could we have some more details, please?
Asking for Verification 请求确认
You did say next week, didn't you?
Do you mean that?
Is it true that?
Asking for Spelling 请求拼写
Could you spell that, please?
Would you mind spelling that for me, please?
Asking for Contributions 请求赐教
We haven't heard from you yet, .
What do you think about this proposal5?
Would you like to add anything, ?
Has anyone else got anything to contribute?
Are there any more comments?
Correcting Information 更正
Sorry, I think you misunderstood what I said.
Sorry, that's not quite right.
I'm afraid you don't understand what I'm saying.
That's not quite what I had in mind.
That's not what I meant.
Keeping the Meeting On Target 转入正题
We're running short of time.
Well, that seems to be all the time we have today.
Please be brief.
I'm afraid we've run out of time.
I'm afraid that's outside the scope7 of this meeting.
Let's get back on track, why don't we?
That's not really why we're here today.
Why don't we return to the main focus of today's meeting.
We'll have to leave that to another time.
We're beginning to lose sight of the main point.
Keep to the point, please.
I think we'd better leave that for another meeting.
Are we ready to make a decision?
