bbc english at work episode 20: team meeting setting an agenda for a meeting
bbc白领工作英语第20集：团队会议，设定会议章程
narrator: 欢迎回到 tip top 贸易公司。 马上就要开会了，可是 paul 迟到了。他让 anna 来主持会议，不要等他了。 denise: here you go anna, it's a print-out of the agenda for the meeting.
anna: thank you. oh dear, i'm not sure if i know the right words to start meetings.
narrator: well, 你可以说： 谢谢大家今天到场. thank you for coming. 今天会议日程上有 5 项内容。there are five items on the agenda today.
anna: items?
narrator: 比较正式的英语，意思和 'things' 一样。需要一项一项列出来： 第一点 firstly, 第二点 secondly, 然后是 after that, 接着是 and then, 最后 finally...
anna: yes, that's easy.
narrator: 会议结束前一般会有问 'any other business.'
anna: any other business?
narrator: 对了，除了日程上提到的，还有没有什么其它事情需要讨论的？我想 tom 肯定想吹 捧一下自己的能力，denise 可能想说说她的新的理发师。然后会议也就可以结束了， 你可以说 let's wrap up 我们可以结束了.
anna: to wrap up. okay, i'll do my best. oop, it's time, everyone is gathering. (sound of shuffling, chairs being moved, quiet pre-meeting chitchat between staff.)
anna: thank you. thank you for coming. paul will be here soon, but he asked me t o start the meeting. there are (counting to herself) one, two, three, four items on the agenda today. firstly, the stock management systems. secondly, plans for a teambuilding activity (collective groan). after that, the colour of our new apples and finally any other business, before we can wrap up.
paul: (arriving) oh golly gosh, there you are, here i am, good. hello everyone. sorry i'm late.
anna: i'd just opened the meeting.
paul: great. remind me what the first item on the agenda is?
anna: stock.
paul: stock, stock and stock. ah yes, stock management systems. yes, right. well that's mainly to announce that we need to start developing a good stock management system. so we can meet the huge demand i am expecting for these laser-curve fruits. anna, i'd like you to lead on that. (quiet murmur of surprise)
anna: me? you want me to be in charge of the stock management systems?
paul: anna's had some excellent ideas already and i think she'll do a great job. for these new fruits, stock control would be key to supplying our customers laser-curve oranges, laser-curve lemons, laser-curve (fade out).
narrator: 这对 anna 来说是好消息， 不过她可真的是付出了努力。她主持了成功的会议。让我 们来复习一下她用到的一些短语：
anna: thank you for coming. there are four items on the agenda today. firstly... secondly... after that... then... and finally... any other business. and then we can wrap up.
narrator: 现在我们可以结束了。 well, time for me to wrap up too. 我们下期节目再会! bye!
listening challenge 听 力 挑 战
what was the second item on the agenda for today's meeting? 今天开会时的第二个讨论点是什么？
answer: plans for a team-building activity. 答案：团队练习的计划。