英文正文

Good morning everyone. I'll be your chairman for the quarterly meeting of Action Appliances, third quarter, 1991. The meeting is now called to order.
　According to the agenda, the order of business is as follows:

　1. A reading of the minutes from the last quarterly meeting. 2. A report from Sales Director, Sam Liang, on this quarter's domestic sales. 3. An overview of Action's proposed U.S. 1992 public relations campaign. PR Director, Jane Tsai, will lead the discussion. 4. A demonstration by the Design Team of Action's newest washer / dryer combination unit, with a Q&A to follow. 5. The last order of business is my presentation of the projected outlook for Canadian sales.

　So, if there are no questions, let's get started. Miss Teng, will you please begin with the minutes from the last quarterly meeting?

句型總結

●　 問候大家
1. Good morning everyone.
2. Welcome everyone.
3. I'd like to welcome each of you to this morning's meeting.與會者到齊之后，主持人（最先發言者）應向大家問候一聲。"welcome"、"good morning"都是實用的問候語。

●　 宣布會議開始
1. The meeting is now called to order.
2. I'd like to call this meeting to order.
3. We will now call the meeting to order.

問候與會者之后，應立即宣布會議開始。"call to order"是正式場合中‘宣布會議開始’的慣用詞，有引起注意的作用。

●　 宣讀議程
1. According to the agenda, the order of business is as follows:
2. Referring to the agenda, the order of business is as follows:
3. As the agenda lists, the meeting's order of business is as follows:

此段的關鍵在于根據議程，宣布今天開會討論的事項及其次序。"according to"或"referring to"意思是‘根據…，參照…’，指出討論的事項是以什么作根據。

●　 請演說者上臺
1. Ms. Teng, will you please begin with the minutes from the last quarterly meeting?
2. Ms. Teng, would you like to begin with the minutes from the last quarterly meeting?
3. Let's begin with Ms. Teng. Will you please read the minutes from the last quarterly meeting?

宣布預定的議程之后，禮貌上應該問大家有無其它問題。若沒有，你便請下一個程序的負責人開始，算是交出‘話棒’。請他人做事時，"will you please…"是個客氣的說法；若要更客氣，則可以用"would you please…"。