Get your turn to speak

Sorry, but...

Can I come in here?

Could I just say something?

Can I just finish my point?

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58 MEETINGS - MAKING THINGS CLEAR

Exercises

58.1 Прочтите диалог ещё раз и заполните пропуски и переведите

1 Sorry, ______________that. Could you
______________________________it again?

2 Can I get this____________? You`re

______________that there has been fraud?
3 Sorry_________________ did you__________ ?

4 How did you _________________at the

5 What

by

______________________of two billion?
_______________________ do you.________

'guess'?

6 __________me if I'm________________, but
you seem to be saying that you have no clue what this
person was trading.

7 Please__________________me to_______________ -

I cannot know every detail of every transaction.

8 You mentioned that the person was trading complex

derivatives. Could you be a______________ more

_______________ ?

9 Perhaps I haven't ___________________ myself

_______________________. What I meant was …

Can I just___________ my ____________?

What I was trying to say was …

After you have remembered whatever you can, use the pairs of words in the box below to complete the sentences.

Allow / explain arrive / figure dear / saying correct / wrong exactly / mean explained / clearly finish / point

how much / say little / specific missed / say

58.3 A team leader is speaking in a conference call, but a colleague (Bob) doesn't understand very well. Complete Bob's questions with the words in the box. Заполните пропуски следующими вопросительными словами и переведите:

what when where which who how long how much how often

Team leader: This meeting today is just a quick briefing so that

everyone understands their zxhkqf before the project starts.
Sob: Sorry, understands their _________________ ?

Team leader: Their roles. Yes, as I was saying, it's just a quick

briefing - it'll only last around kfxhzq minutes.
Bob: Sorry ________________ did you say?

Team leader: Around thirty minutes. OK, so the project will

start at the beginning of qxfcfch.

Bob: Sorry, the project will start ____________ ?

Team leader: At the beginning of March. And once its running,

we'll have to meet regularly, mhkzqf a month.

Bob: Sorry,⁴ ______________ did you say?

Team leader: Once a month. OK,, fzxhqk will be in overall

charge of the budget.
Bob: Sorry.⁵___________will be In charge of the

budget? Team leader. Martha. If you have any travel expenses, please fill

in form qzfxkh and give it to her.

Bob: Sorry,⁶ ______________ - form?

Team leader. Form TE30. If you think you will spend more than

fzxhqk, you should get my authorization first.
Bob: Sorry,'_______________did you say?

Team leader. 400 euros. Copies of the form can be found on

hxfkzq,
Bob: Sorry, we can find them ^B_____________?

Team leader: On the company intranet.

 

58.2 Заполните пропуски буквами из следующих слов come in, explain, through, slight misunderstanding, understand, put way, over и переведите.

1 Sorry, I don't und_ _ _ _ _ _d. Can you e_ _ _ _ _n that again?

2 Can you run _ _ _ _ _gh that again? (= explain quickly)

3 Can you go _ _ _r that again? (= repeat it in order that l can understand it)

4 No, sorry, there's been a sl_ _ _t misund_ _ _ _ _ _ _ing.

5 Let me _ _ _ it another _ _y.

6 Can I c_ _ _ _ _ here? (= enter the discussion / interrupt)

Notice how Bob asks for clarification in two ways. Sometimes he simply says 'Sorry, (question word) did you say'' Other times he includes in his question some words that he did understand.

 

 

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