Inviting people to speak.

Carla then uses some of these expressions. Inviting someone to start:

ü Would you like to open the discussion, Greta?

ü Greta, would you like to kick off?

ü Perhaps you’d like to get the ball rolling, Greta.

Asking for one person’s opinion:

ü What about you, Keith?

ü What do you think about this, Keith?

ü What are you feelings on this, Keith?

ü What are you views on this, Keith?

Asking for everyone’s opinion:

ü What’s the general feelings on this?

Making your point.

The other participants use some of these expressions.

a) Head of human resources: I believe the design department needs a certain amount of freedom, but there are limits.

b) Head of design: As I see it, I can’t run the design department as if it was the accounts department.

c) Chief financial officer: In my opinion, they’re going much too far.

I can’t bear to think of the costs involved.

d) Senior designer: Of course, we are sensitive types and need to be given the freedom to work how we like.

Other ways of making your point include: the way I see it..., personally, I think.., obviously.., it’s clear to me that.., it looks to me as if…

Note: You use of course and obviously to introduce an idea, but also to show that you think other people will be aware of it already. Be careful, as this can sound rude.

Discussion without argument.

Hillary Rode is talking about the importance of keeping calm in meetings: ’’In a meeting, you discuss things. In the discussion, some people may agree with you. Others may disagree. They may have differences of opinion with you, but the important thing is to keep calm and remain courteous. It’s OK to disagree, but it’s not OK to be impolite or rude or to lose your temper.

An argument is when people disagree about something, perhaps becoming angry. Your argument is also the set of ideas that you use to prove your point: to show that what you are saying is true.’’

Note: Agree and disagree are verbs (e.g. I agree with you; She disagrees with him; etc.). You cannot say I am agree with you; She is disagree with him; etc.

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V. Complete the following sentences and translate them into Russian.	\|	Agreeing.

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