Unit 16
Setting up the conference room
職場攻略/辦公日常
English for the workplace/Communication in workplace
BRAIN STORM
Share your ideas with your teacher and try to make sentences.
Have you ever experienced having a meeting in a conference room?
VOCABULARY
Repeat these sentences after your teacher.
1. meeting (n.) 會議
Prepare the room for the meeting.
準備會議房間。
2. U-shape setup (phr.) U型擺設
Arrange the room in a U-shape setup.
以U形佈置房間。
3. place an order (phr.) 訂購
You should place an order so we can eat.
您應該下訂單以便我們吃飯。
4. pads of paper (phr.) 記事本
Prepare pads of paper in case they write some notes.
準備紙墊，以防他們寫一些筆記。
5. projector (n.) 投影機
Can you fetch the project from the storage room?
你可以從儲藏室拿取項目嗎？
6. speakers (n.) 演講者
The speakers are so big and really loud.
揚聲器很大，聲音很大。
7. rearrange (v.) 重新調整
Rearrange the chairs because they look wrong.
重新佈置椅子，因為它們看起來不對。
8. tuck (v.) 折進去
The chairs were not tucked under the table.
椅子沒有藏在桌子底下。
Dialogue
Read the dialogue aloud with your teacher.
Josh, how many people will be at the meeting?
Josh，有多少人要來開會？
We’ll have 17 people, but a few more may show up.
有17個人，但是可能還會有其他人來。
I suggest we use the U-shape setup.
我建議我們座位擺成U型的。
Okay, I’ll get some tables. What about the chairs, should I get 17 of them?
好的，我去拿幾張桌子。椅子呢？要我拿17把來嗎？
Get 20, in case more people come…Can you place an order for water bottles, pads of paper, pens, coffee, and some sliced fruit?
拿20把椅子吧，萬一有更多的人來…你能買一些礦泉水、記事 本、筆、咖啡、和一些果盆嗎？
Okay, got it!
行，沒問題！
The projector is on this side, so we should put a smaller table here and two chairs for
our speakers.
投影儀在這邊，所以我們應該在這兒給我們的演講者放一張小桌子和兩把小椅子。
When the table gets set up, make sure to sit on every chair to test out each angle. If people can’t see from a certain angle, we’ll have to rearrange the table.
桌子都放好之後，一定要試試每個座位上看到的不同角度。如果有位置是看不到的，我們桌子要重新排。
Also, when the chairs get here make sure to tuck them under the table, so that the room appears to look larger and more organized.
還有，椅子放好之後，確保都收進桌子裡面，這樣房間顯得更寬敞整潔。
I’ll make sure to do that.
我會照做的。
Let's Practice
Make it right.
A : ______.
B :Get 20, in case more people come…
1.What about the chairs, should I get 17 of them?
2.The projector is on this side.
A :Can you place an order for water bottles, pads of paper, pens, coffee, and some sliced fruit?
B : ________.
1.Okay, got it!
2.I suggest we use the U-shape setup.
Josh, how many _______ will be at the meeting?
1.people
2.person
We’ll _______17 people, but a few more may show up.
1.have
2.had
The existing ___ of the city contradicted the logic of the new center.
A.furniture
B.decoration
C.style
D.layout
The existing ___ of the city contradicted the logic of the new center.
A.furniture
B.decoration
C.style
D.layout
You are really a hard bargain. Are you going to ___ an order now?
A.put
B.set
C.produce
D.place
China had 225,000 bookstores and sales outlets for books at the end of 2018, _(1)_ 4.3-percent increase from the previous year, according to an _(2)_ report _(3)_ Tuesday.
annual / release / released / a / monthly
DISCUSSION
Make a conversation with your teacher.
1.How do you arrange the water bottles in a conference room?
2.How do you arrange the pen and paper?
