说到商务会议，是不是立刻想到一群西装革履的白领们坐在一个大会议桌周围，表情严肃地讨论各种文件？确实，商务会议是个严肃的场合，这种会议上的用词非常礼貌，给人的感觉就是“公事公式”。我们来看看在会议上该如何礼貌地引起会议主持的注意、询问和表达意见以及怎样做评论吧！
Getting the Chairperson's Attention 引起会议主持的注意
May I have a word?
If I may, I think...
Excuse me for interrupting.
May I come in?
Giving Opinions 表达意见
I'm positive that...
I (really) feel that...
In my opinion...
The way I see things...
If you ask me ... I tend to think that...
Asking for Opinions 询问意见
Are you positive that...
Do you (really) think that...
(name of participant), can we get your input?
How do you feel about...?
Commenting 做出评论
That's interesting.
I never thought about it that way before.
Good point!
商务会议常用英语（二）
英语中一词多义的现象很普遍。很多词在不同的领域有不同的意思。因此难免造成歧义和误解。当你不明白的时候，你需要别人澄清，当你讲到一个可能产生很多歧义的问题时，你也需要为听众说明。下面是一些商务会议上常用的要求澄清和澄清时要用的“业务”语言，看看你用得上不？
Asking for Clarification 要求澄清
I don't quite follow you. What exactly do you mean?
我不太明白你的意思。你到底想说什么呢？
I'm afraid I don't quite understand what you are getting at.
好像我没太明白你的看法。
Could you explain to me how that is going to work?
你能给我解释一下这个是怎么用的吗？
I don't see what you mean. Could we have some more details, please?
我不明白你的意思。你能说得再详细一点吗？
Clarifying 澄清
Let me spell it out...
让我解释一下……
Have I made that clear?
明白了吗？
Do you see what I'm getting at?
你明白我的意思吗？
Let me put this another way...
让我换种方式说明……
I'd just like to repeat that...
我愿意重申一下……商务会议常用英语（三）
如果你对会议上正在讨论的东西不太不了解，你就得请别人给你提供一些详细的信息。自己不确定是否明白了对方的意思时，就要确认一下。如果别人误会了你的意思，你就要赶快更正。看看下面这些关于请求、确认、和更正的表达，是不是能帮上你的忙呢？
Requesting Information 请求信息
Please, could you...
I'd like you to...
Would you mind...
I wonder if you could...
Asking for Verification 请求确认
You did say next week, didn't you? (did要重读)
Do you mean that...?
Is it true that...?
Correcting Information 更正
Sorry, I think you misunderstood what I said.
Sorry, that's not quite right.
I'm afraid you don't understand what I'm saying.
That's not quite what I had in mind.
That's not what I meant.
商务会议常用英语（四）
会议上关于一个问题大家讨论得非常热烈，热烈到从这个问题又引申出了若干问题，结果远远偏离了讨论的主题。这个时候就得有个人出来挽救会议原来的主题了。那么，该如何提请大家转入正题呢？下面是一些提请大家转入正题的句子，看看能不能用上？
We're running short of time.
Well, that seems to be all the time we have today.
Please be brief.
I'm afraid we've run out of time.
I'm afraid that's outside the scope of this meeting.
Let's get back on track, why don't we?
