字幕列表 影片播放 列印英文字幕 You're learning with Nine to Five English. Business English for the workplace. Hi Tim here with another 9 to 5 English lesson. In today's lesson we're going to learn how to talk about your ideas. You might be full of great ideas about your company your products or how to connect with your customers but those ideas aren't very useful if you can't tell other people about the. You probably find yourself in lots of situations where you might talk about your ideas. Think about a staff meeting or a business lunch everyone's talking about what the company should do and you've got a good idea. So do you just shout it out for everyone to hear? No rather than just shouting out your idea it's best to introduce it first. I mean you should tell everyone that you have an idea you want to share. And you might say exactly that like I've got something to share or you could say here's what I've been thinking or how about this? These are just some of the ways that you can introduce your idea. How about practicing some of these expressions? We're going to present some examples after you hear each example try repeating it yourself. Ready? Let's give it a go! How about this for an idea? Here's what I've been thinking about. I've got something I'd like to share on this point. One way of looking at this would be to... So we've just practiced some different ways of introducing an idea. Once you've done that then people are prepared they are now listening to hear what you have to say but you need to be a bit careful how you state your idea if you're not the boss you'll need to avoid saying we have to or it is necessary for us to do something in many situations that's too strong if you're just making a suggestion then you need something softer one way of suggesting an idea is saying we could that's a polite way to present your idea as one possibility so in a marketing meeting you might say we could create some new TV ads there are other ways of making suggestions using how about and what if for example you could say how about creating some ads or what if we created some ads another really simple way to present your idea is with the words I think for example you might say I think we should lower our costs that's just a bit softer than saying we should lower our costs which is to direct many people don't like to hear ideas suggested that directly now it's your turn to try using these expressions you'll hear some examples after each example repeat what you hear let's begin we could hold a big promotional event you I think there are a few ways we could cut costs what if we bought the building instead of renting it why don't we make a mobile version of the website as you heard to suggest an idea sometimes we ask a question that shows that we are open to what other people think after all you're not giving orders rather you're trying to get people to think your idea is a good one so it's important simply to ask them what they think about it you might ask an entire group of people by saying how does everyone feel about that or anyone have any thoughts on this you might also ask one person to respond with something like what's your view on this Betty one more simple way to ask what people think about an idea is with the question how does that sound and do you notice in this and the other expressions I've given you that we say this or that to refer to the idea using these words is better than saying my idea or asking do you agree with me why is saying this better than saying my idea well because you want people to focus on the idea not on whose idea it is if you say me and my a lot people might feel you are thinking about yourself too much let's practice using these expressions for asking what people think about your ideas remember to repeat each example after you hear it how does everyone feel about that what's your view on this Dave how does that sound anyone have any on this oK you've done some great practice with some useful expressions but how does this sound in a conversation well let's listen to a short discussion between Sandra and Kelly about a new office design looking at the office layout does anyone have any ideas yes I've got something I'd like to share on this sure go ahead well what if we put another meeting room on the second floor can you see how that worked Sandra says she's got something to share about the office layout then once everyone's listening she makes a suggestion using a what if question now it's your turn to practice will repeat the dialogue but this time we're going to beep out Sandra's words you will have to say those parts yourself remember first you'll say that you have something to share and then you'll suggest putting another meeting room on the second floor looking at the office layout does anyone have any ideas you sure go ahead you all right so we've learned some great ways to talk about your ideas and to ask what other people think about your ideas in our next lesson we'll learn about how to agree with other people's ideas until then so long and happy learning
A2 初級 925英語課程9 - 如何用英語談論你的想法|商務英語會話。 (925 English Lesson 9 - How to Talk about your Ideas in English | Business English Conversation) 74 4 林宜悉 發佈於 2021 年 01 月 14 日 更多分享 分享 收藏 回報 影片單字