1. what body language do you think the chairwoman used to interrupt thesmall talk? why didn’t she finish her request?
2. why do you think the chairwoman decided not to criticise people for being
late? do you agree with her decision?
3. the chairwoman referred to action points for the next month and a
meeting next month. what’s the difference between the next month and
next month?
4. why didn’t the chairwoman go through the agenda step-by-step? do you
agree with her decision?
5. why did the chairwoman set both a maximum time limit and an ideal time
limit?
6. what verb form did the chairwoman use to refer to an action point from the
last meeting?
7. do you think the chairwoman’s language was too idiomatic at times?
4. without looking back at the chairwoman’s introduction, match the
beginnings and endings to make useful phrases for getting a meeting
started.
1 to make a. aside x hours for sth