Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 78

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• 00:10

  Hi there, and welcome back to my podcasts.

• 00:12

  And here we are, yet another weekend.

• 00:15

  Wherever you are, I hope you're enjoying life.

• 00:18

  It's a little bit dull.

• 00:20

  Not life, but the weather is a little bit dull where I am.

• 00:22

  So there's been a bit of rain for the last few, few days, dark clouds and real autumnal conditions.

• 00:29

  But life continues to be good.

• 00:31

  And I hope you're all keeping well.

• 00:33

  I just got over my flu that I had from last week, so hopefully I'm sounding a little bit better.

• 00:42

  Okay, so wherever you are, keep safe and keep well.

• 00:47

  Today we're going to talk to you about some business, English in particular, to look at English around the start and perhaps the closing of meetings.

• 00:57

  So if you're not used to hosting a meeting, particularly if you're not used to hosting, meaning to hold a meeting in English, well, hopefully some of the phrases and expressions that I have for you will be helpful.

• 01:12

  Meetings can be a little bit boring if they go on too long.

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  I always found that I always liked to have a time at the beginning and a time when they definitely would end rather than dragging on forever, meaning they wouldn't last forever.

• 01:30

  But sometimes some people like to talk.

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  They like to listen to themselves talking, and unfortunately, then we end up with lengthy meetings.

• 01:39

  Okay.

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  But if they're in English, they can be a little bit difficult for you if you find it hard to know what you say and what you shouldn't say.

• 01:47

  Like all meetings at the beginning, there's often a lot of small talk, particularly if you haven't seen the people for a while.

• 01:53

  They maybe talk about how they got there to the meeting.

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