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English Listening Course: Ideas and Writing Techniques for Meeting Proposals
- University of Washington: Business English (Socializing/Meetings/Planning/Negotiations/Presentations) Tip:It takes [1:10] to read this article.
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DescriptionNext, we'll explore taking those ideas to the next stage by turning them into a written proposal. In the second lesson, you'll learn how to organize a proposal and how to choose the language to make recommendations and describe possible outcomes.
In the final lesson, you'll practice combining information from texts and a meeting discussion to write notes for a proposal. You will then use those notes to write a proposal making a recommendation. So let's get started.
Listening Comprehension- combine
noun
1. harvester that heads and threshes and cleans grain while moving across the field
2. an occurrence that results in things being united
Synonym: combining
3. a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service
e.g. they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly
Synonym: trustcorporate trustcartel
- organize
verb
1. bring order and organization to
e.g. Can you help me organize my files?
Synonym: organisecoordinate
2. plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
e.g. he masterminded the robbery
Synonym: mastermindengineerdirectorganiseorchestrate
3. arrange by systematic planning and united effort
e.g. machinate a plot
organize a strike
devise a plan to take over the director's officeSynonym: organisepreparedeviseget upmachinate
4. cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea
Synonym: organise
5. form or join a union
e.g. The auto workers decided to unionize
Synonym: unionizeunioniseorganise
6. create (as an entity)
e.g. social groups form everywhere
They formed a companySynonym: formorganise
- proposal
noun
1. the act of making a proposal
e.g. they listened to her proposal
Synonym: proposition
2. an offer of marriage
Synonym: marriage proposalproposal of marriagemarriage offer
3. something proposed (such as a plan or assumption)
- recommendation
noun
1. any quality or characteristic that gains a person a favorable reception or acceptance or admission
e.g. her pleasant personality is already a recommendation
his wealth was not a passport into the exclusive circles of societySynonym: passport
2. something (as a course of action) that is recommended as advisable
3. something that recommends (or expresses commendation of) a person or thing as worthy or desirable
Synonym: testimonialgood word
- brainstorming
noun
1. a group problem-solving technique in which members spontaneously share ideas and solutions
e.g. we had an intense brainstorming session today
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