TAILIEUCHUNG - Lesson 27: Board meetings and Committees

Lesson 27 "Board meetings and Committees" give you questions prep English exercises TOIEC invite you to consult with your studying English and studying for exams, this is useful references. | Lesson 27 WORDS TO LEARN adhere to agenda bring up conclude go ahead goal lengthy matter periodically priority progress waste Board Meetings and Committees Study the following definitions and examples. 1. adhere to V. to follow to pay attention to a. The chairman never adhered to his own rules. b. The best committee members are those who adhere to the time limits and speak only when they have something important to add. 2. agenda n. a list of topics to be discussed a. The board was able to cover fifteen items on the agenda. b. The agenda was sent out three weeks ago so that everyone could prepare for the meeting. 3. bring up V. to introduce a topic a. Just as the meeting was about to finish the manager brought up a controversial issue. b. No one brought up the resignation of the director. 4. conclude V. to stop to come to a decision a. The committee members concluded the meeting early so that they could finish their budgets. b. After long discussions the board has concluded that the project has to be canceled. 5. go ahead V. to proceed with n. permission to do something a. Five of the six members felt that they should go ahead with the plan. b. The manager was just waiting for the go ahead from her boss before mailing the report. 6. goal n objective purpose a. Employees are expected to analyze and evaluate their annual goals. b. The director had to report to the committee that his department would not reach its goal of 35 percent growth. 7. lengthy adj. long in time duration or distance a. After lengthy discussions the chairperson was reelected for another term. b. The report was so lengthy that members had to take it home and read it over the weekend. 8. matter n. an item issue topic of interest a. If there are no other matters to discuss we will conclude the meeting. b. This is not the place to bring up personal matters. 9. periodically adv. from time to time a. The group tried to meet periodically. b. Periodically new members were nominated to the committee. 10.

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