Planning the Team Meeting
Speaker: Frank Thompson
Role: Office Worker
Context
Frank tells a coworker about arranging a meeting with Bill in the office break room
Short Story
Let me tell you about my talk with Bill today. I saw him in the break room this morning. We needed to arrange a team meeting for next week. Bill said, ‘How about Monday at 10?’ I looked at my schedule and said no. Monday was not good for me.
Then Bill said, ‘Let’s try to find a better time.’ I checked my calendar again. ‘I am going to be free on Tuesday afternoon,’ I told him. Bill looked happy and said, ‘That will work for me too!’
We needed to discuss many important things at the meeting. Bill and I agreed that two hours was good. ‘Shall we meet at 2 PM?’ Bill asked. I said yes. Then Bill said he will send an email to everyone today.
So now we have a plan. The meeting is going to be next Tuesday at 2 PM. We will talk about the new project then. Bill and I are happy because it was easy to arrange the time. Now I just need to get my papers ready for the meeting.
Key Vocabulary Featured
- let's
- how about
- arrange
- meeting
- schedule
- discuss
- shall
- will
- going to
- agree
Practice Notes
Suggested Pace: normal
Emphasis Points: How about Monday at 10?, Let’s try to find a better time, Shall we meet at 2 PM?