Easy English - Exercise: Dialogue

as Children. Most of us were taught not to interrupt when other people are speaking, but in meetings it's sometimes necessary to do so. You might have a Nim Porton piece of missing information to add to the discussion. You might know the answer to a question that has been raised. You might need to correct wrong information. Or you might simply need to interrupt another participant who is dominating the discussion. In his latest easy English article in business spotlight, Mike Hogan gives some useful tips on how to interrupt in a professional way. In this exercise, you'll first hear a short extract from a meeting between three people. Paul, Liz and Robin are brainstorming ideas for the launch of a new range of eye shadow aimed at young women. Listen to how they interrupt each other during the discussion. Off course. We must have advertising in the appropriate magazines and sorry, but that's not enough. Yes, magazines Air important. But I don't think that should be the main approach. Our customers are online, and that's where we need to put our main effort. Um, if I could just but in here, we should do both and have pop up counters in key stores that sell our products. Thes pop up counters could excuse me for interrupting lease Do you mean like we had for the gloss lipstick range a year ago? That's it. People could try the products out, get advice and, oh, hold on a second. Pop up counters air. Great, But don't forget the online approach. We should use our friendly bloggers to test our eye shadow and demonstrated people believe other customers rather than glossy ads. It's authentic. Let me just add something here. All three approaches are great and don't conflict with one another. So we go with all three. Great. That was a lively discussion, wasn't it? Paul listened. Robin used several phrases to interrupt each other. Listen again to the interruptions and in the following pause. Repeat the sentence using the same Internation. Okay, sorry, but that's not enough. If I could just but in here Excuse me for interrupting lease. Hold on a second. Now let's practice these phrases in a different way. You will hear a sentence from Paul is or Robin. I'll then give you some keywords in the pause. Use these keywords to form a sentence to interrupt the person who is speaking. Then you will hear the interruption used in the dialogue. Okay, we'll start off course. We must have advertising in the appropriate magazines and use. Sorry. Not enough. Sorry, but that's not enough. Okay, Next one, our customers are online. And that's where we need to put our main effort. Use butting, if I could just But in here next one, we should do both and have pop up counters in key stores that sell our products. Thes pop up counters could use. Excuse me. Excuse me for interrupting lease. Okay, next one. That's it. People could try the products out, get advice and use. Hold on. Hold on a second. Next one. People believe other customers rather than glossy ads. It's authentic use. Add something. Let me just add something here. Great. Well done. Did you interrupt the speakers using the correct phrase? Remember, it's best to try to avoid having to interrupt people, but if you do feel the need to interrupt them, be polite. Andi, Respectful