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Here is what we talked about today:

Pre meeting 會前的email
Hi everyone. Here is the meeting agenda for our meeting on Monday.
Please feel free to look through all the key points and let me know if I miss anything.
Hopefully we can have an effective and efficient meeting and resolve all the existing issues.

Beginning 會議開始
Let me introduce myself, I am ___ from _____.
Could the other side introduce yourself?
In today’s meeting, we are going over A, B, C. We will need everyone’s attention when we talk about A and B. However, everyone except Sarah and Tim can leave the meeting if necessary for the last point of the meeting.

Mid 會中的確認理解
I don’t think I got all of that, would you mind repeating?
Could you elaborate on the last thing you talked about?
I just want to check if we’re all on the same page.

Ending 會後的總結與行動
Here is what we talked about in the meeting.
Please pay attention to the following deadlines as well as the people who are appointed to the tasks.