450)h=450">A: Hey Sarah, are you all right? You look upset.S: As a matter of fact, I am a bit upset. ---1---.A: What happened?S: No one would listen to any of my suggestions. Instead, they just kept arguing with each other.A: Who was chairing the meeting?S: Bob.A: Well, ---2---.S: That's exactly what happened! He kept interrupting everyone with his own suggestions and did not want to hear what others had to say. Then he expected everyone to agree with him.原來，Sarah不高興是因爲剛纔開會時，沒人願意聽她的建議。Amanda說，根據她的經驗，主持會議的 Bob有時會顯得過於強硬，come off a little too strong。come off 是表現出，顯得的意思。Sarah 說沒錯，開會時Bob不停地打岔，kept interrupting everyone. Interrupt is spelled i-n-t-e-r-r-u-p-t, interrupt, interrupt指打斷別人的談話。Amanda說，A: What was the meeting about?S: ---3---.A: It's ironic that the meeting was anything but efficient.S: Exactly. I had tons of ideas that I wanted to share, but they just wouldn't let me finish. ---4---?這次開會目的是討論如何簡化工作流程，streamline the office's workflow. streamline意思是精簡，目的是提高效率，make it more efficient. workflow是工作流程。Sarah問Amanda, What should I have done to get my point across? 我該怎麼做才能把我的想法傳遞給別人呢？to get something across在這裏意思是把自己的想法告訴給別人。Amanda有什麼好建議嗎？A: You have to keep things short and sweet. When you get a chance to speak, try not to get into too many unnecessary details.S: Short and sweet? But ---5---?A: ---6---. Not everyone needs to know all that information.S: That's a good idea, I think I will try that at the next da告訴Sarah, 話要說得 short and sweet。Short and sweet 是個習慣用語，意思是簡單明瞭。Amanda建議，開會的時候，應該揀主要的說， bring up the main points, 不用加太多不必要的細節，unnecessary details. 這樣別人纔會比較容易瞭解並接受她的意見。I just came out of a meeting and it didn't go very wellI can tell you from experience that Bob might come off a little strong sometimesWe were trying to come up with ideas to streamline the office's workflow to make it more efficientWhat should I have done to get my point acrosswhat if I have to explain something complicatedYou can always bring up the main points during the meeting and speak to those who are directly involved after the meeting這篇材料你能聽出多少？點擊這裏做聽寫，提高外語水平>>
