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.原来，Sarah不高兴是因为刚才开会时，没人愿意听她的建议。Amanda说，根据她的经验，主持会议的 Bob有时会显得过于强硬，come off a little too strong。come off 是表现出，显得的意思。Sarah 说没错，开会时Bob不停地打岔，kept interrupting everyone. Interrupt is spelled i-n-t-e-r-r-u-p-t, interrupt, interrupt指打断别人的谈话。Amanda说，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---?这次开会目的是讨论如何简化工作流程，streamline the office's workflow. streamline意思是精简，目的是提高效率，make it more efficient. workflow是工作流程。Sarah问Amanda, What should I have done to get my point across? 我该怎么做才能把我的想法传递给别人呢？to get something across在这里意思是把自己的想法告诉给别人。Amanda有什么好建议吗？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告诉Sarah, 话要说得 short and sweet。Short and sweet 是个习惯用语，意思是简单明了。Amanda建议，开会的时候，应该拣主要的说， bring up the main points, 不用加太多不必要的细节，unnecessary details. 这样别人才会比较容易了解并接受她的意见。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这篇材料你能听出多少？点击这里做听写，提高外语水平>>
