新職業(yè)英語(2)unit 2

1、1UnitTwoBusinessMeetingMeetingsAreaMatterofPreciousTime會議關乎寶貴的時間1Themeetingspillsoverintoitssecondhour.Wearediscussingaproductivityinitiative.Atthismomentourmosttalkativememberchimesinwiththeideathatweneedsomekindofsyste

2、mtorewardemployees.Thisisthesamesolutionheoffersfeveryproblemateverymeeting.Thenanothermembercutsinwithalongsty—justtomakethepointthatwearenottheproperentitytorecommendthekindsofchangesweareproposing.Imeanwhilecontribute

3、nothinguseful.Finallythewomanwhosetthemeetingcallsitquitstellsuswe’llcontinuenextweek.Wedriftbacktoourofficeswonderinghowtomakeupfthewastedtime.Thismeetingoccurredmanyyearsagobutsimilaroneshappenatcompanieseverywhereever

4、yday會議已經(jīng)拖拖拉拉開了一個多小時，我們正在討論如何提高生產(chǎn)效率的提案。這時，最能言善道的同事插話說需要某種制度來激勵員工。每次會上，不管討論什么問題，他都會提出同一個方案。緊接著，另一位同事長篇累牘地說明我們都不是提出這些建議的合適人選。我也沒說啥有用的。最后，召集會議的女同事宣布散會，并告知下周繼續(xù)開會。我們游蕩回各自的辦公室，盤算著怎樣才能把浪費的時間補回來。這是多年前的一次會議，但類似的情景仍然隨時隨地在不同公司上演chim

5、ein:tojoinininterruptaconversationtoagreewithsomethinge.g.Herexpectationchimesinwiththebeliefofmanyothers.Tran：他總是插話表達自己的看法。Hekeptchiminginwithhisownopinions.Propose:v.tosuggestaplanideaetc.fpeopletothinkaboutdecideone.g

6、.Thegovernmentproposedchangestothevotingsystem.Tran:她建議封殺那個作者的著作。Sheproposedthatthebookswrittenbytheauthshouldbebanned.Proposal:n.=suggestionContributev.tospeakduringameetingaconversationwritethingsfanewspapermagazineetc

7、.e.g.Wehopeeveryonewillcontributetothediscussion.Tran：他給這家雜志寫了很多文章。Hecontributedanumberofarticlestothemagazine.3effectivea.successfulinproducingadesiredintendedresulte.g.Wemusttakeeffectivemeasurestodealwiththeseproblems

8、.Tran:盡管現(xiàn)代技術應有盡有，最有效的溝通方式還是面對面的交流。Despiteallmoderntechnologiesthemosteffectivefmofcommunicationisstillfacetoface.Explicita.statedclearlyindetailleavingnoroomfconfusiondoubte.g.Hehasanexplicitunderstingoftheproblem.e.g.He

9、wasquiteexplicitaboutwhatheexpectedustodofhim.Tran:他清楚明白地告訴我怎樣到達那里。Hegavemeexplicitdirectionsonhowtogetthere.Specifyv.tostatesomethinginanexactdetailedwaye.g.Remembertospecifyyoursizewhenyouderclothes.e.g.Theregulationss

10、pecifythatcalculatsmaynotbeusedintheexamination.Tran:請說清楚明天你什么時候在家。Pleasespecifywhenyouwillbeathometomrow.Tangiblea.thatcanbeclearlyseentoexiste.g.Theschememusthavetangiblebenefitsftheunemployed.Tran：如果沒有確鑿的證據(jù)，我們不能接受他的發(fā)現(xiàn)

11、。Wecannotaccepthisfindingswithouttangibleevidence.inge:beingresponsiblefe.g.Themonitisingewhentheteacherisnothere.Tran：一個經(jīng)驗豐富的工程師負責這個項目。Anexperiencedengineerisingeoftheproject.5Iknowthatmeetingsmayserveotherfunctions.Som

12、etimestheycancommunicateasolutionmakesurethattherearenofatalflawsinitgivethosewhoareunhappywithitachancetovoicetheirdissatisfaction.Othermeetingsserveaculturalfunctionallowingparticipantstorenewsocialconnectionsestablish

13、relationshipsdeepenasenseofbelonging.Soit’spossibletojustifyafewofthosetoolongapparentlyunproductivemeetingsbyfindinghiddenpayoffs.5我知道會議還有其他作用。有時，在會上大家可以討論預定方案，確保其沒有致命錯誤并給那些有異議的人一個表達心聲的機會。有些會議則有人文功能，創(chuàng)造機會讓與會者敘敘舊、交交新朋友，并增