原汁原味商務英語播客第139課:開會暢所欲言(2)

Meetings are a great opportunity to present your ideas and become engaged in the decision-making process. Meetings often involve open-ended discussion among different types of people. For this reason, there is no easy formula that will guarantee success. Instead, you need to develop a range of skills and techniques that will help you express your ideas clearly and tactfully.

開會是表達你意見的絕好機會，在會議中你可以參與到制定決策的過程。會議牽涉到在不同類型的人的敞開式的討論。因爲這個原因，沒有什麼特定的方法讓你輕易地成功。相反地，你需要學會很多技巧來幫助你更清晰而具體地表達。

In our last episode, we looked at giving, supporting, and contradicting opinions. In today's lesson, we'll cover more techniques of agreeing and disagreeing. We'll Also learn how to change the scope of a meeting, which is an especially important skill for the chairperson.

在我們上一集中，我們看到了給出，支持和反對觀點。在今天的課程中，我們將學習更多的同意和反對的表達。我們還要學習如何改變一個會議的範圍，對於會議主持人這個點特別重要。

Last time, we heard four managers—Alison, Stewart, Pat, and Nate—discussing how to reduce travel and transportation benefits. Today we will continue that dialog. The situation becomes a little more heated as the participants express their ideas with more force.

上一次，我們聽到了四個經理——艾莉森，斯圖爾特，帕特和內特——討論如何降低旅行和交通費用。今天我們將繼續對話。這個場面變得有點更加激烈因爲與會的成員都強烈地表達了自己的觀點。

Listening Questions

1. What does the CEO of the company want to focus on?

2. How does Alison respond to Stewart's ideas?

3. What does Nate think about Stewart's ideas?