原汁原味商務英語播客第138課:開會暢所欲言(1)

This is the first in a three-part Business English Pod series on getting your ideas across in meetings.

這是有關在會議中表達意見的商務英語播客系列三集中的第一集。

Meetings are an important part of most people's jobs. And doing well in meetings requires very effective communication skills. You need to make sure you are getting your ideas across clearly with the right amount of subtlety and tact. If you do this well, then you will be able to influence people and the direction of the organization you work with.

開會是大多數人工作中重要的一部分。把工作做好要求非常有效的溝通技巧。你需要確定你能在會議中把自己的想法表達得具體而清晰。如果你能做好，那麼你就能影響人和很好地領導你工作所在組織。

So, how can you get your ideas across with tact and clarity? That's what we will look at in this lesson. We'll cover some important ways of giving opinions of differing strength. And we'll learn about supporting and contradicting other people's opinions.

因此，你如何讓你想法在會議的時候表達得具體而清晰？這也是這一集我們要學習的東西。這包括表達不同強調程度的重要方法。我們還要學習支持和反對別人的觀點。

In today's diAlogue, four managers are meeting to discuss ways of saving money on travel expenses. The chair of the meeting is Alison. The other participants are Stewart from sales, Pat from HR, and Nate from marketing. We'll hear the group express a variety of opinions as they discuss how to cut 15% from the travel budget.

這今天的對話中，四個經理在會議中討論節省旅遊經費的不同方法。會議主席是艾莉森。其他與會人員有銷售部的斯圖爾特，人事部的帕特，營銷部的納特。我們聽到這個小組在談論減少15%旅行經費的時候表達了各種不同的觀點。

Listening Questions

1. What are three things that Pat mentions could be cut?2. What does Pat think they should focus on?3. Why does Stewart disagree with Pat?