Talking about meetings 🗓️🤝👔 Real Easy English · BBC Learning English
Georgie和Beth用简单英语讨论工作中的会议，学习如何与同事交流想法和做决定。适合练习职场英语和日常对话。
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I'm Georgie.
我叫乔治（Georgie）。
And I'm Beth.
我叫贝丝。
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Hi Beth.
嗨，Beth。
How are you today?
你今天过得怎么样？
I'm good, thank you.
我很好，谢谢。
I am very busy.
我非常忙。
I have a lot of meetings.
我有很多会议要参加。
How are you?
你最近怎么样？
I'm OK, thank you, Beth, I don't have many meetings today.
我挺好的，谢谢你，贝丝。今天我的会议安排不多。
But today we are talking about meetings – in particular work meetings, where you talk to colleagues and discuss ideas or make decisions.
但今天我们要讨论的是会议，尤其是工作会议——在这些会议上，你会与同事交流、讨论想法或做出决策。
That's right.
没错。
OK.
好的。
Shall we get started?
我们开始吧？
Yes.
是的。
So, Beth, you have a lot of meetings today.
那么，贝丝，你今天有很多会议要参加。
Do you generally have a lot of meetings at work?
在工作中，你们通常会有很多会议吗？
It really depends on what I'm working on.
这真的取决于我正在做什么项目。
So, if I have a project where I need to meet a lot of people, then I might have quite a few meetings.
因此，如果我有一个需要与很多人会面的项目，那么我可能需要参加相当多的会议。
And that's why I'm busy now.
这就是为什么我现在很忙的原因。
But generally, we have a lot of...
但总的来说，我们有很多……
a few meetings together as a team, but I don't think we have loads of meetings.
我们作为团队一起开过几次会议，不过我觉得会议的数量并不太多。
Compared to other jobs, I don't think we have many meetings.
与其他工作相比，我觉得我们开会的次数并不多。
Most of our work is producing things and editing and writing.
我们的大部分工作都涉及制作产品、进行编辑以及撰写相关内容。
But you're right.
但你说得对。
When there are lots of big projects that we need to talk to other people on the project,
当有很多大型项目需要我们与项目中的其他人进行沟通时……
we have more meetings.
我们还有更多的会议要参加。
But yeah, like you, it really depends.
不过，确实就像你说的那样，具体情况还得视情况而定。
So, when do you think meetings are useful?
那么，你认为会议在什么时候会派上用场呢？
I think when you need to brainstorm.
我认为当你需要集思广益（进行头脑风暴）的时候，就应该这么做。
So, a brainstorm is when you have lots of new ideas and you need to talk about them together.
头脑风暴是指当你有很多新想法时，需要大家一起讨论这些想法的过程。
I think then meetings are really useful because you hear lots of new ideas, and when you're in a room with other people,
我认为会议确实非常有用，因为在会议上你可以听到很多新的想法。当你和其他人一起待在一个房间里时，这些新想法会更容易被交流和讨论。
if, for example, I have an idea and you say, that's good, and we can also do this and we can all work together,
例如，如果我有一个想法，而你说这个想法很好，我们也可以一起做这件事，并且我们可以共同努力来实现它……
and I think those kind of meetings are really useful.
我认为这类会议非常有用。
Yeah, I think that way of doing it is also more efficient.
是的，我认为那种做法也更高效。
So, sometimes it's better to just have one hour, come up with ideas and decide on the ideas.
所以，有时候最好只安排一个小时的时间，用来想出各种想法并最终确定到底采用哪个方案。
Yeah, definitely.
是的，当然。
Do you tend to speak up in meetings?
你在会议上是否倾向于主动发言（即积极表达自己的意见）？
So, that means do you ask questions and feel confident to speak?
那么，这意味着你会主动提问，并且能够自信地表达自己的想法吗？