今天小編為大家準(zhǔn)備了BEC中級真題第5輯精聽：Test 2-Part Three(1)，一起來做聽力練習(xí)吧！

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Good?afternoon,?Donald.?Your?book.?The?Successful?Board?Meeting,?will,?I'm?sure,?soon?be?compulsory?reading?for?directors.?Please?tell?us?first?what?you?see?as?the?chief?role?of?the?board?meeting.?Do?people?attending?them?really?play?the?power?games?we?see?in?TV?dramas?

下午好，唐納德。我相信，你的書《成功的董事會會議》很快將成為董事們必讀的讀物。請先告訴我們你認(rèn)為董事會的主要作用是什么？與會者真的在玩我們在電視劇中看到的權(quán)力游戲嗎？

That?can?happen,?of?course.?Certainly,?people?who?don5t?attend?them?are?often?cynical?about?board?meetings.?The?tendency?is?to?see?them?as?a?place?where?fat?cats?congratulate?each?other?on?their?success.?But?that?public?perception?is?false?they're?actually?far?more?frequently?used?as?the?place?where?new?strategic?ideas?are?discussed.

當(dāng)然，這是可能發(fā)生的。確實，不參加董事會的人往往對董事會持懷疑態(tài)度。人們傾向于把它們看作是肥貓們互相祝賀成功的地方。但公眾的這種看法是錯誤的，它們實際上更經(jīng)常被用作討論新戰(zhàn)略思想的場所。

So?what?advice?would?you?give?a?company?wanting?to?make?board?meetings?more?successful??Is?it?just?a?matter?of?making?sure?the?right?people?are?on?the?board?

那么，對于一家希望讓董事會會議更成功的公司，你有什么建議呢？這僅僅是確保董事會中人選合適的問題嗎？

That's?certainly?important.?As?well?as?having?someone?who?is?skilled?at?chairing?meetings?effectively.?But,?I'm?with?a?chairman?I?heard?about?the?other?day?-?he?cancelled?a?board?meeting?because?the?papers?weren't?ready.?It?is?no?good?inviting?people?to?a?meeting?when?they?haven't?got?time?to?consider?the?issues?in?advance.

這當(dāng)然很重要。還要有一個能夠有效主持會議的專家。但是，我和一位主席在一起，前幾天聽說他取消了董事會會議，因為文件還沒有準(zhǔn)備好。當(dāng)人們沒有時間提前考慮問題時，邀請他們參加會議是沒有好處的。

Then?the?meeting?will?be?more?effective,?won't?it?

這樣會議就會更有效，是嗎？

That's?right.?It?also?saves?time?as?the?presenters?at?the?meeting?don't?have?to?formally?present?the?conclusions?of?their?report?and?can?instead?focus?on?fielding?any?questions?that?arise.?This?means?there'll?be?more?time?for?the?chair?to?lead?a?more?productive?discussion?of?any?issues?raised?by?the?report?in?general.

對。這樣還節(jié)省了時間，因為在會議上的發(fā)言者不必正式講出報告的結(jié)論，而是可以專注于回答出現(xiàn)的問題。這意味著主席將有更多的時間就報告提出的任何問題進(jìn)行更有成效的討論。