地道美語聽力播客865：工作時捍衛(wèi)自己的想法

Monica: That’s why I don’t think it’s doable. We should consider other ideas.

...莫妮卡：這就是我為什么覺得它不可行的原因了，我們應該想想別的方法

That was Monica. She’s my co-worker and my nemesis. She criticizes all of my ideas, but I’ve learned that the best defense is to not get defensive.

...這是莫妮卡的想法。她是我的同事，我的冤家。她批評我所有的想法，但是我學會了最好的防御就是不防御

Kazuya: I appreciate your feedback. I understand your reservations, but let me show you these figures I’ve worked up, which I believe will address your concerns.

昆卡：我接受你的建議。我尊重你的保留意見，但是允許我向你講述這些我統(tǒng)計出來的數(shù)據，我相信能夠解決你的問題

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I knew Monica would attack my ideas, so I had come prepared.

我知道莫妮卡將會回擊我的想法，所以我有備而來

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Monica: That’s all very impressive, but I still think we need to consider other options.

莫妮卡：這確實印象深刻，但是我仍然認為我們需要考慮別的方法

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Unfortunately, when Monica digs in her heels, I know that the only thing to do is to placate her. That plus a delaying tactic usually works.

很不幸，每次莫妮卡鉆牛角尖的時候，唯一的方法就是使她鎮(zhèn)定下來，還有延遲討論也很奏效

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Kazuya: Your comments have given me a lot to think about. We’re running short on time and we want to get to the other topics for discussion, so let’s come back to it next week.

昆卡：你的評論讓我想起來很多。我們持續(xù)了較短時間，我們要討論別的話題，所以讓我們下周在討論這個話題吧

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Luckily, I know something else about Monica: She has a short attention span. By next week, she’ll be onto her next victim!

幸運的是，我知道一些關于莫妮卡別的事情，她的注意力很短。到了下周，她會轉移到下一個人