1、开大会，筹备忙 英语杂志AMrs. Davis and Hannah plan togetherMrs. Davis: So before we get to the way in which we leteveryone know what days well be doing theseminars, we should talk about lunch.Hannah: Ever since I found out you were putting me on theplanning 1)committee I have been giving thismatter serious tho
2、ught.Mrs. Davis: I hoped you might.Hannah: So how would you feel instead of having four plateselections for people to choose from, if instead wedid a light sandwich, fruit and vegetable 2)buffet?Mrs. Davis: What do you mean?Hannah: Well I figure people cant really complain if theymake their food the
3、mselves and if we give themenough variety, they cant say after that there wasnothing for them to eat.Mrs. Davis: So you mean have a selection of sandwiches, fruitsand vegetables for them to choose from?BHannah: Even more than that, what about a selection ofbreads, 3)buns and wraps, various 4)topping
4、sand sauces, sliced meats, 5)tuna, egg salad and 6)veggies, allowing people to create their ownsandwich completely?Mrs. Davis: What a 7)novel idea! And I take your point.People can hardly complain about what went intotheir sandwich if they are the ones who built itthemselves.Hannah: I also think it
5、can cut down on wasted food, sincelast year so much of what people didnt care forwound up thrown out because it had already beenserved to them on their plate.Mrs. Davis: And well save money by not requiring as manystaff to serve each person from the kitchen. This isa great idea Hannah.Hannah: Some o
6、f that saving might go back into food costdue to giving people more choice, but I dont thinkthis will cost the company more than last year.Mrs. Davis: I hope Martin and June have been equally ascreative. Lets continue.Mrs. Davis and Hannah continue their discussionCMrs. Davis, Hannah, Martin and Jun
7、e meet again.Mrs. Davis: To Martin and June So I hope your session wasproductive.Martin: Very much so. Our idea is to do one hour and 50minutes to start, put in a 15 minute break whichwe plan on taking 20 minutes, then another onehour and 50 minutes and then break for lunch.Mrs. Davis: So what time
8、do you propose we start?June: We thought 9:00 a.m. just like a normal workday.Mrs. Davis: So that means that lunch will come at one p.m.?Martin: Yes, but then we start back directly at 2:00 p.m.and break at 3:20 for another 20-minute “15-minute” break and then do another one hour and20-minute sessio
9、n and we finish at five p.m.Mrs. Davis: I can see how this might work and it doessignificantly shorten the afternoon sessions toavoid a repeat of last years audio entertainment.All laugh and Martin 8)blushesA戴维斯女士和汉娜一起策划戴维斯女士： 在我们通知大家在哪天开培训会议之前，我们应该谈谈午饭的问题。汉 娜： 从我发现您把我安排到筹备委员会的时候开始，我就一直在认真考虑这件事。戴维斯女
10、士： 我希望你会这样的。汉 娜： 我们把可供挑选的四盘食物换成清淡的三明治、水果和蔬菜自助，您看怎么样？戴维斯女士： 你是什么意思呢？汉 娜： 嗯我觉得人们如果自取食物他们就不会怎么抱怨，如果我们给他们足够多的选择，过后他们不会说没什么东西可吃。戴维斯女士： 那么你是说选一些三明治、水果和蔬菜，来供他们挑选？B汉 娜： 甚至更多，比方说选各式各样的面包，上面有不同的配料和酱汁，切好的肉片、金枪鱼和鸡蛋沙拉，以及蔬菜，让人们可以自己做三明治。戴维斯女士： 想法真新鲜！我同意你的想法。如果人们自己做三明治，他们就不大可能会抱怨三明治里的东西了。汉 娜： 我觉得这样还可以减少食物的浪费，因为去年人们
11、不喜欢吃的东西最后都给扔掉了，因为那些东西已经盛到他们的盘子里面了。戴维斯女士： 而且用不着那么多的人去厨房做服务，这样还可以省钱。汉娜，这真是个好主意！汉 娜： 节约下来的预算可以用在购买食物的支出上，因为要给人们更多选择，但我觉得今年的支出不会比去年多。戴维斯女士： 我希望马丁和琼也想出了很多好主意。我们继续吧。 （戴维斯女士和汉娜继续讨论）C戴维斯女士、汉娜、马丁和琼又一次会面戴维斯女士： （对马丁和琼）我希望你们的讨论是有成效的。马 丁： 是很有成效。我们的想法是开始先做一小时50分钟的培训，安排15分钟休息，我们计划用20 分钟，然后再来一小时50分钟培训，然后吃午饭休息。戴维斯女士
12、： 那你们觉得我们几点开始？琼： 我们认为和正常的工作日一样，九点开始。戴维斯女士： 这样的话午饭要下午一点开始？马 丁： 是的，但是之后我们在两点就直接开始，三点二十分再来个20分钟的“15 分钟” 中间休息，然后再培训一小时20分钟，下午五点的时候我们结束培训。戴维斯女士： 我能明白这种安排的有效，它缩短了下午的培训时间，可以避免再次上演去年的“呼呼声表演”。 （所有人都笑了，马丁脸红了）单词1)committee kmiti (n.)委员会2) buffet bfit (n.)自助餐3) bun bn (n.)小面包4)topping tpi (n.)糕点上的酉酬5) tuna tju: n(n.)金枪鱼6)veggies vediz (n.) (ye 用复数) 蔬菜类7) novel nvl (a.)新鲜的，新颖的8) blush bl(v.)脸红，感到羞愧
