二十分鐘簡報，三十秒攻略
Mark is the general manager of an international food company. He is having a conversation with another manager, Ann.
馬克是國際食品公司的總經理，他正在和另外一位經理安談話。
Ann: What expectations or requirements do you have regarding your colleagues’ presentations?
安：你對同仁簡報有什麼期待或要求？
expectation(n.)期待requirement(n.)要求regarding(prep.)和…有關=concerning=with regard to~
Mark: Direct and to the point! I hope everyone’s presentation is brief and to the point. Many of my colleagues like to drag along with their presentation. They talk for 5 minutes straight without getting to the point. For those of us working in an environment where every minute counts, this kind of presentation style is really irritating.
馬克：直接和切中要點！我希望每個人的簡報都可以簡短和切中要點，有很多同事的簡報經常是長篇大論，開始5分鐘後還沒談到重點。對於在分秒必爭的環境中工作的我們來說，這種簡報方式真的很令人困擾。
to the point切中要點的brief(adj.)簡短的irritating(adj.)令人困擾的;煩人的
Ann: So does that mean that you just want to get the picture and that you want to get the information within one or two minutes?
安：所以你只是想要了解事情的概況，只是想要在1到2分鐘內得到需要的訊息嗎？
get the picture了解大致情形
Mark: Exactly! So often I want my colleagues to imagine a situation: One day, you enter an elevator and your supervisor happens to be inside. Your supervisor knows that you are going to have a presentation next week, and would like to be briefed about it. As the elevator goes down, you start to run out of time. Now you only have 90 seconds, what do you do?
馬克：沒錯！所以我常常要同事想像一個情境：「有一天你進入電梯，你的主管剛好在裡面，他知道你下週要進行工作簡報，因此要求你快速報告重點讓他了解，隨著電梯向下，時間很快就過去了，現在你只有90秒，這時你該怎麼做？」
supervisor(n.)主管brief(v.)向⋯⋯介紹狀況
Ann: Pushing every button on the elevator so that you can have more time?
安：按下電梯的每個按鍵，以爭取更多的時間？
Mark: You have a great sense of humor, but I’m afraid that’s not the best answer. What you need for such a limited time frame is a “top-down triangle narrative”: spend 10 seconds talking about the conclusion first and then 20 seconds on the bullet points. Then if you still have time, go back and flesh out the storyline.
馬克：你很有幽默感，但恐怕這不是最好的答案。在這麼有限的時間內要採取「倒三角型的敘述」，先講花10秒鐘講結論，接著花20秒重點摘要，最後如果還有時間，再回頭說明細節。
sense of humor幽默感limited(adj.)有限的top-down triangle narrative倒三角型的敘述inverted pyramid倒金字塔結構bullet point重點=key pointsflesh out(v.)充實內容;增加細節或詳情
Ann: That’s a great tactic. It only takes 90 seconds to enlighten and impress your supervisor!
安：這個戰略不錯！只需要90秒鐘就可以讓主管了解情況，也可以讓他對你有好印象！
tactic(n.)策略;手法;戰略=strategy=approachenlighten(v.)啟發、啟迪、闡明、解釋inform(v.)通知;告知