思慮清晰的秘訣
Kevin looks very busy and stressed at work. His colleague Alice notices and gives him some advice.
凱文在工作中看起來很忙又很有壓力。他的同事愛麗絲注意到了，並給他一些建議。
stressed(adj.)感到壓力大的stressed out極度有壓力stressful(adj.)令人有壓力的relieve stress舒壓
Kevin: Alice, I have so much work today! My boss asked me to make three reports. I don’t have enough time!
凱文：愛麗絲，我今天工作好多！老闆叫我做三份報告，我時間不夠！
report(n.)報告file a report提交報告、報案
Alice: That sounds really hard. But did you ask him why he needs all the reports today?
愛麗絲：聽起來真的很辛苦。不過你有問他為什麼今天需要全部的報告嗎？
Kevin: No, I didn’t. I just said “OK.” I thought I had to do everything right away.
凱文：沒有，我只說「好」。我以為我必須馬上做完所有事情。
right away立刻、馬上=at once／immediatelywithin a short time不久
Alice: You can try asking “Why” first. It helps you understand the situation better. Maybe only one report is urgent.
愛麗絲：你可以先試著問「為什麼」。這能幫助你更了解情況。也許只有一份報告是緊急的。
situation(n.)情況、狀況urgent(adj.)緊急的=pressing
Kevin: I feel a little scared to ask. I don’t want my boss to think I’m lazy.
凱文：我有點不敢問。我不想讓老闆覺得我很懶。
be afraid to VR害怕去做too scared to VR太害怕而不敢做be scared of N.／V-ing 害怕某物或某行為lazy(adj.)懶惰的shiftless(adj.)沒志氣的、懶散的
Alice: Don’t worry. It’s not about being lazy. Asking “Why” helps you understand the goal. Then you can do your job better.
愛麗絲：別擔心。這不是懶惰的問題。問「為什麼」能幫你了解目標，這樣你可以把工作做得更好。
achieve／reach a goal達成目標set a goal設定目標
Kevin: Oh, I see. So asking “Why” can help me save time?
凱文：喔，我懂了。所以問「為什麼」可以幫我省時間嗎？
Alice: Yes, exactly. It helps you focus on what is really important.
愛麗絲：對，沒錯。那能幫你專注在真正重要的事情上。
concentrate on…專注於～stick to堅持做、集中於
Kevin: That makes sense. I will go ask my boss now.
凱文：有道理。我現在就去問老闆。
make sense有道理、講得通
Alice: Good luck! I think you will feel much better.
愛麗絲：加油！我覺得你會輕鬆很多。