Meetings That Work

　　0 A vital skill for anyone running a business it is the ability to communicate

　　00 effectively. This is particularly important in a meeting where complex arguments

　　34 need to be put forward and where it is too vital to get the best out of the situation

　　35 and those present in as little time as possible. Before calling a meeting, ask

　　36 yourself if you actually need one, since so many are unproductive results and do

　　37 not really need to take place. Sending an email or by using another means of

　　38 communication, such as a simple phone call, might achieve the desired results in

　　39 half the time. Having established the need for a meeting, so inform those you

　　40 wish to attend and ask people to be punctual. Concerning the key to a good

　　41 meeting is an agenda, which needs to be sent out in advance and should state the

　　42 date, time and location. It should also contain the names of those ones who will

　　43 be present and setthat out, starting with the most important, the points for

　　44 discussion. Ask in advance for suggestions for items to be discussed about but

　　45 set a deadline for submissions in order to reduce the amount of time that has to be spent under 'Any Other Business'.

《Meetings that work》，起作用的會議。文章講的是開好一個會議應該注意哪些問題。

　　34題，it is vital to do sth.，做什么事情是至關重要的。too…to結構表示太而不能。從上下文和詞組的用法來看，too是多余的。

　　35題，正確的

　　36題，since so many are unproductive，是說的很多會議都沒有效果。主謂賓很齊全，unproductive做形容詞就可以修飾前面的meeting，results是多余的。

　　37題，完整的句子應該是Sending an email or(by)using another means of communication might achieve the desired results in half the time。介詞by是多余的。有by，不僅后面的主語不對，也沒有與前面的sending保持一致。

　　38題，正確的

　　39題，這個句子的前后沒有因果關系，去掉so

　　40題，(Concerning)the key to a good meeting is an agenda,主謂賓是齊全的，the key to a meeting是主語，is是謂語，an agenda是賓語，意思就是日程表是會議的關鍵。Concerning是多余的。

　　41題，正確的

　　42題，those who固定的搭配，指代哪些人，ones是多余的

　　43題，去掉插入成分starting with the most important，完整的句子是set(that)out the points for discussion。set out是詞組，在這里是陳述、闡明的意思：present information or ideas in a well-ordered way in writing or speech.。所以that多余。

　　44題，discuss是及物動詞，做討論時直接用discuss，而不是discuss about。事實上，在discuss后面接about時的about一般都是做“大約的”意思講，而不是一個完整的詞組。所以此處about多余。

　　45題，正確的。