可可電臺，每期節(jié)目一話題，讓英語磨練耳朵的同時(shí)學(xué)到更多有益的小知識，豐富知識的同時(shí)受益于生活。

Tricks highly successful people use to get things done

成功人士達(dá)成目標(biāo)的訣竅

Jeff Bezos — Don't waste your time on meetings

杰夫•貝佐斯——不要把時(shí)間浪費(fèi)在開會上

Meetings can turn out to be a huge time sink. And they're not always super effective.

會議就是巨大的時(shí)間黑洞，有時(shí)效率很低。

That's why the CEO of Amazon keeps to a strict rule when it comes to meetings. He never has a meeting where two pizzas couldn't feed the whole group.

這就是亞馬遜CEO杰夫•貝佐斯嚴(yán)格設(shè)定開會規(guī)定的原因。兩份披薩夠與會人員吃嗎？如果夠就開，如果人數(shù)比這個(gè)多，就不開了。

Why two pizzas? Well, the more people you cram into a meeting, the less effective it will be. According to Fast Company, small groups tend to be far more innovative.

為什么是兩份披薩？因?yàn)榕c會人員越多，效率就越低。《快速公司》認(rèn)為，小團(tuán)體更有創(chuàng)新力。

By cutting out unnecessary, useless meetings, Bezos is able to devote more time toward working to further his goals every day.

削減不必要的、沒用的會議后，貝佐斯每天能夠有更多的時(shí)間去努力實(shí)現(xiàn)目標(biāo)。

【知識點(diǎn)講解】

turn out 結(jié)果是； 關(guān)掉； 制造； 出席

例句：

Sometimes things don't turn out the way we think they're going to.

有時(shí)事情并不像我們認(rèn)為的那樣發(fā)展。

I feel certain that it will all turn out well.

我覺得最后肯定會皆大歡喜。

Our photograph shows how the plants will turn out.

我們的照片展示了植物的生長狀況。

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