美語情景對話 第1228期:What makes a good leader? 優秀領導人的特質

Hanna: Hi, I'm Hanna from Australia.

漢娜：嗨，我是漢娜，來自澳大利亞。

Diego: And I'm Diego from Mexico.

迭戈：我是迭戈，來自墨西哥。

Hanna: And today we're going to be talking about leadership. Diego, what qualities do you.think a good leader needs?

漢娜：今天要討論的問題是領導力。迭戈，你認爲優秀領導人應該具備哪些特質？

Diego: I don't know Hanna, let me think about it. I believe that a good leader should first have the initiative to start things and take the lead in everything from organizing activities to speaking before everyone else.

迭戈：漢娜，我不太清楚，讓我想一下。我認爲一名優秀的領導人應該首先有做事情的積極性，無論是組織活動還是面向所有人發表講話，都要發揮主導作用。

Hanna: Yeah, I think charisma's a really important thing. If you can make a speech before a whole lot of people and have them listen to you, I think that makes you a leader. It doesn't matter what you say, people are always going to listen to what you're last saying if you have a lot of charisma. Do you agree?

漢娜：對，我認爲號召力非常重要。如果你能面向一大批人發表講話，讓他們聽從你，那你就能成爲領導人。如果你很有領袖氣質，那無論你說什麼，人們會一直聽從你的指揮。你同意嗎？

Diego: Yep and I think relations with people are really important. The way you treat people, it's the way those people are going to respect you. So if you have good relationships with people, those people are always going to follow you regardless of what you say and what you do. So I think it has a lot to do with how you treat people in the end.

迭戈：同意，我認爲與他人的關係也很重要。你對待別人的方式就是別人會尊重你的方式。如果你和人們關係良好，那他們會一直追隨你，無論你說什麼，無論你做什麼。所以，我認爲從根本上來說，這和你如何對待他人有很大關係。

Hanna: Yeah.

漢娜：對。

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重點講解：
1. take the lead 領先，帶頭；
例句：We will continue to be vigilant and to take the lead on all aspects of tobacco control.
我們將繼續保持警惕並在菸草控制的各個方面發揮帶頭作用。
2. a whole lot of 一大堆， 許多許多的；
例句：Pour a whole lot of cold water over the rice, and bung it in the oven.
往米中倒入大量涼水，然後放在爐子上。
3. regardless of 不顧；不管；不論；
例句：The fields give high and stable yields regardless of climatic circumstances.
不管天氣條件如何，這塊地總是保持穩產高產。
4. in the end 最後；終於；
例句：I had deluded myself into believing that it would all come right in the end.
我騙得自己相信最後一切都會好起來。