英語口語大贏家Topic289:頭腦風暴 Brain Storming
同事和本傑明談起了缺乏創造力，本傑明給了建議，大腦風暴是團隊合作中必要的。
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Colleague: Oh, I am at the end of my wits and running out of steam.
Benjamin: you.d better take a break. You know the creative works need inspiration.
Colleague: Oh, I'm afraid I need a new working environment to release the creative power.
Benjamin: Your idea is a good one. People can't always change the working environment for inspiration. The brainstorming is necessary.
Colleague: Oh, you are always so professional. Do you have any good ideas?
Benjamin: Thanks for saying that. I think if we have a better teamwork, it will be much better.
Colleague: Teamwork?
Benjamin: Yes, we can be more efficient if we make the best use of everybody's idea. We can get a better solution with discussion in shorter time.
Colleague: Sounds quite reasonable. But everybody has his own ideas.
Benjamin: That's true. We can sit down and discuss, brainstorming with our team members. All of us can get some inspiration from different people's ideas.
Colleague: That's a good idea. Let's give it a try.
Benjamin: You should read as much as possible and learn from others. Everybody has his merits worth learning from.
Colleague: In that case, all of us can make the progress at the same time.
Benjamin: I hope my advice will be of some use to you.
Colleague: You are so great! I envy you.
Benjamin: Be confident with yourself. I am sure you'll do fine.
聽看學
同事：噢，我江郎才盡了。
本傑明:你最好休息一下。創意的工作是需要靈感的。
同事:噢，恐怕我得換個新的工作環境來釋放創造力了。
本傑明:是個好主意。但是人們不能老換工作環境來激發靈感。頭腦風暴是必要的。
同事:噢，你總是那麼專業。有什麼好的意見嗎？
本傑明:謝謝。我想如果我們有一個很好的團隊合作，就會好很多。
同事:團隊合作？
本傑明:是的，如果能充分利用每個人的想法，我們就能更有效地做事。我們通過討論在較短的時間得到更好的解決方法。
同事:聽起來很有道理，但是每個人都有自己的想法。
本傑明:對啊，我們坐下來討論，和隊員來一個頭腦風暴。我們都能從不同人的不同想法中得到一些靈感。
同事:是個好主意。我們試一試吧。
本傑明:你應該儘可能多讀書，多向別人學習。每個人都有值得別人學習的長處。
同事:如果那樣的話，我們就能共同進步了。
本傑明:我希望我的建議能對你有幫助。
同事:你真了不起，我很佩服你。
本傑明:你也自信些，我相信你能做得很好的。
經典背誦 Recitation
Colleague: I am at the end of my wits and running out of steam. And I need to take a break. We can sit down and discuss brainstorming with our team members. We can be more efficient if we make the best use of everybody's idea. We can get a better solution with discussion in shorter time.
生詞小結
creative adj. 創造的
efficient adj. 有效率的
solution n. 解決方法
註釋
at the end of one's wits 也可作 at one's wit's end 意爲“智窮汁盡，束手無策。”
run out of steam 泄氣，失去動力。
詞彙擴展 Vocabulary Builder
關於辦公室設備的詞彙
基礎詞彙
bin 垃圾桶
desk-top 臺式電腦
folder 文件夾
lamp 檯燈
laptop 筆記本電腦
monitor 顯示器
paper clip 回形針
stick note 即時貼
提高詞彙
blinder 百葉窗
bookmark 書籤
calendar 日曆
label 標籤
marker 水性筆
note board 告示板
sponge 海綿（白板刷）
stick band 透明膠
Do it together 家庭總動員
兩人一組，一方隨機大聲讀出上面詞彙的英文和中文，另一方用該詞彙填入下面的句子，大聲朗讀並將句子翻譯成中文。
Can I use your ( )?
[例] 家長讀 paper clip 回形針
孩子讀Can I use your paper clip? 我能用用你的回形針嗎？
