Loosely managed teams can become hotbeds of distraction—employees routinely complain that they can't get their work done because they are forced to spend too much time in meetings or compelled to work in noisy offices.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

Recently I attended several meetings where we talked about ways to retain students and keep younger faculty members from going elsewhere.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

I offer a simple proposition in response: Many of our problems—class attendance, educational success, student happiness and well-being—might be improved by cutting down the bureaucratic ( ' , 官僚的) mechanisms and meetings and instead hiring an army of good teachers.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Cutting down meetings and encouraging administrative staff to go to classrooms.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

And in my position as a professor at three different colleges, the actual problems in educating our young people and older students have deepened, while the number of people hired—not to teach but to hold meetings—has increased significantly.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

F) For sociable souls, meeting new people by staying in their homes is part of the charm.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

Meetings at resorts are suddenly unacceptable.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

I'm supposed to be at a meeting from 3:00 to 6:00, but how about leaving it with my secretary?

出自-2014年6月听力原文

She had to attend an important meeting

出自-2014年6月听力原文

Your first meeting is on Monday the 21st at 9:00 a.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

You're meeting him at his office and then he's taking you somewhere

出自-2013年12月听力原文

The weekly school meeting is at the center of the way sun school is orgnized

出自-2012年12月听力原文

The most import advantage of the school meeting is that it shows the children that the school is really their's

出自-2012年12月听力原文

He's tight up in meetings all morning

出自-2012年12月听力原文

Participating in these meetings gives children an understand of democratic decision making and helps them develops their skills of argument and persuasion

出自-2012年12月听力原文

He has got meetings to attend.

出自-2012年12月听力原文

Salary, promotion and plans for the coming year will also be discussed at the meeting.

出自-2011年12月听力原文

As the new sales director for a national computer firm, Alex Gordon was looking forward to his first meeting with the company's district managers.

出自-2010年6月听力原文

He decided to end the meeting with the conversation about the importance of the district managers to the company's plans

出自-2010年6月听力原文

Who did Alex Gordon speak to at the first meeting?

出自-2010年6月听力原文

What do we learn about the audience at the meeting

出自-2010年6月听力原文

But anyway, I'll send him an email to request a meeting, and we'll see what happens from there.

2016年6月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section B

I for one try not to miss a single weekly meeting of my knitting group.

2017年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

Meeting people was the thing, and you went to coffee bars where you met friends and spent the evening.

2017年6月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

Now a third and far more significant motivation presents itself: meeting these goals may be necessary to prevent the collapse of our civilization.

2016年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

They are reportedly meeting with lawyers to see how best to take the business forward.

2019年6月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

Venice's deadline passed with barely a murmur this summer, just as UNESCO was meeting in Istanbul.

2018年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

We were beginning to be adventurous about food, but we were more interested in meeting people than in eating or drinking.

2017年6月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

You made day dream about meeting your life partner, or living in a big house by the sea.

2017年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

As U.S.banks recovered with the help of the American government and the American taxpayer, president Obama held meetings with top bank executives, telling them it’s time to return the favor.

出自-2016年6月听力原文

A year on, the meetings have made lasting changes to what she throws away in her kitchen.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

This level of wastage is a tragedy that cannot continue if we are to succeed in the challenge of sustainably meeting our future food demands.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

Major supermarkets, in meeting consumer expectations, will often reject entire crops of perfectly edible fruit and vegetables at the farm because they do not meet exacting marketing standards for their physical characteristics, such as size and appearance

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

If you're away on a trip, you can still attend a meeting.

出自-2012年12月阅读原文

This is the undercurrent of conversation at Einstein memorial meetings throughout the year.

出自-2010年12月阅读原文

The state recognizes this in the large body of family laws that govern children' welfare, yet parents receive little help in meeting the life-changing obligations society imposes.

出自-2010年6月阅读原文

Liz, I just found out I have a meeting and I can't pick up the kids after their soccer practice.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

He will be attending a meeting

出自-2013年12月听力原文

Town meetings called to discuss the problem inevitably dissolved into confrontations.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

They've called a special meeting at work.

出自-2012年12月听力原文

Salary, promotion and plans for the coming year will also be discussed at the meeting.

出自-2011年12月听力原文

He made a stupid decision at the cabinet meeting

出自-2011年12月听力原文

At office meetings and in group discussions, they might speak up more often, express strong opinions and come up with more creative and practical ideas than their male colleagues.

出自-2011年6月听力原文

What might women do at office meetings nowadays according to the speaker

出自-2011年6月听力原文

She is expecting up to 20 people at the first meeting she has called, at her local pub in the Cornish village of Polperro.

2015年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

The roots of his speech, given in March at the roundtable meeting of environment and energy ministers from the G20 group of nations, stretch back to 1972, and the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm.

2016年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

Through regular regional educational meetings, a large annual meeting, individual farm visits and thousands of phone calls, the Amburghs pass on the principles of pasture management.

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

A politician may read an account of his latest successful public meeting, not for its delayed reward, but very much as his wife reads an account of a party.

2015年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文

After that, feeling the need to explore further, I decided to drop in on one of ASL club's meetings.

2017年高考英语全国卷1 完形填空 原文

After that, I'll have a meeting with him over lunch.

2017年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文

After the meetings, you will have some time for afternoon tea.

2015年高考英语北京卷 听力 原文

Afterwards, she and her father secured their first business meeting with a supermarket owner, who finally agreed to sell Moore's product—cancandy.

2019年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

And I even joined the local fishing club and started attending the monthly meetings.

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

And the meetings, when do they begin?

2015年高考英语北京卷 听力 原文

Anna just emailed to say that the managers' meeting is put off till next Monday.

2017年高考英语浙江卷（11月） 听力 原文

As you may know already, it's a required meeting once a week.

2017年高考英语全国卷2 听力 原文

For many of them, it's a way of meeting people and having a social life.

2018年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 七选五 原文

Helen Mirren stars in the play by Peter Morgan, about queen Elizabeth II of the UK and her private meetings with twelve prime ministers in the course of sixty years.

2019年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Her library used to be a meeting place for all who loved books and liked to share knowledge.

2017年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 完形填空 原文

I need to be in my office in fifteen minutes, or I'll be late for a meeting.

2015年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文

I then made it a point to attend those meetings and learn all I could.

2017年高考英语全国卷1 完形填空 原文

I was watching the clock all through the meeting, as I had a train to catch.

2017年高考英语天津卷 单项填空 原文

If you're meeting with the professor to go over a paper or test, or to ask questions about a particular lecture or reading, make sure you bring that paper or test, or your lecture notes or a copy of the article.

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 主旨概括 原文

It's almost never good to start a meeting with general comments such as:"I didn't understand what you said about [main topic of the course] "or "I couldn't understand any of your lectures last week."

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 主旨概括 原文

Jane can't attend the meeting at 3 o'clock this afternoon because she will be teaching a class at that time.

2015年高考英语天津卷 单项填空 原文

Jenkins needs it for the board meeting next Monday.

2015年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文

Jenny Mosley's quality circle time model involves setting up an on-going, timetable process of circle-meeting for adults and children.

2016年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Last week some city officials suggested the city might be interested in turning the old theater into a museum and public meeting place.

2017年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Next is the basketball club meeting.

2016年高考英语上海卷 听力 原文

Office hours almost always go better if you bring a few specific questions to the meeting.

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 主旨概括 原文

Ok, but I have a meeting that morning.

2015年高考英语上海卷 听力 原文

On the last day of our week-long stay, we were invited to attend a private concert on a beautiful farm on the north shore under the stars, listening to musicians and meeting interesting locals.

2019年高考英语全国卷3 语法填空 原文

Such activities fill the spaces that used to be dead time such as waiting for somebody to arrive for a lunch meeting.

2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Teresa posted a photo of the chance meeting on a social networking website accompanied by the touching words: ＂what a blessing this young man was to our family! he was so sweet and kind to do this.

2018年高考英语全国卷3 完形填空 原文

The basketball club meeting is on the 17th.

2016年高考英语上海卷 听力 原文

The meeting will be held in september, but nobody knows the date for sure.

2015年高考英语重庆卷 单项填空 原文

The meetings will start at 10:00 am, and end at 3:00 pm, with a short lunch break.

2015年高考英语北京卷 听力 原文

This meeting room is a non-smoking area.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 单项选择 原文

This type of integrity requires well-enforced laws in government transparency, such as records of official meetings, rules on lobbying, and information about each elected leader’s source of wealth.

出自-2017年考研阅读原文

Officials must not be allowed to play favorites in providing information or in arranging meetings simply because an individual or group provides a campaign donation or a personal gift.

出自-2017年考研阅读原文

"Once on the calendar I protect this time like I would a doctor's appointment or important meeting", he writes.

2018年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

It will hold another meeting soon.

2011年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Once on the calendar I protect this time like I would a doctor's appointment or important meeting, he writes.

2018年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

simply arranging a meeting, making a phone call, or hosting an event is not an "official act".

2017年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Some people like small talk in a meeting before digging into important matters, while other are more straightforward.

2020年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

The heightened alert followed an emergency meeting with flu experts in Geneva that assembled after a sharp rise in cases in Australia, and rising numbers in Britain, Japan, Chile and elsewhere.

2010年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ