同事和本杰明谈起了缺乏创造力，本杰明给了建议，大脑风暴是团队合作中必要的。

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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.

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同事：噢，我江郎才尽了。

本杰明:你最好休息一下。创意的工作是需要灵感的。

同事:噢，恐怕我得换个新的工作环境来释放创造力了。

本杰明:是个好主意。但是人们不能老换工作环境来激发灵感。头脑风暴是必要的。

同事:噢，你总是那么专业。有什么好的意见吗？

本杰明:谢谢。我想如果我们有一个很好的团队合作，就会好很多。

同事:团队合作？

本杰明:是的，如果能充分利用每个人的想法，我们就能更有效地做事。我们通过讨论在较短的时间得到更好的解决方法。

同事:听起来很有道理，但是每个人都有自己的想法。

本杰明:对啊，我们坐下来讨论，和队员来一个头脑风暴。我们都能从不同人的不同想法中得到一些灵感。

同事:是个好主意。我们试一试吧。

本杰明:你应该尽可能多读书，多向别人学习。每个人都有值得别人学习的长处。

同事:如果那样的话，我们就能共同进步了。

本杰明:我希望我的建议能对你有帮助。

同事:你真了不起，我很佩服你。

本杰明:你也自信些，我相信你能做得很好的。

经典背诵 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.

生词小结
creative adj. 创造的

efficient adj. 有效率的

solution n. 解决方法

注释
at the end of one's wits 也可作 at one's wit's end 意为“智穷汁尽，束手无策。”

run out of steam 泄气，失去动力。

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基础词汇

bin 垃圾桶

desk-top 台式电脑

folder 文件夹

lamp 台灯

laptop 笔记本电脑

monitor 显示器

paper clip 回形针

stick note 即时贴

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blinder 百叶窗

bookmark 书签

calendar 日历

label 标签

marker 水性笔

note board 告示板

sponge 海绵（白板刷）

stick band 透明胶

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