2022年12月英语六级听力真题第一套 短文2

Passage 2

短文2

For many managers and people who work in leadership positions, dealing with emails is a dilemma.

对于许多管理者和担任领导职务的人来说，处理电子邮件是一个两难的选择。

It's likely the unpredictable, uncontrollable and ongoing nature of day-to-day email in terms of volume, importance and urgency contributes to their levels of anxiety and to diminished leadership skills.

日常电子邮件在数量、重要性和紧迫性方面的不可预测性、不可控性和持续性很可能会导致他们的焦虑程度和领导能力下降。

That's because it's not unusual for many leaders to prioritize email management over people management.

这是因为对于许多领导者来说，电子邮件管理优先于人员管理并不罕见。

An obsession with managing their inbox prevents them from dealing with their employees.

对管理收件箱的痴迷使他们无法与员工打交道。

As a result, they ignore the issues that might only be mild problems at first, until unfortunately, they inevitably transform into a major problem or crisis by virtue of neglect.

结果，他们忽视了最初可能只是轻微问题的问题，直到不幸的是，由于忽视，他们不可避免地转变为重大问题或危机。

As leaders, they are expected to motivate and inspire their team in pursuit of longer term strategic goals and also, less ambitiously but more practically, to monitor their daily output, to set clear expectations, and to give regular feedback.

作为领导者，他们被期望激励和激励团队实现长期战略目标，同时，也不那么雄心勃勃，但更实际地监控他们的日常产出，设定明确的期望，并定期提供反馈。

When presented with a choice between the appeal of their inbox and other more important activities, many sacrifice the latter.

当人们在收件箱的吸引力和其他更重要的活动之间做出选择时，许多人会牺牲后者。

Daily email demands have a negative impact on their goal progress.

每天的电子邮件需求会对他们的目标进度产生负面影响。

This is because leaders must divert resources from other tasks to check, filter and respond to emails.

这是因为领导者必须从其他任务中转移资源来检查、过滤和回复电子邮件。

The solution is cultivating self-control which is like a muscle-it can be strengthened or improved over time through exercise.

解决办法是培养自我控制力，这就像一块肌肉，可以通过锻炼来增强或改善。

Some suggestions include making space in your diary for the only periods during which you'll be checking emails,

一些建议包括在你的日记中留出空间，让你只在这段时间内查看电子邮件，

setting a timer for yourself so you don't become distracted by your inbox for too long, turning off email alerts so you're not interrupted by them.

为自己设置一个计时器，这样你就不会被收件箱分心太久，关闭电子邮件提醒，这样你不会被它们打扰。

Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.

问题12至15基于你刚才听到的短文。

12. What does the speaker say is a common problem with managers?

12.演讲者认为管理者的常见问题是什么？

13. What may happen when managers ignore minor problems?

13.当管理者忽视小问题时，会发生什么？

14. What are leaders expected to do in pursuing their strategic goals?

14.领导人在实现其战略目标时应该做什么？

15. How can a manager best avoid being distracted by email?

15.管理者如何最好地避免被电子邮件分心？

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