With so many ways to communicate, how should a manager choose the one that's best—particularly when the message to be delivered is bad or unwelcome news for the recipient?
有如此丰富的沟通方式，经理应该如何选择最好的方式——特别是当你要传递的消息对接收者来说是坏消息或是不受欢迎的消息时？
Peter thought for a minute and said, "If Anthony has a bad opinion of me, there must be something wrong with me."
彼得想了一会儿说：“如果安东尼对我的评价不好，那一定是我有什么问题。”
If this happens, the bad luck that goes with the deed falls upon the person whose cigarette was the last to be lit.
如果发生这种情况，那么厄运就会降临到最后点燃香烟的人身上。
I'm also not as sensitive (敏感的) as I used to be. Getting an impolite customer might make me feel bad, but very soon I can laugh it off with my co-workers.
我也没有以前敏感。遇到一个不礼貌的客户可能会让我感觉不好，但很快我可以和我的同事一笑而过。
Her mother tempted her with tasty meat dishes, and herfriends told her the diet would be bad for her health.
她母亲用美味的肉食去诱惑她，并且她的朋友告诉她这种饮食将是对她的健康不利。
Conflict can be either good or bad depending on the type of conflict and the tact with which it is engaged.
冲突可以是好事也可以是坏事，依赖于冲突的类型和冲突双方的回应。
Sure, stress can be bad for you, especially if you react to it with anger or depression or by downing five glasses of Scotch.
当然，压力对你来讲不全是不好的，特别是如果你从生气或失望或喝下5背苏格兰威士忌中反应过来。
And if he is killing small animals at the dinner table - bad guy to be on a date with.
要是出去约会，对面的人提到他小时候尿床又玩火，而且又在餐桌上杀死了一只小动物的话，这可能会成为有史以来最差的约会了（建议你、为了生命安全赶快溜掉）。
These people should change this bad habit and condescend to be pleased with what is pleasing, without worrying needlessly about themselves and others.
这些人应改一改他们的坏习惯，放下架子，该高兴时就高兴，不必为自己和他人无谓地担心。
But I was annoyed by her bad temper, and I wanted be somewhere else, at the pool, away with my classmates, swept up in the exuberance.
但我厌烦了她那坏脾气，我想逃避开，到泳池那里去，和我的同学们在一起，沉浸在欢乐的气氛中。
Too many atoms of the wrong sort, though, can be equally bad, interfering with a transistor's conductivity.
如果出现了过多错误种类的原子，事情也一样糟糕，会影响到晶体管的导电性能。
Since it's controlled by the weather, it will be a matter of luck whether the bad air periods correspond with days of outdoor Olympic events.
自从污染物被天气控制以后问题的关键就是劣质空气的周期是否与户外奥运会项目的那几天相一致。
Unfortunately, while market research can be helpful, customers are notoriously bad at accurately reporting what they will do with something they haven't used before.
不幸的是，市场调查会带来帮助，但让客户准确回答在以前没有使用过的东西将如何对付时，答案肯定是很糟糕的。
No matter how bad the Irish situation, it couldn't be compared with the utter disaster that was Iceland.
不管爱尔兰形势有多差，它怎么可以与已经处于灾难深入的冰岛相提并论呢？
In social media, companies aren't simply pushing information out there; they must expect to receive information back, and be prepared to manage the good with the bad.
在大众媒体上，公司门并不仅仅是在向外推出信息；它们必须预料到会得到信息反馈，并且要准备好好坏通吃。
Finally to adapt an expression with which you're probably familiar I'll conclude simply by saying that the road to reality is paved with your intentions be they good or bad.
最后我想对大家所熟知的一句表达作以修改，一句表达作以修改，我想简单地总结说，通向现实的路是用你的意图铺成的，不管是好是坏。
I was reading about how to be motivated and break bad habits and replace with positive ones.
我曾经阅读过关于如何变得动力十足和用积极的习惯打破、代替消极习惯的内容。
No matter how bad the Irish situation, it couldn’t be compared with the utter disaster that was Iceland.
不管爱尔兰状况多么差，也比不是上冰岛那场完完全全的大灾难。
If you take the time to store your foods properly, you will not be faced with bad or moldy foods.
如果你花费一些时间去妥善地储存食物，就不会再有变质发霉的食品。
When writing a comedy, write in as many jokes as possible.You can edit the bad jokes out through editing and your script will be left with a lot of solid jokes.
当你写喜剧的时候，尽量多的添加笑料，能加多少加多少，那些蹩脚的笑料可以在后续编订的时候去掉，最终的剧本就充满了极棒的笑话了。
Your problem might be with a bad manager, that you constantly feel stretched to the breaking point, or that you are resentful about taking a pay cut.
你的问题也许在于一个不好的经理，让你经常处于崩溃的重压之下，或者是你对于减薪感到愤愤不平。
The simplest form of such an argument is to call something good requires that there be a bad it's contrasted with.
这样的论点最简单的形式是，声称事情是好的时候，需要有，坏的事情来做对比。
But at best, competing businesses will embody different theories, with the bad ones tending to be weeded out.
但是，最好的情况是，相互竞争的企业拥有不同的理论，其中表现较差的将被淘汰。
Do the same for bad design. Soon, you'll be looking at graphics, interiors, and more with greater acuity.
看到非常差的设计时也照样做吧，不久，你看图形看设计的眼光将变得敏锐起来。
Only someone with bad news would be on the other end. I bolted upright and grabbed the receiver.
通常在那会儿只能听到一些坏消息，我猛地坐起来一把抓住话筒。
This is not bad compared with even the recent past, but not as good as it could be.
虽然甚至与最近几年相比还算不坏，但还可以更好。
I wouldn't be surprised if I outperformed bloggers with much larger (but not as bad ass!) fan bases than mine.
如果不是我胜过了拥有比我更大粉丝团的博友，我不会如此惊讶。
I wouldn't be surprised if I outperformed bloggers with much larger (but not as bad ass!) fan bases than mine.
如果不是我胜过了拥有比我更大粉丝团的博友，我不会如此惊讶。
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