Ambience was important in playing the Chinese zither. Usually, it was practised in quiet setting and never for public performance.

弹奏古筝的环境氛围是很重要的。通常，古筝适合在安静的环境中演奏，不适合公开表演。

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Usually, it was practised in quiet setting and never for public performance.

通常都是在安静的环境下练习，从来没有公开表演过。

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Setting high performance as your baseline expectation and giving teams a way to achieve it play directly into these powerful motivators.

把高绩效作为你的期望基准并让团队去实现它，这些就是强大的激励因素。

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There he had instigated a management revolution, introducing such radical (for New York) changes as budgeting, setting goals and measuring performance.

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As companies contemplate how they will satisfy investor and SEC requirements, they will be well served if they put themselves to a three-pronged test: (1) Are our programs and goal-setting processes geared toward pay and performance alignment? (2) Do our decision-making processes and actions around executive compensation drive alignment? (3) Does our firm have a culture that actually values alignment?

FORBES: Does Your Culture Value a Fair Deal?

The report argues that knee-jerk responses to past tragedies have led to a defensive child protection system that tries to prevent mistakes by setting performance indicators and procedures for what needs to happen.

BBC: Analysis: Less heat, more light on child protection