Therefore, as a speaker, you need to be prepared, armed with clever lines that prove you are not only in control, but you can think on your feet.

因此作为一个演讲者，你得时刻准备着，怀揣着一些聪明话来证明你还能控制局势，而且反应敏捷。

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Perhaps they are keen to learn how not to make important executive decisions – along the lines of the motivational speaker, but in reverse.

也许他们渴望了解如何才能避免作出那些重要的管理决策——按照这位慷慨激昂的演说家所说，不过要反其道而行之。

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Along the same lines, if you're a speaker trying to figure out if an audience is interested in what you're saying.

同样的道理，如果是你在发言，你也可以据此推断人家是不是对你说的话感兴趣。

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The speaker describes how the person he loves will remain forever young and beautiful in the lines of this poem.

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But battle lines were drawn earlier on Friday, as Speaker Boehner restated his party's opposition to tax increases.

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Now we watch in horrified fascination as a speaker plods through every word on slide after slide with 20 lines or more of text on them.

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In the House, Speaker John Boehner referred to two GOP-authored bills the chamber passed last Congress on partisan lines to replace the now-imminent spending cuts.

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