迟迟待在办公室讨论缩短工作时间恰恰是在阻挠这一目标的实现！

Staying late at the office to discuss shorter working hours rather defeats the object of the exercise !

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学生通常需要提前为研讨会和辅导课准备工作，这可以采取研究讨论主题、写论文或解决问题的形式。

Students are normally expected to prepare work in advance for seminars and tutorials and this can take the form of researching a topic for discussion, by writing essays or by solving problems.

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会议上也会讨论工资、晋升和来年的工作计划。

Salary, promotion and plans for the coming year will also be discussed at the meeting.

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A lot of what brings me to this table and this conversation is the combination of what I do now as an ordained minister in the Presbyterian church, and what I did previously as a wilderness instructor.

促使我来这个讲堂,参与大家讨论的原因,应该是由于我的工作,我现在是长老会的受命教长，曾经是野外活动的教练。

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So obviously over the dinner, we will talk, work-related.

所以显然晚饭后，我们会讨论一些工作方面的事情。

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They worked with the same people in this group and kept the vigorous discussion going.

在这群人中他们总是和同样的人一起工作,总是在进行热烈的讨论。

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