如何改善人际交流能力-要简明、具体(8)

How to Improve Your Communication Skills

 

如何改善人际交流能力

 

Be Brief Yet Specific

 

要简明、具体

 

 

There's actually a BRIEF acronym—Background, Reason, Information, End, Follow-up—to help you keep your emails short without leaving anything out.

 

It's a good policy for both written and verbal¹ communication (I've always felt that my job as a writer was to clearly get the point across and then get off the page as soon as possible.

 

Just two more items on this list!) Clear and concise² are two of the 7 Cs of communication, along with concrete, correct, coherent³, complete, and courteous⁴.

 

 

1 verbal   

adj.口头的，用言辞的，用文字的，动词的

参考例句：

• Verbal statements are no guarantee.口说无凭。
• I delivered a verbal protest against their brutal acts.我对他们的暴行提出口头抗议。

2 concise   

adj.简洁的，简明的

参考例句：

• The explanation in this dictionary is concise and to the point.这部词典里的释义简明扼要。
• I gave a concise answer about this.我对于此事给了一个简要的答复。

3 coherent   

adj.一致的，协调的，（话语）等条理清楚的

参考例句：

• These two paragraphs are not coherent enough.这两段文章不太接气。
• His interpretation is coherent and intelligible.他的翻译通顺易懂。

4 courteous   

adj.彬彬有礼的，客气的

参考例句：

• Although she often disagreed with me,she was always courteous.尽管她常常和我意见不一，但她总是很谦恭有礼。
• He was a kind and courteous man.他为人友善，而且彬彬有礼。