世界节假日博览 第46期:国际提问日

 　　International Ask A Question Day is on March 13. Its goal is to improve our knowledge and lives by asking more and better questions. The Inquiry¹ Institute tells us that “A question not asked is a door not opened.” The best question askers know how to open many doors, even locked ones! The QuestionDay.com website encourages us to become an “outstanding question asker”. It tells us how we can build our “curiosity muscle” to make us more successful in life by asking the right questions. Part of who we are is to ask questions and fully² using the power of questions. It is one of the first things infants do when they learn to talk. Small children are outstanding at asking very difficult questions，just ask any parent!

　　国际提问日会在每年的3月13日举行。该节日的目的是通过问更多，更好的问题来提升自己的知识水平，改善人们的生活。调查协会告诉我们称，“未被问到的问题就像是关着的一扇门”。杰出的提问者知道如何开门，甚至是一扇带锁的门！QuestionDay.com网站鼓励人们成为“杰出的提问者”。通过询问好问题，我们能够建筑起“好奇的力量”，从而让人生更加成功。人们应该积极问问题，充分利用好问题给人们带来的力量。婴儿在开始学习说话时，首先要做的一件事就是问问题。许多儿童能够问出许多难题，去询问自己的父母吧！

　　The Inquiry Institute has a list of the top twelve questions that will bring you success. These include asking yourself exactly what it is you want, and then making sure your question answers this. Another good question is “How else can I think about this?” Such a question can make you look at a situation from a different angle and give you new and better ideas and questions. There is also a question that gets you to look at a situation from the viewpoint of others: “What is the other person thinking, feeling, and wanting?” This may give you successful questions in a business deal. A follow-up question could be “How can I turn this into a win-win situation?” The final question on their list is: “What is possible?” This is a great question to ask. Ask it today.

　　调查协会列出了12个能够让你成功的问题。包括询问自己想要什么，确保你的问题能够回答它。还有就是“对于这个我还能怎么想？”这些问题能够让你从不同角度考虑事情，并让你有更新颖，更好的问题。还有一个问题是从他人的角度来看事情：“他人是怎么想的，有何感受，想要什么”。这或许会让你在商业谈判中说出这些问题。紧跟着就会问“我如何将其变成双赢的局面？”这12个问题中的最后一个是：“有什么可能性？”这是一个好问题。今天就问吧。

　　1.follow-up 后续的

　　例句：Developers should not call follow-up team sessions if they find only minor³ discrepancies⁴ between the design and its implementation⁵ that can be fixed⁶ with minor adjustments.

　　如果开发人员只发现设计及其实现之间的，可以用较小的调整进行修正的较小的差异，那么他们不应该号召后续的团队会议

　　2.look at 考虑

　　例句：We should learn to look at problems all-sidedly.

　　我们应该学会全面看问题。

　　3.win-win situation 双赢局面

　　例句：What win-win situation can we achieve then?

　　那么.我们会实现什么样的双赢局面?

　　4.make sure 确保

　　例句：And you have to make sure, what I always say.

　　所以我经常说，你要确保良好的工作环境。

1 inquiry   

n.打听，询问，调查，查问

参考例句：

• Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
• The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。

2 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

3 minor   

adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修

参考例句：

• The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
• I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。

4 discrepancies   

n.差异，不符合（之处），不一致（之处）( discrepancy的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• wide discrepancies in prices quoted for the work 这项工作的报价出入很大
• When both versions of the story were collated,major discrepancies were found. 在将这个故事的两个版本对照后，找出了主要的不符之处。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 implementation   

n.实施，贯彻

参考例句：

• Implementation of the program is now well underway.这一项目的实施现在行情看好。

6 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。