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The CEO was scheduled to speak at an important convention ,so he asked one of his employees, john ,to write him a punchy, 20-minute speech. When the CEO returned from the big event, he was furious. “who told you to write an-hour-long speech?” he demanded. “john was baffled . “I wrote a 20-minute speech,” he replied, “and I gave you the two extra copies you asked for.”
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总裁要按计划在一个重要的会议上发表演讲,所以他要求他的一个雇员约翰为他写一个简洁的,大约长20分钟左右的演讲稿。当总裁从这个重大的会议中回来是非常生气。“谁让你写一份长一个小时的讲稿?”他问,“一半的听众在我讲完之前就离开了。”约翰很疑惑。“我些了一份20分钟的讲稿,”他答道,“然后我给你了你要的两份讲稿的复印件。”