会议要简短

【内容提示】

人们都讨厌并反对冗长的讲话和拖沓的会议。但是，在学校、在行政机关、在其他一些事业单位等，开会是经常性的，而且一开就是一天，半天，至少也有一两个钟头。有些领导一讲话就拖泥带水，总要拖好长时间。请你结合自己的所见所闻和亲身体会对这一问题发表看法，把论点集中在简短会议、珍惜时间上。要求写一篇归纳推理的议论文。

以下词语供参考：

1．Spartus n．斯巴达人2．Laconia n．拉哥尼亚3．Lacons n．拉哥（尼亚）人4．tycoon n．企业巨头5．laconic a．简洁的；简短的

【作文示范】

A Laconic Answr to Our Mtings

I hard that in ancint Grc thr livd a popl calld Spartus. Th Spartus wr famous for thir bravry and simpl lif. As thy livd in Laconia, thy wr also calld Lacons. Th Lacons had a lot of strang ruls. On of thm was that thy should spak brifly and nvr us mor words than ndd.

This story mad m think of a junior middl school classmat of min. Onc h told m that thir Lagus scrtary oftn put thm to th troubl of long mtings, at which sh would mad long, long spchs, all mpty words. vrybody suffrd. Such mtings achiv littl and wast prcious tim. But sh hrslf did not raliz it. If anyon dard to prvnt hr from spaking or gt in som words to cut hr short, sh would gt angry and criticiz him svrly.①

My frind said rgrtfully②, “I would rathr b rgardd as a bad studnt. Only in this way could I mak fr us of my prcious tim.”Such a rmark sounds discouraging. But such things not only happn in my frind＇s school, but also in many offics and units. vryon must always bar in mind③that tim is mony, tim mans lif. Today, if on still njoys a two-hour mting ovr a cup of ta and a cigartt, h is wasting his lif, and th livs of othrs as wll.

In fact popl had takn masurs to cut th mtings short bfor. A Japans tycoon onc suggstd that his officials kp standing during th mtings. It was rportd as “gtting rid of chairs”. In th Unitd Stats, thr was onc a kind of two-minut mtings. And in my class th monitor onc had us stand during a class mting, just as th tycoon did. Although it smd funny, it showd that w wr all fd up with④ unncssary long mtings.

Tim is mony; tim is lif. W must all trat tim as a trasur, spcially in our modrn world.

Laconic mtings, or no mtings at all.

【词语解释】

①svrly[si＇vi+li]ad．严厉地；严肃地

②rgrtfully[ri＇grtfuli] ad．懊悔地；遗憾地）

③bar in mind记住

④(b) fd up with（对……）极其厌倦

【写法指要】

本文先举出古代拉哥尼亚人的一条章程，要求人们说话要简洁。因此，英语中有一个意为“简洁的”形容词就是“拉哥尼亚”的形容词“laconic”。然后作者想到他的同学班会开得过长，干部说话冗繁的事实。由此得出结论，人们要珍惜时间，爱惜生命，说短话开短会。接着又举了日本企业巨头，美国两分钟会议，他们班开短会的论据进行了论证。最后得出的论点是：开会要简短或干脆不开会。所以，我们说本文是归纳推理的议论文。