Jim: Hello,Ted. How was the marketing meeting?
Ted: Hi, Jim. It couldn’t be _________(bad). I put forward some great ideas, but none of them _________(accept).
Jim: I’m surprised to hear that. I thought you had some very good suggestions. What happened at __________meeting?
Ted: One or two people didn’t take to my ideas very well. That was to be expected. The worst thing was __________the people who said the ideas were good before the meeting didn’t support me.
Jim: I suggest ___________(revise) the suggestions to take into account any _________(object).
Ted: That’s good advice, but I’m not confident that even revised proposals(方案) will be favored.
Jim: May I make a suggestion?
Ted: Sure. I’m open __________any reasonable suggestions.
Jim: Is there a chance you could contact the client(客户) __________(secret) and see what they think? If they like your ideas, perhaps they could put __________forward as their own proposals. You won’t get credit ___________ideas, but the client will know they were yours.
Ted: I’m not sure that’s a good idea.
Jim: Go on. Take a chance. You could just hint at (暗示) your idea. The client should be smart enough to take a hint.