优点和缺点(1/2)-英语听力

[00:00.000]I admire my boss a lot.
我非常崇拜我的老板。 [00:02.735]He's very capable.
他很有才干和能力。 [00:03.972]He knows exactly what he's doing and he's not afraid to get his hands dirty,
他清楚地知道他在干什么，也并不担心做些让自己的手变脏的基层工作。 [00:08.224]not like some managers who think they're above it all.
这可不像有些认为自己早已超越那些底层的工作，不屑去做的经理那样。 [00:11.217]The one problem is that he takes on too much.
虽然如此，他的问题在于他承担了太多的工作。 [00:15.478]I don't think it's because he doesn't trust us to do a good job.
我并不认为这是因为他不信赖我们可以做好工作， [00:18.972]It's because he likes to be involved in everything.
而是因为他喜欢亲身参与到每一件事情中去。 [00:22.478]He's a bit of a control freak.
他是有点儿控制癖的怪人。 [00:24.468]The result is that he spreads himself very thin, when he could hand more work out to others,
结果就是当他可以将更多工作分配给别人的时候，他却让自己承担了过多的责任， [00:30.701]and he's often overloaded and stressed.
这让他经常会处于负载受压的状态。 [00:33.695]Cheryl's not particularly brilliant, but she knows that.
Cheryl 并不是十分的优秀，但她清楚这一点。 [00:36.962]She knows her own limitations, which is certainly one of her strengths.
她知道自己的缺陷所在，这也无疑是她的优势之一。 [00:41.695]In fact, I don't think you have to be particularly bright to be a manager.
实际上，我并不认为作为一名经理需要十分聪慧杰出。 [00:46.706]That's more a quality you need in a leader.
那更应该是一名领导所需要具备的一项品质。 [00:49.450]A manager's job is to bring order to the workplace and the team,
一名经理的职责是让工作场所以及工作团队井然有序， [00:53.955]so that people are clear about what they should be doing and when they should be doing it.
这样大家就可以清楚地知道他们应该做些什么，什么时候去做。 [00:58.902]Cheryl is very good at getting everyone working in the most efficient way
Cheryl 非常善于让每个人都能以他们最高效的方式工作， [01:03.900]and that makes our working environment much less stressful.
这也为我们的工作环境减压不少。