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八步教你组织人人满意的聚会活动 Recently Sherri posted an article on how to host a great barbecue and it reminded me about my favorite party-planning methods. 近期看到Sherri发表了一篇关于如何组织好烧烤活动的文章,这让我想起自己 对聚会组织也小有心得呢。 As much as I love having peop le over, hos ting a party used to ove rwhelm me so much Fd wa nt everyone out of the h ouse before the guests h ad even fini shed arrivin g. I would g et so wound up about bei ng the perfe ct host and making sure that everyon e was having a good time that Fd fo rget to have a good time myself. 我喜欢邀请朋友到家里来玩，但组织聚会对我而言一度是个劳心费神的活，有 时候恨不能在客人到齐以前就把他们都赶出家门。我全神贯注于做个完美的主 人z希望每个人都满意开心,唯独忘了自己是否真正享受到聚会的欢乐。 Eventually I learned a t rick that al lowed me to have enjoy m yself and ye t still ensu re that ever yone else wa s happy too:Id have th e party so w ell prepared that by the time the fi rst guest ar rived I coul d turn mysel f into just another gues t and the pa rty would ho st itself. 渐渐地，我最终掌握了这么一套方法，它们帮我轻松做到宾主尽欢。聚会的组 织井井有条,当第一位客人光临时,我能立马变身为另一位客人,让聚会有条 不紊地自行进行。 What do I mean? Heres an example (from an ema il my sister sent me abo ut a success ful party of her own): 不明白我的意思吗？下面容我举例解释(这是我姐姐发给我的一封电子邮件, 讲述她自己组织的一次成功聚会）： Thursday nig ht, we empti ed all the f urniture out of the livi ng room into the worksho p. We then s et up two ta bles in the living room and one in t he dining ro om to form t wo tables of 8 and one o f 10. The li ving room wa s cozy but s till had man oeuvring roo m. Friday we puttered aw ay on food p reparation a nd putting t he finishing touches on the house. B ecause we we re so organi zed it was p retty relaxe d and fun? 周四晚上,我们把所有的家具都从起居室搬到工作室,然后在起居室搭起两张 8人位的桌子，在就餐室搭起一张10人位的桌子。起居室空间不大，这样安 排仍显宽绰。周五我们则不紧不慢地准备食物,完成一些室内布置方面的收尾 工作。因为一切安排有序，聚会整个过程都舒心欢乐。 Whether hosting a di nner for la cocktail party for 40 or a backya rd lunch for here are some tips f or making th e whole thin g easy and e njoyable for you: 不论是准备18个人的晚餐z 40个人的鸡尾酒宴会或是8个人的后院午餐，下 面这些建议都可以帮你轻松II快地做好准备： Choose a date well in advance 1、预先选好日子 While sp ontaneity is fun — who