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听力文本如下：
Alex says that the presentation serves as an "assessment"(assessment) or measurement of where the company is now "in terms of"communicating its message.
The phrase "in terms (terms) of"usually means "with regard to"or "regarding. ”
For example, Alex could have said "in terms of sales,"or "in terms of our employee's qualifications"instead of "in terms of communicating its message.
"He then says, "Furthermore, this plan has the potential to drive our company forward.
"The word "furthermore"(furthermore) is used to present a new idea that builds on whatever was said before.
You could say "in addition"here as well.
"To drive something forward"means to help something become better or move into the future.
When Alex talks about "transforming"corporate outreach and marketing strategies, he means changing the outreach and marketing in a big or important way.
To transform means to change, to make different.
Next Alex says he is delighted that the major contributors are at the meeting and says that they will use their unique "perspectives"(perspectives) or "points of view"(opinions, or ideas), to talk about the "current state of affairs.”
The "current state of affairs"(affairs) is just a fancy way to say the way things are today or the current status of something.
The "current state of affairs"is what is going on now, at this time.
A little later, Alex says that the participants will "outline"(outline) the path for implementation, meaning that they will briefly describe the main points or main ideas about implementation.
To "implement"means to carry out, to do something.
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