listen to???

0"The standing committee 01b00listened to02b00 the delegation's annual report."02br
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00This is by direct translation from chinese. but i feel that the translation is awkward and missed the original connotation. 02br
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00Could you please kindly give some comments on the above sentence? Does it sound natural with reference to the bold part "listened to"? what does it mean to a native speaker? if I tell you that by way of connotation, it is meant to imply that the standing committee is open-minded and it would like to hear what people have to say.02br
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00 so you can see that in the original language, the wording "listen to" implies that standing committee's position as being superior to the delegation. 02br
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00any comment is welcome and appreciated. 0-