原汁原味商务英语播客 第34课:开始谈话

 　　Today’s Business English Pod lesson is the first in a two-part series on the basics of social English: starting a conversation, keeping it going, and finishing it appropriately. Successful conversation is an important part of networking – the skill of building up a network of contacts and relationships.

　　今天的商务英语播客是2节课中的第一节，将会学到基础的社交英语：开始对话，并让对话保持下去，以及恰当地结束对话。成功的对话是人际网中重要的一环——建立联系和关系的技巧。

　　In this lesson, you’ll be learning¹ skills and language for starting and finishing a conversation appropriately. In the next, you’ll practice how to keep a conversation going.

　　在今天的课中，你会听到用来开始和恰当结束对话的技巧和语言。下一节，你将学会如何将对话进行下去。

　　The conversations take place at the Asia-Pacific HR conference for Multi-Fresh, a major global producer of health beverages³. A beverage² is a drink.

　　对话发生在亚太人力资源大会上针对 Multi-Fresh的谈话，一家全球生产全球健康饮料的厂家。

　　You’ll hear two dialogues. In the first, Penny, an HR officer from Malaysia, strikes up a conversation with George, the Asia-Pacific learning and development manager. “To strike up a conversation” means to start a conversation, usually with someone you don’t know too well.

　　你将听到2部分谈话，第一部分，来自马来西亚的人事主管开始和亚太学习和发展部的经理George谈话。

　　In the second dialogue, Pat⁴, an HR officer from Australia, then tries his best to strike up a conversation with George.

　　第2部分谈话中，来自澳大利亚的人事主管Pat尽全力和George开始谈话。

1 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。

2 beverage   

n.(水，酒等之外的)饮料

参考例句：

• The beverage is often colored with caramel.这种饮料常用焦糖染色。
• Beer is a beverage of the remotest time.啤酒是一种最古老的饮料。

3 beverages   

n.饮料( beverage的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• laws governing the sale of alcoholic beverages 控制酒类销售的法规
• regulations governing the sale of alcoholic beverages 含酒精饮料的销售管理条例

4 pat   

n.轻拍，拍打声；vt.轻拍，拍打；vi.轻跑，轻击；adv.适时，彻底；adj.油腔滑调的，恰好的，合适的

参考例句：

• Could you hear the pat?你能听到轻轻的拍击声吗？
• He gave her a reassuring pat on the shoulder. 他轻拍了一下她的肩膀让她放心。