原汁原味商务英语播客 第50课:早晨问候和聊天

 　　This is the fourth in a series of intermediate¹ business ESL podcasts that focus on business travel. In this series we’re following a group of trainees³ who work for the telecommunications company Ambient as they visit their head office in Michigan in the U.S.

　　这是有关商务旅行课程的最后一节，在课程中，我们跟随电信公司Ambien的一些受训者，他们将要前往美国密歇根的总部。

　　How do you make friendly chat with your colleagues? What kinds of topics can you talk about? We’ll be looking at some answers. In particular, we’ll cover informal greetings and how to chat about movies. As almost everyone loves to go to the cinema, movies are usually a good topic for small talk.

　　你如何和同事进行友好的聊天呢？你们会谈到什么话题？我们会看看一些回答。我们会学到非正式的问候以及谈论电影的闲聊。因为几乎每个人都喜欢看电影，但是通常是闲谈的好话题。

　　As our listening begins, it’s Monday morning. Honesto, a trainee² from the Philippines, says hello to his American colleague Brenda as she comes in to the office.

　　听力开始时，正式周一的早晨，来自菲律宾的受训人Honesto和刚进入办公室的美国同事Brenda打招呼。

　　Listening Questions:

　　1) What does Brenda mean when she says “veg out”?

　　2) What are critics and what did they think about Rush Hour 3?

　　3) How does Brenda like her coffee?

1 intermediate   

adj.中间的，居间的，中级的；n.中间体，媒介物

参考例句：

• This country is now at an intermediate stage of development.这个国家目前正处于发展的中间阶段。
• Gray is intermediate between black and white.灰色介于黑色和白色之间。

2 trainee   

n.受训练者

参考例句：

• The trainee checked out all right on his first flight.受训者第一次飞行完全合格。
• Few of the trainee footballers make it to the top.足球受训人员中没有几个能达到顶级水平。

3 trainees   

新兵( trainee的名词复数 )； 练习生； 接受训练的人； 训练中的动物

参考例句：

• We've taken on our full complement of new trainees. 我们招收的新学员已经满额了。
• The trainees were put through an assault course. 受训人员接受了突击训练课程。