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英语演讲教程TalkingDuringtheBreak

英语演讲教程:

TalkingDuringtheBreak

ChapterVTalkingDuringtheBreak

I.Usefulencouragingphrasestoshowyourinterestandtostimulatetheflowofconversation

    Thenwhathappened?

     Good.               Ah.

    Really?

                Right.               That'sright.

    Oh?

                   Right,Iwill.Goon...

    Oh,hmm.              Ithinkit'sagoodone.   Forinstance.

    Yes.                  No.                  Forexample.

    Yes,ofcourse.         Sorry,Ican't.           Suchas.

    Yes,that'sright.         I'mafraidnot.          Tellmemore.

    Yes,Ido.              Well,notreally.         Then?

    Yes,hewas.            Perhapsnotdifficult.     Really?

    Yes,wewere.          Erin,Idon'tknow.        Isthatright?

    Verynice.              Ireallycan'tmanageit.   Isthatso?

    Verygood.             Notverynice.          Areyousure?

    Veryclear.             Verybad.              （laughter） .....

    Reallynice.            Verydisagreeable.

    Quitenice.             Reallynasty.            （silence...）

    Quite,absolutelytrue.    Aha.

II.InformalTalkingbetweenParticipants

AConversationbetweenTwoOldFriendsatCoffeeBreak

    A:

Whatwouldyoulike?

    B:

Acoffee,please.

    A:

I'msorryIcouldn'tmeetyouattheairport.IhadtopickupDr.Abelandbringhimhere.                     ,'

    B:

Thatdoesn'tmatter.Dr.Abel?

Isn'thethekeynotespeakertomorrow?

    A:

Yes,that'sright.He'stheAmericanscholaronElectronics.Mr.Lishouldhavepickedhimup,buthehadanaccidentyesterdaymorning.Nothingserious,butsomethingwaswrongwithhiscar.

    B:

Well,what'snewinyourdepartmentsinceIleft?

    A:

Oh,nothing,really.Howareyouenjoyingthework?

    B:

Oh,it'sveryinteresting,Imustsay.I'velearntalot.Perhapswe'llfindtimetotalkaboutit.We'vehadsomeinterestingresults.

    A:

Wouldyouliketohavedinnerwithme?

    B:

Yes,thatwouldbeverynice.

    OneParticipantBeingIntroducedtoanotherParticipant

    A:

Dr.Kerridge,mayIintroduceyoutoDr.Hyman?

    B:

Gladtomeetyou.

    C:

Gladtomeetyoutoo.

    B:

I'mpleasedtomeetyouatlast.I'veheardsomuchaboutyoufromDr.Liu.Ibeliveyou'redoingresearchinthefieldofstatistics.

    C:

That'sright.

    B:

Iwasmostinterestedtohearaboutyourrecentpaperondescriptivestatistics.Doyouthinkyoucouldletmehaveacopy?

    C:

I'dbedelightedto.Infact,I'vegotafew.sparecopieswithme.I'llbringonewithmetomorrow.

    B:

Thankyouverymuch.

III.InitiatingaConversation

    A:

Excuseme,aren'tyouDr.Engleton?

    B:

Yes.

    A:

Letmeintroducemyself.I'mLiHongfromChina.

    B:

Nicetomeetyou,Mr.Li.

    A:

Nicetomeetyoutoo.I'dappreciatethechancetotalktoyousometime.

    B:

That'sverykindofyou.Whatdoyouthinkofthemorningsession?

    A:

It'sbeenmostinterestingsofar,hasn'tit?

III.AdditionalSamples

    [samplel]

    A:

Excuseme,couldyoutellmewhereProfessorDubrovik'stalkwillbeheld?

    B:

Ibegyourpardon?

    A:

Ididn'tquiteunderstandtheannouncementintheplenarysession.

    B:

I'msorry,butIdidn'tquiteunderstandyou.Wouldyoumindrepeatingthat,please?

    A:

IwouldliketoknowwhereProfessorDubrovnikis.

    B:

Ah,ProfessorDubrovnik!

He'sinRoom203.

    A:

Thankyouverymuch.

    B:

Notatall.Doyouknow,Dr.C,IbelievemyEnglishisgettingworse,notbetter.

    C:

No,no,Dr.B.I'mafraidIdidn'tunderstandthatgentlemaneither.

    B:

Well,thankgoodnessforthat.Now,whereisthatnewinterdisciplinarygroupmeeting?

    C:

Ithinktheysaidinthesmallroomnexttothemainlecturehall.

    B:

Ah,yes.Thereitis.Thankyou.

    C:

I'llseeyoulaterforlunch,then.Ihopeyouenjoythemorningsession.

    B:

Thanks.I'msureIwill.Sametoyou!

    C:

Oh,Dr.B.

    B:

Yes?

    C:

Ifyouwaitformeafterthesession,I'llcomeandpickyouup.

    B:

Fine,I'lldothat.

    [Sample2]

    A:

Ah,thereyouare,DrB!

Howdidyourmeetinggo?

    B:

Itwasveryinteresting,butImustadmit,Ifoundsomepartsverydifficulttounderstand.

    A:

Oh,whywasthat?

    B:

Well,alotofmembersinthegroupusedspecialistvocabulary,anditwasn'talwayseasytounderstandwhattheymeant.

    A:

Yes,Iknowwhatyoumean.Ioftenhavethesamedifficultiesatconferenceslikethis.SometimesIhavethefeelingthattheyarespeakingaforeignlanguage,eventhoughIknowthatthey'reusingEnglish!

I'msureIwouldhavehadthesametroubleifI'dbeeninyourgroup.

    B:

Still,Igotalotoutofthegroupdiscussion,andI'mlookingforwardtotheafternoonsession.

    A:

Good.Nowwhataboutadrink?

Allthistalkingmakesamanthirsty!

    B:

Goodidea!

It'smyturn,Ithink.

    [Sample3]

    Atpostersession

    A:

MayIintroducemyself?

I'm...from.... Imissedyourpresentationthismorning.   Willyoutellmesomethingaboutyourstudy?

    B:

Oh,youareDrA.I'veknownyoubynamethroughanumberofpaperson...I'mso   gladtomeetyou.IthinkourworkmaybesimilarandI'dliketohearyourviews.

    A:

I'llbeverygladtodoso.ButfirstI'dliketoaskaquestion.Howdidyouseparatethesetwofractions?

Didyouuseanordinarychromatographicmethod?

    B:

No,it'snotthatsimplebecausetheirretentiontimesareverysimilar.Thatmakesitdifficulttofindareallyappropriateseparationcolumn.

    A:

Howdidyoumanageit?

    B:

Weusedakindoftrickwhichturnedouttobesurprisinglysuccessful.Thetrickwastouseanopticallyactiveurealatticewhichformsadiastereoisomericpairwhenmixedwiththematerial.tobesolved.

    A:

I'mnotfamiliarwiththeureatechnology.I'dliketohearmore...

    B:

MayIhaveoneoftheleaflets?

    A:

Byallmeans.Hereyouare.

    B:

Thankyou.

    A:

Iwonderifyoucouldsendmeapublicationcopyofyourpaperwhenit'sready.

    B:

Certainly,I’llbegladtodoso;MayIhaveyourhomeaddress?

    A:

Ofcourse.Letmewriteitforyou.

    B:

Pleaseputitinmynotebook,ifyoudon'tmind.

    A:

Pleasekeepmeinformedoftheprogressofyourwork.

    B:

Goodbye!