BEP 45 INT Socializing: Keeping a Conversation Going
时间：2018-12-05 作者：英语课 分类：商务英语社交课
This is the second in a two-part intermediate 1 Business English Pod lesson on the basics of socializing and networking. Last time you learned ways to start and finish a conversation appropriately. Today you’ll be studying how to keep a conversation going by maintaining interest.
The listening continues on from dialogue 1 from last time: As you’ll remember, it takes place at the Asia-Pacific HR conference for Multi-Fresh, a global producer of health beverages 2. Penny—an HR officer from Kuala Lumpur—has struck up a conversation with George—the regional learning and development manager. Where we left off last time, Penny had just used a tag question—“Interesting speech, wasn’t it?” – to help get the conversation started.
BEP 45: Study Notes .
As you listen, try to answer the following questions. The answers will be posted in a few days on the Listening Quiz page.
1) Near the beginning of the dialogue, Penny changes the subject. What was the old subject and what is the new subject?
2) Where has Penny seen George before?
3) What is George’s hobby?
4) What does George mean when he says “It’s not really such a big deal.”
5) Is Penny going to join George in next year’s event?
- 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。