英语演讲教程：Talking During the Break
Useful encouraging phrases to show your interest and to stimulate the flow of conversationThen what happened?
Good.
ly?
Right.
Thats ?
Right, I will.
Go , hmm.
I think its a good one.
For .
No.
For , of course.
Sorry, I cant.
Such , thats right.
Im afraid not.
Tell me , I do.
Well, not really.
Then?Yes, he was.
Perhaps not difficult.
Really?Yes, we were.
Erin, I dont know.
Is that right?Very nice.
I really cant manage it.
Is that so?Very good.
Not very nice.
Are you sure? Very clear.
Very bad.
(laughter) ly nice.
Very e nice.
Really nasty.
(silence...)Quite, absolutely true.
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Informal Talking between ParticipantsA Conversation between Two Old Friends at Coffee BreakA: What would you like?B: A coffee, please.A: Im sorry I couldnt meet you at the airport.
I had to pick up Dr.
Abel and bring him here.
,B: That doesnt matter.
Dr.
Abel? Isnt he the keynote speaker tomorrow?A: Yes, thats right.
Hes the American scholar on Electronics.
should have picked him up, but he had an accident yesterday morning.
Nothing serious, but something was wrong with his car.B: Well, whats new in your department since I left?A: Oh, nothing, really.
How are you enjoying the work?B: Oh, its very interesting, I must say.
Ive learnt a lot.
Perhaps well find time to talk about it.
Weve had some interesting results.A: Would you like to have dinner with me?B: Yes, that would be very Participant Being Introduced to another ParticipantA: Dr.
Kerridge, may I introduce you to Dr.
Hyman?B: Glad to meet you.
C: Glad to meet you too.B: Im pleased to meet you at last.
Ive heard so much about you from Dr.
Liu.
I belive youre doing research in the field of statistics.C: Thats right.B: I was most interested to hear about your recent paper on descriptive statistics.
Do you think you could let me have a copy?
C: Id be delighted to.
In fact, Ive got a few.
spare copies with me.
Ill bring one with me tomorrow.B: Thank you very .
Initiating a ConversationA: Excuse me, arent you Dr.
Engleton?B: Yes.A: Let me introduce myself.
Im Li Hong from China.B: Nice to meet you, .A: Nice to meet you too.
Id appreciate the chance to talk to you some time.B: Thats very kind of you.
What do you think of the morning session?A: Its been most interesting so far, hasnt it?III.
Additional Samples[sample l]A: Excuse me, could you tell me where Professor Dubroviks talk will be held?B: I beg your pardon?A: I didnt quite understand the announcement in the plenary session.B: Im sorry, but I didnt quite understand you.
Would you mind repeating that, please?A: I would like to know where Professor Dubrovnik is.
B: Ah, Professor Dubrovnik! Hes in Room 203.A: Thank you very much.B: Not at all.
Do you know, Dr.
C, I believe my English is getting worse, not better.C: No, no, Dr.
B.
Im afraid I didnt understand that gentleman either.B: Well, thank goodness for that.
Now, where is that new interdisciplinary group meeting?C: I think they said in the small room next to the main lecture hall.B: Ah, yes.
There it is.
Thank you.C: Ill see you later for lunch, then.
I hope you enjoy the morning session.B: Thanks.
Im sure I will.
Same to you!C: Oh, Dr.
B.B: Yes?C: If you wait for me after the session, Ill come and pick you up.B: Fine, Ill do that.
[ Sample 2]A: Ah, there you are, Dr B! How did your meeting go?B: It was very interesting, but I must admit, I found some parts very difficult to understand.A: Oh, why was that?B: Well, a lot of members in the group used specialist vocabulary, and it wasnt always easy to understand what they meant.A: Yes, I know what you mean.
I often have the same difficulties at conferences like this.
Sometimes I have the feeling that they are speaking a foreign language, even though I know that theyre using English! Im sure I would have had the same trouble if Id been in your group.B: Still, I got a lot out of the group discussion, and Im looking forward to the afternoon session.A: Good.
Now what about a drink? All this talking makes a man thirsty!B: Good idea! Its my turn, I think.[ Sample 3 ]At poster sessionA: May I introduce myself? Im...
from....
I missed your presentation this morning.
Will you tell me something about your study?B: Oh, you are Dr A.
Ive known you by name through a number of papers on...
Im so
glad to meet you.
I think our work may be similar and Id like to hear your views.A: Ill be very glad to do so.
But first Id like to ask a question.
How did you separate these two fractions? Did you use an ordinary chromatographic method?B: No, its not that simple because their retention times are very similar.
That makes it difficult to find a really appropriate separation column.A: How did you manage it?B: We used a kind of trick which turned out to be surprisingly successful.
The trick was to use an optically active urea lattice which forms a diastereoisomeric pair when mixed with the material be solved.A: Im not familiar with the urea technology.
Id like to hear more...B: May I have one of the leaflets?A: By all means.
Here you are.B: Thank you.A: I wonder if you could send me a publication copy of your paper when its ready.B: Certainly, I’ll be glad to do so; May I have your home address?A: Of course.
Let me write it for you.B: Please put it in my notebook, if you dont mind.A: Please keep me informed of the progress of your work.B: Goodbye !
