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哂囂處讐縮殻 :Talking During theBreakChapter V Talking During the BreakI. Useful encouraging phrases to show your interest and to stimulate the flow of conversationThen what happened?Good. Ah.Oh?Right, I will.Go on...Oh,hmm. Ithink it ' s a good one.Forinstance.Really? Right.That 's right.Yes. No.For example.Yes, of course.Sorry, I can ' t.Such as.Yes, that ' sright. I ' mafraid not.Tell memore.Yes, I do.Well, not really. Then?Yes, he was.Perhaps not difficult.Really?Yes, we were.Erin, I don ' t know.Is thatright?Very nice.I really can't manage it. Is thatso?Very good.Not very nice. Are you sure?Very clear.Very bad. (laughter) Really nice.Very disagreeable.Quite nice.Really nasty. (silence...)Quite, absolutely true. Aha.II. Informal Talking between ParticipantsA Conversation between Two Old Friends at CoffeeBreakA: What would you like?B: A coffee, please.A: I ' m sorry I couldn 't meet you at the airport.I had to pick up Dr. Abel and bring him here.B: That doesn't matter. Dr. Abel? Isn ' t he thekeynote speaker tomorrow?A: Yes, that ' s right. He ' s the American scholar on Electronics. Mr. Li should have picked him up, but he had an accident yesterday morning. Nothing serious, but something was wrong with his car.B: Well, what ' s new in your department since I left?A: Oh, nothing, really. How are you enjoying the work?B: Oh, it 's very interesting, I must say. I ' velearnt a lot. Perhaps we ' ll find time to talk aboutit. We ' ve had some interesting results.A: Would you like to have dinner with me?B: Yes, that would be very nice.One Participant Being Introducedto anotherParticipantA: Dr. Kerridge, may I introduce you to Dr. Hyman?B: Glad to meet you.C: Glad to meet you too.B: I ' m pleased to meet you at last. I' ve heardso much about you from Dr. Liu. I belive you' re doingresearch in the field of statistics.C: That ' s right.B: I was most interested to hear about your recent paper on descriptive statistics. Do you think you couldlet me have a copy?C: I 'd be delighted to. In fact, I ' ve got a few.spare copies with me. I ' ll bring one with me tomorrow.B: Thank you very much.III. Initiating a ConversationA: Excuse me, aren ' t you Dr. Engleton?B: Yes.A: Let meintroduce myself. I 'mLi Hong from China.B: Nice to meet you, Mr. Li.A: Nice to meet you too. I ' d appreciate the chance to talk to you some time.B: That ' s very kind of you. What do you think of the morning session?A: It 's been most interesting so far, hasn 't it?III. Additional Samples[sample l]A: Excuse me, could you tell me where ProfessorDubrovik ' s talk will be held?B: I beg your pardon?A: I didn ' t quite understand the announcement in the plenary session.B: I ' msorry, but I didn ' t quite understand you. Would you mind repeating that, please?A: I would like to know where Professor Dubrovnikis.B: Ah, Professor Dubrovnik! He ' s in Room 203.A: Thank you very much.B: Not at all. Do you know, Dr. C, I believe myEnglish is getting worse, not better.C: No, no, Dr. B. I ' m afraid I didn 't 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 themain lecture hall.B: Ah, yes. There it is. Thank you.C: I ' ll see you later for lunch, then. I hope you enjoy the morning session.B: Thanks. I ' m sure I will. Same to you!C: Oh, Dr. B.B: Yes?C: If you wait for me after the session, I ' ll come and pick you up.B: Fine, I 'll 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 wasn ' t always easy tounderstand 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 they 're using English! I ' m sure I would have had the same trouble if I ' d been in your group.B: Still, I got a lot out of the group discussion,and I ' m looking forward to the afternoon session.A: Good. Now what about a drink? All this talkingmakes a man thirsty!B: Good idea! It ' s my turn, I think.[ Sample 3 ]At poster sessionA: May I introduce myself? I ' m... from Imissed your presentation this morning. Will you tell me something about your study?B: Oh, you are Dr A. I ' ve known you by namethrough a number of papers on... I ' m so glad to meet you.I think our work may be similar and I ' d like to hearyour views.A: I ' ll be very glad to do so. But first I 'd liketo ask a question. How did you separate these twofractions?Did。