【原】第83期：Small Talk VIII 闲聊VIII

「晨读音频」

Hello everyone, and welcome to our channel. I’m Lily.

大家早上好，欢迎回到我们的频道，我是Lily。

We've got another lesson in our series about small talk today.

今天是关于small talk闲聊系列的另外一课。

For the last episode, we heard a small talk between two colleagues working in the same building, and they talked about travel.

在上一集中，我们听到了一个在同一栋大楼工作的两个同事之间关于旅行的小对话。

Today we are at the office again, and we're going to talk very briefly about a business meeting.

今天我们又来到了办公室，我们将非常简短地讨论一个商务会议。

That's right, let's check out our dialogue.

好的，让我们来一起听听这个的对话。

「对话文本」

Campbell: Ah, Michelle, hi. I was hoping to see you. How have you been? How’s the family?

啊，米歇尔，你好。期待见到你。你最近怎样？家里怎样？ 

Michelle: Oh hello Mr. Campbell. I’m fine and Jack’s doing well. How are you? 

哦，你好，坎贝尔先生。我很好，杰克也很好。你呢？

Campbell: I’m fine thanks. I got your report this morning. Thank’s for that. Are you joining the conference today?

我很好，谢谢。今早收到你的报告，很感谢。今天你来参加会议吗？

Michelle: Yes, I’m leaving at four pm.

是的，我下午四点去。

Camp-bell: Good, well we can discuss this more then, but I think the figures are looking very good for this quarter. 

好的。那到时我们再好好聊。只是我想这个季度报告的数据似乎还可以。 

Michelle: Yes, me too.

是的，我也这么想。

Campbell: I’m planning to discuss the advertising budget at the conference. I don’t think we should continue with the TV advertising.

我打算会议上讨论一下广告预算。我认为我们不应该再继续在电视上做广告。 

Michelle: No, me neither. It’s far too expensive. 

是的，我也这么认为。费用太贵了。

Campbell: Well, let’s discuss this more at the conference. Maybe we can share a taxi there. 

好的，会议上再好好讨论。或许我们可以一起打出租过去。

Michelle: Yes, sure.

好的，当然可以。

「重要发音技巧」

All right, we're back. Now let’s look at some pronunciation tips in this dialogue.

接下来我们来看看对话中的发音要点。

1. 略读：

• Yes, I’m leaving at four p.m.

  略读分析：

  at four之间，at的/t/遇见了four的/f/，at的/t/只有口型和非常轻微的发音，读为/æ(t)/+/fɔːr/。

• I don’t think we should continue with the TV advertising.

  略读分析：

  don’t think之间，don’t 的/t/遇见了think的/θ/，don’t 的/t/只有口型和非常轻微的发音，读为/doʊn(t)/+/θɪŋk/。

• Well, let’s discuss this more at the conference.

  略读分析：

  at the之间，at的/t/遇见了the的/ð/，at的/t/只有口型和非常轻微的发音，读为/æ(t)/+/ðə/。

2. 连读：

• I’m planning to discuss the advertising budget at the conference.

  连读分析：

  budget at之间可以连读，读作/ˈbʌdʒɪt/+/æ(t)/。

• Good, well we can discuss this more then, but I think the figures are looking very good for this quarter.

  连读分析：

  but I可以连读，读作/bʌt/+/aɪ/。

  figures are可以连读，读作/ˈfɪɡjərz/+/ɑːr/。

「核心单词掌握」

Aright, let’s look at the vocabulary in language takeaway.

好的，让我们来看看语言要点中的词汇。

1. conference /ˈkɑːnfərəns/ n.（大型、正式的）会议，研讨会

So they're going to go to a conference, which is a little bit different than a meeting.

他们要去一起参加一个conference，这和meeting有点不同。

That's right. A meeting is something you normally do with people at your own company, but a conference is when people from many different companies meet.

meeting通常是指和自己公司的人开会，但conference是指来自不同公司的人开会。

And conferences are normally held in conference centers or hotels. So they're pretty big deals.

conference通常在会议中心或酒店举行,  是相当大的交易。

例句：

He made his comments at a news conference in Amsterdam.

他在阿姆斯特丹的一次记者招待会上做了评论。

The theme of the conference is renaissance Europe.

该会议的主题是文艺复兴时期的欧洲。

2.  figure /ˈfɪɡjər/ n. 数字，数值

So in the context of business, the word “figure” actually means number.

在谈论关于商业的内容时，figure这个词实际上是指数字。

We can say the sales numbers for this year are figures.

我们可以说今年的销售额是figures。

例句：

A more realistic figure is 11 million.

一个更实际的数字是1100万。

3. quarter  /ˈkwɔːrtər/ n. 季度

So the word “quarter” is very common in business.

quarter（季度）这个单词，在商业中很常见。

例句：

The figures for the 1st quarter were very good, but the figures for the 2nd quarter were very bad.

第一季度的数据非常好，第二季度的数据非常糟糕。

4. budget /ˈbʌdʒɪt/ n. 预算

All right, and they think they need to talk about the advertising budget.

好的，然后他们说需要谈谈广告的budget。

It’s the amount of money you have available to spend on something, and in this case, you're spending it on advertising.

budget是指你可以在某件事情上花费的钱，在对话当中是指广告预算。

例如：

a marketing budget 营销预算

a family budget 家庭预算

「实用口语表达」

Alright, and we have some phrases you could use in a small talk.

我们有一些你可以在闲聊中使用的表达。

1. How's the family? 你的家人怎么样?

It's very common, and you normally say this with people who have kids.

这是一个很常见的表达，你通常可以对有小孩的人说这句话。

And this is a very polite way to say, “Hi, how are you?”

这是一种非常礼貌的方式来说“ 嗨，你好吗？”

例句：

How is your family? How is the wife?

你的家人好吗？你的妻子好吗？

2. be doing well 很好

And Michelle said, “I’m fine and Jack’s doing well.”

然后米歇尔说，“我很好，Jack也很好。”

So if somebody says, “How are you?”

如果有人问“How are you？”

You can say, “I’m well”, or “I’m doing well.”

你可以说 “I’m well”或者“I’m doing well.”

3. share a taxi 共乘一辆出租车

And to finish things off, Mr. Campbell and Michelle decided to share a taxi. 

最后Campbell先生和米歇尔决定共乘一辆出租车。

例如：

Let's share a taxi. It will cost less.

我们拼车吧，这样花费更少。

Now there's another way of saying it as well. We say, split a taxi.

现在还有另一种说法是split a taxi。

And sometimes people just don't say taxi, they say “cab”: split a cab / share a cab.

有时候人们不说taxi，而说cab: split a cab / share a cab。

Alright, now let’s review what’ve learned today.

好的，我们现在一起来回顾一下今天所学的内容。

「今日所学回顾」

1. 发音要点：

略读：

Yes, I’m leaving at four pm.

I don’t think we should continue with the TV advertising.

Well, let’s discuss this more at the conference.

连读：

I’m planning to discuss the advertising budget at the conference.

Good, well we can discuss this more then, but I think the figures are looking very good for this quarter.

2. 核心词汇：

conference /ˈkɑːnfərəns/ n.（大型、正式的）会议，研讨会

figure /ˈfɪɡjər/ n. 数字，数值

quarter  /ˈkwɔːrtər/ n. 季度

budget /ˈbʌdʒɪt/ n. 预算

3. 口语表达：

How’s the family? 你的家人怎么样？

be doing well 很好

share a taxi 共乘一辆出租车

Alright, that’s all for today. I hope you enjoy this lesson. Thanks for coming and see you next time!

好了，这就是今天的全部内容。感谢收听，我们下期见！