Today’s Business English Pod lesson is the first in a two-part series on the basics of social English: starting a conversation, keeping it going, and finishing it appropriately. Successful conversation is an important part of networking – the skill of building up a network of contacts and relationships.
今天的商務(wù)英語播客是2節(jié)課中的第一節(jié)，將會學(xué)到基礎(chǔ)的社交英語：開始對話，并讓對話保持下去，以及恰當(dāng)?shù)亟Y(jié)束對話。成功的對話是人際網(wǎng)中重要的一環(huán)——建立聯(lián)系和關(guān)系的技巧。

In this lesson, you’ll be learning skills and language for starting and finishing a conversation appropriately. In the next, you’ll practice how to keep a conversation going.
在今天的課中，你會聽到用來開始和恰當(dāng)結(jié)束對話的技巧和語言。下一節(jié)，你將學(xué)會如何將對話進(jìn)行下去。

The conversations take place at the Asia-Pacific HR conference for Multi-Fresh, a major global producer of health beverages. A beverage is a drink.
對話發(fā)生在亞太人力資源大會上針對 Multi-Fresh的談話，一家全球生產(chǎn)全球健康飲料的廠家。

You’ll hear two dialogues. In the first, Penny, an HR officer from Malaysia, strikes up a conversation with George, the Asia-Pacific learning and development manager. “To strike up a conversation” means to start a conversation, usually with someone you don’t know too well.
你將聽到2部分談話，第一部分，來自馬來西亞的人事主管開始和亞太學(xué)習(xí)和發(fā)展部的經(jīng)理George談話。

In the second dialogue, Pat, an HR officer from Australia, then tries his best to strike up a conversation with George.
第2部分談話中，來自澳大利亞的人事主管Pat盡全力和George開始談話。