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Wang Fei: Hello and welcome to The English We Speak. I'm Wang Fei.
王飛：大家好，歡迎收聽地道英語節目。我是王飛。
Rob: And I'm Rob Carter.
羅布：我是羅布·卡特。
Wang Fei: Rob, I'm going on a hot date tomorrow and I'm feeling a bit nervous now. I think I need your help.
王飛：羅布，我明天有個重要的約會，我現在感覺有點緊張。我想我需要你的幫助。
Rob: Hmm. It is a scary thing to do. What you need is some kind of icebreaker.
羅布：嗯。這是件很可怕的事。你需要的是打破僵局。
Wang Fei: An icebreaker? That sounds quite cold!
王飛：icebreaker？聽起來好冷??！
Rob: Don't worry, it's not. But an icebreaker has got something to do with warming up a cold situation. It will make things more relaxed.
羅布：別擔心，不是那樣的。icebreaker指打破冷場。讓事情更輕松。
Wang Fei: An icebreaker is something you can do or some words you can say to make people feel relaxed. So an icebreaker will make things less formal?
王飛：這個詞是指你可以做些事情或者說些話來讓人們感覺放松。打破僵局會讓事情不那么正式嗎？
Rob: Yes, that's right. Doing something or saying something at the start will hopefully make your date more relaxed and less tense.
羅布：對，沒錯。在開始時做些事情或者說些話會讓你的約會更輕松，不那么緊張。
Wang Fei: I see. An icebreaker will make people feel more relaxed. Maybe I should sing a song or do a dance?!
王飛：我明白了。打破僵局會讓人們感覺更輕松。也許我應該唱首歌或者跳支舞？
Rob: Now that's a bit over the top–why not start with a joke?
羅布：那有點夸張了，為什么不用笑話來打破僵局呢？
Wang Fei: If singing or dancing is a bit over the top, or too much, I will think of a joke then.
王飛：如果唱歌或跳舞會夸張，或是做得太過，那我就講笑話吧。
Telling a joke is an excellent icebreaker.
講笑話是打破僵局的絕妙方法。
That party needed an icebreaker to make it less formal!
這場聚會需要打破僵局，不要讓氣氛那么正式！
Wang Fei: So just now we heard people using icebreaker in their conversation. Rob, does icebreaker literally mean breaking the ice?
王飛：剛才我們聽了一些對話中對這個單詞的應用。羅布，這個詞按字面理解就是打破沉默嗎？
Rob: It does. You can do it when you start a new job. Everything feels so formal that it's good to break the ice. We British can be a bit reserved or formal so it's good if someone can break the ice.
羅布：對。你可以在開始新工作時使用這個詞。所有事情都太正式了，是時候來打破僵局了。我們英國人有點保守或是恪守陳規，所以如果有人可以活躍氣氛的話是不錯的。
Wang Fei: Yes, I agree. Sometimes British people can be quite reserved and formal. Rob I'm not good at jokes. Do you have any I can use?
王飛：對，我同意。有時英國人真的很保守和死板。羅布，我真的不擅長講笑話。你有沒有什么笑話可以讓我用用？
Rob: Let's have a think. How about telling this one? "With my last girlfriend it was love at first sight–then I took a second look!"
羅布：我們來想想。講這個怎么樣？ “上個女朋友， 本來看第一眼就一見鐘情了，但是后來我又看了第二眼！”
Wang Fei: It's a good joke. But honestly, did it work for you?
王飛：這笑話不錯。不過說實話，起作用了嗎？
Rob: Um... It didn't actually. But it might be good for you!
羅布：嗯……實際上沒有。不過也許你可以用到呢！
Wang Fei: Hmm… Actually I think I would rather find a good story on our website as an icebreaker.
王飛：嗯……實際上我寧愿在我們的網站上找個可以活躍氣氛的故事。
Rob: Yes. Don't forget our website is a good place to learn some English phrases that might help you break the ice at a party.
羅布：好。別忘了我們的網站可以幫助大家學習英語短語，而且可以幫助你在派對上打破僵局。
Wang Fei: And our website is…
王飛：我們的網址是……
Rob:www.bbclearningenglish.com. Bye bye.
羅布：www.bbclearningenglish.com。再見。
Wang Fei: Bye!
王飛：再見！
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