Language Focus: Topics 话题
Jobs 工作
What do you do?
你做什么工作？
I'm a teacher/engineer/lawyer.(profession)
我是老师/工程师/律师。(职业)
I work for the ABC Corporation. (employer)
我在ABC公司工作。(员工)
I work for myself at the moment. (self-employed)
现在我自己开公司。(自主创业型)
I look after the children./I'm a housewife/househusband.
我在照顾小孩。/ 我是家庭主妇/居家男人。
What line are you in?
你是干哪一行的？
I'm in computing.(industry)
我是做计算机的。(行业)
I'm in marketing. (function)
我是做市场的。(职责)
How long have you been with them?
你跟他们在一块工作多长时间了？
Do you like it?/Are they a good employer?/Is the job interesting?(more personal questions)
你喜欢这个工作吗？/他们是好员工吗？/工作有意思吗？(较私人的问题)
Family 家庭
Are you married?
你结婚了吗？
What does your wife/husband do?
你的妻子/丈夫是做什么的？
Do you have any children?
你有孩子吗？
How old are they?
孩子们几岁了？
Are they at school/at college/working?
孩子们在上学/在上大学/在工作吗？
Do they still live at home?
孩子们还在家里住吗？
Spare time 闲暇时间
What do you do in the evenings/at weekends?
晚上/周末你通常做什么？
Where do you spend your holidays?
你是怎么度假的？
What do you do in your spare time?
在空闲时间里你一般干什么？
Do you like films/gardening/walking/sport?
你喜欢看电影/整理花园/散步/运动吗？
Origins 来源
Where do you come from?
你来自哪儿？
Where were you brought up?
你在哪儿长大的？
How young were you when you moved to Paris?
你搬去巴黎时有多大？
Which part of Spain were you born in?
你在西班牙什么地方出生？
Socializing practice 社交练习
Script a dialogue for a welcome scene which would be typical in your workplace. After you have scripted it, try recording it on tape.
Imagine you are all invited to a formal business reception. At this reception, you have the following objectives:
1 to introduce yourself to everyone
2 to engage in a minimum of one minute's small talk
3 to learn something about each person you meet
Prepare yourself by:
1 giving yourself an identity-name, job, background
2 establishing your current situation-live where/visiting/working, etc.
3 preparing some small talk-weather, travel, etc.
编一段在你所在公司比较典型的欢迎对话。编好后，录到磁带里。
假设你们被邀请到一个正式的商务会谈中，在会谈上，你们有以下几个目标：
1 自我介绍
2 加入一个为时一分钟的小型谈话中
3 认识每一位到会的人
自己要做好如下准备：
1 准备好说出自己的姓名，职业，背景。
2 目前自己的情形 : 住在这儿/来访/工作等。
3 准备一些小话题 : 天气，旅行等。
