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英语演讲教程:Talking During the Break Chapter V Talking During the BreakI。 Useful encouraging phrases to show your interest and to stimulate the flow of conversationThen what happened? Good。 Ah。 Really? Right。 That’s right。 Oh? Right， I will。 Go on。。。 Oh， hmm。 I think it’s a good one。 For instance。 Yes。 No。 For example。 Yes， of course。 Sorry， I can’t。 Such as。 Yes， that’s right。 I’m afraid not。 Tell me more。 Yes， I do。 Well， not really。 Then? Yes， he was。 Perhaps not difficult。 Really? Yes， we were。 Erin， I don’t know。 Is that right? Very nice。 I really can’t manage it。 Is that so? 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 Coffee BreakA: 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 the keynote 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’ve learnt a lot。 Perhaps we’ll find time to talk about it。 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 Introduced to another Participant A: 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 heard so much about you from Dr。 Liu。 I belive you’re doing research 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