1、 For instance.Yes. No.For example.Yes, of course. Sorry, I cant.Such as.Yes, thats right.Im afraid not. Tell me more.Yes, I do. Well, not really. Then?Yes, he was. Perhaps not difficult.Yes, we were. Erin, I dont know.Is that right?Very nice. I really cant manage it.Is that so?Very good. Not very ni
2、ce. 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. Im sorry I could
3、nt meet you at the airport. I had to pick up Dr. Abel and bring him here. , That doesnt matter. Dr. Abel? Isnt he the keynote speaker tomorrow? Yes, thats right. Hes the American scholar on Electronics. Mr. Li should have picked him up, but he had an accident yesterday morning. Nothing serious, but
4、something was wrong with his car. Well, whats new in your department since I left? Oh, nothing, really. How are you enjoying the work? Oh, its very interesting, I must say. Ive learnt a lot. Perhaps well find time to talk about it. Weve had some interesting results. Would you like to have dinner wit
5、h me? Yes, that would be very nice.One Participant Being Introduced to another Participant Dr. Kerridge, may I introduce you to Dr. Hyman? Glad to meet you.C: Glad to meet you too.m pleased to meet you at last. Ive heard so much about you from Dr. Liu. I belive youre doing research in the field of s
6、tatistics. That I was most interested to hear about your recent paper on descriptive statistics. Do you think you could let me have a copy?d be delighted to. In fact, Ive got a few. spare copies with me. Ill bring one with me tomorrow. Thank you very much.III. Initiating a Conversation Excuse me, ar
7、ent you Dr. Engleton? Yes. Let me introduce myself. Im Li Hong from China. Nice to meet you, Mr. Li. Nice to meet you too. Id appreciate the chance to talk to you some time.s very kind of you. What do you think of the morning session? Its been most interesting so far, hasnt it?III. Additional Sample
8、ssample l Excuse me, could you tell me where Professor Dubroviks talk will be held? I beg your pardon? I didnt quite understand the announcement in the plenary session.m sorry, but I didnt quite understand you. Would you mind repeating that, please? I would like to know where Professor Dubrovnik is.
9、 Ah, Professor Dubrovnik! Hes in Room 203. Not at all. Do you know, Dr. C, I believe my English is getting worse, not better. No, no, Dr. B. Im afraid I didnt understand that gentleman either. Well, thank goodness for that. Now, where is that new interdisciplinary group meeting? I think they said in
10、 the small room next to the main lecture hall. Ah, yes. There it is. Thank you.ll see you later for lunch, then. I hope you enjoy the morning session. Thanks. Im sure I will. Same to you! Oh, Dr. B. Yes? If you wait for me after the session, Ill come and pick you up. Fine, Ill do that. Sample 2 Ah,
11、there you are, Dr B! How did your meeting go? It was very interesting, but I must admit, I found some parts very difficult to understand. Oh, why was that? Well, a lot of members in the group used specialist vocabulary, and it wasnt always easy to understand what they meant. Yes, I know what you mea
12、n. I often have the same difficulties at conferences like this. Sometimes I have the feeling that they are speaking a foreign language, even though I know that theyre using English!m sure I would have had the same trouble if Id been in your group. Still, I got a lot out of the group discussion, and
13、Im looking forward to the afternoon session. Good. Now what about a drink? All this talking makes a man thirsty! Good idea!s my turn, I think. Sample 3 At poster session May I introduce myself?m. from. I missed your presentation this morning. Will you tell me something about your study? Oh, you are
14、Dr A. Ive known you by name through a number of papers on. Im so glad to meet you. I think our work may be similar and Id like to hear your views.ll be very glad to do so. But first Id like to ask a question. How did you separate these two fractions? Did you use an ordinary chromatographic method? N
15、o, its not that simple because their retention times are very similar. That makes it difficult to find a really appropriate separation column. How did you manage it? We used a kind of trick which turned out to be surprisingly successful. The trick was to use an optically active urea lattice which fo
16、rms a diastereoisomeric pair when mixed with the material .to be solved.m not familiar with the urea technology. Id like to hear more. May I have one of the leaflets? By all means. Here you are. Thank you. I wonder if you could send me a publication copy of your paper when its ready. Certainly, Ill be glad to do so; May I have your home address? Of course. Let me write it for you. Please put it in my notebook, if you dont mind. Please keep me informed of the progress of your work. Goodbye !
