原汁原味商務英語播客 第50課:早晨問候和聊天

This is the fourth in a series of intermediate business ESL podcasts that focus on business travel. In this series we’re following a group of trainees who work for the telecommunications company Ambient as they visit their head office in Michigan in the U.S.
這是有關商務旅行課程的最後一節，在課程中，我們跟隨電信公司Ambien的一些受訓者，他們將要前往美國密歇根的總部。

How do you make friendly chat with your colleagues? What kinds of topics can you talk about? We’ll be looking at some answers. In particular, we’ll cover informal greetings and how to chat about movies. As almost everyone loves to go to the cinema, movies are usually a good topic for small talk.
你如何和同事進行友好的聊天呢？你們會談到什麼話題？我們會看看一些回答。我們會學到非正式的問候以及談論電影的閒聊。因爲幾乎每個人都喜歡看電影，但是通常是閒談的好話題。

As our listening begins, it’s Monday morning. Honesto, a trainee from the Philippines, says hello to his American colleague Brenda as she comes in to the office.
聽力開始時，正式週一的早晨，來自菲律賓的受訓人Honesto和剛進入辦公室的美國同事Brenda打招呼。

Listening Questions:
1) What does Brenda mean when she says “veg out”?
2) What are critics and what did they think about Rush Hour 3?
3) How does Brenda like her coffee?