新编剑桥商务英语初级10.2

1新编剑桥商务英语初级（第三版）新编剑桥商务英语初级（第三版）2ModuleTenBUSINESSSKILLS第十单元商务技能3词汇准备4Speaking口语练习P.102练习6.P.103Writing写作练习词语准备Smalltalkisgossip,chitchat,unimportantchatter,smallbeingthesignificantadjectivepointingtoits,well,insignificance.1.Justfillthetime;2.Tobepolite:Youmaynotfeellikechattingwithanyoneataparty,butitisrudetojustsitinacornerbyyourself.Aftersomeoneintroducesyoutoanotherperson,youdonotknowanythingaboutthem,soinordertoshowapoliteinterestingettingtoknowthembetter,youhavetostartwithsomesmalltalk.3.Tobreakanuncomfortablesilence(breaktheice);4.Smalltalk,bigpayoff:Theysaytalkischeap,butchattingupstrangersyoumeetonbusinesstripsissometimesprofitable.ItwasformedicalequipmentsalesmanDouglasRuby.LastNovember,RubystruckupaconversationwithRodFerrand,aseatmateonhisflightwhoturnedouttobeinasimilarlineofwork.Attheflight'send,RubyandFerrandexchangedbusinesscardsandparted.Itwasn'tuntilJune,whenRubywaslaidoffandlookingforwork,thathedugupFerrand'scardandmailedhimhisresume.Coincidentally,Ferrand'scompany,MeritMedicalSystems,hadanopening.Rubygotthejob,beatingout150otherapplicants.Don'tbescaredoftalkingtostrangers,saysRubyofNewOrleans.ThatguyImetontheplaneisnowmyboss.6.Makefriends;7.Tactics(Strategy)inanegotiation.GOODBYE