Unit 5（课件）- 《世纪商务英语口语教程基础篇II》同步教学（大连理工·2021）

1 Learning Objectives By studying this unit, you are expected to: Unit 5 Why don’t you reach out first? ● learn how to make small talks during the breaks and after work; develop skills for opening small talks, encouraging, comforting, cursing and gossiping about people; apply skills to socializing in the workplace. ● ● Warming Up Scaffolding Focus In Explore More 3 A. You will hear a passage about how to navigate small talks in the workplace. Listen carefully and fill in the blanks with missing information, with the help of its first letter(s) kept for you. 听力原文 are news HOW TO NAVIGATE SMALL TALKS 　　The office water cooler, the place for employees to take a break and sh_________ and g_________ , is an icon in American culture. Apart from the water cooler, “water cooler talk” may also takes place in a break room, in the back p___________ , or on the front l_______. Interestingly, employees don’t talk about w______ during the water cooler talks, because they want to take a break from work and they are afraid of being c_________ by the boss discussing a s_________ subject. The safe topics for water cooler talk are family, sports, v________ , hobbies and r_________ , and popular e____________ such as movies and TV. ossip arking lot awn ork aught ensitive acations ecreation ntertainments 5 返回听力 　　The office water cooler, that plastic dispenser of cold water and traditional place for employees to gather, is an icon in American culture, the place to take a break and share news and gossip. The place to do this in an office may not be a literal water cooler, of course, but a break room or the back parking lot or the front lawn, any place employees gather to relax. But wherever it actually takes place, there are specific topics and rules for office “water cooler talk.” 　　Interestingly, the main topic to discuss during water cooler talk at the office is not work itself. There are a few reasons for this: during “water cooler talk,” employees are taking a break