Excuse me, is this seat taken?
打扰一下,这个位子有人吗?

A real Introductions dialogue: At the conference breakfast. 23 lines, 4 key words, one phrase to keep and a short check.一段真实的介绍对话:会议早餐上的自我介绍。23 句对白、4 个重点词、一句金句和一个小练习。
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Excuse me, is this seat taken?
打扰一下,这个位子有人吗?
No, please sit down. Are you here for the conference?
没有,请坐。你是来参加会议的吗?
I am. It is my first time. And you?
是的。我第一次来。你呢?
Third year for me. I keep coming back.
我第三年了。我每年都来。
What do you do?
你做什么工作?
I design booking systems for airlines. And you?
我为航空公司设计订票系统。你呢?
I teach statistics at a small university.
我在一所小大学教统计学。
That sounds far away from airlines.
听起来和航空公司差得很远。
Not as far as you think. I study queues.
没那么远。我研究排队。
Queues? You mean at check-in?
排队?你是指值机柜台吗?
Exactly at check-in. And at passport control, and at boarding.
正是值机。还有边检和登机口。
Then we really should talk.
那我们确实该聊聊。
That is exactly why I sat down.
这正是我坐下来的原因。
Where are you from?
你来自哪里?
Vienna. But I have lived in four countries.
维也纳。但我在四个国家住过。
Which one felt most like home?
哪一个最像家?
The last one I left, I suppose. That is always the way.
大概是我最后离开的那个。总是这样。
That is a very diplomatic answer.
这回答很外交辞令。
I teach. I have to be diplomatic.
我是老师,必须外交一点。
What is your talk about?
你的演讲讲什么?
Waiting times. Room four, at eleven.
关于等待时间。四号厅,十一点。
I will be there. With a notebook.
我会去的。带着笔记本。
Then I will make the slides shorter.
那我把幻灯片做短一点。
Is this seat taken?
这个位子有人吗?
Match the meaning, then try the scene again.
Excuse me, is this seat taken?
Then we really should talk.
Then I will make the slides shorter.