Excuse me, is this seat taken?
打扰一下，这个位子有人吗？
At the conference breakfast会议早餐上的自我介绍
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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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。
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Key words关键词
conference会议
seat座位
queue排队
slides幻灯片
Key phrases
Is this seat taken?
这个位子有人吗？
A three-question check三道小题，检验一下
Match the meaning, then try the scene again.
01Question 1 of 3
Excuse me, is this seat taken?
02Question 2 of 3
Then we really should talk.
03Question 3 of 3
Then I will make the slides shorter.