Today’s Business English Pod lesson is the first in a two-part series on the basics of social English: starting a conversation, keeping it going, and finishing it appropriately. Successful conversation is an important part of networking – the skill of building up a network of contacts and relationships.
今天的商务英语播客是2节课中的第一节，将会学到基础的社交英语：开始对话，并让对话保持下去，以及恰当地结束对话。成功的对话是人际网中重要的一环——建立联系和关系的技巧。

In this lesson, you’ll be learning skills and language for starting and finishing a conversation appropriately. In the next, you’ll practice how to keep a conversation going.
在今天的课中，你会听到用来开始和恰当结束对话的技巧和语言。下一节，你将学会如何将对话进行下去。

The conversations take place at the Asia-Pacific HR conference for Multi-Fresh, a major global producer of health beverages. A beverage is a drink.
对话发生在亚太人力资源大会上针对 Multi-Fresh的谈话，一家全球生产全球健康饮料的厂家。

You’ll hear two dialogues. In the first, Penny, an HR officer from Malaysia, strikes up a conversation with George, the Asia-Pacific learning and development manager. “To strike up a conversation” means to start a conversation, usually with someone you don’t know too well.
你将听到2部分谈话，第一部分，来自马来西亚的人事主管开始和亚太学习和发展部的经理George谈话。

In the second dialogue, Pat, an HR officer from Australia, then tries his best to strike up a conversation with George.
第2部分谈话中，来自澳大利亚的人事主管Pat尽全力和George开始谈话。