Advanced Speaking Practice (Business English) · mmmEnglish
本课通过影子练习，帮助学习者掌握如何用合适的语气和措辞向经理报告同事的不当行为。适合练习职场英语表达和沟通技巧。
Hey there, I'm Emma from mmmEnglish.
嘿，大家好！我是 Emma，来自 mmmEnglish。
Today's speaking practice is about a difficult topic.
今天的口语练习涉及一个比较困难的话题。
How do you report bad behaviour of a colleague to your manager in English?
如何用英语向经理报告同事的不良行为？
There's so much to think about here.
这里有太多需要思考的事情了。
You need the right words to explain what happened, but you also need the right tone to keep the report objective and not get too emotional.
你需要用恰当的词语来说明事情的经过，同时还需要采用合适的语气，以确保报告保持客观性，避免过于情绪化。
And it's helpful to use phrases that soften your message or signal your attitude so that you can manage the conversation better.
使用一些能够缓和你话语语气或表达你态度的短语，会很有帮助，这样你就能更好地掌控对话的进程。
We're going to practice all of this right here in today's imitation lesson.
我们将在今天的模仿练习课中把这些内容全部实践一遍。
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Have you ever had a conversation like this with your manager or your boss at work?
你有没有在工作时和你的经理或上司进行过这样的对话？
This is the type of conversation that isn't an easy one to have.
这种类型的谈话并不容易进行。
You don't want to seem too emotional, you don't want to cause conflict, but sometimes you need to speak up and say something right?
你当然不想显得过于情绪化，也不想引发冲突，但有时候你确实需要站出来把心里的话说出来，对吧？
By the end of this lesson, you will have the words, the tone and the confidence to handle it all calmly and professionally.
在本课程结束时，你将掌握所需的词汇、表达方式以及相应的自信，从而能够冷静而专业地应对所有情况。
Before we start, let me quickly explain how we are going to do this.
在我们开始之前，让我先简要说明一下我们将如何完成这项工作。
You are going to hear the same story three times.
你会听到同一个故事，而且会听到三次。
First, you're just going to listen.
首先，你只需要认真听就可以了。
You're going to follow along and get the shape of the story into your head.
你会跟着故事的发展，逐渐在脑海中形成这个故事的整体框架（也就是故事的结构或情节）。
But the second time around, you're going to repeat after me.
但是第二次的时候，你们要跟着我一起重复。
So I'll pause and let you say each line out loud straight after.
那么，我会暂停一下，然后让你们立刻把每一行内容大声读出来。
And the third time, you're going to shadow me.
第三次的时候，你就要跟着我行动了。
And that means you speak at exactly the same time as me.
也就是说，你必须和我完全同时开始说话。
So at this step, you get to feel the rhythm.
因此，在这一步骤中，你可以感受到节奏的存在。
You get to feel where the emphasis is, where the pause hangs and how the tone starts to affect the meaning of your sentence.
你可以感受到句子中的重点所在、停顿的位置，以及语调是如何开始影响句子意义的。
Now remember, this is not the moment where you're speaking to your boss.
现在请记住，现在并不是你与老板交谈的时候。
This is the rehearsal.
这就是排练。
So I want you to take a deep breath and I want you to really try and feel this one.
所以，我希望你深吸一口气，然后真正地去感受这种情绪。
Feel English inside you.
让你内心感受到自己就是个地道的英国人吧。
In step one, just listen.
第一步，只需认真聆听即可。
Listen for new word.
请注意听这个新单词。
Listen to the tone of my voice.
注意我说话的语气。
Do you have a minute?
你有几分钟时间吗？
I need to talk to you about something that happened yesterday in our team meeting.
我需要和你谈谈昨天在我们团队会议上发生的一件事。
We were finalising the project plan.
我们正在最终确定项目计划。
As you know, the concepts already been approved by the client.
如您所知，这些概念已经得到了客户的批准。
So this meeting was really just about logistics.
所以这次会议实际上只是讨论了一些后勤方面的问题而已。
Who is responsible for what and by when?
谁对什么负责？需要在什么时候完成？
But from the outset, Jude wasn't happy with it.
但从一开始，朱德就对这件事不满意。
He kept insisting that the whole concept wasn't innovative enough, that we should start again from scratch.
他一直坚称这个整个概念缺乏创新性，我们应该从头开始重新设计。
Which, to be honest, just isn't possible at this stage.
说实话，在这个阶段，这根本是不可能的。
Initially, I tried to hear him out.
起初，我试图听他把话说完。
He has so much experience on projects like this.
他在这类项目上拥有丰富的经验。