原汁原味商務英語播客 第46課:休息室閒談(1)

This Business English Podcast lesson is the first in an ongoing series where we’ll listen in on some typical chitchat around the office water cooler. You’ll find a water cooler in offices around the world – usually in the break room where employees gather to drink a cup of coffee or tea and take a rest from work.
這節商務英語播客是有關在飲水冷卻器旁進行閒談的課程，全世界的辦公樓裏都有飲水冷卻器——通常安放在員工的休息室中，在那裏大家能聚起來喝杯咖啡或喝茶，從緊張的工作中休息一下。

And during these breaks, you might meet with a colleague and exchange words about life, your jobs, your company, sports, politics or whatever. So “water cooler chichat” has come to refer to all types of informal communication that take place at the office.
休息中，你可能會遇到同事，並談論生活，工作，公司，運動，政治和其他話題。所以“飲水冷卻器旁的閒談”現在泛指在辦公室中的各種非正式交流。

We’ll be listening in on Jan and Jen, who work in the same office of Ambient, an American telecoms company, gossiping around the water cooler. They are discussing the latest industry news: Accent, a major European player in the market, has just announced the takeover or buy out of Ambient’s main competitor,TelStar.
我們會聽到Jan和Jen，同在一家美國電信產業公司Ambient工作，他們在休息室閒談。他們正在談論最新的工業新聞:市場中一家主要的歐洲競爭對手Accent剛剛宣佈接受或買斷Ambient的主要競爭對手TelStar。

Listening Quiz:

1) Do Jan and Jen think Accent’s takeover of TelStar was a good idea?
2) Why was there a delay in the takeover?