道地英語：Icebreaker 打破冷場的破冰人－看BBC學英文

道地英語：Icebreaker 打破冷場的破冰人

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Wang Fei: 大家好，歡迎收聽《地道英語》節目。我是王飛。

Rob: And hello, I'm Rob.

Wang Fei: Rob, I'm going on a hot date tomorrow and I'm feeling a bit nervous. I think I need your help now.

Rob: Ok, it is a scary thing to do. What you need is some kind of icebreaker.

Wang Fei: An icebreaker? That sounds cold!

Rob: Don't worry it's not, but an icebreaker has got something to do with warming up a cold situation. It will make things more relaxed.

Wang Fei: 我明白了。An icebreaker 也就是避免冷場或者打破尷尬場合的事情或者人，目的就是活躍一下氣氛，或者讓大家彼此感到放鬆。So, an icebreaker will make things less formal then?

Rob: Yes that's right. Doing something or saying something at the start will hopefully make your date more relaxed and less tense.

Wang Fei: 嗯。An icebreaker 也就是一個打破尷尬場合的好方法，可以讓氣氛不那麼正式，也讓彼此感到不那麼緊張。Maybe I should sing a song or do a dance?!

Rob: Hold on! That's a bit over the top. Why not start with a joke?

Wang Fei: 既然唱歌或者跳舞會有點兒 over the top 有些過火。Ok, I will think of a joke then.

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Examples

A: Telling a joke is an excellent icebreaker.

B: That party needed an icebreaker to make it less formal!

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Wang Fei: 我們剛才聽到的例句中使用了 icebreaker 這個詞，意思都是說讓氣氛變得不那麼正式，不至於出現冷場、僵局。Icebreaker literally means breaking the ice?

Rob: It does. You can do it when you start a new job. Everything feels so formal that it's good to break the ice. We British can be a bit reserved or formal so it's good if someone can break the ice.

Wang Fei: 是的，有時候英國人可能會比較矜持、正式，所以最好有人來打破冷場了。 Rob I'm not good at jokes. Do you have any I can use?

Rob: Ok, well let's have a think. How about telling this one? "With my last girlfriend it was love at first sight – then I took a second look!"

Wang Fei: It's a very good joke! Honestly, did it work for you?

Rob: Well, no it didn't. But it might be good for you!

Wang Fei: Hmmm… Actually I think I would rather find a good story on our website as an icebreaker.

Rob: Yes. Don't forget our website is a good place to learn some English phrases that might help you break the ice at a party.

Wang Fei: 是的。聽眾朋友，請別忘了登錄我們的網站收聽更多的地道英語表達。

Wang Fei: Bye!

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