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1 恕我直言With all due respect,…
2 无意冒犯 – 没关系No offense.—None taken.
3 按优先顺序排列prioritize 
4 充满火药味的对话a fiery conversation
5 平和的peaceful
6 友好的friendly/amicable
7 通情达理的sensible
8 你有时间吗？我想和你说句话。Have you got a minute? I want to have a word with you.
9 天儿可真好！Gorgeous/beautiful weather! 
10 直奔要点go straight to the point
11 闲聊make small talk 
12我不会偏袒任何人的。I won’t favor anyone.


recognize (识别） ----》 correct pronunciation (发音准确）----》remember and use them in your speaking and writing (使用）


A: You disagreed with the boss this morning. Not a good idea!
B: So what? I was right, he was wrong.
A: But you’re always so aggressive!
B: And you should mind your own business.
A: You’ll never progress in this company if you can’t accept criticism.
B: So that’s why you never got promotion, right?
A: Well, unless you change your attitude, don’t expect any support from me.
B: Look, just forget it, OK? It’s coffee time anyway.
mind your own business 管好你自己的事吧
criticism 批评
promotion 升职
forget it 算了吧
You may not want to tell the boss so directly.
Don't you think you were a little aggressive this morning?
Wouldn't it be better if everyone could ...?
Perhaps if you want to get promotion in this company, you may have to accept criticism.
You'd better change your attitude/


Unit 5 Telephoning 
1) How often do you talk on the phone in English? For what purposes?
讲电话 talk on (not 'in') the phone
2) What do you find/think is challenging when you have a phone conversation/conference call in English? 
organize the sentence in English 组织句子 
accent 口音
vocabulary size 词汇量
get nervous 变得紧张
Let's imagine some possible difficulties.
listening --- can't quite follow the speaker 不是很能跟上说话人