【初级商务英语口语课程】
   优易国际英语拥有初级商务英语口语全套的课程培训体系和完善的教学计划；拥有商务英语口语培训的专业师资团队；*中外教跟踪指导授课，全面提高商务人士的英语口语能力，目前正在开展初级商务英语口语培训课程。
   品      牌：优易国际英语
   适合人群：商务人士、英语口语学习
   上课时间：随时上课
   上课地点：大望路校区、北苑校区、上门授课、第三方地点
 

Lesson Seven工作之余
（after-work entertainments, choosing and developing topics of conversation）

Introducing topics/agendas
I’m glad to bump into you. I wanted to ask you about…
While we’re on the subject…
I just wanted to mention…
You know you mention…?
There were a couple of points I wanted to mention…
The other point was…
There’s just one thing I wanted to say…

Changing/ending a topic
Anyway, let’s talk about something else.
So, let’s leave that (for later).
Changing the subject for a moment…
By the way…
Talking of…
That reminds me…

Checking and clarifying
Do you see what I’m getting at?
Is that clear?
Do you mean…?
Are you saying…?
Let me see if I get it clear/correctly. Do you mean…?

Asking about hobbies and interests
Do you have any hobbies and interests?
What do you do in your spare/free time?

Expressing likes and dislikes
I like football.
I love reading.
I enjoy cooking.
I adore Tom Cruise.
I’m interested in antiques collections, especially Chinese antique furniture.
I’m quite into golf.
I’m crazy/mad about rock’n’roll.
I fall for folk dance.
John is enthusiastic about hiking.
I don’t like soccer.
I hate boxing.

Expressing preferences
I prefer jazz to pop.
I prefer staying at home to going out with him tonight.
I prefer to play badminton rather than play basketball.
Joe has a preference for European movies.
Of all kinds of music, I like R&B best.
Classical music is my favorite music.
Hip Hop is my least favorite.
As far as I am concerned, poetry reading is for the birds.
For me, the best time is to sit back with a cold beer in my hand.
I’d rather take the bus home.

Sample Dialogue
A: Have you watched any movie lately?
B: Not really. I have been kept busy recently.
A: That’s too bad. I went to watch the Red Dragon the other day. It’s really fantastic.
B: Red Dragon? I haven’t even heard about it.
A: What are you? From the cave? It has been an instant hit after it was put on show in the theatre.
B: Well, I told you I was busy. So what was it about?
A: It’s actually the prequel to The silence of the Lambs. In this one, the story of a former FBI agent Will Graham, who was nearly killed by Hannibal Lecter, is told, and it includes the initial capture of “the Cannibal”.
B: Really? I have watched The silence of the Lambs. It features Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster, right?
A: You are right. But the new movie has a stronger cast, including young talents like Edward Norton and Ralph Fiennes. Of course, Anthony Hopkins stays and still plays Dr. Lecter.
B: It sounds really exciting. I should try to find some time to go.