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Hello, and welcome to the English We Speak.
I'm Wang Fei.
And I'm Rob Carter.
Rob, I'm going on a hot date tomorrow and I'm feeling a bit nervous now.
I think I need your help.
It is a scary thing to do.
What you need is some kind of icebreaker.
An icebreaker?
That sounds quite cold.
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.
Mmm.
An icebreaker is something you can do or some words you can say to make people feel relaxed.
So a nice breaker will make things less formal.
Yes, that's right.
Doing something or saying something at the start will hopefully make your date more relaxed and less tense.
I see.