Something as simple as a 5 minute phone call (or even an im conversation) is vastly more effective for building trust and rapport.

在建立信任和友好关系上，像5分钟电话这样简单的事情，远比电子信函要有效得多。

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This is the secret of building "Rapport"--- a state where two people easily get into harmony.

这就是建立“默契关系”的秘诀，在默契的状态下，两个人很容易达到和谐之境。

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Staff are being encouraged to use the quotes to talk directly to passengers, building a rapport and adding unexpected wit or insight during the commute.(See photo)

地铁工作人员被鼓励通过哲人的名言直接与乘客交流，增加彼此的亲近感，并让乘客在旅途中体验意想不到的智慧启迪。

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Everything you have done from the time you entered the room until now has been geared to send rapport-building nonverbal statements.

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Using classic rapport-building techniques, the agents quickly gained actionable intelligence from them, including details of safe houses al Qaeda was using and of specific plots in the works.

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Even the most bull-in-a-china-shop communicator can learn techniques for building rapport, resolving conflict gracefully, etc.

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