It could be a scientific or academic context that they're talking about.

他们谈论的可能是科学或学术背景。

It is actually quite rare to speak to people in a very formal academic context.

在非常正式的学术环境中与人交谈实际上是非常罕见的。

So, if you're in an academic context, that would be an undesirable thing, I guess, for something to be superficial.

所以，如果你在学术背景下，我想，对于一些肤浅的事情来说， 这将是一件不受欢迎的事情。

All right, so let's look at some examples in a social context, in an academic context, and in a business context.

好吧，让我们看看社会背景、学术背景和商业背景中的一些例子。

Maybe in an academic context they're being like this because they weren't invited to speak at the conference, so maybe that's why this person's not feeling so happy about the conference.

也许在学术背景下，他们之所以这样是因为他们没有被邀请在会议上发言，所以也许这就是为什么这个人对会议不那么高兴的原因。

So, by watching today's lesson, I'll give you some phrases that you can build up and make some sentences where you can sound very informed, and very opinionated, and say all the right things in a business or academic context.

因此，通过观看今天的课程，我会给你一些短语， 你可以用这些短语来造句， 让你听起来很有见识， 很有主见，并在商业或学术环境中说出所有正确的话。