Definition of breaking ice in news interview

In recent years, outward bound training seems very popular. People from all departments get together, break departmental boundaries and regroup into new temporary teams, and then meet various challenges. Generally speaking, when a new team has just been formed and members are not familiar with each other, we all need to get to know each other through some warm-up activities. In outward bound training, this part is called "breaking the ice", which means breaking the ice.

Breaking the ice, breaking the ice, this concept originally originated from sea navigation. When the traffic is not very developed, people basically need to go abroad by boat. In winter, the temperature is low, the water surface is frozen, and the ship can't move forward smoothly, so it is necessary to have a deicing ship to clear the way ahead, so there is the saying of an icebreaker. Later, people began to use the metaphor of breaking ice to break the silence in interpersonal communication, or to break the deadlock and help unfamiliar people start communication.

For example:

The host told the guest a joke to break the silence.

In order to break the deadlock, the host told the guests a joke.