
英式開場白:天氣不錯(cuò),對吧?
British: 'Beautiful day, isn't it ?'
英國的天氣變化莫測。因此,天氣是英國人最關(guān)心的話題之一。談?wù)撎鞖鈺r(shí)有個(gè)簡單的秘訣:無論你是否同意說話人的觀點(diǎn),都要回答“對”。這是因?yàn)橛顺R蕴鞖鉃殚_場白,以達(dá)成一致立場,繼而轉(zhuǎn)談其他話題。
The weather in Britain is unpredictable. So, it's one of the topics the British care most about. And there's a simple rule governing weather-speak: Say, "Yes" whether you agree with the person's comment on the weather or not. That's because the British start a conversation using the weather so that they can find common ground and move on to something else.