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第二部分 SMALL TALK
Everyday Expression
見面寒暄是一門藝術，根據時間、空間、關系的遠近，所要完成的交流功能大相徑庭。成功的開場是展開一個精彩話題的基礎，記住把握你自己的機會。
Sentence Pattern: Open Develop Close
How to open the conversation?
打開對話的方式有千萬種，但是下面是幾種最不好的去open the conversation的句子，大家一定不要用。
1. Can I practice English with you? / Can I speak English with you?
2. Do you speak English? Do you wanna talk with me?
在你要打開你的對話時，你一定考慮到對方會怎么感覺或者對方所尊重的價值觀。
一個成功的opening從語言的角度來說有千萬種表達方式，但是你的思維應該這么想，你的任何語言都要基于你對現在處的情況的理解。
例如：在汽車站，你遇到一個美國人，你想跟他練英語，怎么辦？
能夠引起你倆之間的接觸是談論汽車站的情形。可以談論一些交通狀況或公交狀況等等。引起共鳴后，可將話題進一步擴展，隨后自我介紹，進入談話。
A: Well it’s really a long time waiting for a bus.
B: ya, traffic is really a big problem in Beijing.
A: ya, traffic is a problem in the whole China. By the way, my name is XXX, a student …
例如：在大學，有一個美國女生坐在長椅上讀書，你想跟她練英語，怎么辦呢？
你可以說在這個情景下會產生共鳴的一些話題。可以假裝問路，說一些關于圖書的事情。
A: Well you should be pretty good at Chinese!
B: Excuse me, where can I find the library?
Small Talk 1:
Sam: Hi, how is it going?
Ted: Pretty good, Sam. Only the awful weather, you know.
Sam: That’s right. I’ve never really liked it since I got here.
Ted: Me either, but I’m dealing with it anyway.
How is it going? How’s going? 一個很舒服的打招呼的方式。
天氣是一個永遠的safe talk。對于年齡，薪金，politics, religions, abortion, gays, lesbians等隱私性、爭議性的問題不要談論。可以談論天氣，travelling, pets, 男生可以談談sports, NBA, 女生可以談cosmetics, dress.
Small Talk 2:
A: I’m glad to have had the opportunity to meet you here.
B: I trust you’re keeping well?
A: I’m doing great, thank you.
B: So we can get down to business.
這一段是在很嚴肅的場合下，兩個人在談話。
Small Talk 3:
A: Ah, Bob. Just the person I wanted to see.
B: So what is it?
A: You gotta help me out this time, buddy.
B: Another tough thing, I guess.
這是兩個非常熟悉的老朋友在談話。
Small Talk 4:
A: Hi, it is a pleasant surprise!
B: Yeah, it’s been ages! So how have you been?
A: Couldn’t be better. And you?
B: Just as usual, you know.
這談話的兩個人關系也是很不錯，但是沒那么熟悉，很久沒見。
Hi how have you been?
What have you been doing?
How is everything going?
Small Talk 5:
A: Susan? What brings you here today?
B: Well, I’ve got some papers due.
A: Really? So what’s the news?
B: Not too good yet. Better than I was though.
something is due = something needs to be handed in
一個東西要交了，該交了，到期了，due
從以上幾個例子中，我們可以看到open the conversation是千差萬別的。但是在打招呼時，一定要加上自己的主觀能動性或者人的因素，還有文化因素。這樣才能找一個比較合適的開始交談的方式。
On Your Own
語匯和句型的模版都掌握了，現在需要你大顯身手，和你的partner 獨立完成四個精彩的日常交流，逐漸達到美語的自如運用。
Note：場景不同，分寸迥異。
1. You and your partner just meet each other in this party, introduced by another friend. You try to greet each other and begin chatting.
2. You two haven’t seen each other for a long time. On Saturday afternoon, you are on the street and come upon each other. You are both very surprised and begin from here.
3. You are coming to an office building for a job interview. You are a bit nervous. When you see your interviewer coming into the lift. When the door closes, you try to make a good impression on him by greeting him.
4. Your partner just wins a horse race and is walking out of the game excited. You see him and go ahead to talk to him.
