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.

(課程資料參考《美語思維》課程 )