和老外聊天，怎么能聊出意思、聊出質量？除了老掉牙的寒暄，如何能儲備、發展有意思的話題？今天節目分享實用建議。

關鍵詞：

沒話題，超尷尬
I often don’t know what to talk to foreigners about: 和老外不知道聊什么
Every time we just talk about the obvious stuff: the weather, how long have you been here: 每次只能聊特別俗套的東西: 天氣、你來中國多久啦
Same old, same old: 老一套
Meaningful topics: 有意思，有意義的話題
Run out of topics: 話題用完了
Awkward: 尷尬

怎么跟美國人有話題？
Sports is always a safe go-to topic: 體育永遠是個安全的選擇
Go-to topic:靠譜的話題
The four major professional leagues: 四大職業聯盟
NBA (National Basketball Association): 美職籃
NFL (National Football League):美式橄欖球
MLB (Major League Baseball): 美職棒
NHL (National Hockey League): 北美職業冰球聯賽
Sports can have lead to a lot of spin-off topics：體育能衍伸出很多有意思的話題
Many Americans have a local sports team that they support which they love talking about: 很多美國人都有一個自己特別支持的地方隊，可以問問他們這個，可以衍生出很多有意思的話題

涉獵各類美劇
American TV shows are a great topic too: 美劇當然也是好話題
But the popular shows in China might not be as popular in America: 但是在中國特別紅的美劇在美國也許受眾沒那么廣
For example, Big Bang Theory and Two Broke Girls are mostly watched by tweens: 比如“生活大爆炸”和“破產姐妹”基本上是十幾、二十歲的人看的，
More mature people don't really watch it: 再年長些的人不太看
What TV shows do Americans watch? 美國人看什么美劇？
Game of Thrones：權力的游戲
House of Cards：紙牌屋
And lots more...: 還有很多很多
下次我們聊聊美國人愛看的美劇吧？

音樂
What kind of music are you into？ 你喜歡聽什么音樂？
What’s your favourite music? 你最喜歡什么音樂類型？
What type of music do you generally listen to? 你通常愛聽什么音樂？
Pop: 流行樂
Rock: 搖滾
Jazz: 爵士
Reggae: 雷鬼
Indie: 獨立搖滾樂

跟美國人發展話題的最佳途徑：脫口秀
但重點不是聽懂所有笑話
Talk shows：脫口秀
Current events: 時事
The point is not to understand every joke, but to know what’s going on in American: 重點不是要聽懂每一個笑話，而是通過脫口秀了解美國正在發生的事兒、大眾談論的事兒、他們的看法
Societal news: 社會新聞
Politics: 政治
Election year: 大選年
You can really understand how Americans think and feel about these issues from watching talk shows：看脫口秀，你能了解到美國老百姓對時事怎么看、怎么想
Talk shows are a great entry point to understanding American humor: 脫口秀也是理解美式幽默最好的切入點
不同類型的脫口秀
Afternoon talk shows: 下午時段脫口秀
Late night talk shows: 深夜脫口秀
推薦兩個收視最高的深夜脫口秀
The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon
Late Show with Steven Colbert
They both air on major networks: 這兩個節目都在美國最大的電視臺播出
Jimmy Fallon is on NBC: Fallon是NBC的深夜脫口秀
Steven Colbert is on CBS: Colbert是CBS的
My personal breakthrough in learning English and understanding American pysche came from watching late night talk shows: 我個人學英語、理解美國文化思維的突破就是通過看脫口秀得到的
Edgy: 有膽量的，挑戰思維的

聊真實的中國，是外國人最感興趣的
Foreigners are always interested in finding more about China, the real China: 外國人最有興趣的是了解真實的中國
If you want to make real friends, let them know who you really are: 想真正交朋友，要做你自己
Show your true colors: 展現真的你

這是個細水長流的過程
Approach it like a long-term, ongoing process: 這是個細水長流的過程
As you improve your English, you will naturally be able to talk about your life, your work and interesting things happening in China with foreigners: 英語水平高了，你自然能和外國人談你的生活、關注，還有中國有意思的事情
When you understand their culture and their way of thinking better, you'll also find there's a lot you can talk about: 當你更了解他們的文化、思維，也自然會發現有很多能聊的話題
Of course, make friends you click with: 最后當然要交跟你合拍、氣場對的朋友
Common hobbies and interests: 相同的興趣愛好