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第二部分 SMALL TALK
Everyday Expression
见面寒暄是一门艺术，根据时间、空间、关系的远近，所要完成的交流功能大相径庭。成功的开场是展开一个精彩话题的基础，记住把握你自己的机会。
Sentence Pattern: Open Develop Close
How to open the conversation?
打开对话的方式有千万种，但是下面是几种最不好的去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?
在你要打开你的对话时，你一定考虑到对方会怎么感觉或者对方所尊重的价值观。
一个成功的opening从语言的角度来说有千万种表达方式，但是你的思维应该这么想，你的任何语言都要基于你对现在处的情况的理解。
例如：在汽车站，你遇到一个美国人，你想跟他练英语，怎么办？
能够引起你俩之间的接触是谈论汽车站的情形。可以谈论一些交通状况或公交状况等等。引起共鸣后，可将话题进一步扩展，随后自我介绍，进入谈话。
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：在大学，有一个美国女生坐在长椅上读书，你想跟她练英语，怎么办呢？
你可以说在这个情景下会产生共鸣的一些话题。可以假装问路，说一些关于图书的事情。
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? 一个很舒服的打招呼的方式。
天气是一个永远的safe talk。对于年龄，薪金，politics, religions, abortion, gays, lesbians等隐私性、争议性的问题不要谈论。可以谈论天气，travelling, pets, 男生可以谈谈sports, NBA, 女生可以谈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.
这一段是在很严肃的场合下，两个人在谈话。
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.
这是两个非常熟悉的老朋友在谈话。
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.
这谈话的两个人关系也是很不错，但是没那么熟悉，很久没见。
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
一个东西要交了，该交了，到期了，due
从以上几个例子中，我们可以看到open the conversation是千差万别的。但是在打招呼时，一定要加上自己的主观能动性或者人的因素，还有文化因素。这样才能找一个比较合适的开始交谈的方式。
On Your Own
语汇和句型的模版都掌握了，现在需要你大显身手，和你的partner 独立完成四个精彩的日常交流，逐渐达到美语的自如运用。
Note：场景不同，分寸迥异。
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.
