生人、熟人都要small talk
Small talk在北美非常普遍。即使陌生人之間,在很多情況下,也要寒暄閑聊幾句:
Strangers 陌生人
Acquaintances 熟人
Cashiers 收營員
Waiters 服務(wù)員
Coworkers 同事
Neighbors 鄰居
……
所以你需要:
Dummy-proof/fail-proof small talk phrases :不會失敗的small talk話題
#1.怎么打招呼?
最經(jīng)典:
(Good) Morning, afternoon
Good evening
注意: 前者母語者常常省略good,語氣更加輕松一些。不過后者不可以省略
最地道:
Hi there!
How is it going?
What's up?
注意: What's up?非常不正式,是年輕人喜歡的俚語。
怎么回復(fù)?
Good. 挺好的
Not bad. 不錯
So far so good. 到目前為止還不錯
什么場合用:
Anywhere
小tip: small talk一般不涉及到你生活的細(xì)節(jié),所以如果有什么委屈事還是留給家人朋友:
Keep it positive. 只談好事。
#2.如何聊天氣?
雖然聊天氣沒新意,但的確還是最自然、最容易入手的話題!
怎么聊?
Depending on the weather, make appropriate comments: 根據(jù)當(dāng)天的天氣,聊對應(yīng)的
Nice weather 如果是好天
What nice weather we are having!
Gorgeous weather!
What a beautiful day out!
Horrible weather 如果是壞天氣
What terrible weather outside!
The weather sucks.
注意: suck這個詞不太得體的,只能和很熟悉的人說。
什么場合用:
Anywhere.
超容易上手的英語small talk套路!
#3.加些小細(xì)節(jié)
除了簡單的問侯、天氣,還可以稍微深入一些:
怎么聊?
How is it going? 今天怎么樣?
How is your day going? 同上
怎么回復(fù):
It's a busy day.
It's a slow/quiet day.
什么場合用:
In the office: 跟同事、老板
In the store: 跟商店店員
In the coffee shop:咖啡店店員
#4.最有巧思:談著裝
如果想更有新意,著裝是個不錯的話題!
怎么聊:
Nice shoes/shirt/dress!
I love your shoes/shirt/dress!
Where did you get it? 你哪里買的?
You look great today!(如果對方換了造型,這句很合適。但也要小心,因為如果對方?jīng)]什么變化,這樣說可能讓人感覺你認(rèn)為他平時很邋遢。)
You look well rest! 看起來氣色很好(一般放假、周末以后可以用)
#5.怎么收尾?
Small talk收尾、說再見怎么聊?
萬能結(jié)構(gòu):Have a good...
Have a good day!
Have a good morning/afternoon/evening.
Have a good weekend!
Have a good one!
Take care!
什么場合用:
Anytime when you want to say goodbye.