“尬聊”必備:英語(yǔ)small talk該怎么聊

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    超容易上手的英語(yǔ)small talk套路!Small talk在西方社交中很重要。不論生人、熟人,聊天寒暄都不能少。可是用英語(yǔ)閑聊真的很詞窮!今天就要教你最實(shí)用的英語(yǔ)small talk話題!
    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(yíng)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(huì)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(yǔ)者常常省略good,語(yǔ)氣更加輕松一些。不過(guò)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(yǔ)。
    怎么回復(fù)?
     Good. 挺好的
     Not bad. 不錯(cuò)
     So far so good. 到目前為止還不錯(cuò)
    什么場(chǎng)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(méi)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(duì)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(gè)詞不太得體的,只能和很熟悉的人說(shuō)。
    什么場(chǎng)合用:
     Anywhere.
    #3. 加些小細(xì)節(jié)
    除了簡(jiǎn)單的問(wèn)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(chǎng)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(gè)不錯(cuò)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(duì)方換了造型,這句很合適。但也要小心,因?yàn)槿绻麑?duì)方?jīng)]什么變化,這樣說(shuō)可能讓人感覺(jué)你認(rèn)為他平時(shí)很邋遢。)
     You look well rest! 看起來(lái)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(shuō)再見(jiàn)怎么聊?
    萬(wàn)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(chǎng)合用:
     Anytime when you want to say goodbye.