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Small talk

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let's start with people you don't know, I'm going to imagine that all of you have spent time in a line like at the grocery store or in a waiting room like at the doctor's office where you are either standing with or sitting with people that you don't really know and it's nice to have a little bit of a conversation with them there's really two things that you can talk about if you are at the grocery store or in the doctor's office

		   
让我们从你不认识的人开始吧，我想你们都有过这样的经历，比如在杂货店排队，或者在候诊室，比如在医生的诊室里，你要么和你不认识的人站在一起，要么和你不认识的人坐在一起。
		
	

the first form of small talk would be talking about the weather, 'isn't it gorgeous out today' or 'wow it's really coming down out there' if it was raining for instance so the weather is number one topic two to engage in small talk with people who you don't know

		   
闲聊的第一种形式是谈论天气，比如'今天天气真好啊不是吗？'，或者'外面的雨下得真大啊'比如下雨天时，所以天气是与不认识的人闲聊的第一话题。
		
	

the second is just to talk about the situation so you could say in the doctor's office ‘have you been waiting here long’ and someone might reply and say no I've only been here for a few minutes or in the grocery store you might just start by commenting on how long the line is so you could say something like ‘why this line is really long today’ so that's the first kind of small talk small talk that you would have with people who you really don't know it's a good way to open up a conversation or to start a conversation

		   
第二种是就事论事，你可以在医生办公室说你在这里等了很久了吗，别人可能会回答说没有，我只在这里等了几分钟；或者在杂货店里，你可以先评论一下队伍有多长，然后说今天的队伍怎么这么长。那就是你与完全陌生的人进行的第一种闲聊，这是开启对话或开始交流的好方式。
		
	

the second situation you might be in where you want to use small talk is at work so sometimes you work with people and you don't know them that well but you do see them every day, and I have five topics five things that you could talk to people at work about in order to engage in a small conversation or to have small talk

		   
第二种情况是在工作中，有时你和别人一起工作，虽然不是很熟，但每天都能见到他们，我有五个话题，你可以在工作中和别人谈论五件事，以便进行小范围谈话或闲聊。
		
	

the first is sports so if you are living in Canada for instance and you are working with people you can always ask about the game of hockey I'm sure if you're living in another country there is another sport that everyone has as their favorite sport but the number one thing at work that you can talk to people about is a recent sports game so you could say did you see that game last night that would be an excellent way to start a little bit of small talk about sports

		   
第一项是运动，比如如果你在加拿大工作，你可以随时询问冰球比赛。我确定如果你生活在另一个国家，那里会有另一种每个人都喜爱的运动。但在工作中，你可以与人谈论的头号话题是最近的体育比赛，所以你可以问：“你昨晚看了那场比赛吗？”这将是开始谈论体育的一种极好方式。
		
	

the second thing that you could talk to people at work about is the news so maybe you have watched the news the evening before or maybe you have read the morning paper and you see a recent news item you could say to someone at work did you hear about the accident downtown yesterday, so recent news second most common thing that you can talk about at work as small talk

		   
你在工作中可以和人谈论的第二件事是**新闻**。也许你前一晚看了新闻，或者你读了早报，看到了一则最近的新闻。你可以对同事说：“你听说昨天市中心的那起事故了吗？”,好了，新闻是工作中作为闲聊的第二常见话题。
		
	

the third thing that you can talk about with colleagues those are people you work with is the weekend especially at my workplace we like to talk about the weekend we either talk about the weekend that just happened or we talk about the weekend that's going to happen if you were going to ask someone about their past weekend you could say how was your weekend and if you want to talk about the weekend coming up you could say do you have any plans for this coming weekend so that's the third thing you can talk about at work the weekend

		   
你可以与同事谈论的第三件事是周末，尤其是在我的工作场所，我们喜欢谈论周末。我们要么谈论刚过去的周末，要么谈论即将到来的周末。如果你想询问某人上个周末的情况，你可以说：“你周末过得怎么样？”如果你想谈论即将到来的周末，你可以问：“这个周末你有什么计划？”因此，周末就是你在工作中可以谈论的第三个话题
		
	

the fourth thing that you could talk about with someone at work to have a little bit of small talk is something to do with entertainment so you could ask someone have you seen the latest Avengers movie you all know that a new Avengers movie just came out so that would be an excellent topic at work if you were to have some small talk have you seen the latest Avengers movie or are you going to see the latest Avengers movie so that would be the fourth thing that you could ask someone at work

		   
你在工作中可以和某人进行闲聊的第四个话题是与**娱乐**相关的事情。你可以问某人：“你看过最新的复仇者联盟电影吗？大家都知道最新的复仇者联盟电影刚刚上映，所以这将是工作中一个很好的话题，如果你想进行一些闲聊，你可以问：“你看过最新的复仇者联盟电影吗？或者你打算看最新的复仇者联盟电影吗？”因此，这就是你可以在工作中问某人的第四个话题。
		
	

and the fifth thing that you can always talk to people about especially at work is food so you might ask someone have you been to the new restaurant downtown？ how is the food？ so those are five things five small talk topics that you can use at work

		   
而你总是可以与人交谈的第五件事，尤其是在工作中，是关于**食物**的。因此，你可以问某人：“你去过市中心的新餐厅吗？食物怎么样？” 这就是你可以在工作中使用的五个闲聊话题。
		
	

let's move on to small talk topics that you can use with friends and family so obviously when you're talking to friends and family the small talk conversations can go a little deeper you can still talk about the weather and you can talk about movies and you can talk about sports but you also may want to talk about family so you might want to ask questions like how are your mom and dad doing or you might want to say how are the kids if you know someone has small children in your family these are topics that you wouldn't necessarily talk to with someone at work you might and you definitely wouldn't ask someone in the doctor's office or in the line at the grocery store but if you are talking with friends and family you might ask about their family

		   
让我们继续讨论与朋友和家人可以使用的闲聊话题。显然，当你与朋友和家人交谈时，闲聊可以深入一些。你仍然可以谈论天气、电影和体育，但你也可能想谈论家庭。因此，你可能想要问一些问题，比如你的父母怎么样了，或者你可能想说孩子们怎么样了。如果你知道你家里有小孩，这些都是你可能不会与工作中的人谈论的话题，你可能会，但你肯定不会在医生办公室或杂货店排队时问别人。但如果你在与朋友和家人交谈，你可能会问他们的家人情况。
		
	

the other thing that you might talk to friends and family about is travel maybe you know that they are going to go on a trip in the future or you know that they have gone on a trip and so it would be pretty normal if you're having some small talk with a friend or someone in your family to say are you looking forward to your trip to Paris or if they've already gone to Paris you could say how was your trip to Paris

the third thing you could talk to someone about when having a small conversation if it's someone you know well is things that you already know they like so maybe you have a friend who really likes to read or for instance, I know my mum really likes to read so could ask her if she read any good books lately so you can ask about hobbies or interests that you know they have maybe you have a friend who really enjoys going running you could say are you still running daily; are you still going for a run; are you still going to those yoga classes those would be all great questions. because there are people you know a little bit better than the people at work, and obviously a lot better than people you don't know. so it's polite and nice to inquire about things that you know they're interested in, if you know that a friend or family member is taking a class or studying something it would be very common to ask about that as well so if I was to ask you how is your English learning coming along that would be a great question to ask someone that you know well maybe you have a friend or a family member who plays sports you could say are you still playing in that football league and those would all be great topics.

		   
当与熟悉的人进行闲聊时，你可以谈论的第三件事情是你已经知道他们喜欢的事情。也许你有一个喜欢阅读的朋友，或者例如我知道我妈妈非常喜欢阅读，所以我可以问她最近有没有读过好书。你可以询问你知道他们有的爱好或兴趣，也许你有一个喜欢跑步的朋友，你可以问他们是否还每天跑步，是否还去跑步，是否还去参加瑜伽课程，因为这些都是很好的问题，因为你比在工作中认识的人更了解他们，显然也比你不认识的人更了解，所以询问你知道他们感兴趣的事情是礼貌而不错的。如果你知道一个朋友或家人正在上课或学习某些东西，询问这些也是非常普遍的。所以如果我问你，你的英语学习进展如何，这将是问一个你很了解的人的好问题，也许你有一个朋友或家人参加运动，你可以问他们是否还在踢足球联赛。这些都是很好的话题。