【话匣子英语】闲谈

每次对话的开场前总要预热一下。你会以什么样的方式展开这个对话呢，是从谈论天气开始呢，还是谈论衣着，还是其他呢？

Maura: And today, we are chatting¹ about chatting. We’re talking about small talk.

 

Harp²: Yes. Today we’re going³ to talk about small talk.

 

Maura: And that’s the kind of conversation⁴ that you have with people that’s not complicated⁵ or difficult; really easy conversation that you have with people you don’t know very well.

 

Harp: And today we’ll break down this topic⁶ into meeting⁷ new people …

 

Maura: And then we’re going to give you some situations⁸ where you might⁹ meet these new people or you might have small talk.

 

Harp: Exactly¹⁰. And we’ll finish by talking about icebreakers: ways to start small talk.

 

Maura: Yeah. Different ways you can start conversations¹¹. OK, so first, we’ll talk about meeting new people and the small talk that happens. Now, Harp, do you like meeting new people?

 

Harp: I do like meeting new people, but, you know, I’m kinda shy¹².

 

Maura: Are you?

 

Harp: Yeah, I know. People are surprised¹³, because I’m quite outgoing¹⁴, but I’m shy when I meet new people.

 

Maura: You know, Harp, I never would¹⁵ have guessed that, because when we met, it was¹⁶ in our French¹⁷ class, and you were in front of me, we made¹⁸ eye contact¹⁹, and right away, you said²⁰, “Hey, how’s it going?” So laid²¹ back.

 

Harp: That’s funny, ’cause I’m sure I was very nervous²² when I said it.

1 chatting   

n.闲谈，聊天v.聊天( chat的现在分词 )；闲谈；闲聊；参加网络闲聊

参考例句：

• My kids spend hours chatting on the phone to their friends. 我的几个孩子在电话上和朋友聊天一聊就是几个小时。
• We spent a cosy evening chatting by the fire. 我们在炉火旁聊天度过了一个舒适的晚上。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 harp   

n.竖琴；天琴座

参考例句：

• She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
• He played an Irish melody on the harp.他用竖琴演奏了一首爱尔兰曲调。

3 going   

n.去，离去，地面(或道路)的状况，工作情况；(复数形式）goings: 行为；adj.进行中的，流行的，现存的

参考例句：

• We're going to listen to a report this afternoon. 今天下午我们要去听报告。
• He hates leaving the office and going on holiday.他不愿离开办公室去度假。

4 conversation   

n.谈话，交谈

参考例句：

• Conversation is one of pleasures of life.交谈是人生一大乐趣。
• We'll carry on a conversation with her tomorrow.我们将于明天与她会谈。

5 complicated   

adj.错综复杂的，麻烦的，结构复杂的

参考例句：

• The poem is so complicated that I cannot make out its meaning.这首诗太复杂，我理解不了它的意思。
• This is the most complicated case I have ever handled.这是我所处理过的最为复杂的案子。

6 topic   

n.题目，话题，主题

参考例句：

• On what topic are you talking?你在谈论什么话题？
• This is a topic sentence.这是个主题句。

7 meeting   

n.会议；集会

参考例句：

• Will you be at the meeting?你会来开会吗？
• We would like to hold the meeting at an early date.我们希望早日举行这次会议。

8 situations   

n.位置( situation的名词复数 )；（人的）情况；局面；[心理学]情境

参考例句：

• Teachers need to prepare their students to deal with real-world situations outside the classroom. 教师应该让学生作好应对课堂以外的现实世界的准备。
• He is adept at getting himself out of difficult situations. 他善于使自己摆脱困境。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

9 might   

aux./v.(may的过去式)可能；可以，允许

参考例句：

• It looks as if it might snow.看起来好像要下雪了。
• Might I ask a question?我能问个问题吗？

10 exactly   

adv.准确地；严格地

参考例句：

• What I want is exactly this one.我要的就是这一个。
• I beg your pardon,what you say is not exactly correct.对不起，你说的话并不完全对。

11 conversations   

n.交谈( conversation的名词复数 )；交往；谈话技巧；[自动数据处理]（特指通过键盘和计算机进行的）人机对话

参考例句：

• I had two conversations with him. 我和他谈了两次话。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They had several surreptitious conversations. 他们有过几次秘密会谈。 来自辞典例句

12 shy   

adj.害羞的，胆怯的，迟疑的；vi.惊退，畏缩，乱投；vt.乱投；n.投掷；惊避

参考例句：

• She is too shy to go to parties.她很怕羞，不敢去参加舞会。
• Mary is a shy girl.玛丽是一个害羞的女孩。

13 surprised   

adj.感到惊讶的，感到惊奇的

参考例句：

• Is that anything to be surprised at?那有什么可怪的？
• The news greatly surprised us.这消息使我们非常惊异。

14 outgoing   

n.外出，开支，流出；adj.喜欢外出的；（计算机）输出

参考例句：

• He is an outgoing and lively person.他是个性格开朗而又活泼的人。
• She's very outgoing.她很外向。

15 would   

aux.will的过去式；愿，要；常常；大概；将要，会

参考例句：

• Why would you say that?为什么你会这么说？
• Would you please help me?你能帮帮我吗？

16 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

17 French   

adj.法国(人)的，法语的；n.法语；vt.剁肉，蔬菜切成长条

参考例句：

• She reads French quite well,but doesn't speak it.她法语的阅读能力相当强，但不会讲。
• The only French city she enjoyed was Paris.巴黎是她惟一喜欢的法国城市。

18 made   

v.make的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• They were not made in china.它们不是中国制造的。
• The monkey made a long arm for the peach.猴子伸臂去摘桃子。

19 contact   

n.联系，交际，熟人，接触；vi.接触，联系；vt.使接触

参考例句：

• We agreed to contact again as soon as possible.我们同意尽快再次联系。
• She is still in close contact with Sarah.她仍然同萨拉人联系密切。

20 said   

v.动词say的过去式、过去分词

参考例句：

• He said to me that he could not come.他对我说他不能来。
• He said to his mother that he would do it by himself.他对他的母亲说他将自己独立做那件事。

21 laid   

v.打赌( lay的过去式和过去分词 )；提出；放置；铺

参考例句：

• Whole stretches of land were laid waste and depopulated. 一片片土地荒芜，人口减少。
• a laid-back attitude to life 悠然自得的生活态度

22 nervous   

adj.神经的；紧张不安的，神经过敏的

参考例句：

• He feels nervous when he faces so many people.面对那么多人，他感到紧张。
• He was over nervous.他太紧张了。