As you learn English, you'll want to get really good at something that we call small talk.

當你學習英語時，你會想要擅長我們所說的閒聊。

Small talk is a kind of conversation where the topic is very light, where it's very simple to have a conversation with someone.

閒聊是一種話題很輕鬆、與人交談很簡單的談話。

So in this video, I'm going to help you learn a little bit about small talk that you can use with people you don't know, small talk that you can use with people at work, and small talk that you can use with friends and family.

在這個影片中，我將幫助你了解一些與你不認識的人、在工作中的人以及與朋友和家人使用的閒聊技巧。

Hey, Bob the Canadian here and we're going to talk about small talk today,

嘿，我是加拿大的 Bob，今天我們要談論一下閒聊。

but before we get started, if this is your first time here don't forget to click the subscribe button below and give me a thumbs up at some point during this video if it is helping you learn English.

但在我們開始之前，如果這是你第一次來到這裡，別忘了點擊下面的訂閱按鈕，並給我一個讚，如果它有幫助你學習英語的話。

So small talk.

閒聊。

Really small, simple conversations that you can have with either people you don't know, people you work with, or friends and family.

閒聊就是真的很簡單的小對話，你可以和不認識的人、一起工作的人或朋友家人進行。

Let's start with people you don't know.

我們先從不認識的人開始。

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.

我要想像所有人都在排隊，比如在雜貨店，或者在等候室，比如在醫生辦公室，你們要麽站在一起，要麽坐在一起，與你不太認識的人在一起。

And it's nice to have a little bit of a conversation with them.

跟他們進行一些交談是不錯的。

There's really two things that you can talk about if you are at the grocery store or in the doctor's office.

如果你在雜貨店或醫生辦公室，有兩件事可以聊。

The first form of small talk would be talking about the weather.

第一種閒聊形式是談論天氣。

"Isn't it gorgeous out today?" or "Wow, it's really coming down out there!" - if it was raining for instance.

「今天的天氣很好對不對？」 或者「哇，外面下好大的雨！」 假如正在下雨的話。

So the weather is number one topic to engage in small talk with people who you don't know.

因此，天氣是與不認識的人閒聊的首要話題。

The second is just to talk about the situation.

第二就是聊聊當下的情況。

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."

所以你可以在醫生辦公室裡說：「你在這裡等很久了嗎？」 有人可能會回答說：「沒有。我只來幾分鐘而已。」

Or in the grocery store, you might just start by commenting on how long the line is.

或者在雜貨店，你可能會評論隊伍有多長來起頭。

So you could say something like, "Wow! This line is really long today!"

所以你可以這樣說：「哇！今天的隊伍真長！」

So that's the first kind of small talk.

這就是第一種閒聊。

Small talk that you would have with people who you really don't know.

你會跟不認識的人閒聊的話題。

It's a good way to open up a conversation or to start a conversation.

這是打開對話或開始對話的好方法。

The second situation you might be in where you want to use small talk is at work.

你可能想要閒聊的第二種情況是在工作中。

So sometimes you work with people and you don't know them that well, but you do see them every day,

所以有時你和一些人一起工作，你不太了解他們，但你確實每天都會見到他們，

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.

我有五個主題，五件事，你可以與工作中的人談論，以便進行簡短的對話或閒聊。

The first is sports.

第一種是運動。

So if you are living in Canada for instance, and you are working with people, you can always ask about the game of hockey.

例如，如果你住在加拿大，並且正在跟別人一起工作，你可以隨時詢問跟冰上曲棍球比賽有關的問題。

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.

我相信如果你生活在另一個國家，一定有另一種運動是每個人最喜歡的運動，但工作中你可以與人們談論的第一件事就是最近的一場體育比賽。

So you could say, "Did you see that game last night?"

所以你可以說：「你昨晚看了那場比賽嗎？」

That would be an excellent way to start a little bit of small talk about sports.

這將是一個很好的方式來開始一些關於體育的閒聊。

The second thing that you could talk to people at work about is the news.

你可以跟同事閒聊的第二件事是新聞。

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.

也許你前一天晚上看過新聞，或者你讀過晨報並看到最近的新聞。

You could say to someone at work, "Did you hear about the accident downtown yesterday?"

你可以對同事說：「你聽說昨天市中心發生的事故了嗎？」

So recent news; second most common thing that you can talk about at work as small talk.

最近的新聞是第二個最常見可以在工作中閒聊的話題。

The third thing that you can talk about with colleagues, those are people you work with, is the weekend.

你可以與同事（即與你一起工作的人）談論的第三件事是週末。

Especially at my workplace, we like to talk about the weekend.

尤其是在我的工作場所，我們喜歡談論週末。

We either talk about the weekend that just happened or we talk about the weekend that's going to happen.

我們要麼談論剛剛發生的周末，要麽談論即將發生的周末。

If you were going to ask someone about their past weekend you could say, "How was your weekend?"

如果你要問某人過去的周末，你可以說：「你的周末過得怎麼樣？」

And if you want to talk about the weekend coming up you could say, "Do you have any plans for this coming weekend?"

如果你想談論即將到來的周末，你可以說：「你這個週末有什麼計劃嗎？」

So that's the third thing you can talk about at work, the weekend.

這是你在工作中可以談論的第三件事，也就是週末。

The fourth thing that you can talk about with someone at work to have a little bit of small talk is something to do with entertainment.

你可以在工作中與某人閒聊的第四件事是與娛樂有關的事情。

So you could ask someone, "Have you seen the latest Avengers movie?"

所以你可以問某人：「你看過最新的《復仇者聯盟》電影嗎？」

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.

你們都知道，一部新的《復仇者聯盟》電影剛上映，所以如果你們想閒聊的話，這將是一個很好的主題。

'Have you seen the latest Avengers movie?" or, "Are you going to see the latest Avengers movie?"

「你看過最新的復仇者聯盟電影嗎？」或者，「你打算看最新的復仇者聯盟電影嗎？」

So that would the fourth thing that you could ask someone at work.

這就是你可以向同事詢問的第四件事。

And the fifth thing that you can always talk to people about, especially at work is food.

你總是可以與人們談論的第五件事，尤其是在工作中，就是食物。

So you might ask someone, "Have you been to the new restaurant downtown?"

所以你可能會問某人：「你去過市中心的新餐廳嗎？」

"How is the food?"

「食物如何？」

So those are five things, five small talk topics that you can use at work.

以上是你可以在工作中閒聊的五件事、五個閒聊主題。

Let's move on to small talk topics that you can use with friends and family.

讓我們繼續討論你可以與朋友和家人進行的閒聊主題。

So obviously when you're talking to friends and family the small talk conversations can go a little deeper.

顯然，當你與朋友和家人交談時，閒聊的內容可以更深入一些。

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.

你仍然可以談論天氣，你可以談論電影，你可以談論體育，但你也可能想談論家庭。

So you might wanna 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.

所以你可能想問這樣的問題：「你的爸爸媽媽過得怎麼樣？」 或者你可能想說：「孩子們過得怎麼樣？」如果你知道對方有小孩。

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.

這些話題你不一定會在工作中與人談論，你可能會，但你絕對不會問醫生辦公室或雜貨店排隊的人。

But if you are talking with friends and family you might ask about their family.

但如果你與朋友和家人聊天，你可能會詢問他們的家人。

The other thing that you might talk to friends and family about is travel.

你可能與朋友和家人談論的另一件事是旅行。

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.

也許你知道他們即將要去旅行或你知道他們已經去旅行了。

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?"

因此，如果你在與朋友或家人閒聊時說「你期待巴黎之旅嗎？」，這是很正常的。 或者，如果他們已經去了巴黎，你可以說：「你的巴黎之旅怎麼樣？」

The third thing you can talk to someone about when having a small conversation if it's someone you know well is things that you already know they like.

如果對方是你很熟悉的人，那麼在進行簡短交談時，你可以談論的第三件事是你已經知道他們喜歡的事情。

So maybe you have a friend who really likes to read, or, for instance, I know my mom really likes to read, so I could ask her if she has read any good books lately.

也許你有一個非常喜歡讀書的朋友，或者比如說，我知道我媽媽非常喜歡讀書，所以我可以問她最近有沒有讀過什麼好書。

So you can ask about hobbies or interests that you know they have.

你可以詢問你已經知道的他們的愛好或興趣。

Maybe you have a friend who really enjoys going running.

也許你有一個非常喜歡跑步的朋友。

You could say, "Are you still running daily? Are you still going for a run?" "Are you still going to those yoga classes?”

你可以說：「你還在每天跑步嗎？你還在去跑步嗎？」「你還去參加那些瑜珈課嗎？」

Those would be all great questions because they're people you know a little bit better than the people at work, and obviously a lot better than people you don't know,

這些都是很好的問題，因為你對他們的了解比工作中的人要多一些，而且顯然比你不認識的人多得多，

so it's polite and nice to inquire about things that you know they're interested in.

所以人問你已經知道他們感興趣的事情是有禮貌且愉快的。

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.

如果你知道朋友或家人正在上課或學習某些東西，那麼詢問這一點也是很常見的。

So, if I was to ask you, "How is your English learning coming along?"

所以，如果我問你：「你的英語學習進展如何？」

That would be a great question to ask someone that you know well.

問一個你熟悉的人是一個很好的問題。

Maybe you have a friend or a family member who plays sports.

也許你有一個朋友或家人喜歡運動。

You could say, "Are you still playing in that football league?"

你可以說：「你還在那個足球聯賽踢球嗎？」

And those would all be great topics.

這些都會是很好的閒聊主題。

You can see how we went from really simple topics like the weather to really common topics like movies and those sorts of things and sports for people we work with,

我們從天氣這種非常簡單的話題進展到電影、類似的話題和跟同事聊天時談論的運動等常見話題。

and then finally, some more familiar topics that you would ask a good friend or a family member.

最後，一些你會問好朋友或家人的更熟悉的話題。

So, hopefully that helps you a little bit.

所以，希望這對你有一點幫助。

Small talk is very common in all languages and that was just three situations and some ideas for the things that you could talk about with people.

閒聊在所有語言中都很常見，這只是三種情況和一些你可以與人談論的事情的想法。

I think that's almost the end of the video.

我想影片就快結束了。

I'm Bob the Canadian.

我是加拿大人 Bob。

Don't forget to click the subscribe button below.

不要忘記點擊下面的訂閱按鈕。

It's actually on that side.

應該是這邊。

Give me a thumbs up.

給我一個讚。

Don't forget to leave a comment below.

不要將在下面留言。

I love comments, and share this video with a friend, and I hope that you have a great week!

我喜歡留言，並且分享給一位朋友，希望你有個美好的一週！