Hi Bob the Canadian here.
こんにちは、ボブ・ザ・カナディアンです。
As you learn English you'll want to get really good at something that we call small talk.
英語を学ぶ際、私たちは「スモールトーク」と呼ぶものに非常に精通しておくと良いでしょう。
Small talk is a kind of conversation where the topic is very light, where it's very simple to have a conversation with someone.
スモールトークとは、話題が非常に軽く、誰かと会話するのが非常に簡単な種類の会話です。
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.
このビデオでは、知らない人々と使うスモールトーク、職場の人々と使うスモールトーク、そして友人や家族と使うスモールトークについて少し学んでいただくお手伝いをします。
Hey Bob the Canadian here and we're going to talk about small talk today 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.
こんにちは、ボブ・ザ・カナディアンです。今日はスモールトークについてお話しますが、始める前に、これが初めての方は、下の購読ボタンをクリックし、このビデオが英語学習に役立っていると感じたら、いつでもいいので高評価（ thumbs up ）を押してください。
So small talk.
さて、スモールトークですね。
Really small, simple conversations that you can have with either people you don't know, people you work with, or friends and family.
本当に小さく、シンプルな会話で、知らない人々、一緒に働く人々、あるいは友人や家族と行うことができます。
Let's start with people you don't know.
まずは知らない人々から始めましょう。
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.
皆さん全員が、スーパーマーケットの列や、医者などの待合室のような場所で、あまり知らない人たちと一緒に立ったり座ったりした経験があると思います。
And it's nice to have a little bit of a conversation with them.
彼らと少し会話するのは良いことです。
There's really two things that you can talk about if you are at the grocery store or in the doctor's office.
スーパーマーケットや医者の待合室にいる場合、実際に話せることは主に2つあります。
The first form of small talk would be talking about the weather.
最初のスモールトークの形は、天気について話すことです。
Isn't it gorgeous out today?
今日はとても素晴らしい天気ですね？
or Wow, it's really coming down out there!
それとも、「おお、外はすごい降り方だ！」
- If it was raining for instance.
例えば雨が降っていた場合など。
So the weather is number one topic to, to engage in small talk with people who you don't know.
つまり、知らない人々とスモールトークを行うための第1の話題は天気です。
The second is just to talk about the situation.
2つ目は、単にその状況について話すことです。
So you could say in the doctor's office, "Have you been waiting here long?"
例えば医者の待合室なら、「もうずいぶん待っていますか？」と言うことができます。
and someone might reply and say, "No.
すると相手はこう答えるかもしれません。「いいえ。
I've only been here for a few minutes."
ここに来て数分しか経っていません。」
Or in the grocery store you might just start by commenting on how long the line is.
あるいはスーパーマーケットでは、列の長さに触れることから始めてもよいでしょう。
So you could say something like, "Wow!
例えば、「おっと！
This line is really long today!"
今日の列は本当に長いね！」」と言うことができます。
So that’s the first kind of small talk.
これが最初のタイプのスモールトークです。
Small talk that you would have with people who you really don't know.
本当に知らない人々とするスモールトークです。
It's a good way to open up a conversation or to start a conversation.
会話を切り開いたり、始めたりするのに良い方法です。
The second situation you might be in where you want to use small talk is at work.
次に、小さな会話を使いたい状況の2つ目は、職場です。
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.
職場では、あまりよく知らない人とも毎日顔を合わせることがありますよね。そこで、ちょっとした会話や小さな会話を楽しむために話せる5つのトピック、つまり5つの話題をご紹介します。
The first is sports.
一つ目はスポーツです。
So if you are living in Canada for instance, and you are working with people, you can always ask about the game of hockey.
例えばカナダに住んでいて、仕事仲間と話す場合、ホッケーの試合について尋ねることはいつでも可能です。
I'm sure if you're living in another country there is another sport that everyone has as their favourite sport, but the number one thing at work that you can talk to people about is a recent sports game.
他の国にお住まいなら、誰もが好きな別のスポーツがあると思いますが、職場で話せる一番の話題は、最近のスポーツの試合です。
So you could say, "Did you see that game last night?"
例えば、「昨夜の試合見た？」と言うことができます。
That would be an excellent way to start a little bit of small talk about sports.
これはスポーツに関する小さな会話を始めるのに非常に良い方法です。
The second thing that you could talk to people at work about is the news.
職場で話せる二つ目の話題はニュースです。
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.
前夜のニュースを見たことや、朝刊を読んで最近のニュース記事を見かけたことがあるかもしれません。
You could say to someone at work, “Did you hear about the accident downtown yesterday?”
職場の人に対して、「昨日のダウンタウンでの事故、聞いた？」「と言うことができます。
So recent news, second most common thing that you can talk about at work as small talk.
つまり、最近のニュースは、職場での小さな会話で話せる二番目に一般的な話題です。
The third thing that you can talk about with colleagues, those are people you work with, is the weekend.
同僚（仕事仲間）と話せる三つ目の話題は、週末です。
Especially at my workplace, we like to talk about the weekend.
特に私の職場では、週末の話をするのが好きです。
We either talk about the weekend that just happened or we talk about the weekend that’s going to happen.
私たちは、先週末のことか、これから来る週末のことについて話します。
If you were going to ask someone about their past weekend you could say, “How was your weekend?”
過去のある週末について人に尋ねる場合は、「週末はどうだった？」と言うことができます。
And if you want to talk about the weekend coming up you could say, “Do you have any plans for this coming weekend?”
そして、今後の週末について話したい場合は、「今度の週末に何か予定はある？」と言うことができます。
So that’s the third thing you can talk about at work, the weekend.
これが職場で話せる三つ目の話題、週末です。
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.
職場の人とちょっとした小さな会話をするために話せる四つ目の話題は、エンターテインメントに関連するものです。
So you could ask someone, “Have you seen the latest Avengers movie?”
例えば、「最新のアベンジャーズ映画見た？」と尋ねることができます。
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.
新しいアベンジャーズ映画がちょうど公開されたことを皆さんもご存知でしょうから、もし職場で小さな会話をするなら、それは素晴らしい話題になります。
Have you seen the latest Avengers movie?
最新のアベンジャーズ映画、見ましたか？
Or, “Are you going to see the latest Avengers movie?”
あるいは、「最新のアベンジャーズ映画、見るつもり？」と言うこともできます。
So that would the fourth thing that you could ask someone at work.
これが職場の人に尋ねられる四つ目の話題です。
And the fifth thing that you can always talk to people about, especially at work is food.
そして、特に職場で常に話せる五つ目の話題は食べ物です。
So you might ask someone, “Have you been to the new restaurant downtown?”
例えば、「ダウンタウンの新しいレストラン行ったことある？」と尋ねるかもしれません。
“How is the food?”
「料理はどうだった？」
So those are five things, five small talk topics that you can use at work.
以上这五个就是可以在职场中使用的闲聊话题。
Let’s move on to small talk topics that you can use with friends and family.
接下来我们看看可以与朋友和家人进行的闲聊话题。
So obviously when you’re talking to friends and family the small talk conversations can go a little deeper.
显然，当与朋友和家人交谈时，闲聊可以稍微深入一些。
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.
你仍然可以谈论天气、电影和体育，但也可能想聊聊家人。
So you might wanna ask questions like, “How are your mom and dad doing?”
你可以问这样的问题：“你爸妈最近怎么样？”
or you might want to say, “How are the kids?”, if you know someone has small children in your family.
或者如果你知道某人家里有年幼的孩子，你可能会说：“孩子们好吗？”
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.
这些话题你不一定会在工作中与人谈论（虽然也有可能），但绝对不可以在医生办公室或超市排队时问别人。
But if you are talking with friends and family you might ask about their family.
但是，如果你在与朋友和家人交谈，你可能会询问他们的家人情况。
The other thing that you might talk to friends and family about is travel.
另一个你可以与朋友和家人谈论的话题是旅行。
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.
也许你知道他们未来要去旅行，或者你知道他们已经去过某地旅行了。
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，如果你正在与朋友或家人进行闲聊，说“你期待去巴黎的旅行吗？”是很正常的；或者如果他们已经去了巴黎，你可以说“你的巴黎之旅怎么样？”
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.
如果你与一个你很了解的人进行简短交谈，第三个可以谈论的话题是你已经知道他们喜欢的事物。
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.
比如，你可能有一个非常喜欢阅读的朋友，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什么好书。
So you can ask about hobbies or interests that you know they have.
所以你可以询问你知道他们拥有的爱好或兴趣。
Maybe you have a friend who really enjoys going running.
也许你有一个非常喜欢跑步的朋友。
You could say, “Are you still running daily?
你可以说：“你还在每天跑步吗？”
Are you still going for a run?
你还在去跑步吗？
Are you still going to those yoga classes?”
你还在上那些瑜伽课吗？”
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 so it’s polite and nice to inquire about things that you know they’re interested in.
这些都是很好的问题，因为他们是比你在职场认识的人更熟悉一点的人，当然也比你不认识的人熟悉得多，所以询问你知道他们感兴趣的事情是有礼貌且友好的。
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课或学习某样东西，询问相关情况也是非常常见的。
So, if I was to ask you, “How is your English learning coming along?”
所以，如果我问你：“你的英语学习进展如何？”
That would be a great question to ask someone that you know well.
这是一个问你所熟悉的人的好问题。
Maybe you have a friend or a family member who plays sports.
也许你有一个喜欢运动的朋友或家人。
You could say, “Are you still playing in that football league?”
你可以说：「你还在那个足球联赛里踢球吗？」
And those would all be great topics.
这些都是很棒的话题。
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 and then finally some more familiar topics that you would ask a good friend or a family member.
你可以看到，我们从像天气这样简单的话题，过渡到像电影和体育这样与工作伙伴聊天的常见话题，最后是一些更适合向好朋友或家人询问的更熟悉的话题。
So, hopefully that helps you a little bit.
希望这能对你有所帮助。
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.
闲聊在所有语言中都非常普遍，这里只是列举了三种情境以及一些你可以与人交谈的话题想法。
I think that’s almost the end of the video.
我觉得视频差不多要结束了。
I’m Bob the Canadian.
我是加拿大的Bob。
Don’t forget to click the subscribe button below.
别忘了点击下方的订阅按钮。
It’s actually on that side.
它实际上在那边。
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给我点个赞吧。
Don’t forget to leave a comment below.
别忘了在下方留言。
I love comments, and share this video with a friend, and I hope that you have a great week!
我很喜欢评论，请把这个视频分享给朋友，祝你度过愉快的一周！
