Hi Bob the Canadian here.
大家好，我是加拿大的Bob。
As you learn English you'll want to get really good at something that we call small talk.
在学习英语的过程中，你会希望擅长一项我们称之为“闲聊”的技能。
Small talk is a kind of conversation where the topic is very light, where it's very simple to have a conversation with someone.
闲聊是一种话题非常轻松、很容易与人交谈的对话形式。
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.
所以在这个视频中，我将帮助你了解一些你可以用于与不认识的人、同事以及朋友和家人之间的闲聊内容。
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.
大家好，我是加拿大的Bob。今天我们要聊聊闲聊。但在开始之前，如果你是第一次来到这里，别忘了点击下方的订阅按钮，并且在视频播放过程中如果对你有帮助的话，请给我点个赞。
So small talk.
那么，闲聊。
Really small, simple conversations that you can have with either people you don't know, people you work with, or friends and family.
就是那些非常简短、简单的对话，你可以与不认识的人、同事或亲友进行这样的交流。
Let's start with people you don't know.
让我们先从与不认识的人开始聊起。
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.
我想象你们大家都曾在排队时度过时光，比如在杂货店，或者在候诊室，比如医生办公室，在那里你要么站着，要么坐着，身边都是你不真正认识的人。
And it's nice to have a little bit of a conversation with them.
和他们聊几句是很好的。
There's really two things that you can talk about if you are at the grocery store or in the doctor's office.
如果你在杂货店或医生办公室，其实有两个话题可以聊。
The first form of small talk would be talking about the weather.
第一种闲聊形式是谈论天气。
Isn't it gorgeous out today?
今天的天气真美啊！
or Wow, it's really coming down out there!
或者哇，外面雨下得真大！
- If it was raining for instance.
- 比如正在下雨的情况。
So the weather is number one topic to, to engage in small talk with people who you don't know.
所以，天气是与不认识的人进行闲聊的第一大话题。
The second is just to talk about the situation.
第二点则是直接谈论当下的情境。
So you could say in the doctor's office, "Have you been waiting here long?"
比如在医生办公室，你可以说：“你在这里等了很久吗？”
and someone might reply and say, "No.
对方可能会回答：“没有。
I've only been here for a few minutes."
我才来几分钟。”
Or in the grocery store you might just start by commenting on how long the line is.
或者在杂货店，你可能只是评论一下队伍有多长。
So you could say something like, "Wow!
你可以说类似这样的话：“哇！
This line is really long today!"
今天的队伍真长啊！”
So that’s the first kind of small talk.
这就是第一种类型的闲聊。
Small talk that you would have with people who you really don't know.
这是你会与那些你完全不认识的人进行的闲聊。
It's a good way to open up a conversation or to start a conversation.
这是一种开启对话或开始谈话的好方法。
The second situation you might be in where you want to use small talk is at work.
第二种你可能想要进行闲聊的情况是在工作中。
So sometimes you work with people and you don't know them that well, but you do see them every day, 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.
所以有时候你和一些人一起工作，虽然对他们不太了解，但你每天都会见到他们。我有五个话题，也就是五件你可以和同事们聊的事情，以便展开一段简短的对话或进行闲聊。
The first is sports.
第一个是体育运动。
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，并且和同事一起工作，你总是可以问问关于冰球比赛的事。
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.
我相信如果你住在其他国家，每个人肯定也有自己最喜欢的其他运动项目，但在工作场所，你能和大家聊的第一件事就是最近的体育比赛。
So you could say, "Did you see that game last night?"
所以你可以说：“你昨晚看那场比赛了吗？”
That would be an excellent way to start a little bit of small talk about sports.
这将是一个开启关于体育闲聊的绝佳方式。
The second thing that you could talk to people at work about is the news.
第二件你可以和同事们聊的事情是新闻。
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.
也许你前一天晚上看了新闻，或者也许你读了早报，看到了一条最近的新闻。
You could say to someone at work, “Did you hear about the accident downtown yesterday?”
你可以对同事说：“你听说昨天市中心发生的事故了吗？”
So recent news, second most common thing that you can talk about at work as small talk.
所以，最近的新闻是你在工作中可以进行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.
第三件你可以和同事们（即一起工作的人）聊的事情是周末。
Especially at my workplace, we like to talk about the weekend.
特别是在我的工作环境里，我们喜欢谈论周末。
We either talk about the weekend that just happened or we talk about the weekend that’s going to happen.
我们要么谈论刚刚过去的周末，要么谈论即将到来的周末。
If you were going to ask someone about their past weekend you could say, “How was your weekend?”
如果你想问某人关于他们过去的周末，你可以说：“你周末过得怎么样？”
And if you want to talk about the weekend coming up you could say, “Do you have any plans for this coming weekend?”
如果你想谈论即将到来的周末，你可以说：“这个周末你有什么计划吗？”
So that’s the third thing you can talk about at work, the weekend.
所以，这是你在工作中可以聊的第三件事，那就是周末。
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.
第四件你可以和工作中的人聊点闲聊内容的事情是与娱乐有关的话题。
So you could ask someone, “Have you seen the latest Avengers movie?”
所以你可以问某人：“你看过最新的《复仇者联盟》电影吗？”
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.
大家都知道最新一部《复仇者联盟》电影刚上映，所以如果你想在 workplace 进行一些闲聊，这将是一个非常棒的话题。
Have you seen the latest Avengers movie?
你看过最新的《复仇者联盟》电影吗？
Or, “Are you going to see the latest Avengers movie?”
或者，“你打算去看最新的《复仇者联盟》电影吗？”
So that would the fourth thing that you could ask someone at work.
所以，这就是你可以问同事的第四件事。
And the fifth thing that you can always talk to people about, especially at work is food.
第五件你可以随时和别人聊的事情，尤其是在工作中，就是食物。
So you might ask someone, “Have you been to the new restaurant downtown?”
所以你可能会问某人：“你去过市中心的那家新餐厅吗？”
“How is the food?”
“那里的食物怎么样？”
So those are five things, five small talk topics that you can use at work.
所以这五点是你可以用于职场闲聊的话题。
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用于与朋友和家人闲聊的话题。
So obviously when you’re talking to friends and family the small talk conversations can go a little deeper.
显然，当你在和朋友及家人聊天时，闲聊的内容可以稍微深入一些。
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，但你可能也想聊聊家人。
So you might wanna ask questions like, “How are your mom and dad doing?”
你可能会问类似“你爸妈身体怎么样？”这样的问题。
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的家里有小孩，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.
这些话题你不一定非要在工作中和同事聊，虽然也可以聊，但你肯定不会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.
但如果你是在和朋友及家人交谈，你可能会询问他们的家庭情况。
The other thing that you might talk to friends and family about is travel.
另一个你可以和朋友及家人聊的话题是旅行。
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.
也许你知道他们将来要去旅行，或者你知道他们已经去旅行了。
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，如果你正在和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；如果他们已经去过巴黎了，你可以说“你去巴黎的旅行怎么样？”。
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.
如果你和非常熟悉的人进行闲聊，第三个可以聊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?”
你还去上那些瑜伽课吗？”
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.
这些都是很棒的问题，因为这些人比你在职场认识的人更了解一些，当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、体育等与工作伙伴交谈时常见的话题，最后是一些你会问好朋友或家人的更熟悉的话题。
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你可以与人交谈的一些话题想法。
I think that’s almost the end of the video.
我觉得视频快结束了。
I’m Bob the Canadian.
我是加拿大鲍勃。
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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。
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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，请与朋友分享此视频，祝你度过愉快的一周！
