如何改善人际交流能力-为闲谈和其他对话提前想好内容(3)

How to Improve Your Communication Skills

 

如何改善人际交流能力

 

Have a Script for Small Talk and Other Occasions

 

为闲谈和其他对话提前想好内容

 

 

Small talk is an art that not many people have mastered.

 

 

For the inevitable¹, awkward silences with people you hardly know, it helps to have a plan. The

 

FORD² (family, occupation, recreation dreams)method might help you come up with topics to discuss, and you can also turn small talk into conversation by sharing information that could help you and the other person find common ground.

 

 

Hey, all that small talk could make you happier in the long run.

 

 

1 inevitable   

adj.不可避免的，必然发生的

参考例句：

• Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat.玛丽戴着她总是戴的那顶大帽子。
• The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。

2 Ford   

n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。