他大概是想找话题

SCENE① B  钢琴学校里  赫伯特与柔丝见面之后隔天

【他大概是想找话题】

 

Rose:          I didn't say I liked it. A man bought it for me.

柔丝：         我没说我喜欢喝啊。是一个男人请的。

 

Sue:                   You met a man! What is his name?

苏：            你还碰到一个男人！他叫什么名字？

 

Rose:          His name is Herbert and he was just being ¹⁾ polite.

柔丝：         他叫赫伯特，他只是客气罢了。

 

Sue:                   When a man buys a drink for you, he isn't just being polite.

苏：            当一个男人请你喝饮料，就绝对不只是客气而已。

 

Rose:                   This man was.

柔丝：         这个人就是。

 

Sue:                   But he wanted to talk to you, right?

苏：            但他想跟你聊聊，对吧？

 

Rose:  Yes. But all he wanted to talk about was computers, baseball, and ²⁾  heavy metal.

柔丝：         是啦。但他只想谈谈电脑、棒球和重金属。

 

Sue:            He was probably trying to ³⁾ make conversation.

苏：            他大概是想找话题。

 

 

语言详解

 

A:  Will you accept my humble¹ apology?

     你会接受我诚挚的道歉吗？

 

B:  Stop being so silly! You don't have to be polite with me! 

   别傻了！你不用跟我客套！

 

【make conversation 找话题聊天】

 

“找话题聊天”make conversation，有助于减少你与他人彼此相处时的尴尬，至于要如何“破冰”break the ice，避免僵局以及冷场的情况出现，这里提供一些小小的技巧。建议你可以从询问吃喝玩乐的去处开始，让他人提供你建议，也顺便满足一下他们小小的成就感。以下的问句用法一旦娴熟于心，包你吃香喝辣，玩到腿软。

 

A:  Can you recommend² a place to eat/go?

   你可以推荐我吃东西/好玩的地方吗？

B:  There is a great spot just around the corner. If you don't mind, I'd like to join you.

   转角就有很棒的地方。若你不介意，我可以跟你一道去。

 

1) polite (a.) 客气的

2) heavy metal 重金属摇滚音乐

3) make conversation 找话头，想办法聊天。

 

1 humble   

adj.谦卑的，恭顺的；地位低下的；v.降低，贬低

参考例句：

• In my humble opinion,he will win the election.依我拙见，他将在选举中获胜。
• Defeat and failure make people humble.挫折与失败会使人谦卑。

2 recommend   

vt.推荐，介绍；劝告，建议；使成为可取，使受欢迎

参考例句：

• Can you recommend me a good book?你能给我介绍一本好书吗？
• I can recommend this play to all lovers of good theatre.我把这个剧推荐给所有爱好优秀戏剧的人。