Feel Confident at Work: Small Talk Phrases You Need to Know · Speak English With Vanessa
通过跟读模仿练习50个职场闲聊常用问答，掌握自然发音与句式。适合需要提升职场英语沟通自信、学习商务社交开场白的初学者。
Hey, is this your first job at our company?
嘿，这是你第一次在我们公司工作吗？
How long have you been in this field?
你在这个领域工作了多久？
If someone asked you this question, would your heart start to beat?
如果有人问你这个问题，你的心会开始加速跳动吗？
Would your palms get sweaty?
你的手掌会出汗吗？
Would you know how to reply?
你知道该如何回答吗？
We'll never fear.
我们永远不会害怕。
Today we are going to use the number one technique
今天，我们将使用最受欢迎（即排名第一）的技巧。
for learning how to speak English fluently to help you be able to respond to this workplace small talk situation.
为了学习如何流利地说英语，从而帮助你更好地应对工作场所中的闲聊场景。
What is small talk?
什么是闲聊（small talk）？
Small talk is an essential skill in English when we have a conversation with someone we always start with small talk.
闲聊是英语交流中的一项基本技能；当我们与某人交谈时，总是会从闲聊开始。
Often that's about the weather, our families, and if you're at your company, it's going to be about your job.
通常，人们谈论的话题会是天气、家人；而如果你是在公司里，话题就会围绕你的工作展开。
So today you're going to practice some common small talk conversation questions and answers, 50 of them in fact,
那么今天你们将练习一些常见的闲聊话题及相应的问答内容，实际上一共有 50 个这样的问题。
so that you can go to your job, speak in English with your coworkers, and feel confident that you can do this.
这样你就可以去上班，用英语与同事交流，并且对自己能够胜任这些工作充满信心。
What is the number one technique that we're going to use?
我们将使用的首要技术是什么？
It is shadowing or listening to my voice and repeating out loud.
它在模仿我的声音，或者偷偷监听我的说话内容，然后大声重复出来。
You're going to shadow with me so that you get the chance to listen to my voice and imitate or repeat directly after what I say.
你将和我一起进行这种练习，这样你就有机会听到我的声音，并在我说话后立刻模仿或重复我的话。
You're going to be using natural vocabulary, natural sentence structure, and I want you to pay attention to my pronunciation
你将使用自然的词汇和自然的句子结构；同时，请注意我的发音。
so that you can imitate my pronunciation as well.
这样你也可以模仿我的发音了。
Today is an active lesson.
今天是一节充满互动与实践的课程。
You are not just listening to me, you are listening and repeating.
你不仅仅是在听我说话，你还在认真听之后把我说的话复述出来。
So make sure that you are somewhere where you feel comfortable speaking out loud, even if you speak quietly,
因此，请确保你处于一个能够让你自在地大声说话的环境中——即使你只是小声说话也没关系。
it's okay.
没关系。
Speaking out loud is important.
大声说话是很重要的。
Your ears need to hear your voice
你的耳朵需要听到自己的声音。
using English so that when you actually go into the workplace and have a conversation and words start to come out of your mouth,
使用英语的好处在于：当你真正进入工作场所、开始与人交谈时，那些词语就能自然而然地从你口中说出来。
it doesn't sound strange, you're used to hearing your voice using English.
这听起来并不奇怪——因为你已经习惯了用英语来表达自己的想法（也就是用英语来“听到”自己的声音）。
Are you ready to practice?
你准备好开始练习了吗？
Let's do it.
我们开始吧。
And if you're new here, hi, I'm
如果你是第一次来到这里，欢迎！我是……
Vanessa from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa .com and I have been teaching real life English here on my YouTube channel for over the past 10 years
来自 SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com 的 Vanessa 和我，在过去的 10 年里一直通过我的 YouTube 频道教授与日常生活相关的英语知识。
to now more than 7 million of you.
现在，已经有超过 700 万的用户在使用我们的服务了。
I can't believe it.
我简直不敢相信！
Thank you so much for learning English with me.
非常感谢你和我一起学习英语！
And every week I create a new PDF worksheet that includes everything that we are going to practice today
每周我都会制作一个新的 PDF 工作表，其中包含了我们当天要练习的所有内容。
plus there is a speaking bonus in this worksheet.
此外，这个练习表还包含一个额外的口语练习环节（即让学生进行口头表达的练习）。
You will be able to practice speaking out loud with me, answering all of these sentences and questions out loud,
你可以和我一起练习大声说话，把这些句子和问题都大声地回答出来。
repeating after me so that you can really use this in the real world.
请跟着我重复这些内容，这样你才能真正将这些知识应用到现实世界中。
I want you to be able to practice during today's lesson and also practice maybe while you're washing the dishes.
我希望你们能够在今天的课程中练习，也可以在洗碗的时候顺便练习一下。
While you're walking your dog, while you're driving your car, you can speak in English.
当你遛狗或者开车的时候，都可以用英语进行交流。
People might look at you and think, is he speaking to himself?
别人看到你，可能会想：“他是在自言自语吗？