How to start a conversation | 3 important questions! · mmmEnglish
学习如何用英语与同事开启对话，掌握3个实用问题。适合练习日常交流和职场沟通技巧。
Oh gosh, how do you start a conversation with a colleague at work?
哦天哪，该如何与工作中的同事开始对话呢？
What should you talk about?
你们应该谈论些什么呢？
How can you be cool and calm and funny and not make a fool of yourself?
一个人怎么能做到既冷静、幽默，又不会出丑（即不会让自己显得愚蠢或可笑）呢？
Starting conversations in English is something that my mmmEnglish students worry about.
用英语开启对话是那些英语水平还不错的学生们所担心的问题。
I've got some really useful tips to help you start a conversation with someone at work.
我有一些非常实用的建议，可以帮助你与工作中的同事开启对话。
And most importantly, you'll practise starting a conversation with me towards the end of this video.
最重要的是，在这个视频的最后部分，你将有机会练习如何与我开始对话。
So if you thought you were just kicking back to watch this lesson, no, no, no, no.
所以，如果你以为自己只是随便看看这个课程而已，那你就大错特错了。
You are going to practise starting a conversation with me later on.
稍后你将练习如何与我开始对话。
Now, I know that many of you feel comfortable and are capable of talking about your work and your area of expertise.
我知道，你们中的许多人都能自如地谈论自己的工作以及自己所擅长的领域。
That means the general area in which you have specialised skills or knowledge.
这意味着你拥有专业技能或相关知识的那个大致领域。
But it's when you have to chat casually about other things not related to work, when it gets tricky,
但真正棘手的时候，是当你需要随意地谈论一些与工作无关的事情时。
when you start to feel stuck because you can't think of anything interesting or funny to say?
当你开始感到自己陷入困境时——因为想不出任何有趣或好笑的话来说时……
That is what we're going to practise today.
这就是我们今天要练习的内容。
I'm going to go through three extremely common topics to help you start a conversation with your colleagues.
我将介绍三个非常常见的话题，帮助你与同事们展开对话。
I'll share the questions that you can use to start the conversation.
我会分享一些可以用来开启对话的问题。
I'll talk about the possible answers and show you how to follow up with a question or your own experience to help keep the conversation going.
我会谈谈可能的答案，并向你们展示如何通过提出新的问题或分享自己的经历来继续推动对话的进行。
The first one is absolutely essential.
第一个绝对是必不可少的。
What did you do over the weekend?
你周末都做了些什么？
What did you get up to over the weekend?
周末你都做了些什么？
How was your weekend?
你的周末过得怎么样？
Or if you're towards the end of the working week, on Thursday or Friday, this question switches to be about the coming weekend.
或者，如果你正处于工作周的后期（比如周四或周五），那么这个问题的焦点就会转向即将到来的周末。
What are your plans this weekend?
这个周末你有什么计划吗？
Anything special planned for the weekend?
这个周末有什么特别的安排吗？
All these questions are a really nice way to share personal experiences.
所有这些问题都是分享个人经历的绝佳方式。
They can help you to find out what you have in common with your colleagues,
他们可以帮助你发现自己与同事之间的共同点。
but also allowing you to be curious in your colleague and show some interest in them.
这不仅能让您对同事产生好奇心，还能表现出对他们的关心与兴趣。
These questions often lead to discussions about hobbies, about travel, family, or maybe some interesting activities that they're doing or they did.
这些问题通常会引发关于兴趣爱好、旅行、家庭，或者他们目前正在参与或曾经参与过的某些有趣活动的讨论。
What's also important about this question is how you follow up.
关于这个问题，另一个同样重要的是你后续的处理方式（即你如何跟进）。
So you could either share that you have an interest in common, and that you're into whatever they're talking about,
那么你可以选择分享这样一个信息：你们有共同的兴趣爱好，而且你们对他们在讨论的内容都很感兴趣。
or you can share a similar experience.
或者，你也可以分享一段类似的经历。
Or, you can show interest because it's different,
或者，你可以表现出兴趣，因为这个事物与众不同。
it's not something that you would normally do so you can ask questions to find out more about it.
这并不是你平时会做的事情，因此你可以提出一些问题来了解更多相关信息。
Let's try this out together.
让我们一起试试看吧。
Ask me this question.
问我这个问题吧。
Oh, I just spent some time working in my garden and around the house.
哦，我刚刚花了一些时间在花园里以及房子周围干活。
You could say: I'm really into gardening.
你可以这样说：“我真的很喜欢园艺。
What types of plants do you have growing in your garden?
你的花园里种着哪些类型的植物？
So here, you're showing interest.
所以在这里，你表现出了兴趣。
You've found a way to connect over that shared interest.
你们已经找到了一种方式，可以通过这个共同的兴趣来建立联系。
But what if you're not into gardening?
但如果你对园艺不感兴趣呢？