CRI English Unit 1:INTRODUCTIONS

Part 3 Finding Topics for Free Talks 寻找闲谈话题

Dialogue Script 1 对话原文 1

Peter: Excuse me, is anybody sitting here?

Anne: No...no, here, let me move my purse from the chair.

Peter: Oh, thank you. Say, haven't I seen you with Jack Davidson?

Anne: I work with Jack Davidson. How do you know Jack?

Peter: Jack and I went to the same college. What sort of work do you do?

Anne: I work on commercial accounts at the trust company with Jack. Um...what do you do?

Peter: I'm a telephone installer. I just happen to be working on this street the last couple of days. I should introduce myself, my name is Peter Spencer.

Anne: Well, nice to meet you! I'm Anne Kennedy.

Peter: Glad to know you. Do you live around here?

Anne: Yeah, I live in the neighborhood-it's really convenient for work.

Peter: Oh, it sounds like it. ... By the way, are you doing anything tonight?

Anne: Uh, sorry, I'm afraid I'm busy tonight.

Peter: Well, how about tomorrow? Maybe we could go to a movie.

Anne: That sounds like a great idea. Um...do you like comedies?

Peter: Yeah, I like comedies, let's see, what could we see? How about "Someone like it hot"? I think that's playing over at...

Anne: Ah...

Peter: ...on Main Street here.

Anne: That's a great idea.

Peter: Well, I guess we should meet about eight o'clock then, because I think the movie starts about eight-thirty. Where would be a good place to meet?

Anne: There's a clock tower near the movie theater. We could meet there at about eight.

Peter: OK, that sounds good. see you tomorrow, then.

Anne: I'll see you then, bye-bye!

Peter: Bye!

讲解:

    在双方做自我介绍时，如果对方在说名字时附加了其他信息，你就可以把这些信息作为接下来谈话的话题，比如有人说他去参加过滑雪比赛，或者他的家乡你也去过等等，凡是你觉得能有发挥空间的话题，都可以和对方聊。如果实在找不到的话，你可以试探着问对方问题，即使得不到肯定回答，一般情况下对方也会告诉你他的他对这个问题的意见和想法，这样不就可以展开话题了嘛。

寻找闲聊话题时常用的一些表达：

Nice day, isn't it?

Horrible weather we're having.

Excuse me, is anybody sitting here?

Say, have we met somewhere before?

Sorry, I couldn't help overhearing-did you mention something about Michael Jordon?

Excuse me, have you got a light?

Uh, I'm looking for a present for my wife, could you help me?

    大家可能发现了，几乎我们身边所有的事物都可以那过来打开话题,就是break the ice，只要大家仔细观察，眼观六路，耳听八方，就不愁找不到话题。

Dialogue Script 2 对话原文 2

Wayne: What's the weather like in your country?

Anna: It's very humid. It rains nine months of the year.

Wayne: My country is arid. We have very little rain. But when it rains, we have terrible thunderstomp3s and sometimes hurricanes.

Anna: The temperature at home is mild most of the time, except in winter, when for a few months it becomes severely cold.

Wayne: Oh, it's hot during the day in my country and just a little cooler at night all year long.

Anna: Well, I guess you never have snow stomp3s, then.

Wayne: Yes, you're right. We have dust stomp3s in the early spring and late fall. It never gets enough cold to snow, though.

Anna: Last year, we had a blizzard. It snowed for five days. That is the worst snowstomp3 in our history.

Wayne: I read it in the newspaper. It said that the snow turned to hail and later this turned to sleet.

Anna: Yes, the hailstones were large enough to break glass.

Wayne: I'm glad I live in a milder climate, where we have showers and rain instead of snow and sleet.

Anna: But, still you have dust stomp3s and hurricanes!

Wayne: Oh, well. Every part of the world has weather problems, I guess.

讲解:

    其实英美国家的人很少为了谈天气而谈论天气，陌生人在一起的时候，比如在火车上，地铁上，侯机厅里等等，为了摆脱彼此间面面相觑的尴尬，为了活跃气氛，大家会不约而同的谈论天气，这样就可以自然地引出许多其他的话题。

好天气的说法：

Lovely day, isn't it?

Isn't it beautiful?

The sun is shining!

Isn't it gorgeous?

Wonderful, isn't it?

It's so nice and hot!

Personally, I think its so nice when it's hot-isn't it?

I adore it, don't you?

糟糕的天气：

Nasty day, isn't it?

Isn't it dreadful?

The rain again...I hate rain.

I don't like it at all.

Fancy such a day in July. Rain in the morning, then a bit of sunshine, and then rain, rain, rain all day along.

补充：

What's the weather like today?
今天天气怎么样？

How cold is it today?
今天有多冷？

Is the weather usually like this here?
这里的天气通常都像这个样子吗？

What's it like in sring/summer/fall/winter?
春天呢？/夏天呢？/秋天呢？/冬天呢？

The wind is dying now.
风渐渐停了。

What a downpour!
雨下得真大！

It looks as if there will be a stomp3 soon.
看来不久会有暴风雨。

It's a bit windy, isn't it?
是不是有点起风了？

It's been looking like rain for several days.
这几天一直像要下雨的样子。

It was wamp3 and sticky last week.
上个礼拜又热又潮。

We are going to have a cold spell, I hear.
听说寒流要来了。

I wouldn't be surprised if it rained tomorrow.
我觉得明天可能会下雨。

It's been raining on and off all morning.
雨断断续续地下了一早上。

The sky is getting very cloudy.
天空的云越聚越多了。

The clouds are building up.
云渐渐多了。

So winter is coming early this year.
今年的冬天来的真早啊。

The rain season is getting me down.
雨季让我无精打采。

It's a shame to stay indoors on such a fine day.
这么好的天气呆在屋里太可惜了。

Tomorrow's high will be 16 centigrades, and low 12 centigrades.
明天最高气温摄氏16度，最低摄氏12度。

The winter is going.
冬天快过去了。

Does it rain often here?
这经常下雨吗？

It will be from overcast to cloudy today.
明天阴转多云。

It's breezy and pleasant today.
今日凉风习习，非常舒适。

It's clearing up.
天要晴了。

The temperature has dropped a lot today.
今天气温下降了不少。

The temperature has climbed to 35 centigrades.
气温上升到35度了。

It's quite different from the forecast.
天气预报说得差远了。

It was cloudy in the morning, but it turned out to be a nice day after lunch.
早上天气阴沉，但是午饭后就晴朗起来。