白領的一天:如何與陌生人交談

今天Jessica與她的朋友探討了如何與陌生人展開話題。

J: How to strike up a conversation with a stranger?

P: That can be hard.... I am usually a shy sort of person and keep to myself, and rarely do that myself. But it depends on where you are. If you are in a place that has nice scenery or something, then you can start by saying something about the scenery or whatever. If you are somewhere and something happens eg. at a bus stop and there is a strange person doing something then you can say something about that.

J: What do people usually say if they want to start a conversation with a stranger?

P:Just a general comment on that they are looking at or about what is on around them. Another way I have struck up conversations with people is when they have been lost and looking for somewhere. Then I have helped them to look for the place and talked to them asking where they are from, etc.

Strike up sth (with sb): to begin a friendship, a relationship, a conversation, etc (與某人)建立友誼，開始來往，交談起來

He would often strike up conversations with complete strangers. 他愛和更本不相識的人攀談。

keep to yourself also keep yourself to yourself : to live a very quiet private life and not do many things that involve other people 離羣索居，不與別人來往，不管別人的事

Nobody knows much about him; he keeps himself very much to himself.
誰對他都不太瞭解，因爲他很少和人交往。

Scenery: 風景,景色
The mountain scenery is majestic.
這山景十分壯麗。

重點單詞查看全部解釋conversation[.kɔnvə'seiʃən]

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n. 會話，談話

聯想記憶X單詞conversation聯想記憶：
con共同+vers轉→[兩個齒輪對着]一起轉→談話+ation→談話

involve[in'vɔlv]

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vt. 包含，使陷入，使忙於，使捲入，牽涉

聯想記憶X單詞involve聯想記憶：
in進入，volve滾動，轉動－捲入

comment['kɔment]

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n. 註釋，評論; 閒話
v. 註釋，評論

聯想記憶X單詞comment聯想記憶：
com共同，ment悶他：大家一起用激烈的評論把他悶的投不過氣來。

strike[straik]

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n. 罷工，打擊，毆打
v. 打，撞，罷工，劃

scenery['si:nəri]

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n. 佈景，風景，背景

majestic[mə'dʒestik]

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adj. 宏偉的，高貴的，壯麗的