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无论在自己熟悉的场合还是在陌生的场合，和人闲聊是必不可少的一个交际方式。那怎么样闲聊，闲聊的话题又该是什么，又仿佛是很多人感到棘手的问题。本文就闲聊这个话题给了一些建议，我们一起看看吧！
Making Small Talk
The ability to make small talk is highly valued. In fact, many English students are more interested in making effective small talk than knowing correct grammar structures. Small talk gets friendships started and “breaks the ice” before important business meetings and other events.
Why is small talk difficult for some English learners?
First of all, making small talk is not difficult only for English learners, but also for many native speakers of English. However, small talk can be especially difficult for some learners because making small talk means talking about almost anything and that means having a wide vocabulary that can cover most topics.
How to improve small talk skills?
Now that we understand the problem, the next step is to improve the situation. Here are some tips to improve small talk skills. Of course, making effective small talk means lots of practice, but keeping these tips in mind should improve overall conversational skills.
·Do some research
Spend time on the Internet, reading magazines, or watching TV specials about the type of people you are going to meet. For example: If you are taking a class
with students from other countries, take time after the first few days of class to do some research. They will appreciate your interest and your conversations will be much more interesting.
·Use the Internet to gain specific vocabulary
This is related to doing research about other people. If you have a business meeting, or are meeting people who share a common interest (a basketball team, a tour group interested in art，etc.), take advantage of the Internet to learn specific vocabulary. Almost all businesses and interest groups have glossaries(词汇表) on the Internet explaining the most important jargon(行话) related to their business or activity.
·Find common interests
Once you have a subject that interests both of you, keep to it! You can do this in a number of ways: talking about travel, talking about the school or friend you have in common, talking about the differences between your culture and the new culture.
【诱思导学】
1．In your opinion, what's small talk in China?
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2．What topics do you often choose when you do small talk with others?
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【答案】 1.Small talk means an informal conversation between friends, classmates, workmates, acquaintances and so on. 2.Sports, exams, food, fashion, weather, music, friendship, mood and so on.
Period Ⅰ Previewing
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●教学目标
初步掌握本课文中的词汇，浅层次理解课文，了解相关的背景知识。
●课标解读
本课时主要是通过学生对学案所给出的内容的学习，了解本课文中所出现的词汇，初步了解课文以及相关的背景知识，对下一堂课对课文的全面理解起到一个铺垫作用。
●教学地位
本单元是选修六的第一课，学生对语言的学习已经有了初步的积累，通过本节的教学，让学生了解生活中的闲谈、聊天内容，目的是帮助学生认识不同文化背景中谈话时的交际规则和交谈的基本技巧，提高学生的社会交际能力。进一步通过学习英语文化中的交际方式，提高跨文化理解能力。
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