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Module1SmallTalk
HowGoodAreYourSocialSkills?
Haveyouevercrossedtheroadto_______________tosomeoneyourecognize?
Wouldyoulovetogotoapartyandtalk___________toeveryguest?
Doyouwanttomakemorefriendsbut_____________________totalktopeopleyoudon’tknow?
Andareyou_________about___________________________________in_______country?
Don’tworry–wecanhelpyou!
Youneedn’tworryabout_______liketheseifyouhavegood______________.Andtheyareeasytolearn.People_______goodsocialskills_____________________andknowhowtohaveaconversation.Ithelpsifyou____________________________.
Hereareafewideastohelpyou.
Learnhowtodosmalltalk.
Smalltalkisveryimportantand______________moreseriousconversations.______________!
Havesome___________________________________ready.Forexample:
Thinkofarecentnewsstory–nottooserious,e.g.astoryaboutafilmstarorsportsstar.
Thinkofthingstotellpeopleaboutyourstudies.
Thinkof“safe”thingsyoucanaskpeople’sopinionsabout–music,sport,films,etc.
Thinkoftopicsthatyouwouldavoid______________talkingtostrangers–andavoidtalkingaboutthem!
Thatway,youdon’t_______yourconfidence!
Developyourlisteningskills
Listeningisaskill_______mostpeoplelack,butcommunicationis___________________–it______________ANDlistening.Alwaysremember–youwon’timpresspeopleifyoutalktoomuch.Herearesomeideasto_______youabetterlistener:
DO
Showthatyouarelisteningby_____________________and_______–smiling,nodding,saying“uh-huh”and“OK”,etc.
Keepgoodeye_______
Use_______bodylanguage
Askformoreinformationto_____________________
DON’T
Lookatyourwatch
Yawn
Sign
Lookawayfromthepersonwho’stalkingtoyou
Changethesubject
Finishotherpeople’s______________forthem
AlwaysrememberthewordsofBenjaminDisraeli,BritishPrimeMinisterinthe19thcentury:
“Talktoamanabouthimself,andhewillspeaktoyouforhours!
”
Learntherules
Ifyou_____________________inanothercountry,rememberthatsocialrulescanbedifferent.Insomecountries,forexample,youhavetoarrive______________aparty;inothercountries,youdon’t_______.______________,youneedtoknowhowlongyoushouldstay,andwhenyouhavetoleave.Somehosts_______flowersorasmallgift,butinotherplaces,youcantakethings,butyouneedn’tifyoudon’twantto.Remember______________insomecountries,youmustn’ttakeflowers_____________________,becausethey’reunlucky.In_______places,youdon’thavetotakeagifttoaparty–______________
TheWrongKindofSmallTalk
EstherGreenbaumwasasaleswomanfor______________faxmachinesandbusiness_______.Butshewasalsothemostoutspokenhumanbeingintheworld–well,WestchesterCounty,atleast.Hermottowas“EverytimeIopenmymouth,I_____________________.”
EstherGreenbaum’s_______shortcomingwasthatshehada____________________________.No,_____________________.Shehadsmalltalk,butitwasthewrongkind.Infact,shehadneverlearntthe______________ofsocialcommunication,and___________________,shemade___________________________________sheopenedhermouth.___________________________________shewasn’taverygoodsaleswoman.
Oneday_____________________,Estherwasintroducedtoanimportantcustomer,a_______woman.
“Nicetomeetyou,”shesaid.“Howoldareyou?
”Thecustomerlooked______________.
“Forty?
Forty-five?
”saidEsther.“Youlookmucholder.Andyourfriend…she’solderthanyou,butshe_____________________!
”
_____________________,Esther_______atypist,“Hey!
When’syour______________?
”
Thetypist______________and______________Esther.“Actually,I’mnot______________”shesaid.
“Oh,sorry,”saidEsther____________________________.“Just____________________________,huh?
”
Estherwasnever______________about_______people’sfeelings.Oneofher______________,asalesman______________,was______________avery_______divorceandwasvery______________.Shetriedto______________.
“Forgether!
Shewas___________________.Noonelikedher_______”
_____________________,Esthersaidthefirstthing______________herhead.Onedayatwork,aclerkcameintotheoffice_______anewhairstyle.
“Nicehaircut,”saidEsther.“Howmuchdiditcost?
”
Thewomanreplied,“I’drather_______.”
Estherreplied,“Well,anyhow,_______youpaidtoomuch_______youpaidtoo_______.”
Shemetaveryfamouswriteronce.“Hey,______________!
”shesaid.“You’rewritingabookandI’mreadingone!
”
ThetroublewithEstherwasshesaid_____________________,anddidn’tthinkabout______________.Ayoungmanwastryingtobe_______abouthisnewjob______________.
“Iguessthecompanychosemesothey’d______________intheoffice,”hesmiled.
“No,Iguesstheychoseyouto______________you______________yourwhole_______withus,”Estherreplied_______.
Once,Estherwenttoa_______partytomeetsomeoldschoolfriends__________________oftheirgraduation.Shegreetedthe_______.
“Doyourememberthatguyyouwere_______?
Whathappenedtohim?
”sheasked.“Youknow,theuglyone.”
Atthemoment,amancameupand_______herfriend.“Esther,I’dlikeyoutomeetmyhusband,”shesaid,“Charles,thisis…”
Esther______________her,“Hey,soyoumarriedhim!
”
MakingFriendsintheUSA
IntheUSA,conversationis______________thanin______________cultures,_______everyonetalksatthesametime.Whensomeonetalks,everyoneis_______tolisten,_____________________theperson’sspeaking_______.
Ifyou’renotsurewhattotalkabout,youcanaskwhatpeopledo.We’re_______byourjobsandwe’reusuallyhappytotalkaboutthem,_______you’reaspy!
SomepeoplesaythatAmericanstalkabouttheirfeelings______________Asians,butaremore_______about______________.Youcan_______askquestionsaboutfamilies,whereyoucomefrom,______________,aswellasthelatestmovies.We’reinterestedinpeople’s_____________________too.Butit’s_______toavoidpolitics,religionandother______________topics.
A______________conversationcantakeplaceafter___________________________________someone,butthisdoesn’t_______thatyou’re_______friends,orthe______________isvery_______.Butalotofpeopleareveryfriendlyand______________,andthefamousinvitation“Ifyou’reeverinMinneapolis/SanDiego/Poughkeepsie,_____________andseeus!
”isnevermade____________________________meetagain.
But_______fewAmericanswill______________thequestionsyoumayask,______________ifyou_______showyou’re____________________________,theymay_______beforetheyaskyousimilarquestions.Infact,______________theydon’t_______to_______your_______life.So,manyAmericanswilltalkaboutsafetopicsbecausetheydon’t_______toocuriousorpersonal,_______willhappilytalkaboutmore_____________________ifyou______________.
______________we_____________________,andweavoidtopicswhich______________disagreement.It’seasyto____________________________theweather:
“DoyouliketheUSA?
”Howdoyouliketheweather?
”or_____________________:
”Whatlovelyflowersandwhatabeautifulvase!
”“That’s_________dressyou’re_________.”Youshould___________________________andsay“Thankyou!
”
Thereare__________________dangeroustopics___conversation:
ageandmoney.Ageisnot__________________veryspecial,unlesssomeoneisveryold:
“_____shewonderful____herage!
”andthereareno___________________________________________________people.Anyway,Americansalwayswantto__________________thanthey______________,sodon’texpect__________________!
Incomeisaveryprivatematter,andyou’d_________toavoidaskinghowmuchpeople_______,_________somepeoplemaynotonly__________________it,but_______________________.Wedon’taskhowmuchthingscost,either.
Butwhatwedon’tlikeis_________,and_________the___________________________and________________.
TheAAA
Itis_________that80%ofallconversationinEnglishissmalltalk.Averyimportant_________ofsmalltalkis____________________________________peoplewhodon’tknow__________________verywell,ordon’tknoweachother_________.
__________________saythatthemostsuccessful_________forsmalltalkbetweenpeoplelikethisistheAAA_________.AAA=answer,addandask.Thisis__________________.
___________________________twostrangersaretalkingtoeachotheraftersomeonethey_________haslefttheroom,or______café_________,etc.thefirstpersonasksaquestion:
A:
Doyoulive_________?
Thesecondpersonreplies______answeringthequestion,____________________________________andthenasking_________question:
B:
（Answer）Yes,Ido.
（Add）___anapartment___BrownStreet.
（Ask）Doyoulive______too?
Thefirstpersondoesthesame,answer,addandask:
A:
（Answer）No,IliveinBristol.
（Add）I’mjustvisitingLondon.
（Ask）Haveyoulivedherelong?
B:
（Answer）Notsolong.
（Add）Imovedherethreeyearsago.
（Ask）What’sthepurpose____youvisittoLondon?
Thespeakersmayhavedifficultyatfirst,buttheysoonrealizethattheimportantthingisthattheyaresaying_________.__________________theAAAmodel,theconversation_________.Becausethethingtheybothwanttoavoidis________________________.
Theconversationcancontinue_________foralongtime._________,somethingcanhappenthat__________________the_________.
B:
WhydoyouliveinBristol?
A:
I’mstudyingthere.History.Areyouastudent?
B:
Yes.AndIknowsomepeoplewhoarestudyingatBristol.Doyouknowag
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