SCENE① B 钢琴学校里 赫伯特与柔丝见面之后隔天

【他大概是想找话题】

Rose: I didn't say I liked it. A man bought it for me.

柔丝： 我没说我喜欢喝啊。是一个男人请的。

Sue: You met a man! What is his name?

苏： 你还碰到一个男人！他叫什么名字？

Rose: His name is Herbert and he was just being ¹⁾ polite.

柔丝： 他叫赫伯特，他只是客气罢了。

Sue: When a man buys a drink for you, he isn't just being polite.

苏： 当一个男人请你喝饮料，就绝对不只是客气而已。

Rose: This man was.

柔丝： 这个人就是。

Sue: But he wanted to talk to you, right?

苏： 但他想跟你聊聊，对吧？

Rose: Yes. But all he wanted to talk about was computers, baseball, and ²⁾ heavy metal.

柔丝： 是啦。但他只想谈谈电脑、棒球和重金属。

Sue: He was probably trying to ³⁾ make conversation.

苏： 他大概是想找话题。

语言详解

A: Will you accept my humble apology?

你会接受我诚挚的道歉吗？

B: Stop being so silly! You don't have to be polite with me!

别傻了！你不用跟我客套！

【make conversation 找话题聊天】

“找话题聊天”make conversation，有助于减少你与他人彼此相处时的尴尬，至于要如何“破冰”break the ice，避免僵局以及冷场的情况出现，这里提供一些小小的技巧。建议你可以从询问吃喝玩乐的去处开始，让他人提供你建议，也顺便满足一下他们小小的成就感。以下的问句用法一旦娴熟于心，包你吃香喝辣，玩到腿软。

A: Can you recommend a place to eat/go?

你可以推荐我吃东西/好玩的地方吗？

B: There is a great spot just around the corner. If you don't mind, I'd like to join you.

转角就有很棒的地方。若你不介意，我可以跟你一道去。

1) polite (a.) 客气的

2) heavy metal 重金属摇滚音乐

3) make conversation 找话头，想办法聊天。