Period5:CULTURALCORNER—TheAAAObjectives●ToreadtoknowmoreabouttheAAAmodelforsmalltalkProcedures▇BeforeyoureadPleasegooverthewordlistforthismodule,payingattentiontothepronunciationoftheword,therelationshipbetweenitspronunciationanditsspelling.Whileyouread▇Cut/thesentencesintothoughtgroups,blackenthepredicates,underlinetheusefulexpressionsanddarkentheconnectives.TheAAAItisestimated/that80%ofallconversation/inEnglish/issmalltalk.Averyimportantfunctionofsmalltalkistoestablisharelationship/betweenpeople/whodon'tknoweachother/verywell,ordon'tknoweachother/atall.Psychologistssaythatthemostsuccessfulformula/forsmalltalk/betweenpeople/likethis/istheAAAmodel.AA＝answer,addandask:Thisishowitworks.Imagineasituation/wheretwostrangersaretalkingtoeachother/aftersomeone/theybothknow/haslefttheroom,orthecafé/orparty,etc.Thefirstperson/asksaquestion:A:Doyoulive/nearhere?Thesecondperson/replies/byansweringthequestion,addingsomeextrainformation/andthenaskinganotherquestion:B:Answer)Yes,Ido.(Add)Inanapartment/onBrownStreet.(Ask)Doyoulivenearby/too?Thefirstpersondoesthesame,answer,addandask:A:(Answer)No,Ilive/inBristol.(Add)I'mjustvisitingLondon.(Ask)Haveyoulivedherelong?B:(Answer)Notsolong.用心爱心专心(Add)Imovedhere/threeyearsago.(Ask)What'sthepurpose/ofyourvisit/toLondon?Thesneakersmayhavedifficulty/atfirst,buttheysoonrealisethat/theimportantthing/isthattheyaresayingsomething.BycontinuingwiththeAAAmodel,theconversationcontinues.Becausethething/theybothwanttoavoid/isanembarrassingsilence.Theconversationcancontinue/inthisway/foralongtime.However,somethingcanhappen/thatcompletelychangestheatmosphere.B:Whydoyoulive/inBristol?A:I'mstudyingthere.History.Areyouastudent?B:Yes.AndIknowsomepeople/whoarestudying/atBristol.Doyouknowagirl/called/HelenBrown?A:HelenBrown!!Yes!She'soneofmybestfriends!Howdoyouknowher?B:She'smycousin.Atthispoint,theAAAmodelstops.Becausetheyusedthisveryusefulsocialtechnique,theyfoundsomething/theyhave/incommon/atlast.Afteryouread▇CopyalltheusefulexpressionsintoyourExpressionBook.Youmaymakesentenceswiththeseexpressions.ExpressionsfromTheAAAItisestimatedthat…,conversationinEnglish,averyimportantfunctionofsmalltalk,establisharelationshipbetween…,knoweachotherverywell,not…atall,themostsuccessfulformulafor…,smalltalkbetweenpeople,replybyansweringthequestion,addingsomeextrainformation,inanapartmentonBrownStreet,livenearby,Thefirstpersondoesthesame,answer,addandask,moveherethreeyearsago,thepurposeof…,one’svisitto…,havedifficulty,atfirst,bycontinuingwith…,anembarrassingsilence,inthisway,foralongtime,changetheatmosphere,usethisveryusefulsocialtechnique,find…incommon.atlast用心爱心专心
