StartingaConversationwithaForeignerinEnglishUnit3MANNERSText杨浦区上财附中毛华俊ParaC-D“HELLO”---ASTARTERTostartaconversation,youcan______________________________;meanwhile,trytofindout____________________.Ifhe_________________________________,whichmeanshedoesn’twanttochat,you’dbetter______________Ifhe_________________________,thenyoucan_______________________________exchangea“Hello”withtheforeignerifhefeelslikechattingstaresoutofthewindoworkeepsreadingleavehimalone.looksbackandsmilesatyoukeeptalkingandstartaconversation.ParaE-H:SMALLTALK---THEMAINCOURSEYouneeda_______topictostartyourconversation.Do's:1.2.3.suitableSticktofamiliarsubjectsofacasualnaturesuchasweather,movies,music,sportsfavouritethings,likesanddislikes.Raiseopen-endedquestions.Listenattentivelyandoffershortcomments.ParaE-H:SMALLTALK---THEMAINCOURSEDon’ts1.2.3.Don’tlaunchintoserioustopicslikepoliticsorreligion.Don’ttalkaboutpersonalmatters,suchasage,salary,marriageandsoon.Don’traiseyes-noquestion.C2:SummaryofthetextAsforeignlanguagelearners,weallget________(1)onceinawhile.Thereisnoneedtoworry.Thetexthasgivenussome_____(2)oncarryingonasmalltalkinEnglishwithanewly-metperson.Todecidewhetherto_____(3)aconversationornot,weneedtowatchoutfor_____(4).Someindicatethattheotherpersonwantsto___________(5).Whileothers,forexample,asmile,arepositiveonessuggestingthatyoumoveon.Havingmovedontothemaincourse,weshouldfocusonor______(6)casualtopicssuchastheweatherorhobbies;serioustopicsareoftennotdealtwithinsmalltalk._________(7)bigissueswithyourclosefriendsonly.tongue-tiedtipsstartcuesbeleftalonesticktolaunchintoC2:SummaryofthetextInsmalltalk,______________(8)canhelpuscarryontheconversation,astheyopenupawiderangeoffollow-uptopics.Trytoavoid___________(9)astheycuttheconversationshort.Anothergoldenruletokeepinmindisthatinanykindofconversationweshouldlearntolistenattentivelyandofferpropercomments_________(10).Thesearesomeoftherulesthatcanputus_____________(11)ofasmalltalkoracasualconversation.Let's_________(12)andhavefuntalkingwithanativespeakerofEnglish!open-endedquestionsyes-noquestionsinreturnontherighttrackgetstartedUsefullanguage1.Excuseme,doyoumindifI...?2.Excuseme,couldyoutellme...?3.Couldyouhelpme?I'mtryingtofindmywayto...4.Sorrytotroubleyou,butdoyouhappentoknowwhenthelecturebegins?5.Say,haven'tIseenyousomewherebefore?6.Hi,mynameis....Wehaven'tmetbefore,haven'twe?7.Hello,mynameis....Imajorin(主修)EnglishinShanghaiUniversity.