CulturalCornerScanningWhatdoestheAAAmean?FastReading•Readthepassageandanswerthequestions.•1.HowdoestheAAAmodelwork?•2.IstheAAAmodelagoodideawhilemakingsmalltalkwithsomeoneyoudon’tknowinChina?•Suggestedanswers:Thespeakersanswerthequestion,addapieceofinformation,andthenaskaquestion.•1.Whentwostrangersmeet,theyoftenusetheAAA.•Fromtheexampleinthepassageweknowthatthefirstpersonasksthesecondpersonaquestion,thesecondpersonanswers.ThisisthefirstA(answer).Thentheconversationbegins.•Inordertoshowthatheisinterestedintheconversation,thesecondpersoncanadd(thesecondA)somethingexacttothesimpleanswertothequestion.•Andtheninordertocontinuetheirconversation,thesecondpersoncanaskthepartnerthesamequestionorquiteanother.ThisisthethirdA(ask).Atfirsttheymayhavedifficulty,buttheysoonrealizethattheimportantthingisthattheyaresayingsomething.•BycontinuingwiththeAAAmodel,theycontinuetheconversationtoavoidanembarrassingsilence.Maybeintheendtheycanfindsomethingtheyhaveincommon.ThisishowtheAAAmodelworks.•2.Ofcourse.Ithinkinwhichevercountriesyouare,peopleareeagertocommunicatewithothers.Mostofthetimeasmalltalkisnecessary.TheAAAmodelisveryusefulintheconversation.•ThereisnoexceptioninChina.Whenwemeetsomeonewedon’tknow,weoftenstarttheconversationbyaskingaquestion,forexample,wheredoyoulive?Orwhereisyourhometown?Inthiswaytheconversationstarts.AnswerstoquestionsinActivity2•Notheyaren’t.InConversation1“Beenherebefore?indicatestheyarestrangers.Thesecondisaninterviewbetweenstrangers.InthethirdconversationspeakerAobviouslyknowsomethingaboutspeakerB(lastutterance),butprobablydoesn’tknowhim.UsefulexpressionsInTheAAA•Itisestimatedthat…•establisharelationship•avoid(doing)sth•anembarrassingsilence•inthisway•socialtechnique•havesomethingincommon•atlast•据估计……•建立关系•避免(做)某事•尴尬的沉默•用这种方法•社交技巧•有共同点•最后
