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We all need to rely on small talk here and there. Even if you hate it, it’s necessary for conversing with people at work, parties and strangers whom you don’t know well enough to talk about more personal and touchy subjects with. 在生活中我们经常需要和他人交流，甚至有时候你并不喜欢这样。在工作场合或者是参加活动交流都是非常有必要的，有时候你需要和一个根本不认识的人谈一些很敏感的话题。 Of course, just because you know you need to use small talk here and there doesn’t mean it’s always easy. 当然，不是因为你仅仅知道要有这样小的交流，就会让这几件事变得简单。 Fortunately, for those who need a little help coming up with subjects to discuss with strangers and acquaintances, 幸运的是我们是有方法可以帮助到经常需要和熟悉和不熟悉聊天的人 The Happiness Project has a great list of potential conversation topics you might consider using. Personally, I suggest doing whatever you can to avoid the cliche “weather” opening just because it usually results in a short, 在幸福项目组里我们有 很多很好的话题建议你使用，对于我来说，不会再用“天气”这样的话题做开场白，因为这些答案都太短了 frantic conversation about the heat or cold you’re experiencing followed by a dead silence where you both try to think of a new topic or something else to say about the weather, but other than that, the list is pretty dead-on. 一个好的谈话是要富有热情的，当然或者冷场的时候有人会努力想说些什么，当然我们还有很好的话题清单 1. Comment on a topic common to both of you at the moment: the food, the room, the occasion, the weather. 可以谈论现在有关的话题，比如食物，房间，这个活动呀，或者天气 2. Comment on a topic of general interest. 谈论大家一般都感兴趣的话题 3. Ask a question that people can answer as they please. 问一些别人喜欢回答的问题 4. Ask open questions that can’t be answered with a single word. 问开放性问题，不要让别人只回答一个字 5. If you do ask a question that can be answered in a single word, instead of just supplying your own information in response, ask a follow-up question. 如果你问的问题人家就回答一个字，你可以代替对方回答这个问题给出自己的见解，当然还要继续问问题 6. Ask getting-to-know-you questions. 问一些然人家多了解你的问题 7. React to what a person says in the spirit in which that that comment was offered. 有见解的对他人的问题作出反应 8. Be slightly inappropriate. 可以有一点点小“过” 9. Follow someone’s conversational lead. 去接其他人的话题 10. Along the same lines, counter-intuitively, don’t try to talk about your favorite topic, because you’ll be tempted to talk too much. 和其他人的话题一致，不要去聊自己感兴趣的话题，这样你会说的很多。
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