美國文化脫口秀 第334期:怎么和老外有談資?

和老外聊天，怎么能聊出意思、聊出質(zhì)量?除了老掉牙的寒暄，如何能儲備、發(fā)展有意思的話題?今天節(jié)目分享實用建議。

關鍵詞：

沒話題，超尷尬

I often don’t know what to talk to foreigners about: 和老外不知道聊什么

Every time we just talk about the obvious stuff: the weather, how long have you been here: 每次只能聊特別俗套的東西: 天氣、你來中國多久啦

Same old, same old: 老一套

Meaningful topics: 有意思，有意義的話題

Run out of topics: 話題用完了

Awkward: 尷尬

怎么跟美國人有話題?

Sports is always a safe go-to topic: 體育永遠是個安全的選擇

Go-to topic:靠譜的話題

The four major professional leagues: 四大職業(yè)聯(lián)盟

NBA (National Basketball Association): 美職籃

NFL (National Football League):美式橄欖球

MLB (Major League Baseball): 美職棒

NHL (National Hockey League): 北美職業(yè)冰球聯(lián)賽

Sports can have lead to a lot of spin-off topics：體育能衍伸出很多有意思的話題

Many Americans have a local sports team that they support which they love talking about: 很多美國人都有一個自己特別支持的地方隊，可以問問他們這個，可以衍生出很多有意思的話題

怎么和老外有談資?

涉獵各類美劇

American TV shows are a great topic too: 美劇當然也是好話題

But the popular shows in China might not be as popular in America: 但是在中國特別紅的美劇在美國也許受眾沒那么廣

For example, Big Bang Theory and Two Broke Girls are mostly watched by tweens: 比如“生活大爆炸”和“破產(chǎn)姐妹”基本上是十幾、二十歲的人看的，

More mature people don't really watch it: 再年長些的人不太看

What TV shows do Americans watch? 美國人看什么美劇?

Game of Thrones：權力的游戲

House of Cards：紙牌屋

And lots more...: 還有很多很多

下次我們聊聊美國人愛看的美劇吧?

音樂

What kind of music are you into? 你喜歡聽什么音樂?

What’s your favourite music? 你最喜歡什么音樂類型?

What type of music do you generally listen to? 你通常愛聽什么音樂?

Pop: 流行樂

Rock: 搖滾

Jazz: 爵士

Reggae: 雷鬼

Indie: 獨立搖滾樂

跟美國人發(fā)展話題的最佳途徑：脫口秀

但重點不是聽懂所有笑話

Talk shows：脫口秀

Current events: 時事

The point is not to understand every joke, but to know what’s going on in American: 重點不是要聽懂每一個笑話，而是通過脫口秀了解美國正在發(fā)生的事兒、大眾談論的事兒、他們的看法

Societal news: 社會新聞

Politics: 政治

Election year: 大選年

You can really understand how Americans think and feel about these issues from watching talk shows：看脫口秀，你能了解到美國老百姓對時事怎么看、怎么想

Talk shows are a great entry point to understanding American humor: 脫口秀也是理解美式幽默最好的切入點

不同類型的脫口秀

Afternoon talk shows: 下午時段脫口秀

Late night talk shows: 深夜脫口秀

推薦兩個收視最高的深夜脫口秀

The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon

Late Show with Steven Colbert

They both air on major networks: 這兩個節(jié)目都在美國最大的電視臺播出

Jimmy Fallon is on NBC: Fallon是NBC的深夜脫口秀

Steven Colbert is on CBS: Colbert是CBS的

My personal breakthrough in learning English and understanding American pysche came from watching late night talk shows: 我個人學英語、理解美國文化思維的突破就是通過看脫口秀得到的

Edgy: 有膽量的，挑戰(zhàn)思維的

聊真實的中國，是外國人最感興趣的

Foreigners are always interested in finding more about China, the real China: 外國人最有興趣的是了解真實的中國

If you want to make real friends, let them know who you really are: 想真正交朋友，要做你自己

Show your true colors: 展現(xiàn)真的你

這是個細水長流的過程

Approach it like a long-term, ongoing process: 這是個細水長流的過程

As you improve your English, you will naturally be able to talk about your life, your work and interesting things happening in China with foreigners: 英語水平高了，你自然能和外國人談你的生活、關注，還有中國有意思的事情

When you understand their culture and their way of thinking better, you'll also find there's a lot you can talk about: 當你更了解他們的文化、思維，也自然會發(fā)現(xiàn)有很多能聊的話題

Of course, make friends you click with: 最后當然要交跟你合拍、氣場對的朋友

Common hobbies and interests: 相同的興趣愛好