二. Introductions/ Ice breakers介绍/打破僵局篇

　　When introducing yourself in another language people are always going to want to know the same information, trust me, being a Gringo in Brazil I’ve had to introduce myself more times that I can remember.

　　你要知道当用其它语言介绍你自己时，人们想要知道的信息总是一样的。作为巴西的一个外国佬，我所做过的自我介绍次数多的自己都记不清楚了。

　　People are always going to ask you these same three questions.

　　人们总是要问你同样的问题。

　　-What’s your name? (you’re probably going to have to repeat it a couple of times or make it sound more English)

　　你叫什么名字?(你很可能要无数次地回答这个问题，那么让自己听起来更英语范儿吧)

　　-Where are you from? (be prepared to describe you city geographically)

　　你来自哪里?(准备好描述你所在城市的地理特征)

　　-What are you doing here? (People are always curious)

　　来这干什么?(人们总是很好奇)

　　Another good way to make a good first impression is to get that person talking about themselves or their city. This can be done during the introduction phase as a way of breaking the ice.

　　还有一种方法可以给人留下良好印象，同时又能让对方张口谈自己或他们的城市。这种方式可以再自我介绍部分后以打破僵局的形式来完成。

　　 So, where are you from?

　　 Is your family from here/there?

　　 What did you think of the soccer last night?

　　 What do you think of this place/the beer/the music here?

　　 Don’t you just hate waiting in line/this music/the noise?

　　The whole idea of these ice-breakers is to get the other person talking while you simply sit back and listen. Sure, your probably thinking that this is a very impersonal exercise, but the purpose of this is to give yourself more confidence when approaching people in English. After doing this enough times, you’ll see that it starts to become a very easy and natural process and in no time you’ll be expanding your fluent first impressions to fluent everything.

　　打破沉闷僵局的办法很简单，那就是让对方说，而你只需坐在那里倾听就可以了。当然，你可能认为这是个别案例，但这是一种能够帮你在使用英文跟人打交道时提升自信的好办法。等你适用国多次后，你会发现对话开始变得轻松自然，而你很快就可以提升你流利的第一印象，进而使英文处处流利。

　　三. Goodbyes告别篇

　　No matter what the language is, we always have to say goodbye. But don’t you want to know how to express yourself and show that you really appreciated that person’s company? Sometimes in a second language it’s a little hard to do that from the heart.

　　无论用何种语言交流，我们总要说再见的。但是你真的知道如何表达自己的意思才能使对方感到与你做朋友很开心吗?说心理话，用第二语言来表达告别还是有点困难的。

　　I really love saying goodbye to people in Portuguese, as bad as that sounds, because there are so many cool, friendly expressions. Some of these words don’t exist or they would never be used in English for example, “some nao” or the word “saudades.”There are other expressions you can use in English which may not have the same meaning, but can be used in an endearing way nonetheless. For example:

　　我真心很喜欢用葡萄牙语与人们道别，因为葡萄牙语里有好多很友善很赞的表达方法。有些词可能英文中不存在或永远无法用英文来表达，例如“some nao”或“saudades.”也许英文中也有这样的词，无论如何，你都可以用这些来表达告别。例如：

　　It was really great to see you, catch you .later.

　　见到你真的很高兴，下次再聊。

　　It has been a pleasure, we’ll speak soon.

　　聊的很开心，咱们下次继续。

　　It was nice talking to ya, have a good one.

　　跟你聊天很愉快，祝你天天开心。

　　Take care/ take it easy, see you soon.

　　保重，下次见。

　　Keep in touch (when you don’t see the person very often)

　　保持联系(当你不经常见到某人)

　　I’m looking forward to seeing you soon

　　我期待下次与你见面。

　　See you next time.

　　下次见。

　　May the force be with you. (Used by Star Wars nerds)

　　愿力量与你同在。(星球大战中用词)

　　In all of these situations I’ve explained, I’ve given you a scripted scenario of what is most likely to happen. Think of it as if you were an actor performing in a play. Whether it’s an introduction, greeting or goodbye, we know what questions are going to be asked and with a little thought beforehand, you can really make yourself sound fluent and give a great first impression.

　　以上所有我详细介绍过的场景，我都有讲到最可能发生的情景下如何应对的脚本。你可以像演员演戏一样来演练一下。无论是自我介绍，问好还是告别，我们都胸有成足人们会问哪些问题，只要我们事先准备充分，我保证你一定能给对方留下一个流利而又良好的第一印象。

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