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Well hey there, I'm Emma from mmmEnglish.

If you want to improve your English conversation skills, this lesson is definitely for you.

It's actually part two in a series that I've made about small talk

so I'm sharing all of the essential phrases and expressions

that you need to know to be successful with your small talk conversations in English.

In part one, I shared some really useful everyday questions and phrases to talk about work, the weather,

hobbies and your free time and I'm definitely going to link to

that video at the end but in this one I'm going to dive a little deeper

and I'm going to share some useful questions

or ideas to help you spark some small talk conversations about news and current affairs.

I'm also going to be talking about how to start a conversation at a social event

or a networking event when you don't really know anyone there.

Awkward.

And most importantly, I'm going to talk about how to end

that conversation in a relaxed and friendly way so

that you've got the opportunity to do it all again sometime in the future.

So let's dive in!

Discussing news or current affairs can be a really great icebreaker.

You just need to make sure you keep it light, okay?

So avoiding topics that might cause offence or prompt an argument or a disagreement of some kind.

Politics, religion, any sort of strong opinion about something it's best to avoid.

Small talk is not the place for that.

Start with something simple and the question

did you hear about is a really useful one in this situation

because you can pick anything relevant that you read in the paper that morning or you heard on the radio, something that is on the news at that moment.

Did you hear about the train strike in Melbourne last week?

You can also introduce the topic by saying, I read, I read that Point Cook is the most multicultural suburb in Australia,

I had no idea or I heard, I heard on the radio that the Queen's visiting next month.

In order to really get your conversation flowing though, you need to make sure that you follow up with a question

or something that invites their opinion or their thought on whatever you shared.

Conversation is two ways, right?

So you could always follow up with a question like so what do you think about that?

What are your thoughts?

How do you feel about that?

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Okay so now I'm going to share a couple of really useful phrases to help you at social or networking events.

Sometimes these can be really awkward or uncomfortable places

when you're standing with someone that you don't really know and you don't have anything really to talk about.

Well if you have a friend or a colleague in common

that you both know you can start with that

so how do you know Ed otherwise you can try

and work out how you might know them

or how you're connected have we met before you look familiar you can always try giving a compliment

that works really well I love

that dress can I ask where you got it from now

sometimes you actually meet people who you know quite well over

the phone you maybe deal with them a lot via email

but you've never actually met in person so a good thing to say at

that point is Ah it's great to finally put a face to the name

and when you get introduced to someone that you've heard about

but you've never met before you can say I've heard so much about you.

The best response to this is all good I hope

and this just means I hope that everything you've heard about me was good

and not bad which sounds a bit funny but it's really common

and it definitely helps to relax the conversation with a little bit of humour which is always nice.

I hope that everything you've heard about me is good.

Now of course a lesson about small talk would not be complete without some phrases to help you end the conversation.

This is...

Crucial, sometimes it can be the most difficult part.

Once you've started and you're thinking yeah okay, this is good, I'm asking you some questions and then okay, I'm running out of things to say now.

Abort!

Get out!

So how do you politely end your conversation and just get back to doing what you were doing?

I mean you can't just say okay, bye.

That is really awkward and uncomfortable for everyone isn't it?

Oh okay bye.

If you're at work you can say something like well I'd better get back to work or

I'd better get back to it, I'll see you around.

At a social event you could say I'd better keep moving it was nice chatting

or you can kind of make up an excuse that you need to leave and say something like I'm looking for Jennifer, you haven't seen her around anywhere, have you?

I was just looking for the bathroom, do you know where it is?

Well I'm gonna go grab a drink, I'll see you in a bit.

These last three are a little less direct.

I'm not saying okay, I'm done with this conversation now, I don't want to talk with you anymore.

I'm just politely moving away to do something else, right?

So it doesn't cause offence to the other person that you're talking to, you're just moving along and then you end the conversation comfortably

and it makes it easy to come back and start a new conversation with that person at some other time.

Well done!

A huge high five to you if you got all the way through part one

and part two of this series about small talk.

If you did, you've learned over 50 phrases and questions

and potential answers that will help you to make small talk in English.

So all you need to do now is to make sure that you put it into practice.

Make sure you do that.

Just studying them and learning them and trying to remember them is not going to help.

You need to try this out.

Do that wherever you speak English, alright?

every week so you definitely want to be here when I bring out the next one.

For now, let's check out this one together.

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繰り返し出てくる語は次のとおりです：conversation, heard, English, phrases, lesson。この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が71文、単語が1215語あります。音声の長さは7:24です。話す速さは1分あたり約164語で、日常会話に近い自然なペースです。単語の88%は英語の頻出3,000語に含まれるため、語彙は分かりやすいです。全71文のうち17文が疑問文なので、疑問文のイントネーションや短い受け答えの練習に向いています。

この動画の重要語彙

動画に出てくる覚えておきたい単語15語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。

単語	発音	意味
lesson 名詞	/ˈlɛs.ən/	授業, 学科
phrase 名詞	/ˈfɹeɪ̯z/	句, 語句
awkward 形容詞	/ˈɔk.wɚd/	不器用な, 不便な
topic 名詞	/ˈtɑpɪk/	話題, テーマ
introduce 動詞	/ˌɪntɹəˈdus/	紹介する, 引き合わせる
affair 名詞	/əˈfɛɹ/	事件
relax 動詞	/ɹɪˈlæks/	くつろがせる
uncomfortable 形容詞	/ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/	心地よくない
dive 動詞	/daɪv/	潜る
membership 名詞		会員
skill 名詞	/skɪl/	腕, 技
connect 動詞	/kəˈnɛkt/	繋げる
invite 動詞	/ɪnˈvaɪt/	誘う, 招待する
fifty 名詞	/ˈfɪfti/	50ドル札
wherever	/(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ/	どこでも

動画に出てくる句動詞

単語	意味
check out 動詞	試験する, 検査する
come back 動詞	戻る, 帰る
get out 動詞	出て行く

繰り返し練習したい文

動画に出てくる短く完結した文です。日常会話でそのまま使えます。

What are your thoughts?
How do you feel about that?
Can I ask where you got it from?
You haven't seen her around anywhere, have you?
Do you know where it is?

この動画の文法

話し手がよく使っている文型を、動画の実際の表現とともに紹介します。

文型	動画での表現
現在完了形 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去の出来事が今も関係している	I've made · I've put · you've never actually met
関係詞節 who / which + 節 — 人や物について情報を加える	people who you · humour which is
最上級 the -est / the most … — グループの中で一番	the most multicultural · The best · the most difficult
過去進行形 was/were + -ing — 過去のある時点で進行中だった動作	were doing · was just looking

注意したい発音

話し手はI'm, you've, you'reなど、短縮形や弱形を51回使っています。聞こえたとおりの短い形で発音しましょう。

長い単語（アクセントの位置に注意）: uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/, importantly /ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li/, disagreement /dɪsəˈɡɹiːmənt/, multicultural /ˌmʌltiˈkʌlt͡ʃəɹəl/

日本語話者が苦手な音：

/r/ と /l/ の区別 — /l/ は舌先を歯茎につけ、/r/ はどこにもつけない: relax /ɹɪˈlæks/, crucial /ˈkɹuː.ʃəl/, importantly /ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li/, multicultural /ˌmʌltiˈkʌlt͡ʃəɹəl/
/v/ — /b/ にならないように、上の歯を下唇に当てる: dive /daɪv/, everyday /ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/, invite /ɪnˈvaɪt/, wherever /(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ/
/f/ — 「フ」ではなく、上の歯と下唇で出す: phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/, affair /əˈfɛɹ/, uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/, fifty /ˈfɪfti/, comfortably /ˈkʌmftɚbli/

この動画での練習方法

まず声を出さずに動画を最後まで聞き、知らない単語をメモします。
まず0.75倍速で一文ずつシャドーイングし、慣れてきたら通常の速度に戻します。
自分の声を録音して元の音声と比べます。lesson, phrase, awkwardなどの単語に特に注意しましょう。

シャドーイングとは？英語上達に効果的な理由

シャドーイング（Shadowing）は、もともとプロの通訳者養成プログラムで開発された言語学習法で、多言語習得者として知られるDr. Alexander Arguelles によって広く普及されました。方法はシンプルですが非常に効果的：ネイティブスピーカーの英語を聞きながら、1〜2秒の遅延で声に出してすぐに繰り返す——まるで「影（shadow）」のように話者を追いかけます。文法ドリルや受動的なリスニングと異なり、シャドーイングは脳と口の筋肉が同時にリアルタイムで英語を処理・再現することを強制します。研究により、発音精度、抑揚、リズム、連音、リスニング力、そして会話の流暢さが大幅に向上することが確認されています。IELTSスピーキング対策や自然な英語コミュニケーションを目指す方に特におすすめです。

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