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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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가장 자주 반복되는 단어는 다음과 같습니다: conversation, heard, English, phrases, lesson. 이 영상에는 섀도잉할 문장 71개와 단어 1215개가 있습니다. 말하는 구간의 길이는 7:24입니다. 화자는 분당 약 164단어로, 일상 대화에 가까운 자연스러운 속도로 말합니다. 단어의 88%가 영어에서 가장 많이 쓰이는 3,000단어에 속해 어휘가 쉬운 편입니다. 전체 71문장 중 17문장이 질문이어서 의문문 억양과 짧은 대답을 연습하기에 좋습니다.

이 영상의 핵심 어휘

영상에 나오는 익혀 둘 만한 단어 15개를 발음, 뜻과 함께 정리했습니다.

단어	발음	뜻
lesson 명사	/ˈlɛs.ən/	수업, 과
phrase 명사	/ˈfɹeɪ̯z/	어구, 구
awkward 형용사	/ˈɔk.wɚd/	서투르다
topic 명사	/ˈtɑpɪk/	화제, 주제
introduce 동사	/ˌɪntɹəˈdus/	소개(紹介)하다
affair 명사	/əˈfɛɹ/	사건
relax 동사	/ɹɪˈlæks/	늦추다, 편안히 하다
uncomfortable 형용사	/ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/	불편하다
dive 동사	/daɪv/	잠수하다
membership 명사		회원, 멤버십
skill 명사	/skɪl/	기술, 스킬
connect 동사	/kəˈnɛkt/	잇다, 연결하다
invite 동사	/ɪnˈvaɪt/	초대하다
sometime 부사	/ˈsʌmˌtaɪm/	언젠가
subscribe 동사	/səbˈskɹaɪb/	구독하다

영상에 나오는 구동사

단어	뜻
come back 동사	돌아오다
get out 동사	나오다, 나가다

따라 말해 볼 만한 문장

영상에 나오는 짧고 완결된 문장으로, 일상 대화에서 그대로 쓸 수 있습니다:

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?

이 영상의 문법

화자가 가장 많이 쓰는 문형을 영상 속 실제 표현과 함께 정리했습니다.

문형	영상 속 표현
현재완료 have/has + 과거분사 — 과거의 일이 지금도 관련이 있을 때	I've made · I've put · you've never actually met
관계절 who / which + 절 — 사람이나 사물에 대한 추가 정보	people who you · humour which is
최상급 the -est / the most … — 집단에서 가장 높거나 낮은 것	the most multicultural · The best · the most difficult
과거진행 was/were + -ing — 과거의 어느 시점에 진행 중이던 동작	were doing · was just looking

주의할 발음

화자는 I'm, you've, you're 같은 축약형과 약화된 형태를 51번 사용합니다. 들리는 대로 짧게 발음하세요.

긴 단어 — 강세 위치에 주의: uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/, importantly /ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li/, disagreement /dɪsəˈɡɹiːmənt/, multicultural /ˌmʌltiˈkʌlt͡ʃəɹəl/

한국어 화자가 어려워하는 소리:

/f/ — ㅍ(/p/)으로 바꾸지 말고 윗니를 아랫입술에 대기: phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/, affair /əˈfɛɹ/, uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/, fifty /ˈfɪfti/, comfortably /ˈkʌmftɚbli/
/v/ — ㅂ(/b/)과 구별하기: dive /daɪv/, everyday /ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/, invite /ɪnˈvaɪt/, wherever /(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ/
/r/과 /l/ 구별하기: relax /ɹɪˈlæks/, crucial /ˈkɹuː.ʃəl/, importantly /ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li/, multicultural /ˌmʌltiˈkʌlt͡ʃəɹəl/

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