首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
专升本
"Hi there. How’s it going?" "Oh, fine. Fine. How about this weather, huh?" "Well, I guess we can always use the rain."
"Hi there. How’s it going?" "Oh, fine. Fine. How about this weather, huh?" "Well, I guess we can always use the rain."
admin
2011-07-31
48
问题
"Hi there. How’s it going?"
"Oh, fine. Fine. How about this weather, huh?"
"Well, I guess we can always use the rain."
’What’s that? This story? Oh, just a little look at small talk. You know, those seemingly meaningless conversations you have dozens of times a day. Maybe you’re waiting for the elevator.
Or in a line at the bank. It all seems pretty trivial. Idle chatter about traffic doesn’t do much more than fill the air with empty words that are quickly forgotten. But you should know that small talk actually has a big place in our lives.
Pat Oliver, assistant professor on arts, says that, "Left unchecked, small talk can be an invasion. It’s so powerful. It does something to you." "Every morning after spending an hour and a half on the freeway I start the day with small talk with my secretary," Oliver says, "If I don’t make small connection with another person, I can’ t work."
What causes it? As a rule, you’re either trying to force something into your life, or you’re using conversation as an invisible force field to keep them out. You can be wanting to connect with another person, and small talk is your introduction to more meaningful conversation.
The way people use small talk is usually determined by where they happen to be at the time.
Take the elevator, for instance. Now there’s prime territory. Nobody knows anyone and there’s no reason to start a conversation, but invariably, someone does. Making conversation in such peaceful social settings, according to Oliver, "can confirm your territory. It’s a way of feeling liked and accepted."
The topics of small talk don’t matter. In fact, you don’t want anything more taxing than the weather or the traffic. It’s non-threatening talk in a threatening situation. However, the rules change quickly when you’re with lots of people doing lots of talking.
Let’s say you’re at a party. Now it’ s time to use small talk as a way of making others feel more comfortable around you, so you don’ t look silly standing by the food table alone all night.
According to the author, at a big party, small talk is used with the purpose of______
选项
A、making both others and yourself feel at ease
B、excluding those you don’t like from joining you
C、keeping your voice low so only your friends can hear you
D、comforting those who feel lonely
答案
A
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/erlC777K
本试题收录于:
英语题库成考专升本分类
0
英语
成考专升本
相关试题推荐
Theyhaveequippedtheofficewiththe______businessmachines.
Theauthorsayschildreninthecityseldomwenttothewoodsandthefieldsbecause______.Whichdoyouthinkmightbethepr
You______meyourtelephonenumberincasesomeonewantstocontactyou.
Intheauthor’sestimation,thereare______wordsinEnglish.Fromthepassagewelearnthat______.
Intheauthor’sestimation,thereare______wordsinEnglish.TheauthordoesNOTsuggestgettingrecognitionvocabularyinto
HismeetingwithStravinskyhadagreat______onhismusicaldevelopment.
Seeingandperceivingare______.Whichofthefollowingisimpliedbutnotstatedinthepassage?
AtthefirstsighttheplanetMarsdoesnotappearverywelcometoanykindoflife.Ithasverylittleoxygenandwater;thete
Thefirsttruepieceofsportsequipmentthatmaninventedwastheball.InancientEgypt,aseverywhere,pitchingstoneswa
Inancienttimesthemostimportantexamswerespoken,notwritten.IntheschoolsofancientGreeceandRome,testingusuallyc
随机试题
根据商业银行法,企业事业单位可以自主选择一家商业银行的营业场所开立一个办理日常转账结算和现金收付的账户。这种账户是不属于下列选项中的哪一个?
若有非零解,则k=()。
如图7—2—27所示电路的等效电阻RAB为()Ω。
开展价值工程活动通常分为准备、分析、创新和实施四个阶段,其中分析阶段主要应回答的问题是( )。
关于施工生产要素的质量控制,下列说法不正确的是()。
2019年8月某房地产开发公司转让新建普通标准住宅1幢,取得不含增值税转让收入4000万元,转让环节缴纳税款以及有关费用合计24万元(不含增值税和印花税)。已知该公司为取得土地使用权而支付的地价款和有关费用为1600万元,房地产开发成本为900万元,利
下列关于风险管理技术与方法的说法中,错误的是()。
地方各级人民代表大会会议每年至少进行一次,经()以上代表提议,可以临时召集本级人民代表大会会议。
左侧立体图形仅有图中所示的一个面被涂黑。下列选项不可能由三个左侧立体图形构成的是:
设f(x)在[0,1]上连续,在(0,1)内可导,且f(0)=f(1),证明:存在ξ,η∈(0,1),使得f’(ξ)+f’(η)=0.
最新回复
(
0
)