在職場上,良好的社交應對技巧至關重要,一段簡單的對話也可能為你帶來成功的機遇。碰到外國同事,如何用英文開始交談?要是不知如何開口,以下是一些輕鬆易學的開場白,以及如何禮貌、得體地結束談話的方法。 例如進入某會場,看見同事已經就座,你可以說:
- Do you mind if I sit here? (我坐在這兒可以嗎?)
- Hello, is this seat taken? (你好,這個座位有人嗎?)
視乎環境狀況,也可以上前說:
- May I join you? Can I get you a coffee? (可以和你一起嗎?我給你拿杯咖啡好嗎?)
- Excuse me, could I ask you a question?(打擾一下,可以問您一個問題嗎?)
開頭時聊聊天氣也是一個不錯的選擇:
- Lovely weather we’re having! (多好的天氣呀!)
- Can you believe this rain / wind / cold / sunshine?(真想不到會下這麼大雨/颳這麼大風/這麼冷/陽光這麼燦爛!)
主持會議可以用以下方式開場,引起大家的注意:
- Shall we make a start? I think it’s almost three o’clock.(我們馬上開始好嗎?我看都快三點了。)
- Shall we get started? I’d like to introduce our speaker.(我們開始吧?我來介紹一下演講人。)
- I think everyone’s here, so I’d like to welcome you to this conference.(我想大家都到齊了,在此歡迎各位參加本次會議。)
談得差不多了,應該禮貌地結束對話,可以這樣說:
- It’s been lovely / so nice / good talking to you.(和你談談很開心。)
- I’m so glad we got to talk.(我們有機會談話,我很高興。)
- It was nice to meet you. I’m sorry I have to go now.(很高興見到你。對不起,我現在得走了。)
還可以這樣說:
- We’ll have to leave it there, but thank you all very much for your input.(我們就到這兒吧,非常感謝大家的參與。)
- Well, that’s all we have time for today, but we’ll meet again on Tuesday.(好了,我們今天沒有時間了,但星期二我們將再次開會。)
- I’d like to thank you all for coming and for a very productive meeting.(感謝大家出席這次會議,以及為這次富有成效的會議付出的努力。)
更多資訊:《牛津高階英漢雙解詞典》第 9 版