EP293 Small Talk Series - Showing Interest | The Office

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• 00:01

  Hello everyone and welcome to EnglishPod.

• 00:03

  My name is Marco.

• 00:04

  My name is Catherine and today we're talking about a very,

• 00:07

  very important part of conversations in English.

• 00:11

  That's right, today we are introducing a new series all about small talk.

• 00:16

  Okay, what is small talk, Marco?

• 00:18

  Well, small talk is just... everyday conversation about maybe the weather,

• 00:24

  about how you are, what's new in your life, etc. Just plain conversation.

• 00:30

  So something very simple and usually pretty quick.

• 00:34

  It's what you say to people when you bump into them or when you see them at a party.

• 00:38

  So let's take a listen to today's dialogue and find out just what kind of small talk we have.

• 00:49

  Hey, Michelle.

• 00:50

  This is my friend James.

• 00:52

  He's visiting Shanghai from New York.

• 00:54

  Oh, hi, James.

• 00:55

  Nice to meet you.

• 00:57

  So, um, are you visiting for business or pleasure?

• 01:02

  Well, actually a little of both.

• 01:04

  I'm meeting some business contacts, but I'm also taking some Mandarin classes, too.

• 01:07

  Oh, that's cool.

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