Daily Life - Small Talk(0044)
Daily Life - Small Talk(0044)
A:
Morning.
B:
Hi there, Mr. Anderson! How are you on this fine morning?
A:
Fine, thank you.
B:
It sure is cold this morning, isn't it? I barely even got out of bed!
A:
Yeah. It’s pretty cold, alright.
B:
Did you catch the news this morning? I heard that there was a fire on Byron Street.
A:
No, I didn't hear about that.
B:
Did you happen to watch the football game last night? The Patriots scored in the last minute!
A:
No, I don’t like football.
B:
Oh… By the way, I saw you with your daughter at the office Christmas party. She is really beautiful!
A:
She’s my wife! Oh, here’s my floor! Nice talking to you. Goodbye.
B:
Sir, this is the fifty-sixth floor! We are on the seventieth!
A:
That’s okay, I'll take the stairs!
Key Vocabulary
It sure is
phrase
Affirmation or confirmation of something
barely even
General Adverb
hardly, could almost not
catch
verb
hear, listen to
Did you happen to
phrase
By chance or casualty someone did something
By the way
phrase
phrased used to interject another topic in a conversation
take the stairs
phrase
go up the stairs, use the stairs
Supplementary Vocabulary
small talk
short, firendly conversation about things that are not important
chat
verb
talk (informal)
network
verb
talk with people to form business connections
awkward
Adjective
difficult to deal with
uncomfortable
Adjective
a feeling of being embarrassed or uneasy