[其六] 日常Small talk
小弟本身係香港已經係個唔多朋友嘅毒撚,黎到英國識英國人真係好痛苦
。再加上我唔飲酒,結果就更加難識朋友
。雖然依家其實都係得幾個英國friend,但係起碼同鬼佬溝通無再好似以前咁吃力。以下係我係咁多年同鬼佬溝通學到嘅小技巧
:
一。鬼佬問You alright?/What's up?/How's it going?/How are you? 呢類其實並唔係真係問題黎,性質上其實只係打個招呼,同say hello 差唔多
(瑞典人Pewdiepie 前幾日先有屌過呢樣嘢
)。其實你唔需要真係詳細答佢,對方都唔expect 你同佢真係吐苦水。呢啲問題你只係需要mirror 返佢條問題就得e.g. Yeah, you alright?/Not bad, how are you? 之類。 如果係How's your day? ,就可以用一兩句概括,然後再mirror 返句How's your day就得(e.g. Yeah, not bad! I just went for a walk with my dog! How's your day?)。
二。如果過左打招呼個phase 都未開始搵到話題,下一步就係講天氣
。英國天氣變幻莫測,上一秒有陽光,可以下一秒開始落雨甚至落冰雹,然後過五分鐘後就萬里無雲
。所以講下當日嘅天氣就係最好嘅ice breaker。天氣好嘅就讚下個天,講下自己好想出去室外飲杯嘢唔想留係室內開工/番學。天氣差嘅就屌下British weather,講下天氣變得幾快
。
三。如果英國人見你唔係本地人,通常就會問你where are you from? 你答左香港之後,自19 年反送中開始,佢地就好興問How's the protest 之類嘅問題。鬼佬多數因為怕敏感同offend 到你,所以唔會assume 你係撐送中定反送中。呢個時候就好睇場合同埋你認為個鬼佬有無興趣繼續傾呢個話題。如果對方係有興趣嘅通常都有啲cues,例如係後生仔嘅就會話我去過香港玩或者前排係BBC 睇到好多新聞,老人家嘅我自己見過話老竇去過香港當兵。呢啲情況我會特登少少dramatic 咁講「Yeah, we're fucked by the Chinese Communist」之類。對方聽到就通常會嚇一嚇,但係見你咁open 咁講,就會放低戒心同你講深入啲,同你一齊屌下中共(呢個係香港人大外宣嘅好機會
)。但係如果對方係無興趣嘅,我就多數答佢「The protest has been pretty quiet recently, partly due to the government actions and partly due to COVID」,將個話題拉去武肺呢個大家都可以contribute 嘅話題到。