ビジネス英語、簡単なスモールトークで会話が弾みます！
オフィスで毎週の月曜日の朝、
A:How was your weekend?
B:Fine. How was yours? A: Good, thanks for asking.
こんな会話を交わしていませんか。
もう少し同僚の休日の過ごし方について聞きたいときに使える英語のフレーズ。
What made it so great?
What went on for your this weekend?
What special things did you do?
Where did you spend it?
Did you do anything relaxing?
Is that something you usually do on weekend?
例文： A: How was your weekend?
B: Good. How about yours?
A: Great. What special things did you do?
B:I went to see a musical.
A:You are interested in musical? I never knew about that. Tell me more about it.
How are you? と聞いて、Busyと言われた時、どう会話を繋げていくか。
What is going on that’s got you so busy?
Does there seem to be a cycle of business during your year? How do you deal with being busy?
天気の悪い時のスモールトーク
Isn’t that weather terrible? もちろん、Yes と返事されますね。
その次に、How does bad weather affect you?
Have you lived anywhere else with terrible weather?
Are the winters in New York(or somewhere else like London) really as bad as they say?
と聞いて、悪い天気から会話が広がります。
新しい同僚との会話
What is it like to do *** for a corporation like ***
××はどうですか、と聞きたいときに便利なフレーズ, What is it like…
How does it feel living in a different area? Where are you from? What part of the country are your from?
What has been your most important work experience?
趣味、服装に関する話
I see that you run London Marathon, What other races have you run?
I noticed that you are wearing a shirt from ***, where did you buy it?
Do you have a haidresser to reccommend?
仕事に関連する話
What ways have you found to be the most effective in promoting our business?
What advice would you give someone like me just starting out internship here?
最後に熟語一つ。
take the bull by the horns！難局に立ち向かう