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今天Jessica与她的朋友探讨了如何与陌生人展开话题。

J: How to strike up a conversation with a stranger?

P: That can be hard.... I am usually a shy sort of person and keep to myself, and rarely do that myself. But it depends on where you are. If you are in a place that has nice scenery or something, then you can start by saying something about the scenery or whatever. If you are somewhere and something happens eg. at a bus stop and there is a strange person doing something then you can say something about that.

J: What do people usually say if they want to start a conversation with a stranger?

P:Just a general comment on that they are looking at or about what is on around them. Another way I have struck up conversations with people is when they have been lost and looking for somewhere. Then I have helped them to look for the place and talked to them asking where they are from, etc.

重点词汇讲解

Strike up sth (with sb): to begin a friendship, a relationship, a conversation, etc (与某人)建立友谊，开始来往，交谈起来

He would often strike up conversations with complete strangers. 他爱和更本不相识的人攀谈。

keep to yourself also keep yourself to yourself : to live a very quiet private life and not do many things that involve other people 离群索居，不与别人来往，不管别人的事

Nobody knows much about him; he keeps himself very much to himself.
谁对他都不太了解，因为他很少和人交往。

Scenery: 风景,景色
The mountain scenery is majestic.
这山景十分壮丽。