How to Improve Your Conversation Skills (part 5 of 6)
如何提升你的會話技巧 (六段中的第五段)
Sad to say, but all good things must come to an end. Whether you're in a conversation (or an article, like this one), you need to find a way to exit gracefully.
Whatever you do, don't just stop suddenly and say, "Goodbye!"
Instead, give your partner a signal like the following:
•"Well, I really need to be going . . ."
•"It was nice talking to you." (Note past tense.)
•"Well, I'm sure you've got other things to do."
•"Oh, look at the time!"
很可惜的是，所有美妙的事總有個結束；不論你在一段談話中或是一篇文章裡——就像這一篇——你都需要找到一個優雅的退場方式。
不論你在做什麼，別突然地打住，然後說「再見！」相反的，給你的談話對象一個如下的信號：
＊「唔，我真的必須走了…」
＊「和你談話真好（注意英文用過去式）」
＊「嗯，我想你一定還有其他的事要做…」
＊「哇，時間過得真快！」
☉Word Bank
exit  (v) 退場；離去 |
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