لغت انگلیسی
taboo
معنی و توضیح
something that is forbidden; a topic that is not allowed or not wise to talk
مثال
Sydney did not like to talk about his family and mentioning the topic around him
پادکست مرتبط
اپیزود مرتبط با این کلمه: «Small Talk About the Weather». دو دقیقه اول را همینجا گوش کن و متن همگام را دنبال کن. برای ادامه کامل، از دکمه پایین استفاده کن.
Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 12 – Small Talk.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast number 12. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development, in beautiful Los Angeles, California.
Today’s topic is going to be “small talk” – talking about things that aren’t very important. Let’s get started.
I admit that I'm not very good at small talk. When I'm with friends, I can just shoot the breeze all day long. But when I talk to a stranger or someone I don't know very well, I'm always casting about, searching for something to talk about. Politics and religion are definitely taboo subjects, at least here in the United States. But you have to chat about something, otherwise there are these uncomfortable silences.
So we end up talking about - what else? - the weather. This usually begins with something like, "So, nice weather we've been having!" or "It sure is a warm one out there today." Of course, we have to comment on the temperature. My favorite is, "It's not the heat that's so bad, it's the humidity!" Actually, I think that's true
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