从事相关产业十年以上的经验,交手厂商都为Fortune 500大的客户
平常亦有在教授相关的商业英文
暂以美国为例,以下一点tips供你参考,
一般会议or聊天前皆可以从简单的small talk开始,
a. 简单问候,聊聊天气跟周末如何
What's up? How's going? How's your weekend?
What's the weather like there in Seattle?
Does it rain a lot? How often does it snow in Seattle?
b. 或是了解对方是否有家庭或小孩后,简单问一些家里的事情。例如:
How many kids to you have? How old are they?
Do you have to drive them to school?
What does your wife do? Happy Wife, Happy life?
Is there any reason behind the name, Joshua?
c. 这一两个礼拜美国当红话题什么?尽可能了解该国多一点人事物
总统大选:Trump or Joe Biden? Rebublic or Democrat? Early Voter or not
辩论会: What do you think of it? Would you shut up, man?
电影: Did you watch Borat 2? Do you think it's interesting or too political?
运动:Did you watch the World Series Games?
Are you surprised that Dodgers win the title?
万圣节:Did you put on any constume to work during Halloween?
What did you do this year?
疫情:Do you have to wear a mask to work? Are school still open in your area?
记得,英文不是母语,可以多用问题里面的句子来问问题
不但对方可以主导聊天的话语权,自己少讲一些
也可以藉着边听边了解客户多一些,见面送礼也方便
才不会跟一个深蓝的客户讲民进党有多好,反而适得其反
例如民主党的Bernie Sanders twitter提到了台湾防疫绩效,这是一个很好的话题
但是话语中其实在讽刺Trump对科学的不信任,就不适合对保守党的客户提起了
※ 引述《ayakolei (ayako)》之铭言:
: 今年误打误撞加入了外商科技业
: 公司很多主管几乎都是外国人,里因会议报告也都是用英文
: 能在这样美式的文化上工作,其实满冲击但也满开心的
: 毕竟小鲁在疫情前怀有出国游学梦,现在似乎用另外一种形式呈现了
: 近期发现有个问题,希望自己能再进步一些
: 就是面对外国人聊天,很常不知道要回什么或延伸什么
: 跟中文聊天的语境差很多,也可能是英文还不够好不够流利所以自然会退缩
: 想问大家有什么tips能够增加自己的自信心与自然交谈?
: 谢谢