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老全国卷I-阅读理解七选五

According to Jessica Hagy, author of How to Be Interesting, it’s not difficult to make yourself interesting at a dinner party.

【翻译】根据《如何变得有趣》一书的作者杰西卡·哈吉的说法，在宴会上让自己变得有趣并不难。

The first step is to go exploring, if you’re out of your comfort zone or if you’re wandering into somebody’s house for the first time. So the main thing is just to show up and be adventurous, trying different foods and talking to strangers.

【翻译】第一步是要去探索，如果你离开了自己的舒适区，或者你是第一次进入某人的房子。这样的话，你主要做的事情只是露露面，冒一下险，尝试吃各种不同的食物并与陌生人交谈。

People love to talk about themselves. If you can start the conversation with a question other than “What do you do for a living?”, you’ll be able to get a lot more interesting conversation out of whomever it is you’re talking to. If you ask the question “How did you get here?”, it can bring in “I have this old, broken-down vehicle” or “I rode the bus with these crazy people who were laughing at silly jokes in the back.” It just opens up conversation.

【翻译】人们喜欢谈论自己。如果你能以“你以什么谋生？”以外的问题开始交谈，你就能从与你交谈的人那里获得更多有趣的对话。如果你问“你是怎么到这里来的？”这样的问题，它便会引出“我开我那辆破旧车来的”或“我乘坐公共汽车来的，车后面那群疯子讲一些无聊的笑话而哈哈大笑”。这样就打开了话匣子。

What about that person who has had too much to drink or won’t stop talking? If you can’t take their wine away, you should certainly try to take away their soapbox (讲台). If you’re the host, you can ask them to help you in the kitchen with something and just remove them from the situation. Or turn the conversation into a topic where they have little to say.

【翻译】碰上喝多子酒的人或说话滔滔不绝的人怎么办呢？如果你不能拿走他们的酒，你当然就应该试着把他们的肥皂盒（讲台）拿走。如果你是主人，你可以让他们在厨房里帮你做点什么，这样做只是让他们离开当时的环境。要不然就把谈话转到他们没什么插话机会的话题。

And what about that other dinner-party killer: awkward silence? If you’re faced with an awkward silence at a dinner party, the only thing that always gets everyone talking again is to give the host a compliment (赞扬). He or she is the person who is feeling the weight of that awkwardness the most. Just quickly turn around and say, “This cake is extremely delicious and you have to tell me all about it.”

【翻译】另一种宴会杀手——尴尬的沉默——如何应对呢？如果你在宴会上遇到了尴尬的沉默，唯一能让所有人再次说起话的办法就是说句恭维主人的话。他或她是对这种尴尬最有感受的人。你只需对大家说：“这蛋糕好吃极了，你必须告诉我这是怎么弄的。”

So being interesting at a dinner party isn’t that hard.

【翻译】所以在宴会上变得有趣并不难。

A. How do you know the host

B. The first step is to go exploring

C. If you ask the question “How did you get here?”

D. Be prepared to have awkward conversations with strangers

E. Or turn the conversation into a topic where they have little to say

F. What about that person who has had too much to drink or won’t stop talking

G. He or she is the person who is feeling the weight of that awkwardness the most (https://www.cpsenglish.com)

答案：36—40 BCFEG