eatherisaveryimportantlifedetailInourlife,wewillmeetmanypeopleandinmanyvarietyplace.Wemustbeverypolite,andthenthefirststeptobegintheconversationistalkingabouttheweather.Asweknow,MarkTwainisafamousauthor,hehadbeensaid“Everybodytalksabouttheweather,butnobodydoesanythingaboutit.”It’struethateverybodytalksabouttheweather;it’sthemostcommonsubjectofconversationthereis.Manypeoplealwaysthinktheycantellwhattheweatherisgoingtobelike.Theforeigneralwayslikethat,butit’sverypolitetoeverybody,becauseisEnglishman’shobby.Remember!WearespeakingEnglish,sowe“WheninRome,doastheRomansdo.”Hahnisveryinterestingthough,isn’tit?Nowtellyousomeskilltobegintheconversation.Onemanmaysay,“Doyouthinkitwillraintomorrow?”“Yes,isgoingtosnowtomorrow,thenIcanplayinthesnow.”Ha,yousee,isveryfunny,manypeoplehardlyagreewitheachother,buttheystillliketotalktheweathertobeginthetalk.Sowemustknowit’sacultureofEnglandandmanyplace.Youcansay,“Howniceweatherthereis!”“It’sanicedayisn’tit?”tobeginthetalk.Berememberingit.Isveryakindwaystotalktoothers.
