Small Talk about Current Events - Conversation about Current Events

Next is small talk about current events.  And if you remember from earlier, a  

current event is something happening now. So,  something in the news. For example, some event  

that we hear about in our local area, or in  our country, or in the world. Right anywhere,  

so I might ask someone, “did you hear about  blank?” Let's say in my town there was a fire,  

the, a restaurant caught on fire. “Did you  hear about the fire at the Chile’s restaurant?”  

“Did you hear about that?” So, we can ask, “did  you hear about…” and then someone might answer,  

“yes,” and we talk about it. Or they might answer,  

“no,” and we tell them about it. Right, “oh you  didn't hear about it?” “Oh, let me tell you.”  

“So did you hear about this current event? Did  you hear about the flooding in Germany?” Right,  

another current event, “did you hear about  the building that collapsed in Miami?” Right,  

things in the news that maybe when they're just  happening, we might ask, “did you hear about it?” 

We can ask, “what do you think about…?” Some  current event. So, what is your opinion about  

some current event that is happening? “Oh what  do you think about um the new lockdown in Korea?”  

Where you know it's uh, or any  current event right. So COVID,  

lots of current events, “what do  you think about that? Oh, I think…”  

We can also start sentences with where we  heard something. So, the next two we see are,  

sorry the next two we see are, “I heard on the  radio today that…” Or “I saw on the news that…”  

And then talking about whatever that thing  is. “Oh, I heard on the radio today that um  

uh Lady Gaga is doing a concert next  week. We should go.” Right, whatever the  

current event is. So, we can say where we heard  it. “I heard it on the radio. I saw on the news.  

I read in the newspaper,” and so on. And then  sharing what that thing is. And a great current  

event and also a common topic for small talk uh  is about sports. “Did you catch the game last  

night?” So maybe there was a basketball game  last night that uh I know many people watched.  

If I’m just being friendly and having some small  talk, “hey did you catch the game last night?”  

So here we see some great conversation  starters for small talk about current.