Opening up a discussion

<aside> 📌 Did you follow the news about…?

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<aside> 📌 Did you hear about ….. ?

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<aside> 📌 Did you hear about what happened in…?

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<aside> 📌 I heard that ...

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<aside> 📌 I read that ...

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讓對方好奇:

<aside> 📌 I can’t believe what I heard today. ….

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<aside> 📌 There is something interesting I heard today. …

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<aside> 📌 I read something really interesting the other day…

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對方提起的事情跟某時事有關聯:

<aside> 📌 Funny that you mentioned that but I read that….

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Responding 回應

When you don’t know about the news

<aside> 📌 I haven’t been keeping track of the news.

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<aside> 📌 Oh yes I heard about that.

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When it is quite shocking or bad

<aside> 📌 It’s hard to wrap my head around it.

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<aside> 📌 It’s terrifying / horrifying.

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When it is a piece of good news