J.M.: Yes. It seems to be a problem that a lot of my students have, not knowing what to say. But all speech is just general conversation. It's basiaclly the same in Chinese and in English. We work them differently. What do you normally talk to your friends, your chinese friends? Think about that, and talk about them with your foreign friends. A good starter as "How was your day?" And if you tell me about your day, then I can learn many things that I can talk to you about. The most importantly is really let the person you are talking with know that you are interested in what they have to say.
我的许多学生也会有这样的问题，不知道说什么好。 所有的谈话只是一般的交流，这在中文里和在英文里都是一样的。你平时和你的本国朋友聊什么，也可以和你的外国朋友聊什么。比如，以“你今天过的怎么样”这样的问题为开始，如果你告诉我一些事，我就有了更多可以聊起来的材料。最重要的是，要让你谈话的对象感觉到，你对他将要说的事情是感兴趣的。
主持人：Mr. Maddox, how good does my english level have to be inorder for me to get into a foreign company?
J.M.: It depends upon the foreign company, on what your job might be. Sometimes one of the things that more important in your English level is your confidence in English. Many
People I meet have very high english level, but they're nervous to use their English. So you must show your cofidence, in a lot of time, even though you have lower level than someone else, you still seem you have a higher level, and maybe you'll get the job when they don't.
主持人：Hi Josh, i get so afriad to speak in english whenever I face with a foreigner, and I get competely speechless. Could you give me some advice?
J.M.: One of those things that you should realise is that most foreigners that are in China, most are away from homes, away from their families. And we are very excited when someone comes up and speak English to us. If we hear English that is not perfect, we don't think, "Oh, what for bad English, your English is so bad". We'd very impressed, "we want to speak Chinese as good as you speak English". So really feel confidence in yourself and approah someone and say whatever you want to say. We're happy to hear it, because there're a lot of people in this country, somewhere we feel we're lost in the crowd and away from home.
你要明白的一件事是，在中国的许多外国人，我们远离家、远离朋友。如果有人走上前来和我们说英文，我们会很激动的。如果这个人的英文不是很好，我们绝对不会想“这个人的英语怎么这么差”，而是会很震惊，觉得“如果我的中文说得和你英文一样好就好了”。所以，实在应该对你自己有信心，去找人说英文，无论你说什么，我们都很高兴听到。这大概是因为这个国家人太多了，在这里我们有时候会觉得在人群中迷失，觉得孤单想家。