{"id":8721,"date":"2016-02-14T01:18:57","date_gmt":"2016-02-14T09:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/?p=8721"},"modified":"2022-12-27T13:17:47","modified_gmt":"2022-12-27T21:17:47","slug":"925-english-lesson-2-how-to-start-a-conversation-in-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/2016\/02\/14\/925-english-lesson-2-how-to-start-a-conversation-in-english\/","title":{"rendered":"925 English &#8211; Lesson 2:  Starting a Conversation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"videoWrapper\">\n<iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mEzuXQTcvcE\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>In today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/925-english\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">925 English lesson<\/a>, we&#8217;re going to learn all about how to start a conversation in English.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes we call starting an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/socializing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">English conversation<\/a> \u201cbreaking the ice.\u201d You can think of the \u201cice\u201d as that initial silence between people. 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