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1、PubTalkandtheKing'sEnglishHenryFairlie 1Conversationisthemostsociableofallhumanactivities.Anditisanactivityonlyofhumans.Howeverintricatethewaysinwhichanimalscommunicatewitheachother,theydonotindulgeinanythingthatdeservesthenameofconversation. 2Thecharmofconver
2、sationisthatitdoesnotreallystartfromanywhere,andnoonehasanyideawhereitwillgoasitmeandersorleapsandsparklesorjustglows.Theenemyofgoodconversationisthepersonwhohas"somethingtosay."Conversationisnotformakingapoint.Argumentmayoftenbeapartofit,butthepurposeoftheargum
3、entisnottoconvince.Thereisnowinninginconversation.Infact,thebestconversationalistsarethosewhoarepreparedtolose.Suddenlytheyseethemomentforoneoftheirbestanecdotes,butinaflashtheconversationhasmovedonandtheopportunityislost.Theyarereadytoletitgo. 3Perhapsitisbeca
4、useofmyup-bringinginEnglishpubsthatIthinkbarconversationhasacharmofitsown.Barfriendsarenotdeeplyinvolvedineachother'slives.Theyarecompanions,notintimates.Thefactthattheirmarriagesmaybeontherooks,orthattheirloveaffairshavebeenbrokenoreventhattheygotoutofbedonthew
5、rongsideissimplynotaconcern.TheyarelikethemusketeersofDumaswho,althoughtheylivedsidebysidewitheachother,didnotdelveinto,eachother'slivesortherecessesoftheirthoughtsandfeelings. 4Itwasonsuchanoccasiontheotherevening,astheconversationmoveddesultorilyhereandthere,
6、fromthemostcommonplacetothoughtsofJupiter,withoutanyfocusandwithnoneedforone,thatsuddenlythealchemyofconversationtookplace,andallatoncetherewasafocus.Idonotrememberwhatmadeoneofourcompanionssayit--sheclearlyhadnotcomeintothebartosayit,itwasnotsomethingthatwaspre
7、ssingonhermind--butherremarkfellquitenaturallyintothetalk. 5"SomeonetoldmetheOtherdaythatthephrase,'theKing'sEnglish'wasatermofcriticism,thatitmeanslanguagewhichoneshouldnotproperlyuse." 6Theglowoftheconversationburstintoflames.Therewereaffirmationsandprotests
8、anddenials,andofcoursethepromise,madeinallsuchconversation,thatwewouldlookituponthemorning.Thatwouldsettleit;butconversationdoesnotneedtobesettled;itcouldstillgoignor
