Hi/hello
Good morning/afternoon/evening.
Good night! 告別,晚安.
Collectivism 集體主義
individualism 個人主義
privacy 隱私
Hey, what is up/what’s new? “ 近來還好嗎?
Hey和Hi的區(qū)別是:hi是打招呼,Hey是引起別人注意.
How are you doing? 也是打招呼不要詳細回答(=how are you?)
How is that going?
Hey, how is everything going?
How is your work going?
How are your families doing? 你家人還好嗎?
How is your husband doing?你先生還好?
How is your study /work going ? 你學習/工作進行得怎么樣/還好嗎/還順利嗎?
注意 : How is + 人+doing,How is +事物+ going?
聲調不同,個性差異.
回答有:very good/can't be better/I'm doing well/I'm well/I'm fine/ Well,it is OK /Oh,just so so /Oh,not good,really bad.
How do you do?很少用了
I’m doing well.
I’m well.
I am fine.
Oh getting be better
Oh not bad.
Well, it is ok.
Oh. Just so so.
Oh not good, really bad.
A:Good morning ,Mrs Brown. How are you doing ?
B: I'm doing well , thank you ,and you ?
A: Well.I'm fine .How is your husband ?
B: Alan was sick last week,but now he feels better!
A: Please give my regards to him!
Regard=treat 對待
eg:Don't treat/regard yourself as a kid.
We regard him as our boss.
Regard sb. as sth. 句型
<2>作名詞"對...有敬意"
We have a regard for David.
We have a regard for Michael(新東方總裁俞敏洪的英文名) .
BR!=best regards! <3>在email或商務信函中常見BR=best regard 誠摯的問候
Please say hello to him! 請代我向他問好
Please remember me to him! (這句比較文騶騶)
二)give best regards to sb.請代...向...問候。
類似表達還有 say hello to sb /remember sb to sb.
再看下面一段復雜的對話:
A:Jenny,I haven't seen you in ages.You look great today .
b: Thanks,John.It is really been a long time.How is everything going?
A:Well,not bad,thanks.
B:What's going on with your study ?
A:I'm working hard on my English now.
I haven’t seen you in ages.
It's really a long time/It's really been long/Long time no see.
3)What's going on with sb/sth?
What's going on with the project/your study?這個項目/你的學習進展如何?
4)work on
work on sth 忙于...
I'm working hard on my homework.
I worked hard on my paper and got A.
work on sb = try to persuade sb 勸說
eg:
-I will hope to work on him .He wants to go abroad,but I really don't want him to go.
-Let's drop it .Stop working on me.
5)What's up /What's new ?其回答是
Well,nothing up / not much.