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How are you?
I’m fine, thank you. And you?
Oh my gosh!
咋了?
瞧你這機械式回答,你是機器人嗎?是復讀機嗎?
我去,那該怎么說?
你好歹也是個外星人啊,對話要懂得結合實際,靈活變通!
在日常對話里,如果打招呼只說“Hello”或“Hi”未免太過敷衍,人們經常會用更加生動的“How are you”來問候。就好像漢語里問:
“喲,吃了嗎您吶?”
然后對方回答:
“吃了,您呢?”
但是,如果教科書上告訴你“吃了,您呢?”是標準答案,叫你死記硬背,就算十天沒吃飯餓成了排骨都作此回答,那這樣的問候豈不是很機械,且毫無意義?英語對話,永遠不等同于英語考試。
所以,當外國人聽到中國人十個里有九個人說“Fine, thank you, and you”時就會感到困惑(已經不止一個外教向華生反映學生只會回答這句話了),甚至直接給你打上負面的印象分,覺得你是在敷衍他們。哪怕你回答“Fine, thanks.”都要好上不少。
那我們該如何回答“How are you”呢?華生來給你分享一點新鮮的句式和回答方式把。
如果你最近過得順心
1. I’m great.(過得很滋潤)
2. Pretty good. (很不錯)
3. Doing fine, and you? (過得不錯,你呢)
4. Good! You? (過得挺好,你怎么樣)
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如果你最近有點煩心
5. I’m OK. (還行吧)
6. Same old, same old.(老樣子)
7. Not too bad. (不算太糟)
8. Yeah, all right. (尚可)
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如果你最近過得很扎心
9. Not great. (不是很好)
10. I’m kind of tired today. (我很困倦)
11. Okay. No news is good news. (還行,摸魚)
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不過學會了以上15種的回答或許還不夠,因為你可能還需要學會how are you以外的問候方式。華生認識一位外教,就曾抱怨說:
For four years, Harries always greeted me the same exact way: “Hello teacher, how are you?” One day, I finally told him, “You know, Harries, there are many different ways to say hello. If you try some different ways to say something, you will improve your English.”
The next day, when he saw me, he walked up to me and said, “How are you teacher - hello.”
如果不想詞窮,就看看這8句話。
1. How are things?
(最近一切都好嗎)
“All good, thanks”
(都好,謝謝)
2. How&39;s it going?
(最近咋樣)
“Great, thanks for asking. You?”
(很棒,謝謝過問。你呢)
3. How are you getting on?
(你最近過得怎么樣)
“I’m good, and you?”
(過得不錯,你怎么樣)
4. How have you been?
(身體還好嗎)
“Fine, thanks for asking. You?”
(挺健康的,你呢)
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5. What have you been up to?
(最近在忙什么呢)
“I got a new job / I saw an interesting movie / My son just had a birthday.”
(有了新工作 / 看了部有趣電影 / 兒子過了生日)
6. Everything&39;s okay?
(一切都好嗎)
“Yeah, fine. You?”
(是,都挺好)
7. Alright?
(沒事吧)
“Alright.”
(沒事)
8. How have you been keeping?
(最近身體怎么樣)
“Yeah, I’m good.”
(還挺好的)
如果你覺得今天學習的口語有點多,華生就幫你挑出一些比較典型的:
1. How are you?
Doing fine, and you?
2. How&39;s it going?
“Great, thanks for asking. You?”
3. What have you been up to?
I saw an interesting movie.
(say what you did)
4. Alright?
“Alright.”
原文鏈接:http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/g4ti0f2C0ro4KdALW0ye3w
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