Thursday, October 29, 2009

你真的會用英文打招呼了嗎?(30)

Nice to meet you? 你真的會用英文打招呼了嗎?
你 也許覺得英文打招呼是很簡單的一件事,不就是Hello!  How do you do? How are you?  I'm fine, thank you. And you?  Nice to see you.、 Nice meeting you.  嗎?
先問你一個問題:

  • Job interview,和考官打招呼用Nice to SEE you 還是 Nice to MEET you?

打招呼還是有點學問的。先來解答以上問題。
? "Nice to see you"= 'Hello', 認識的人打招呼時用的。'
? "Nice to meet you" = 'Hello', first meeting of a new acquaintance.(不熟的人見面打招呼用的,面試、見新客戶都要用meet)
? "Nice seeing you" = 'Goodbye'認識的人道別時用的。
? "Nice meeting you" = 'Goodbye', first meeting of a new acquaintance.(不熟的人道別時用的)

美 國很少聽人用How do you do?,只有在特別正式,類似國宴這樣的場合才用,美國人聽到你用這個字,就像我們聽到外國人用"久仰、久仰"一樣,聽起來很彆扭。很多老外說他一輩子沒 用過這句話打招呼,直到他到台灣,這句話經常出現。自然打招呼用 Nice to meet you、It's a pleasure to meet you 即可。
1. A: How are you doing?
B: I'm doing great. / I'm doing OK. / Pretty good. / Not too bad. / I get by. (還過得去)

2. A: How's life treating you? 你日子過得怎樣?
B1: Not bad。/ It could be worse。還可以
How's life treating you?用於朋友之間。對好久沒見的人就說:How's life been treating you? <! /p>

3. A: What's up? 有什麼新鮮事兒?
B: Not much. 沒什麼。

4. A: What's new? 近來如何?
B: Nothing much. I'm still the same. / Not much. How about you? /Same shit, different day.

人生的得意失意,天天都有,每個回答都在理,但不必加深人生的沮喪感,打招呼時候多用點:Terrific! / Wonderful! /Fabulous! / Never better! 換一個微笑,會讓你一天的精神振奮,別人聽起來感覺也很好。



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