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  单元介绍

  Everybody meets other people! How did John use some Modern English expressions to meet his workmates?

  每个人都会和别人相遇!我们看看John是怎样用现代英语和他的同事打招呼的。

  You shouldn’t greet the President with a‘Hi, buddy!’, and your best friend would think you are a bit strange if you gave him or her a formal greeting. Knowing the right thing to say is very important, especially when meeting someone for the first time!

  你当然不能跟总统用“嗨,哥们儿。”来打招呼。而如果你和你的好朋友用太正式的方式来打招呼,他会觉得你很奇怪。所以,用正确的方式来打招呼是很重要的,特别是当你和某人第一次见面时。

Greetings
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  情景对话

  John and Carl arrive for work on Monday morning. Carl introduces John to a number of co-workers on the way in. Then he introduces him to his department manager. John also gets to meet some of the people who will be working for him. The following conversation shows how you can use various expressions for greeting people. How does John handle himself? Will he make a good impression?

  Carl:Good morning, Jim. I’d like you to meet John. He’s our new Sr. Software Engineer. John, Jim is our Personnel Officer.

  Jim:(shakes hands with John) Hello, it’s a pleasure to meet you, John. Welcome aboard.

  John:Thank you. I’m glad to meet you, too.

  Carl:And this is Frank. He’s part of your team.

  John:Hi, Frank, I’m very happy to meet you.

  Frank:Hello, John, I’m glad to meet you. I’ve heard so much about you.

  Carl:(smiling) Only good things, John. Oh, and here comes Ed Blakely, the department manager.

  Ed:Hello, you must be John. Pleased to meet you.

  John:I’m honored to make your acquaintance, sir. I’m looking forward to working for you.

  Ed:From what I’ve heard, you’re going to fit in just fine. I’ll see you this afternoon to go over things.

  John:Fine with me.

  Carl:And this is Margot. She’s also part of your team.

  Mira:Hello, John. It’s good to see you.

  John:Hello, Margot. The pleasure’s all mine.

打招呼

  注释

  1.Hello, how are you doing today?

  你好,今天怎么样?

  “How are you?”对中国人来说是以句很熟的英语问候语,而“How are you doing?”便有些眼生了。其实,这句话在英美国家中也被用得很广泛。我们还可以用:“How did you do?”来问候熟悉的人。

  2.Hey, what's going on?

  嗨,怎么样?

  ‘Hey’和‘hi’的用法差不多,多用于朋友间的相互问候。“What’s going on?”从字面意义上来理解是“什么在进行着?”,我们可以简单的理解成“怎么样?”

  3.Hello, it's a pleasure to meet you.

  你好,很高兴见到你。

  这句话我们中国学生应该不是很陌生,对于它的另外一些说法也应该有所接触,如“Nice to meet you”,“Great to meet you”,“It’s an honor to meet you”,“I’m very pleased to meet you”等等。

  4.Hey, what's up buddy?

  怎么样呀,哥们儿。

  “What’s up?”是另一句朋友之间随便的问候。字面的意思是指有什么新鲜事,这句话还可以说成“What’s new?”“What’s the news?”当然问这句话的人并不一定是非得知道有什么新鲜事,而多是简单的相互问候一下。对于此问候的回答可以像回答“What’s going on?”那样说:“Not much”,“Nothing much”.

  5.Hello, I’m honored to make your acquaintance.

  你好,和以上四句相比,这句话便显得较正式了。可以用于正式的场合中。认识你是我的荣幸。

  6.Hey, how's it going?

  嗨!怎么样?

  英语中的问候真是让人眼花缭乱,这儿又出来了一句“How is it going?”对这句话的回答和对“How are you?”的回答差不多是一样的,除了主语应该用‘it’.如:“It’s fine.”“It’s okay.”等等。

  7.Hello, thank you very much for coming to my home/office/party/...

  你好,多谢你大驾光临我的寒舍/办公室/聚会。

  这句话是一句比较正式的欢迎词,在说这句话时别忘了‘for’后面要加动名词‘coming’.

  8.Hello, I’m glad to meet you. I’ve heard so much about you.

  你好,很高兴见到你。久仰,久仰。

  久仰还可以用“Your reputation proceeds you”.来表达。这句话可以很快的拉近你和新朋友的距离。

  9.Hello, nice to meet you. By the way, nice shoes you have.

  你好,很高兴见到你。顺便提一下,你的鞋子很漂亮。

  初次和新朋友见面,一点儿‘compliment’应该是很悦耳的。特别是对方身上的一些细节,如果你能敏锐的发现并加以赞赏的话,他/她肯定会很快喜欢上你的。

  10.Hello, it's good to see you again.

  很高兴又见到你。

  你好,又见到你真高兴。两个朋友又见面时经常用这句话,如果他们俩是很久没见的话,可能会相互说:“Long time no see”. (好久没见了。)

  文化差异

  There are many ways to greet people, like“How are you?”,“What’s up?”etc., etc…. Most of the time, people don’t want to know your life story. These are basically just different ways of saying hello.

  在英语中有很多的问候方式,如“How are you?”“What’s up?”等等。其实在很多情况下,人们并不真想知道你的生活境况,而只是打个招呼而已。

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