Saying hello and goodbye is an indispensable part of interpersonal communications. Warm-hearted greetings and polite valedictions make very good impressions on people and help promote friendship and mutual understanding.Greetings and bidding farewells in English are usually very brief and non-meddlesome.There are differences between the English and the Chinese ways of saying hello and goodbye.
间候和道别是与人交流时不可或缺的环节。热情关切的间候、彬彬有礼的道别常常给人留下美好的印象,有助于增进了解和友谊。英语中的间候与道别往往相当简洁,不涉隐私,注意与我们中国式间候、道别的差异。
acquaintance[ə'hWelntəns]n.熟人
hesitate['heZltelt]v.犹豫,迟疑
honor['αnə(r)]n.茉誉
marvelous['mO:Vliəs]adj.令人惊叹的
nervous['n3:Vəs]adj.紧张的
pleasure['Pieʒə(r)]n.愉快
primary school小学
Often-Used Greetings(常用间候句)
1.How do you do?
你好吗?(初次见面)
2.How are you?
你身体好吗?
3.How are you doing?
一向可好?
4.How's everything?
近来怎么样?
Negatives About greetings(间候与道别陈述语)
5.I'mfine/well/good.
我很好。
6.Everything goes well with me.Thank you.
我一切都好,谢谢。
7.So nice/glad/pleased to meet you.
见到你真高兴。
8.My pleasure/honor to meet you.
见到你真是茉幸。
9.Goodbye/Bye-bye/So long/Farewell……
再见;别了。
10.See you(later/tomorrow)
再会/回头见/明天见。
Greetings with Negatives(否定式间候语)
11.I've never been better.
我很好。
12.You can't imagine how happy I am to be invited.
你不知道能被邀请我是多么高兴。
13.I've never seen such a marvelous party.
我从来没有见过这么美好的聚会。
14.Please don't hesitate to call me by myfirst name-Lucy.
请叫我的名字露西好了。
Greeting Using Exclamations(间候感叹语)
15.Hello/Hi!
哈喂/咕!
16.How nice to see you!
见到你真好!
17.What a pleasure that we can meet here!
能在这见到你真是太高兴了!
18.What a pleasant surprise meeting youfinally!
终于见到你了,真是惊喜!
19.So pleased to meet you!
能结识您真是很高兴!
1.Tom:How do you do?
Lily:How do you do?
汤姆’你好?
丽丽’你好。
2.Jenny:Hello.Nice to meet you.
Jack:Nice to meet you too.
珍妮’你好,见到您真高兴。
杰克’我也很高兴。
3.Lily:How are you, Jack?
Jack:I'mfine.Thank you.
丽丽’你好吗,杰克?
杰克’我很好,谢谢。
4.Jack:So pleased to meet you here.
Lily:Pleased, too.
杰克’在这里遇见你,真高兴。
丽丽’我也很高兴。
5.Jenny:Hi, Tom, how are things going with you?
Tom:Just so-so. I'm still alive.
珍妮’咕,汤姆,一切可好?
汤姆’马马虎虎,我不是还活着呢。
6.Lily:I'm home.Goodbye.
Jack:Bye-bye.
丽丽’我到家了,再见。
杰克’再见。
7.Tom:So much for today.Good night.
Jenny:Good night. Have a good sleep.
汤姆’今天就到这里吧。晚安。
珍妮’晚安。睡个好觉。
Talking About New Classmates(谈论新问学)
Tom:Hi, Lily, what do you think of our new classmates?
Lily:Well, I like most of them, I would say. Jenny is very lively and warm-hearted while Jack is a clever and thoughtful monitor.
Tom:I can't agree more. But I dare say you may dislike Alice, who seems always gloomy and sullen.
Lily:Yes, I do feel a little awkward talking to her. But I don't think there is great problem in my relationship with her.It is Bob who Ifind most difficult to make friends with.He behaves like a rude hooligan to me.
Tom:I appreciate your frankness. You are right;Bob is rude in his way.Let's avoid him in the future.
Lily:Yes, it seems the best way to get on with him.
汤姆:咕,丽丽,你觉得我们的新问学怎么样?
丽丽:嗯,我要说大多数人我都喜欢。珍妮活泼热情,杰克是个聪明而细心的班长。
汤姆:我非常问意。不过我敢说你可能不喜欢爱丽思,她好像总是闷闷不乐的样子。
丽丽:不错,跟她交谈的时候我的确感到有点别扭。不过我觉得我跟她的关系没什么大间题。倒是鲍勃我觉得最难相处,对我来说他的所作所为像是个粗鲁无礼的小流氓。
汤姆:我欣赏你的坦率。你说得对,鲍勃的样子的确很粗鲁。以后我们躲着他点。
丽丽:是啊,这好像是跟他相处的最好办法了。
Talking About a Film(谈论电影)
Jack:Jenny, what kind offilms are your favorites?Love stories?
Jenny:Don't you think almost all thefilms will include something about love in them?So my favoritefilms are unusual love stories with some unusual background, not the old-fashioned fairy-tale ones.
Jack:Oh, that's interesting. Give me an example, then.
Jenny:For example, I love Forrest Gump very much, not because the heroine is also called Jenny, but because the innocent love Gump bears for Jenny moves me deeply.
Jack:Yeah, I agree with you, though I dont't like Tom Hanks in thatfilm.His perfor-mance seems unreal to me.
Lily:Do you?He sounds OK to me. Forrest is a simple-hearted lucky dog, isn't he?
Jack:Yes, too lucky to be true. Jenny must be more real.
杰克:珍妮,什么样的电影是你的最爱?爱情故事?
珍妮:你不觉得几乎所有的电影都会涉及到点爱情吗?因此我最喜欢的电影是那些发生在某种非常背景下的非常爱情故事,不是老套的童话式那种。
杰克:哦,有意思。举个例子看看。
珍妮:比如说,我非常喜欢《阿甘工传》这部电影,不是因为女主角也叫珍妮,而是因为阿甘对珍妮那种纯真的爱让我深受感动。
杰克:不错,我问意你的看法,不过我不喜欢那部电影里的汤姆·汉克斯。他的表演在我看来不真实。
珍妮:是吗?我觉得他还行。阿甘是个单纯的幸运儿,是吧?
杰克:是的,幸运得不像是真的了。珍妮要真实得多。