Getting to know strangers always starts with asking questions and introducing yourself. When wefirst meet a foreigner, mutual introduction is an essential part of knowing one another.By this you can get knowledge of other people and give others a chance to know yourself as well.This subject concerns different backgrounds and requires a wide range of vocabulary and an accumulation of related expressions.
结识陌生人的总是从间讯和自我介绍开始。在与外国人交往的初期,相互介绍是至关重要的一步,从这里可以了解别人的背景,也是让别人了解你的机会。这个话题因为涉及不问背景,词汇较多,平时应注意积累相关表达方式。
country['hʌntri]n.国家
fellow['feiəʊ]n.伙伴,问伴
immigrant['lmlgrənt]n.移民
literature['iltrətʃə(r)]n.文学
medicine['medsn]n.医学,医药
nationality[,næʃə'næiəti]n.国籍
pursue[Pə'sjU:]v.追求
schoolmate['shU:imelt]n.校友,问学
supervisor['sU:PəValZə(r)]n.主管者
programmer['Prəʊgræmə(r)]n.编程员
visiting scholar访间学者
Often-Used Questions(常用询间句)
1.May I have your name?
请间您贵姓?
2.Where are you from?
您从哪里来?
3.Which country are you from?
您是哪国人?
4.What do you do for a living?
您做什么工作?
5.Why do you come to this country?
你为什么到这里来?
Negatives About Identity(身份陈述句)
6.My name is Li Ming.
我叫李明。
7.I come from China.
我来自中国。
8.I am Chinese.
我是中国人。
9.I work in a computer company.
我在一家电脑公司。
10.I come here as a visiting scholar.
我到这里做访间学者。
Negatives About Identity(身份否定句)
11.I'm not Japanese;I'm Chinese.
我不是日本人,我是中国人。
12.I'mnotfromHongKong;I'mfromBeijing.
我不是从香港来,我来自北京。
13.I'm not a student;I am a programmer.
我不是学生,我是编程员。
14.She is not my girlfriend;she is my sister.
她不是我的女朋友,而是我的妹妹。
15.I don't live here;I am just a visitor.
我不住在这里,我只是个游客。
Exclamations on Identity(感叹身份)
16.How nice to meet a fellow Chinese!
见到中国问胞真高兴!
17.What a pleasant surprise seeing a schoolmate here!
在这里见到校友真让人惊喜!
18.What a pleasure you will be in my college!
你就要到我的学校来了,真好!
19.If only we were from the same city!
要是我们来自问一个城市多好!
20.So pleased to know someone from the East!
很高兴认识从东方来的人!
1.Tom:May I have your name?
Lily:Call me Lily, Lily Wang.
汤姆:您贵姓?
丽丽:叫我丽丽好了,王丽丽。
2.Jenny:Where are you from, sir?
Man:I'm from Beijing, China.
珍妮:先生,您从哪里来?
杰克:我来自中国北京。
3.Clerk:What's your nationality?
Lady:I'm Chinese.
职员:您的国籍是哪里?
杰克:我是中国人。
4.Jack:Why do you come to the U.S.?
Girl:I come here to study medicine.
杰克:您为什么到美国来?
女孩:我来这里学医学。
5.Lily:What major do you take?
Man:I study physics.
丽丽:你学什么专业?
男士:我学习物理。
A First Meeting(初次见面)
Tom:Glad to meet you. I'm Tom Smith.
Jenny:I'm Jenny Green. Glad to meet you, too.
Tom:Miss Green, is it yourfirst time in London?
Jenny:Yes. I feel both excited and nervous here.
Tom:I can understand how you feel. I believe you will like London in no time.
Jenny:You bet. I've already fallen in love with London.
Tom:That's great. Oh, my bus is coming.Goodbye.
Jenny:Bye-bye.
汤姆:很高兴见到你。我是汤姆·史密斯。
珍妮:我是珍妮·格林。见到你我也很高兴。
汤姆:格林小姐,这是您第一次来伦敦吗?
珍妮:是的。我觉得既激动又紧张。
汤姆:我能理解您的心情。我相信您很快就会喜欢上伦敦的。
珍妮:说的没错。我已经爱上伦敦了。
汤姆:那太好了。哦,公共汽车来了,再见。
珍妮:再见。
Meeting an Acquaintance(遇见熟人)
Jack:Hello, Lily, long time no see. How is everything?
Lily:I'mfine, thank you.And you?
Jack:Not bad. How is your family?
Lily:They are very well, too. Bobbie will go to primary school next month.
Jack:No kidding. I hope he will love the school.
L i l y:Of course he loves it. He loves everything that is new to him.
Jack:I'm glad to hear that. See you later.
Lily:See you.
杰克:你好,丽丽,好久不见。你怎么样?
丽丽:我挺好,谢谢。你呢?
杰克:我还行。家里都好吧?
丽丽:他们都很好。波比下个月就上小学了。
杰克:真的啊。但愿他喜欢上学。
丽丽:他当然喜欢。他喜欢一切对他来说新鲜的东西。
杰克:这样我就放心了。再会。
丽丽:再会。