1、Things do not happen. Things are made to happen. 事在人为。 Chapter1 Greetings1A打招呼基本会话1. A: How are you doing? 你好吗? （注：are 的发音常略去，发成 How ya doin?）B1: Im doing great. 我很好。B2: Im doing OK. 我还行。B3: Pretty good. 还好。 B4: Not too bad. 还不错。B5: I get by. 过得去。2. A: Hows life treating you? 日子过得还算惬意吗？B1: Not bad.
2、不算坏。B2: It could be worse. 还行。“Hows life treating you?”用于朋友之间。对好久没见的人就说： Hows life been treating you?3. A: Whats up? 有什么新鲜事儿？B: Not much. 没什么。4. A: I havent seen you in ages! 久违！这一阵子躲到哪儿去了？B: Yeah, long time no see. 是啊，很久没见了。in ages = in such a long time 5. A: Whats new? 近来如何？B1: Nothing much. Im st
3、ill the same. 还是老样子，我一点儿也没变。B2: Not much. How about you? 没什么。你呢？B3: Same shit, different day. 不同的日子，同样的调子。See Appendix A（见附录 A）Things do not happen. Things are made to happen. 事在人为。 Chapter1 Greetings2Appendix A Greetings (Qs &As)简单的问候Hello! 你好!Hi! 你好!/嗨!Hey! 你好!/嗨!Hey there! 你好!Yo! 嗨! （俚语）Yo, G! 嗨，
4、哥们! （俚语）Howdy! 你好! （方言）Good morning. 早上好。（0 12:00am）morning. 早上好。Good afternoon. 下午好。（ 12:005:00pm）Afternoon. 下午好。Good evening. 晚上好。（ 5:00pm0）Evening. 晚上好。一般的问候How are you? 你怎么样?How do you do? 你好。How are you doing? 你过的怎么样?How are you keeping? 你过的怎么样 ?How are you feeling? 心情怎么样?How are you getting on
5、? 近来如何?How are you getting along? 近来如何?How are things? 事情办得怎么样了?How are things going (with you)? 近况如何?Hows it going? 一切都好吗?Hows everything? 一切都好吗?Hows everything going? 一切都好吗?Hows everything with you? 你一切都好吗?Hows anything at home? 家里一切都好吗?Hows your family? 家人怎么样?Hows it been? 近来怎样?Hows work? 工作怎样?Ho
6、ws life? 过得怎样 ?Hows your business? 生意如何吗? How is she (he)? 她(他)怎么样呢?Hows your family? 你家怎样?How was your weekend? 周末过得怎样?How have you been? 你过得怎么样?How have you been doing? 最近怎么样?How have you been getting along? 近来过得怎样？How goes the world with you? 近况如何?Hows your wife (husband, girlfriend, boyfriend, m
7、other, father.)? 你的妻子(丈夫，女朋友，男朋友，母亲，父亲.)怎么样?Whats happening with your family? 你家怎么样?Whats up? 怎么样?Whats new? 有什么新鲜事?Whats new with you? 有什么新鲜事?Whats new in your life? 有什么新鲜事?Whats happening? 在忙什么?What are you doing these days? Things do not happen. Things are made to happen. 事在人为。 Chapter1 Greetings
8、3这些日子在忙什么?What are you up to these days? 你最近在忙什么?What have you been up to? 你最近在忙什么?What are you doing here? 你在这儿做什么（你怎么在这儿）?What are you doing around here? 你在这儿干什么呢?What are you two doing here? 你们俩在这儿做什么呢?What are you still doing here? 你还在这儿干什么呢?Hey, we meet again. 嗨! 我们又见面了。What a pleasant surprise
9、 to meet you here! 真没想到会在这里遇见你!What a happy surprise! 真没想到会碰见你!What brings you here today? 什么风把你吹来了?What brings you to the city? 什么风把你吹来了?See what the wind blew in. 看什么风把你吹来了。Fancy1 meeting you here. 真巧在这遇见你。（ I didnt fancy meeting you here.）Hey, what a coincidence2! 嗨，真巧啊!What a small world! 真巧呀!Sm
10、all world! 这个世界真小呀!I never expected to see you here. 真的没想到会在这里碰到你。Im so happy to see you. 我真高兴能见到你。Its good to see you! 很高兴见到你!Its quite a pleasant surprise! 真没想到会见到你!Its so nice to see you again. 很高兴又见到你。Its been too long. 好久没见了。Its been a long time. 好久不见了。Been a long time. 好久不见了。Long time no see!
11、好久不见了!Havent seen you in a while. 好久没见了。Havent seen you for a long time. 很久不见了。Havent seen you for ages! 好久没见到你了!Havent seen you recently. 一段时间没见你了。We also havent seen them for ages. 我们好久也没有见到他们了。Do you remember me? 你还记得我吗?Why are you here? 你怎么在这儿?Where are you going? 你要去哪儿 ?Where are you off to? 你要
12、去哪儿?Where have you been? 你去哪儿了?Where have you been keeping yourself? 你去哪儿了?Where have you been up to? 在那儿发财呢?Are you well? 你还好吗?Are you better? 好点了吗?Anything new? 近来怎样?In good shape, are you? 光景不错吧 ?Things do not happen. Things are made to happen. 事在人为。 Chapter1 Greetings4夸奖的问候Look great. 看上去不错。You
13、look good. 你看上去不错嘛。You look nice. 你看起来很棒。You look well. 你看上去很好。You look lovely. 你看上去很美。You look radiant3. 你看起来很精神。Youre in the pink! 你气色真好!You look better than ever. 你看起来比以前更好了。Youre keeping well. 过得不错嘛。积极态度回答Good. 挺好。Pretty good. 还好。Great. 很好。Excellent. 很精彩。Very well. 很好。Quite well. 十分的好。Thats good
14、. 很好。Thats ok. 很好。Thats all right. 一切都很好。fine. 很好。Really fine. 真的很好。Just fine, thanks. 很好，谢谢。Every is fine! 一切很好!Everything is just great. 一切都很好。Everything is five by five. 一切都好。All right, thank you. 很好，谢谢你。Never better! 从来没这么好。Never been better! 从来没这么好。Never felt better. 从未感觉这么好过。Im fine! 我很好!Im do
15、ing good. 挺好的。Im getting on well. 我过的很好。Im all right. 我很好。Im wonderful. 我很好。Im just great! 我很好。I think really good. 我认为非常好。Im okay. 我很好。Its OK. 很好。Its all good. 一切都好。(Im) keeping myself out of trouble.(我)一直没问题。Couldnt be better. 好得不能再好了。Not bad. 不错，挺好。No complains. 还不错。中立态度回答Same as usual. 和往常一样。Sam
16、e as always. 和通常一样。Same as ever. 和从前一样。Same as before. 和以前一样。Same old, same old. 还是老样子。Same old, same new. 老样子。Same shit, different day. 不同的日子，同样的调子。Things do not happen. Things are made to happen. 事在人为。 Chapter1 Greetings5Like always. 像通常一样。Oh, the usual rounds. 哦，老样子。Just so so. 一般一般。So-so. 一般。Sur
17、viving, thanks. 凑合，谢谢。Bearing up, bearing up. 马马虎虎。I get by. 过得去。Im still the same. 还是老样子。Not too bad. 不算太坏。Nothing too bad! 不太糟，不算坏。Not much! How about you? 没什么!你呢?Nothing much! 没什么!Nothing special! 没什么特殊的!Okay I guess. 我认为还行。Much better now. 现在好多了。Fair to middling4. 还行，凑合吧。过得去。You havent changed a
18、 bit. 你一点都没有变。消极态度回答Not (so, too) good. 不( 很，太)好。Not (so, too, very) well. 不(很，太，很)好。Not (so, too) great. 不(很，太)好。Not exactly5. 不怎样好。Tired! 很累!Im (pretty) tired. 我很累。Im not good today. 我今天（心情）不好。 Im stressed6 out. 我压力很大。Its a long story. 一言难尽。Well, a little bit tired. 有点累。Horrible7. 很可怕。Terrible. 很糟
19、糕。I feel terrible. 我感觉糟透了。I am most definitely8 not all right. 我不是一般的糟。Things arent working out for me. 事事不如意。Things havent been going my way these few days. 这几天事事不如意。1. fancy fnsi vt. 想象2. coincidence kuinsidns n. 巧合，同时发生3. radiant reidjnt adj. 发光的，明亮的，辐射的4. middling mdl adj. 中等的5. exactly zktli ad
20、v. 恰好地；正是；精确地；正确地6. stressed strst adj. 紧张的；感到有压力的7. horrible hrbl adj. 可怕的；极讨厌的8. definitely defntl adv. 清楚地，当然；明确地，肯定地Things do not happen. Things are made to happen. 事在人为。 Chapter1 Greetings6B同学之间初次见面打招呼A: Hello. Im Sasha s:.B: Hi Sasha. Im Brent brent. (Hold out hand to shake)A: Nice to meet you
21、 Brent. Where are you from?B: Chicago1, Illinois2. And you?A: Im from Australia3. I live in a small town near Sydney4.B: Australia. Wow. Ive always wanted to go there. How long have you been in Canada?A: I just arrived this week. Its my first day of school.B: Really? I think youll love Vancouver5. I
22、ts not too hot and not too cold.1. Chicago ik:u n. 芝加哥（美国中西部城市）2. Illinois ,ilini(z) n. 伊利诺斯州（美国州名）3. Australia strelj n. 澳大利亚，澳洲4. Sydney sdn n. 悉尼（澳大利亚港市）5. Vancouver vnku:v n. 温哥华（加拿大主要港市）Things do not happen. Things are made to happen. 事在人为。 Chapter1 Greetings7C接待客户打招呼（接机）A: Hello, Mr. Tanaka. W
23、elcome to Silicon Valley1 Software. Im Jack, VP of Sales. Very nice to meet you.你好，田中先生。欢迎光临硅谷软件公司。我是杰克，销售副总裁。很高兴见到您。B: Im Takashi Tanaka, General Manager of Tokyo Technology. Its nice to meet you as well. Please call me Taka.我是田中高志, 东京科技总经理。我也很高兴见到您。请叫我塔卡。A: Its great to finally meet you face to fa
24、ce. After speaking so often on the phone, its nice to “put a face with the voice“. Thank you for coming all the way from Japan to visit our company. Weve been looking forward to meeting you today. How was the flight2?很高兴终于可以面见您。电话里交谈那么频繁后，很高兴可以“把声音和面容连到一起”。很感谢您从日本远道而来拜访我们的公司。我们一直期待着今天见到您。飞行旅程还好吗？B:
25、It was long, but very good. I just arrived at San Francisco airport 3 hours ago.很漫长，但非常好。3 个小时前我刚刚到达旧金山机场。A: Wow, you must be tired from the long flight. Is the jet lag3 bothering4 you?哇，长途飞行您一定累了。时差困扰您了吗？B: Im fine. I was able to get some sleep on the airplane.我还好。在飞机上我睡了一会。A: Would you like someth
26、ing to drink? We have coffee, tea, soda and water here.您想要喝点什么吗？我们这里有咖啡，茶，汽水还有水。B: Oh, thank you. I could use some coffee. The caffeine will help me stay awake during the meeting.哦，谢谢。我想要点咖啡。咖啡因可以帮我在开会时保持清醒。A: Of course. My assistant5 will bring it for you right away.当然可以。我的助理会马上给您送来。1. Silicon Vall
27、ey 硅谷（美国一高科技区名）2. flight flat n. 飞行；班机；航班3. jet lag 时差4. bother b vt. 烦扰，打扰；使不安；使恼怒5. assistant sstnt n. 助手，助理Things do not happen. Things are made to happen. 事在人为。 Chapter1 Greetings8D初次见面接待客人(接机)A: Excuse me, but are you Mr. Brown from America?您好，您是美国来的布朗先生吗？B: Thats it. I am Louis Brown. You must
28、 be Tao from Yiwu Foreign Trade Co. Ltd.是啊，我是路易斯布朗。您一定是义务对外贸易有限公司的涛吧？A: Yes. Nice to meet you, Mr. Brown.正是，很高兴见到您，布朗先生。B: Nice to meet you too, Mr. Tao. Now let me introduce1 my family. This is my wife, Susan, and this is my son, Peter, and Dina, my daughter.很高兴见到您，涛先生。让我来介绍一下我的家人，这是我的妻子苏珊，这是我儿子彼得，
29、蒂娜，我女儿。A: Let me help you with your luggage2.我来帮您拿行李吧！B: No, thanks. I can manage3 it.我能行，谢谢。A: Did you have a good flight, Mr. Brown?旅途愉快吗，布朗先生？B: Wonderful! Nice food and good service. But how long will it take us to get to the hotel?很愉快，吃得好，服务也不错。请问我们多久才能到达宾馆？A: About 30 minutes ride. Our car is
30、waiting over there. Lets go.大约 30 分钟的车程。车子在那边等着呢。我们走吧。1. introduce ntrdjus vt. 介绍；引进；提出；采用2. luggage ld n. 行李；皮箱3. manage mnd vt. 管理；经营；控制；设法； vi. 处理；应付过去Things do not happen. Things are made to happen. 事在人为。 Chapter1 Greetings9E去朋友家做客打招呼A: Hi Mike. Ive heard all about you. Jesse says you love to pl
31、ay guitar1.你好，Mike。久仰你的大名。听 Jesse 说你爱弹吉他。B: Yes I do, Mrs. Simpson. Nice to meet you.没错，我爱弹吉他。Simpson 女士，很高兴见到你。A: Were glad to finally be able to meet you. Dinner will be ready in about twenty minutes.终于能够见到你，我们很高兴。再过二十分钟左右就开饭。B: Is there anything I can do to help?有什么我可以帮忙的吗？A: No, everything is pretty much ready. Were just waiting on the roast2. I hope you like roast beef3.谢谢不用，基本都已经准备完毕了。我们只是在等烧烤，希望你喜欢烤牛肉。B: Yes, of course. Jesse tells me you are a fabulous4 cook.当然喜欢。Jesse 跟我说过你是一个超棒的厨师。1. guitar gt n. 吉他，六弦琴2. roast rst n. 烤肉；烘烤3. roast beef 烤牛肉4. fabulous fbjls adj. 难以置信的；传说的，寓言中的；极好的
