如何用英语问候并结交朋友

1．Howareyoudoing?

A.Whenwespeakquickly，thepronunciationoftensoundslike：“Howareyoudoing?”

B.Noticethelastreply，“notsogood.”Mostofthetimethequestionismetwithapositiveanswer，butifwearea’tdoingwell，forwhateverreason，itisalrighttobehonest．Thisreplywillprobablygetareplysomethinglike，“What’swrong?”Then，youcantellthemyourproblem．

C.Becarefulnottoconfusethisquestionwith，“Whatareyoudoing?”ManytimesIhavegreetedChinesefriendswith，“Howareyoudoing?”onlytogetareplylike，“I’mgoingtomyclassroom．”

2．How’sitgoing?

A．Sometimesitispronounced。“How’sitgoing?”

B．Aswiththeaboveexample，sometimesitisOKtogiveanegativeanswer，suchas；“Notverywell．”

C．Thisisveryinformal，andusuallyonlyusedwithpeoplewealreadyknow．

3．What’sup?

A．Thisisaveryinformalgreetingandonlyusedwithpeopleweknowwell．

B．Itcanalsobeusedwhensomeoneweknowknocksonourdoororcalls，asinthehinese，“什么事?”

C．Sometimes“What’sup”isshortenedtoonly，“sup?”

4.Hi

A.Sometimesthissoundsmorenaturalthan“Hello”．

B.Sometimespeoplereplytothiswithoneofthefirstthreequestionsonthechartabove．

C．Oftenwerisethiswhenwearepassingsomeonewerecognizebutarenotactuallytryingtostartaconversation．Theymaysmileandsay“Hi”or“Hello”quietly，ortheymayjustgiveyouasmile．Thisnonverbalresponseisnotconsideredunfriendly．

5．Hey

A．Thiswordcanhavedifferentuses，dependingonthesituationandthetoneused．

B．Usually，itisonlyusedwithpeoplewealreadyknow．

C．Ifitisusedloudlyorwithasharptone，itcanbealittlerude．

D．Sometimesitisusedjusttogetsomeone’sattention，whichmaygetareplylike，“What?”or，“Heywhat?”Sometimesatasportsgamefanswhoareunhappywiththerefereeshout，“Heyref!”

6．Hotenoughforyou?

A．Thisgreetingisonlyusedonveryhot

B．Aghisnotreallyaword，justasoundaslightlynegativetone．days，toemphasizethatitisveryhot．wemaketoemphasizesomethingandgiveit

7．Goodmorning．

Usuallywejustsaythesamethingback，butwecanalsocreateourownanswers．

8．ByeBye．

IhavebeenhearingthisalotinChinalately，whichisn’tsurprising，sincemoreandmoreEnglishwordsarebecomingpartofChinesevocabulary．However，innativeEnglishspeakingcountries，byebyeisnotusuallyusedbyadultsexceptwhentalkingtosmallChildren．Adultsoftensay“bye”butonlyonetime．Weuseitasashortformofgoodbye．

9．Takeiteasy．

Thisisverysimilarinmeaninganduseto“慢走”．