●碰到友人

　　嗨!你好!

　　Hi! *比Hello隨便，用于比較熟悉的人，男女都可以用。

　　Hi! (嗨!)

　　Hi! (嗨!你好!)

　　你好!

　　Hello. *一天中常用的寒暄用語。

　　A)Hello, Mr. Smith. (史密斯先生，您好!)

　　B)Oh, hi John. (嗨，約翰，你好!)

　　*A為學生，B為老師。

　　你好!

　　Good afternoon. *下午用寒暄用語。主要用于工作環境中。

　　晚上好!

　　Good evening.

　　你好嗎?

　　How are you? *最常用的問候方式。除了有問候對方你好嗎的意思外，還含有午安在內的意思。

　　Hi, John! (嗨!約翰，你好!)

　　Oh, Mary! How are you? (噢，瑪麗，你好嗎?)

　　How are you? (你好嗎?)

　　Pretty good. (非常好。)

　　Hows it going?

　　Howre you doing? *語氣較隨便。

　　我很好，謝謝。

　　Fine, thank you.

　　Im fine, thank you.

　　不怎么好。

　　Not so good. *用于身體狀況不好或是有其他什么不好的事時。

　　How are you feeling? (你的身體怎么樣?)

　　Not so good. (不怎么好。)

　　Not so great.

　　Could be better. *雖然有向好的方向發展的余地，但給人一種不怎么好的語感。

　　老樣子。

　　Nothing much.

　　Nothing special.

　　認識您我很高興。

　　Glad to meet you. *用于初次見面。

　　Im glad to meet you.

　　Nice to meet you.

　　Its great meeting you.

　　出什么事啦?

　　Whats up?

　　Whats up? (出什么事啦?)

　　Nothing much. (沒什么。)

　　Whats new? *用于強調有無新的變化。

　　Whats happening? *強調發生什么事情了?

　　Howve you been? *有好長時間沒見的語感。

　　你的家人怎么樣?

　　Hows your family?

　　Hows your family? (你的家人怎么樣?)

　　Everyones fine. (大家都很好。)

　　還好吧?

　　Hows everything? *意為進行得順利嗎?。如果在飯館服務員這樣問的話是飯菜怎么樣?的意思。

　　Hows everything? (怎么樣，還好吧?)

　　Its going pretty well. (一切很順利。)

　　Hows everything? (還好吧?)

　　Same as always. (和平常一樣。)

　　Hows everything going?

　　Hows it going?

　　How are things?

　　工作怎么樣?

　　Hows business?

　　還可以。

　　Not bad.

　　今天怎么樣?

　　How did it go today? *用于會議或聚會等特別場合。

　　How did it go today? (今天怎么樣?)

　　So-so. (還湊合吧。)

　　How was your day?

　　和往常一樣。

　　Oh, same as usual.

　　How was work today? (今天工作怎么樣?)

　　Oh, same as usual. (和往常一樣。)

　　Same old, same old. *俚語。

　　Another day, another dollar.

　　急著干什么去呀?

　　Whats the hurry?

　　Whats the hurry? (急著干什么去呀?)

　　Were going to be late for the movie. (我 我們趕著去看電影呢。)

　　Why are you in a hurry? (為什么那么著急?)

　　Why are you hurrying? (干嗎那么著急?)

　　你去哪兒?

　　Where are you headed? *head 是動詞，be headed for...表示向著前進。

　　Where are you going?

　　Where are you off to?

　　你干嗎呢?

　　What are you doing?

　　What are you doing? (你干嗎呢?)

　　Im ironing my shirt. (我在熨襯衫呢。)

　　我在想點事兒。

　　I was just thinking. *just 表示一種有點，不過的語感。

　　我只是發了會兒呆。

　　I was just daydreaming. *daydream 沉湎于幻想。

　　我只是在消磨時間。

　　Im just killing time. *kill time 消磨時間、打發時間。

　　Im just hanging out. *hang out 什么都不做，無端地耗費時間。

　　你想什么呢?

　　Whats on your mind?

　　Whats on your mind? (你想什么呢?)

　　Im worried about my wife. (我有點擔心我的妻子。)

　　What are you thinking of?

　　沒想什么。/沒什么。

　　Nothing.

　　和往常一樣。

　　Another day, another dollar.

　　How was work today? (今天工作怎么樣?)

　　Another day, another dollar. (和往常一樣。)

　　你來的正是時候。

　　Youve come just in time.

　　Youve come at the right moment.

　　Youve come at the right time.

　　原來你在這兒啊!

　　There you are! *用于終于找到了要找的人時。

　　There you are! (原來你在這兒啊!)

　　Were you looking for me? (你找我?)

　　Gotcha! *俚語。

　　Here you are.

　　Found you!

　　杰夫在嗎?

　　Is Jeff around?

　　Is Jeff around? (杰夫在嗎?)

　　He was here a few minutes ago. (幾分鐘前他還在這兒來著。)

　　你見到斯科特了嗎?

　　Have you seen Scott? 多用于公司和學校。

　　Have you seen Scott? (你見到斯科特嗎?)

　　No, not today. (沒有，今天沒看見他。)

　　我偶然碰到了他。

　　I ran into him. *run into 沒想到的，偶然的相遇。

　　I bumped into him.

　　哎，你猜我昨天遇見誰了?

　　Guess who I bumped into yesterday?

　　Guess who I bumped into yesterday? (哎，你猜我昨天遇見誰了?)

　　Who? (誰呀?)

　　我跟他素不相識。

　　Hes a stranger to me. *表示以前從沒見過面。

　　●好久不見

　　好久不見。

　　Its been a long time. *當別人這么對自己說時，通常用It sure has.來回答。

　　好久不見。

　　Its been so long.

　　John, is that you? (你是約翰吧?)

　　Yeah, its been so long. (是我，好久沒見。)

　　好久沒見了。

　　Long time no see. *比較隨便的說法。對方一般回答Yeah, how have you been?/Yeah, too long.

　　Long time no see. (好久沒見了。)

　　Yeah, how have you bee n? (是呀，你還好嗎?)

　　I havent seen you for a long time.

　　I havent seen you for ages.

　　還好吧?

　　How have you been?

　　How have you been? (還好吧?)

　　Ive been all right. (嗯，挺好的。)

　　最近怎么樣?

　　How have you been doing? *詢問對方的身體和近況。

　　How have you been doing? (最近怎么樣?)

　　Ive been alright. (干得還不錯。)

　　忙什么呢?

　　What have you been doing? *用來詢問沒見面的這段時間里的情況。

　　What have you been doing? (忙什么呢?)

　　Just working. (上班唄。)

　　What have you been doing? (忙什么呢?)

　　Nothing much. (沒忙什么。)

　　What have you been up to?

　　你去哪兒了?

　　Where have you been?

　　很高興又見到你。

　　Im glad to see you again. *回答這句時說So am I. (我也是)。see可以用meet代替。去掉again則帶有初次見面的語感。

　　Im happy to see you.

　　Nice to see you.

　　Its great seeing you again.

　　你一點兒都沒變。

　　You havent changed at all.

　　Youre the same old Bob, arent you? (鮑勃，你還是老樣子。)

　　你沒怎么變。

　　You havent changed much.

　　You havent changed much. (你沒怎么變。)

　　Neither have you. (你也沒變。)

　　你變樣了。

　　Youve really changed.

　　你長大了。

　　Youve grown up.

　　Youre all grown up now.

　　Look how youve grown up. (看你都長這么大了!) *多用于爺爺、奶奶見到孫輩時。

　　你越來越漂亮了。

　　Youve become so beautiful.

　　Youve gotten so pretty.

　　約翰他好嗎?

　　Is John okay? *這種說法帶有約翰有病或受傷的語感。

　　Is John okay? (約翰他好嗎?)

　　Hes getting better. (好多了。)

　　你看上去不錯。

　　You look great.

　　You look great. (你看上去不錯。)

　　You look good, too. (你也一樣。)

　　你感覺怎么樣?

　　How are you feeling?

　　How are you feeling? (你感覺怎么樣?)

　　Im feeling great. (我感覺很好。)

　　他這些日子過得怎么樣?

　　Hows he getting along these days?

　　Hows he getting along these days? (他這些日子過得怎么樣?)

　　Good. (挺好的。)

　　Hows he doing? (他干得怎么樣?)

　　最近你是不是胖了?

　　Are you gaining weight?

　　Are you gaining weight? (最近你是不是胖了?)

　　Im afraid so. (好像是吧。)

　　Have you gained weight?

　　Are you getting fatter? *不禮貌的說法。

　　Are you losing weight? (最近你是不是瘦了?)

　　●分手時

　　再見!

　　Goodbye. *分手時最常用的寒暄用語。

　　Goodbye. (再見!)

　　Goodbye. Take care! (再見，保重啊!)

　　再見!

　　Bye. *比Goodbye的說法隨便。

　　Bye for now.

　　Have a nice day. (祝你今天愉快!)

　　See you later. (以后見!)

　　回頭見!

　　See you.

　　See you later.

　　See you soon.

　　See you again.

　　Catch you later.

　　See you around. *用于在同一座樓里，過會兒還有可能再見面時。

　　我去了啊。

　　Im off now. *off 去，走開。

　　Im leaving.

　　See you.

　　我得告辭了。

　　I have to go.

　　I have to go. (我得告辭了。)

　　Cant you stay a little longer? (再呆會兒吧!)

　　祝你好運!

　　Good luck! *在對某人去旅行或去做一件比較難的事情時使用。

　　Good luck! (祝你好運!)

　　Thanks. I need it. (謝謝，借你吉言。)

　　I wish you good luck.

　　祝你愉快!

　　Have a nice day. *與Goodbye的用法一樣。

　　Have a nice day! (祝你愉快!)

　　Same to you. (也祝你愉快!)

　　祝你周末愉快!

　　Have a nice weekend.

　　加油啊!祝你好運!

　　Good luck.

　　Break a leg. *原本是對要上臺演出的人說的話。

　　Go for it. (走吧!)

　　Hang in there. (那，加油吧!)

　　祝你玩得愉快。

　　Have fun.

　　Were going to Hawaii! (我們要去夏威夷嘍!)

　　Have fun! (祝你玩得愉快。)

　　Have a good time!

　　就這樣，堅持下去。

　　Keep it up.

　　Keep it up! (就這樣，堅持下去。)

　　Thanks for the encouragement. (謝謝你的鼓勵!)

　　別干得太猛。

　　Dont work too hard.

　　Take care.

　　Be careful.

　　旅途愉快!

　　Have a nice trip. *對要去旅行的人說的話。

　　I wish you a pleasant journey.

　　Have a good vacation. (祝你假期愉快!)

　　Bon voyage. *這是一句法語，現在英文中也用。

　　那多保重!

　　Have a good one!

　　真舍不得走，但是

　　I hate to run, but... *這句是結束談話時的開場白。其語氣為雖然我不想走，但。

　　認識你我非常高興。

　　It was nice meeting you. *只用于與初次見面的人分別時。其他情況下meet換成see。

　　It was nice meeting you. (認識你我非常高興。)

　　It was nice meeting you, too. (我也很高興見到你。)

　　Nice meeting you.

　　請代我向約翰問好。

　　Please say hello to John (for me).

　　晚安!

　　Good night.

　　再來啊!

　　Come again.

　　Come again. (再來啊!)

　　I will. (我會來的。)

　　Please come again. (請您再來!)

　　I hope you can come over again. (希望你能再來。)

　　Id be glad to have you over again. (如果你下次還能來的話我將很高興。)

　　別忘了給我帶點兒什么。

　　Dont forget to bring something back for me.

　　Dont forget to bring something back for me. (別忘了給我帶點兒什么。)

　　Dont worry, I w ont. (放心吧，忘不了。)