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I'm broke. 我没钱。
Who will first break the ice, you guess? 你猜谁会先打破僵局?
提出要求建议:Would you please... ,而使用I hope... 有一种居高临下的感觉
situation 场景
How are you? 用于和熟人打招呼。
Did I make myself understood?
介绍用经典句型:
Let me introduce Linda to you.(非正式)
Have you met Linda?(非正式)
Allow me to introduce Linda.(正式)
I'd like you to meet Linda.(正式)
见面想交谈时:(围绕与两人都相关的话题展开)
Are you going to Toronto, too?
It's a long flight, isn't it?
Are you here for Eng class, too?
It's beautiful wedding, isn't it?
初次见面介绍朋友:
随意场合:
A: Mom, this is Melissa.(Let me introduce Melissa to you.)
Mellissa: Nice to meet you, Mrs. Johnson.(Please to meet you. Glad to meet you. Hi. Hello.)
Mom: Nice to meet you too. (You too. Likewise.) Please call me Sally.(友善且随便的场合)
A: Melissa, this is my mom.
Mellissa: Nice to see you. I'm Malissa.(My name is Malissa.)
正式场合:
A: Dr. Johnson, this is Michael.(先介绍级别低的人给级别高的人)
J: How do you do? (Nice to meet you. Pleased to meet you. My pleasure to meet you. It's a pleasure to see you.)
M: How do you do.
老友重逢打招呼:
A: How are you (doing)? (Long time no see! Haven't seen you for ages! Where have you been? How have you been?)
离别再见时:
Nice talking to you.
Have a good day!
Keep in touch.
See you around.
Good luck.
Take care.
场景:Visiting Friends
(David Smith and his wife, Joanna, go visiting Travis Johnson, S&S's General Manager and his wife, Betty)
Travis: Welcome! David, we're so glad you could make it!
David: Thank you for inviting us. Travis, this is my wife, Joanna.
Joanna: How do you do? I've heard a lot about you.
Travis: How do you do? And this is my wife, Betty.
Betty: So happy to know you both. Sit down. Just make yourself at home/comfortable.
D&J: Thank you.
Joanna: What a lovely house! Did you make it yourself, Mrs. Johnson?
Betty: Oh, call me Beth. Yes, I did the decorating … if you can call it that. Actually, I just tried to make it as simple as possible. I don't like a lot of frills.
Joanna: Oh, me, the same! That's why I think it's so beautiful.