日常交往-见面问候英语用语

日常交往一、问候 Greeting初次见面 Meeting for the first time1.由你发起会话：Hello! How do you do? It’s very nice to meet you. /省略句Nice to meet you. /It’s a great pleasure to meet you./I am pleased to make your acquaintance.★‘How do you do?’vs.‘ How are you? ’﹡视频前者用于首次正式问候，用‘How do you do? ’回答；后者用于熟悉后打招呼，用‘I’m fine, thanks./Pretty good./Not bad./Hello./Hi.’回答.★‘Nice to meet you. ’vs.‘Nice to have met you. ’（能遇到你真高兴。

）前者用于见面打招呼，后者用于见面后道别的客套话。

I often heard so much/a lot about you. 一直久仰大名。

其他搭讪用语 pick-up linesI think I know you? Aren’t you Mr.+ surname 姓Have we met before?You look so familiar. You like one of my friends.You have a charming smile.I like your hairdo. /I really love your hairstyle./You lookpretty cool with the haircut.Would you like a drink? Coffee, tea or wine? Instant coffee or freshly ground coffee? /A glass of red wine, white wine, rose wine or champagne?I am brewing coffee. Would you like one?Can I interest you in a cup of coffee?/Can I buy you a drink?/ I’d like to treat you to a drink.★beverages饮料分类(alcoholic drinks + non- alcoholic drinks):alcoholic drinks : 1. spirits/liquor烈酒(中国白酒rice wine) 2.beer 3. wine (西班牙水果酒sangria+ 西班牙雪莉酒sherry)4.cocktail 5. aperitif开胃酒 6. desert winenon- alcoholic drink不含酒精饮品=soft drinks: Coca cola, Fanta, Sprite, black tea with/without sugar or milk), jasmine tea ★coffee:Can you give me a light, please?借个火，可以吗？You have a good sense of humor.自我介绍 (3o seconds preferred not more than 3 minutes) +供职的事务所+职务My name is Sam Yeung. I’mfrom/work for(with)……law/legal Firm. I’m a solicitor（事务律师）/barrister(诉讼律师). I’m now a practicing lawyer/assistant lawyer, but I will turn into an independent lawyer soon next year. .表示律师：1. lawyer最常用，除了指律师外，还可指法官﹑检察官和法学教师等。

2. attorney 在英国最初是指在普通法院执业的律师，后被solicitor取代，现英国人已鲜用；在美国attorney广泛用于授权为当事人代理案件的律师，比lawyer正式，围窄，多用于法律事务代理律师。

Attorney-at-law一词为美国用语，通常用在名片上。

3. bar是律师的全称概念，与法官对应。

各地律师协会一般用bar association表达。

4. barrister 一词源于英格兰法律，多用于英国﹑新加坡等国和地区，又称大律师﹑辩护律师，指有资格出席高等法院法庭的律师，与之相对应的是solicitor。

5. counsel指承受指派，专门为个人﹑公司和政府公务部门提供法律服务的人，称为法律顾问。

Counselor 在英国已经被废弃，其在爱尔兰和美国等地有时仍在使用，基本等同counsel，但比counsel正式。

籍贯Allow me to introduce myself. I am from/reside in(居住) Canton, China. It is the capital city and of Guangdongprovince and economic hub of southern China,adjacent[ədʒeɪsnt]to Hong Kong. It is southern gateway of China since it has always been the biggest port open to foreign trade.学历 QualificationI graduated from GuangdongPoliceCollege with a bachelor/master/doctor degree and ended up working inprocuratorate for one year. And then I changed my job I have passed the National Judicial[ dʒudɪʃl ]Examination in China.I have worked from the current law firm for two years. I性格描述 PersonalityI’m （an） sociable. 好交际的，友善的人/outgoing/extrovert =extravert“性格外向的人”，但含有贬义，“喜活动而不喜思想的人”The strongest trait in my character is cheerfulness/optimism/reliability/perseverance/carefulness. As a qualified and professional lawyer, I am reliable and competitive. You can definitely count on me/ feel rest assured.I am mot good at dealing with people. 我不擅长交际。

I have a good interpersonal relationship. I am good at dealing with people.兴趣/专长Photography is one of my hobbies./ I often spend my spare time hiking 远足，徒步旅行and trekking. 徒步旅行/ Independent travel/package tour takes up most of my spare time.家庭I come from a typical Chinese extended family.(大家庭，与祖父母，已婚子女等共居的三代或数代同堂的家庭)★the sandwich generation(support 4 elders and raise theirchild)﹡澜视频In the past, a lot of Chinese people prefer boys to girls, leading to selected abortion. As a result, there are far more boys than girls, which has posed a threat to population distribution.Nowthe only child policy has been abandoned and a second child policy is advocated. The reason is that China is facing an increasingly aging society.I come from a nuclear family. (由夫妻两人与子女组成) We area double income family./ My wife and I both work outside. 双职工家庭And my parents have retired.★DINKS 丁克族 = Double Income No KidsThere are four people in my family, my father/ father-in-law, my mother/mother-in-law and my three-year-old son.3.询问对方情况May I have your name, please?国籍/州/郡Where are you from? Which state（美国的州）/county(英国的郡) in particular?(具体，特定地)I have been to New York.在的生活How long have you been /stayed in Hong Kong? Are you used to the fast pace of life/hustle and bustlehere? (城市生活的忙碌，喧嚣)?★介绍自己在的情况：I am new here. /I am a stranger around here.▼饮食catering 视频： vs. ＊视频Place where u can eat: food stall 熟食摊档/大排档， food court 美食广场，private kitchen(fusion新派菜式，Cantonesecuisine[kwɪzi:n]), restaurantWays of cooking: 蒸steam, 煮boil, 煲poach, 炆stew/simmer,炒stir-fry, deep-fry炸Local specialties: pig lung in chili sauce, sour chicken with tangerine peels, omelette, sunny side up, over-easy, sausage,toast烤面包/吐司，egg waffle, pan cake, pastry, roast chestnut, fish ball, sticky rice pudding, dim sum, sweet and sour pork, chicken feet, lotus leaf stuffed with chicken and sticky rice，macaroni通心粉，spagetti意大利粉seasonings: soy sauce, oyster sauce,chopped spring onion, chili, garlic, rice wine, parsley/basilDescription of food:overdone,tasteless, spectacular in presentation, appetizing, yummy, nourishing, full of deep flavor, look good, smell good and taste fantastic色香味俱全，moreish食不停口, perfectly cooked, delicacy佳肴, mellow mouthfeel 醇厚的口感▼ transportationOctopusstore value card 八达通储值卡， underground (tube) 英式英语，subway/metro美式英语，tram有轨电车（英式英语），streetcar有轨电车（美式英语），trolley也可以用来表示“电车”，在美国表示“有轨电车”，而在英国则表示“无轨电车”；double-deck bus, coach, ferry, cruise shipStop vs. terminal, interchange, pierHow much is the bus/train/ferry fare车资(deluxe seating ticket /ordinary ticket)?The bus fare includes the tunnel fee 海底隧道费 and toll过路费.资费 rate,酒店房价rateGet on/get off, pick up/ drop off4.完毕谈话保持联络How can I get in touch with you?/ How can I reach you?/How can I connect with you?Do you mind telling/Could you tell me your contactinformation/your MSN/face book account/what’s appsaccount?You can contact me by mobile phone/through email. Doyou have my phone number?Keep in touch! / Please stay in contact with me.Let’s exchange in contact.Here is my name card.介绍他人 Introducing somebodySo what brings you here?Mr. /Lawyer + surname/last name姓, I’d like to introduce Mr. Lee, a lawyer of our law firm.So what brings you here? 什么风把你吹到这儿？（关系熟络了，调侃语气）熟络再次见面问候1.相隔时间不长Hello! /Hi!/ Hey(there)!How are you?/Are you well? Are you all right?/Anything new?What’s going on?/ How are things?/ How are you getting on?/ How is everything going?What are you up to?/What’s happening?/What keeps you so busy lately?/How are you doing recently?Why are you in such a good mood?You look under the weather today./You look sick today./You look pale today./You look a bit of color today./You don’t look well today.2.相隔有段日子(1)Are you getting weight?/Have you gained weight lately?(2)Are you losing weight?/Have you lost weight lately?(3)I haven’t seen you for a long time/ages.(4)Are you good these days?/ How is the world going?/ How is your life going on?(5)How is your job?回答—I am fine, thank you./Not bad.Pretty fair/well, thank youEverything goes smoothly/is going on well./is in order.I am all right./All is well with me./So far, so good. Couldn’t be better.Same as usual./Same old stuff./As they always do./It’s the same old thing./ Every day is one of those days.每天都是老样子。