Part 4 Greeting and Saying Good-bye 打招呼和說再見

Dialogue Script 1 對話原文 1

Anna: Hi, Wayne, haven't see you for a while. What have you been doing?

Wayne: Not much. Actually, I've had my head in the books for the last month or so. I've been studying for my mid-semester exams.

Anna: Really? You don't seem to be doing much at the moment.

Wayne: No. I've been reading books in the library all morning, so I just decided to have a break and check my e-mail on one of those computers.

Anna: I'm not very good with computer myself. I have trouble even doing simple word processing.

Wayne: Hmmm. I did one unit of computer studies in my first year at university so I don't find it difficult at all.

Anna: Speaking of difficulty, I hear that you want to study radio broadcasting this semester.

Wayne: Well, no. I did enroll in radio at the beginning of the year, but I changed my mind, now I want to study photo-journalism instead. Actually, I have to got to the communications and media studies department to change my enrollment.

Anna: When are you going to go, today?

Wayne: Yes, well, I'd better go now.

Anna: Would you like a lift? I'm going to the campus myself.

Wayne: OK! Thank you!

講解:

恰當的招呼問候能活躍氣氛，增進友誼。中國人常見的問候語象“你吃了嗎？”“你上哪去？”等等，其實現在也不是很常用了，在英語里就不適用。用英語打招呼，首先要區分是熟人還是不熟的人，遇見熟人說句：How are you？，有時間的話也可以多聊一些，像剛才的對話中，兩個人就聊起了學習方面的事。如果遇見不太熟的人，說一句"hi""hello"就足夠了。

另外還要注意一般不要打探人家的隱私。一般情況下，大家都是談論關于興趣、愛好、旅游、共同認識的朋友、工作啊等等。有時候我們還用身勢語和人打招呼，比如點頭微笑。

見面后大家談論的話題、內容都要依據對方的興趣、愛好等等，不能見什么人什么都說，所謂“人逢知己千杯少，話不投機半句多”，就是這個道理。

問候的常見表達方式：

What's new? –nothing special.

How are you doing?

How's everything going?

How are you getting on these days?

How are things going with you?

Hello there, what a coincidence!

Haven't seen you for ages.

It's a small world, isn't it?

回答的表達方式:

I'm doing ok, thank you.

Can't explain.

All right, thank you.

Pretty good, thank you.

Things couldn't be better.

Not bad!等等

再見的一些說法

Take care, bye!

Cheerio!

See you later!

Bye! Keep in touch!

Byebye!

So long!

下面這幾句雖然沒有明顯的標記，但是弦外之音都是要結束對話了，這時你就不要再說個沒完了。

It's been very nice talking to you.

Remember me to your family.

Send my regards to your family.

Hope to see you again at the next science fair.

Remember to drop me a line!