Henry, what have you been up to?
亨利,最近忙什么呢?
Oh, not much.
哦,沒忙什么。
What have you been up to?
最近忙什么呢?
You know, just getting prepared for the coming mid-term exam.
你知道的,就是忙著準備即將來臨的期中考試。
重點講解:
What have you been up to?
What are you busy at?
What are you busy at?意思是“在忙什么呀?”,但是這種表達太過書面化,老外遇到熟人時一般會說What have you been up to?短語be up to在這里是 “忙于…”的意思。此外,be up to在口語中還常常表示“取決于…”,相當于depend on,如:It's up to you.這由你決定。