為什麼外國人見面都喜歡問:Hey, how are you? 如何回答才顯得地道?除了fine/great, thank tou←_←?
下面有翻譯 ↓ ↓ ↓
相關口語課: 「Fine, thanks, and you?」 一則並不好笑的的笑話。
People say "Hey, how are you?" as a polite way to start a conversation or because they feel the need to follow the social convention of asking someone about how they are. It is your choice to answer this question to direct the conversation.
Here are some ways to answer the question:
- I"m fine, thank you. (I don"t have anything to say and I don"t have a strong desire to have a conversation)
- Fine, thanks. And you? (I have nothing special to say so if you want the conversation to continue, you have to come up with a topic)
- I"m good (I am not that interested in having a conversation and my Grandma didn"t teach me about grammar :P)
- I"m really busy with work right now but I"m really enjoying it. How are you? (I don"t have time to have a conversation but you could ask me more about my work)
- I"m great! I just got a new car. (Let"s talk about my car)
- I"m having a bad day, can we talk about it later? (I want to talk but not right now)
- Can you give me a hug? (Something bad happened, please comfort me)
- ... There are endless ways of answering "how are you?" Be creative.
I have answered a related question here: 如何禮貌回答招呼用語 What#x27;s up?
I hope this is helpful.
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感謝 @SilentLeo 的翻譯!
人們說"Hey, how are you?"是為了用一種禮貌的方式開始一段對話,或是因為他們覺得他們應該遵循社交常規,先問問對方最近怎麼樣。如何回答這個問題並引導對話由你自己選擇。
這裡有一些回答這個問題的方式:
- I"m fine, thank you. (我沒什麼可說的,我也沒有強烈意願來與你對話)
- Fine, thanks. And you?(我沒有什麼特別的事情想說,所以如果你希望與我對話,請自行開始一個話題)
- I"m good(我沒有興趣開始和你的對話,並且我的奶奶也沒教過我語法。。。)
- I"m really busy with work right now but I"m really enjoying it. How are you? (我沒時間和你對話,但你可以問我一些有關我工作的問題)
- I"m great! I just got a new car. (咱們來聊聊我的車吧)
- I"m having a bad day, can we talk about it later?(我想和你對話,但不是現在)
- Can you give me a hug?(我身邊有一些不好的事情發生了,請安慰我一下)
這裡有無限種方式來回答這個問題,回答得有創意一點吧~
我回答過一個關聯問題,下面是鏈接:如何禮貌回答招呼用語 Whats up?
希望這對您有所幫助。
擦肩而過的場景:最標準:Good, not bad
扎點雞血:Great!
多扎點雞血:Excellent!
然後加個禮貌回問:Yourself?
但很多時候how are you只是作為禮貌開場的,如果還有別的想說,客套完之後就自然切換話題好了。
"How are you?/ what"s up?"
"Good/ Nothing much. You good?"
"Oh terrific. Ah I saw you the other day at the library blah blah blah...」
「吃了么您內?」
「剛吃完。您吃完出去遛彎?」
「是啊,得溜達溜達。對了,那天看見你家閨女小紅和隔壁老王家小王手拉手,倆人搞對象了?」
回答 How are you. 即可。
每天都有20+人對我說how are you
統一回答都是, not good, too much work
根據自己的真實狀態回答
不,外國人見面也有問Hallo, wie geht"s?的
一般美國人見面打招呼喜歡這麼問,Hey, how is (it) going today?
回答一般可以有以下幾個選項:(括弧里一般略去不說)
I am doing great!
I am good.
I am doing good ( deeds/acts)
I am doing well.
I am fine.
I am doing okay/alright.
I am doing not bad.
跟非知交打招呼,一般就用這些,哪怕你今天其實糟糕透了,但也沒有必要回答說你今天過的很慘,怎麼怎麼慘之類的。人家就是習慣性的打招呼而已,其實絕大多數時候對於你真的如何沒有興趣。好多時候就一句how is (it)going,然後沒等對方答覆人都走掉了。
我最常用的:
"Good. Thank you. Yourself?"
"Good. How are you?"
一般足矣。
好多年前有一天一大早上班在公司里遇到我的非裔美國人上司進門的時候幫我撐著門,我隨口和他打招呼:"Hey XX, How are you?"
他:"Terrible."
我:@@;;;~!@#$% ^
我就像被催眠師打破定勢心理而思維短路一樣,足足楞了好幾秒種,扭頭兒問身邊其他人:他剛才是說terrible嗎?How? Why?!
......
後來我知道那天早些時候Michael Jackson去世了。
嗯……其他人的答案都太normal了,還是讓我寫點interesting的回復方式吧:
1. Like a rolling stone
2. If I were any better it would be a sin
3. Life is beautiful
4. I am much better now that you are with me
(最好是異性,或者是在你確定對方會被你掰彎的前提下使用,否則……unbelievable!)
5. So far,so good
6. Any better would be taxable
7.Excellent enough
8. Room for improvement
9. Better than I deserve
10. Better than yesterday and hopefully not as good as tomorrow
11. Your attempt at social interaction is hereby acknowledged.
其實吧,如果是禮節性的問候,我們回答Good就好啦。但朋友之間的問候,就需要少些套路多些坦誠。我在土澳的時候,經常早上起來問好,收到的回答是:Tired、Terrible、Awful之類,其實很多時候只是對方前天玩得太厲害而腰酸背痛,或者是一不小心咖啡喝多了導致失眠,這時候,就要做一個暖男/小棉襖,甩過去一個Hug。
比heart. lol
Sometimes you answer how are you with a standard response like good, how "bout you? But if you want to start a conversation, you can really answer. For example, "Tired, I studied all night and haven"t gone to sleep yet." Or, "Awesome, last night I went to the Warriors game. Curry nailed 8 threes." Or even, "It"s been a tough week. My children are driving me crazy." So if you"re willing to have a conversation and have the time for a short conversation, answering how you really are.
澳洲窮學生上課無聊碼個字…
多年經驗親測一個Good足矣…然後直奔主題別廢話…
再然後千萬別說那句黑了整整幾代祖國花朵的 im fine and u好么…
最後告訴你最實用的其實是打先手:見面一個微笑直接一句「Hi, how r u going」甩他一臉完爆各種low b回答…
就這樣,少年我只能幫你到這兒了你們答得不全啊,
hey, how are you
I am fine,thank you,and you?
I am fine, too,what is your name?
my name is hanmeimei, and you?
my name is li lei, nice to meet you
nice to meet you, too
good bye
bye
nice to meet you, too和good bye這兩個關鍵句式呢?哎。。每當我看到中國的英語教育就痛心疾首,你們都不好好學習人教版的教材啊
我也有這個疑問,所以一般我都搶先問How are you (○o○)
我每次問完how are you好像都沒聽人家怎麼回答
腐國學習搬磚中......!
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歪果仁一般說Hey, how are you(立為flag)?一般而言都有打招呼的意思(為什麼),類似與Hi、Hello,但做出回答也要根據相應情況而定(談談自己經歷)!
來次國外,多數還是去學校,工作,旅遊場所!
1:學校
每次上課前,和老師見面多數都是看見老師抱著一堆書進來,然後客氣的來句flag?
此時啊!說多了都是廢話,一句Well,Fine足矣,然後來個大大的微笑,最後才是體現你價值的時刻,屁顛屁顛的跑過去幫忙拿書最好!
同學來句flag時,還是套路一下比較好,畢竟要客氣一下,回答類似於Fine, thanks. And you?同時國外同學每次見面都挺喜歡握手,此時來個手勢表現一下最好!如果想繼續聊一下就小討論一些學習和生活話題!
當學校領導來句flag時,千萬千萬不要說Nice to meet you!(朋友A初來學校,被學院領導歡迎,然後和領導套路了一句(Nice to meet you!),呵呵噠,然後教室N位領導老師偷笑)!那怎麼回答呢,Well,Fine什麼的太粗淺!所以啊,應該簡要介紹一下自己情況,誇獎一下領導什麼什麼噠,學校什麼什麼噠!套路才是王道,給足面子OK,但是一兩句就好,畢竟領導都挺忙!
2:工作
學校學習搬磚中,沒工作經驗,所以工友就當做朋友回答!
朋友來句flag,肯定平常回復啊,畢竟彼此都挺熟悉!看當時自己心情或者有沒有事情要處理做出相應回答,無聊時就大談自己最近情況最好!
I"m having a bad day, can we talk about it later?(我想和你對話,但不是現在)
I"m great! I just got a new car. (咱們來聊聊我的車吧)
等等都行
領導來句flag時,還是向領導套路一下比較好!一般不要問and you?畢竟階層關係嘛,然後適當彙報一下工作也好,畢竟咱也是把工作時刻掛在心裡的人呀:)
3:旅遊
旅遊基本上見到的都是陌生人(即便有時朋友來句flag,此時介紹一下新的景點即OK)
有次哈,晚上9點多,一行人(6個)集體迷路中,蹲在路邊看手機導航討論中!然後來個熱心的腐國美女來句flag,很明顯嘛!這句話就是你有什麼問題嘛,有什麼要幫忙的嘛!
先別套路,解決問題最重要!此時來句最簡單的話Sorry,I have some question!把自己的問題說出來,然後解決問題之後趕緊套路,恨不得不想叫別人走的樣子,thanks,thank you一定不能少!
還有一些比如去商店,超市,理髮店,手機店等!
服務員或者老闆來句flag,陌生人肯定不認識你哈!還是先解決問題重要,最後套路!
其他情況想到再回答!
如果只是擦肩而過,一般就,not much,how about you。有時候反問也沒有的,因為真心不到一秒的事情。如果要站定聊天的,im doing fine 或者its ok i guess或者im good + what are you up to?這個口語基本夠了,語法上可能不完全正確。
順便說下whats up的回答,上面的幾條也都可以用,也可以回一個whats up。大部分用whats up問候的黑人或陌生人多一些,所以一般點個頭,或者hey,hello都行。
真的直接答good/im good
就算不好也得說好,因為禮貌而言,沒人關心你好不好。如果關心的話不是這麼問。
不知道樓上寫這麼多有什麼用。
坐標英國格拉斯哥。
英國人民比較常見的回答方式是:
A: How are you?
B: I"m fine./ Good./ That is ok.(這個少見一點。) + How are you?(回問)
A: I"m fine.
How you doing?~~~~o(〃"▽"〃)o(^3^)╱~~
Not bad, thank you for asking.
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