Small gallling English notebook (3)
March 2005 reprinted:
http://www.china-linguist.com/Englishcorner/English note/note04.htm
Little galls English notebook three: common question
This episode is to introduce some of the most commonly used in the United States. My philosophy is always, others don't take the initiative to talk to me, I will take the initiative to talk to people first open the words, usually, I will start with a simple question. Our conversation, maybe he is a question, maybe asked, but I think as long as you dare to open first, you will definitely have a lot of opportunities to practice English with old America.
1. How are you doing? How are you? Americans meet the most common way to play the way, "Hey! How are you doing?" Or "how are you?" Otherwise "How's going?" Is also very common. I I feel that this habit of saying greetings every day is the beginning of the establishment of a good relationship with American friends. Many people think that Americans are very indifferent, do not greet themselves, but why not very indifferent to American friends? About more greetings Between response, please refer to the notebook topic. 2. What's up? What? "What's up?" Is also a kind of greeting way. I said that Bob saw me talking to me in the road. "Hey! Kun-lin "Then I usually answer" Hi! Bob. What's up? "This is what the other party has recently, is there anything? Usually, if there is nothing, it will say" Not much. "But there is also a situation. Common, you will say "Hey! What's up?", You don't say "not much", but ask "What's up?" So "What's UP?" Has become a bit Hello! The taste is inside. "What's up?" Is often used to ask what happened? For example, someone visits, you will say "what's up?" What is it? What is "What's Up?" Is very wide in the US. Everyone must be familiar. I have a friend David from South Africa, and he provides a lot of help and advice on my notebook. He said that the greeting method in South Africa is "How zit?" This is from "How's IT." ? "Derivatives change. So the same thing in English, the way to say greetings is also very different. 3. COULD you do me a favor? Can you help me? People can't live alone, need There are always many places where others help, so I will talk about, "could you do me a favor?" Or "could you give me a hand?" This is a matter of formal and polite speaking. Sometimes please ask others to help Not very embarrassed, I will say could you do me a little favor? Can you help me? Is it possible to help you, but you have to talk to a small bus, first let the other person nodded. (Note Here with Could You will be more than can you Gas.) In addition, "Can you help me?" Is also very common, usually, for example, let's buy things, but the clerk is chatting, I will say, "Can you help me?" (In fact, it should be It is the active meeting to ask "Can I help you?" Or "May I help you?" Is only right, but sometimes I don't worry, I just asked "Can you help me?" 4. What are you studying What is your maintenance? Usually I am a student, I will naturally ask, "What are you studying?" In fact, this question is to ask you "what's your mass?" But they prefer "What they prefer" What Are you studying? "If you meet someone, you are not sure that he is a student, we usually ask," What do you do for limited? What do you do? Or simply ask, "What Do you do? "Don't you say" What's your job? "
5. Where are you going? Where are you going? Usually encountered good friends on the road, except for the greetings, I will also ask "Where are you work?" Although I just came to the United States, I only understood myself. The problem, but I can't understand the other party's answer, but I still like to ask. The reason is nothing, I will naturally. In addition, the old beauty also likes to use Heading this word to replace Going. So you can ask " Where are you help? "What is the meaning you go? 6. What's your favorite ice cream? What is your favorite ice cream? This sentence is usually the other topic when I encounter a stranger. When you think about it first. Imagine that if you have a common interest and hobby, it's easy to become a good friend. So I will ask people, "What's your favorite movie? Who's your favorite movie star?" After Favorite, you can take any topic you are interested. Favorite is very easy to use, if you don't have to use Favorite, you will become "What Kind of Ice Cream Do You Like the Most?" It is not very lengthy. Another thing is worth mentioning, for example, I want to answer, I like vanilla ice cream, come to chocolate how to say? That is "Vanilla is my favorage flavor and chocolate is my second favorite." 7. What color is your car?
What's the color of your car?
What color is your car. Personally think that WHAT will pick up a question like this, but I don't know why people who have just come to the United States seem to be less familiar with such a question. The same sentence I have said Over, "What Kind of Color Does Your Car Have?" I have heard is right, but I will guarantee that the old beauty will not ask this! They are "what color is your car?" Sometimes simply said "What color?" Will be finished. Let's practice a few words, "What year is your car?" Asked your car for a few years? "What area do you live?" Asked which area you live. The same HOW is also used to adjective, for example, "How big is your dog?" How big is your dog? 8. What's going on? What happened? For example, you have to use a computer, but I don't know why I can't boot, You can say. "Hey, What's going on?" Although this sentence is completely equal to "What's up with what?" But old beauty is more than I like "what's going on?", For example People ask you said, "Why is Our Oven Broken?" You can push a two net. "I don't know what's going on." (I don't know what happened) 9. How come? Why? (How can this?) How Come usage is equal to Why but its usage is not as wide as why, it usually uses when you feel strange, and ask why, if someone is going to go early in the morning Supermarket You will ask him. "How come?" In addition, when someone asks you a question, and you don't want to answer "How come?" is equivalent, "why do you ask what?" That is, "IT's None Of Your Business! "Although How come is similar to why, the two questions are different, such as the above sentence," why is our oven broken? "changed to how come," How come out " Is Broken? "Note that the BE verb position of these two sentences is different. 10. You want to go to see a movie? Do you want to watch a movie? This sentence seems to be non-written law, but it is the sentence of old beauty every day. Sometimes they want to say a question, directly put the affirmative sentence The tail sound has become a question. In fact, the correct statement should be, "do you want to go to see a movie?" But it may be too long, so old beauty will directly say "You want to go to see a movie ? "In addition, more speaking statements should be" You Wanna Go to See A Movie? "Because in the spoken language, they often lynn the WANT TO, or lyna will lyna. So this sentence can also be explained "Are you gonna see a movie?" 11. Anybody Needs a fork? Does anyone want fork? In the past, the teacher said in English. In fact, otherwise, I have a lot of questions. For example, this I call it an Anybody question. For example, we go out to play, take a car, there is a old beauty, ask if there is anyone to go to the toilet, I remember what she said, "Anybody HAS TO PEE? "
Is it easy to understand? There are also many questions to start with any, such as "any volunteer?" Is there any volunteer? Or "any luck today?" Today is good? Life Tony
Everyone knows that now is very popular in the United States, or written a few Chinese characters in the clothes. There is such a thing today, and a young beauty will run in the restaurant asking me, what does these Words mean on the restaurant. My CLOTH? I saw her clothes and wrote, peace, happiness, good luck, peace, brave, strong .. Good dozens of Chinese, after I explained her, she is still very happy to tell me, OH Thank you, it's so neat! It's really a sense of accomplishment. But I also read someone "Life is painful" and "death is free" really don't know how to know these Chinese characters. What do you mean by representing?
Xiao Yuan Lin 11.18, 1999
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