Unit 2 Greetings

I will, good bye.

Informal Greetings

Hi,Mr.Smith.

Morning,Mary.

Mary!

Formal Greetings

Hello,Mr.Smith.

Good morning(afternoon,evening),Mr.Smith.

How are you?

How're things with you?

How's everything with you?

How're you getting along?

How's the family?

How's everyone?

Glad to meet you again.

I haven't seen you for ages.How've you been?

I haven't seen you for a long time.

Response

Hello(Hi),Mr.Brown.

Good morning(afternoon,evening),Mr.Brown.

Morning,John.

Fine,thanks.(And how are you?)

Very well.(And you?)

Not bad.(How about you?)

Not so well.(What about you?)

Not too bad.

Can't complain.

Wonderful,things couldn't be better.

Gossiping

What's new?

What's up?

What have you been up to these days?

How do you keep fit?

Lovely weather,isn't it?

It's really hot,isn't it?

How is your business?

How is it going?

Are you good in yur studies?

Say hi to your father for me.

I don't want anything to happen to you.

I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart.

We're happy that you could come.

Ending a conversation

I've got to run.

I have to go.

I'll call you.

Well,talk to you later,then.Oh,and give my love to Ted.

Please excuse me,but I really have to be going.

Conversations

Dialogue 1

Good morning,Jerry.How's everything?

Fine,just fine.Thanks.

Doing anything for lunch?

Well,as a matter of fact,I've got a lunch date with Bob Thomas.

Dialogue 2

Merry Christmas!

The same to you!

Are you doing anything special?

We're having some friends over.What are you doing?

Oh.I'm just going to take it easy.

Dialogue 3

Have a nice weekend!

Thanks.You too!

Do you have any plans?

Well,my family's away and I can't afford to do much.What about you?

Oh,I haven't decided what I'm going to do yet.

Dialogue 4

Bob!

Anne!I haven't seen you for ages.How've you been?

Fine,just fine.And you?

Not bad.It really is great to see you again.Where have you been?

Guangzhou.I've got a cousin there.

Dialogue 5

Please excuse me,but I really have to be going.

Yes,of course.It was nice to see you.

It was nice to see you,too.And please give my regards to Mrs.Robbins.

问候

非正式的问候

你好，史密斯先生。

早上好，玛丽。

玛丽！

正式的问候

你好，史密斯先生。

早上（下午，晚上）好，史密斯先生。

你好吗？

你过得怎么样？

你一切都好吗？

你过得怎么样？

家里好吗？

大家好吗？

很高兴又见到你。

我很长时间没见到你了。你过得怎么样？

我好长时间没有见到你了。

回答

你好，布朗先生。

早上（下午，晚上）好，布朗先生。

早上好，约翰。

很好，谢谢。（你好吗？）

很好。（你呢？）

不错。（你怎么样？）

不太好。（你怎么样？）

不错。

还过得去。

好极了，一切都很好。

闲谈

有什么新鲜的（事）？

发生什么事了？

你最近在做什么？

你是怎么保持健美的？

很棒的天气，不是吗？

天气很热，不是吗？

你的生意好吗？

进行得如何？

你的功课好不好？

代我向你父亲问好。

我不希望你发生什么事。

我打心底里感谢你。

我们很高兴你能来。

结束谈话

我必须得走了。

我必须走了。

我会打电话给你的。

好，那么回头再谈吧。哦，代我问特德问好。

请原谅，我真的必须走了。

会话

早上好，杰端。一切可好？

好，都挺好的。谢谢。

午饭的时候你有事吗？

不瞒你说，我跟鲍勃.托马斯约好了一起吃午饭。

圣诞快乐！

你也一样！

你准备做什么特别的事吗？

我们的一些朋友会过来。你呢？

哦，我只打算放松一下自己。

周末愉快！

谢谢！你也一样！

你有什么计划吗？

嗯，我家里人都不在这里，我也没钱干什么事。你呢？

哦，我还没决定我要做什么呢？

鲍勃！

安！我好久没见你了。你过得怎么样？

好，挺好。你呢？

不错。真的很高兴又见到你。你到哪去了？

广州。我有一个堂兄弟在那里。

对不起，我真的得走了。

好吧。很高兴见到你。

我也很高兴见到你。请代我向罗宾斯夫人问好。