Things do not happen
Things are made to happen
Chapter1 Greetings1A 打招呼基本会话1
A: How are you doing
(注: are的发音常略去,发成How ya doin'
)B1: I ’m doing great
B2: I ’m doing OK
B3: Pretty good
B4: Not too bad
B5: I get by
A: How ’s life treating you
日子过得还算惬意吗
B1: Not bad
B2: It could be worse
“How’s life treating you
”用于朋友之间
对好久没见的人就说:How’s life been treating you
A: What ’s up
有什么新鲜事儿
B: Not much
A: I haven’t seen you in ages
这一阵子躲到哪儿去了
B: Yeah, long time no see
是啊,很久没见了
in ages = in such a long time 5
A: What ’s new
B1: Nothing much
I’m still the same
还是老样子,我一点儿也没变
B2: Not much
How about you
B3: Same shit, different day
不同的日子,同样的调子
See Appendix A(见附录 A)Things do not happen
Things are made to happen