Oral

Meeting

• 普通问候
  Hello：较正式
  Hi：比较随和
  Hey：好朋友间

• 初次见面
  Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you, too. / Me too.

• 长时间没见
  Long time no see. - Yeah.It’s been a long time.
  Good to see you again. - Me too.

• 意外的碰面
  What a small world. - Yeah, it’s really a small world.
  Fancy meeting you here. - Me too.

• 询问近况
  How are you (doing)? / How’s everything? / How is it going?
  情况好：Fine, thank you./ Good.
  情况一般：Same as usual./ Just so so.
  情况不好：Bad.

Introduce

Introduce yourself

• 姓名
  My name is Ren Li, you can call me Li.

• 籍贯
  I’m from China = I come from China.

• 爱好
  I like sth. / I like doing…

自我介绍前加上自荐语：Allow me to introduce myself.

Introduce others

• 介绍一个人
  This is + 姓名

• 给两个人相互介绍
  This is my friend Nick, and that is roommate Wenshuo Zhang.

致谢用语

• 一般性的感谢
  Thank you. / Thanks.
  Thank you very much. / Thanks a lot.
  It’s very kind of you.（你真好）

• Thanks for sth/doing sth
  Many thanks for the lovely flowers.（花很漂亮，非常感谢。）
  I’d love to go to the party. Thanks for inviting me/Thanks for your invitation.（我非常愿意去参加派对。谢谢你邀请我。）

• 正式场合
  I really appreciate your help.（非常感谢你的帮助）
  Thank you for what you’ve done.

• 回答别人的感谢
  That’s all right. / Not at all.（不用谢）
  You’re welcome.（不客气）
  Forget it. （不值得一提）

• 别人帮忙没成功，还是要感谢
  Thank you just the same.（不管怎样，还是要谢谢你）

Commonly-used Expression

• I am not buying it
  我不相信你的观点。

• Sorry, I didn’t catch that.
  抱歉，我没听清/没听到

• It’s not the end of the world.
  安慰用语

• Make yourself at home.
  请自便，把这里当作你家一样。

• No hard feelings.
  我没有其他意思（当你说了一些比较直接的话怕伤害到别人时）

• Thanks in advance.
  提前谢谢你