1. Give me a hug.
給我壹個擁抱吧。
如果是兩個人認識,那見面時就不需要再那麽客套地說Nice to meet you. 了。這時候見了面通常就是彼此問候壹下:How are you doing? 或是 What's up? 就可以了。但是如果交情還不錯,老美習慣上會用擁抱來表現彼此的友誼。當然不壹定要先說Give me a hug. 通常看到別人張開雙手,妳就可以迎上前去,相互擁抱壹下。妳還可以說Give me a squeeze. 或是 Give me a bear hug.(緊緊地抱我壹下吧!)
2. How did you and John become friends?
妳跟 John 是怎麽成為朋友的?
和陌生人相識怎麽打開話題是個難題。妳不妨可以這樣開始How did you and xxx become friends? xxx就是那個介紹妳們兩個相互認識的人。這算是社交場合常用的壹種對話公式。
另外問對方Where are you from?也很常見,如果對方不是本地人(假設本地是Beijing),那我就可以進壹步問 Are you new to Beijing?(妳是剛來北京的嗎?)Do you need me to show you around? (要不要我帶妳到處看看啊?)如此壹步壹步下去就可以達到妳最終的目地。
3. I didn't recognize you!
我都不認出妳了!
如果兩人講講話突然發現對方是自己失散多年的好友的話,妳就可以很驚訝地說:I didn't know it was you! (我不知道原來就是妳!)或者是 I didn't recognize you! (我都認不出妳了!) 要是妳認得某人,但他壹副不認識妳的樣子,妳就可以說:Hey! Don't you recognize me?(餵! 妳不認得我了嗎?)
這個 recognize 在這裏是“認出來”的意思,跟 know 是不壹樣的。例如有人化妝化得很濃,妳都認不出她了,妳就可以說:I don't recognize you! 但妳不能說I don't know you.