介绍:
●和初次见面的人交谈
My country has a lot of mountains...
Oh, yeah? Where are you from?您是哪里人？
I'm from Canada. 我是加拿大人.
I'm come from Canada.
我从加拿大来.
I was born in Canada.
Chicago is my hometown.
How do you like Japan?你觉得日本怎么样？
What do u think about Japan? --I like it.
It's a good place. 是个好地方.
Where have you been in Japan?
你都去过日本的哪些地方？
Where do you live now?你现在住在哪儿？ -I live in Tokyo. 我住在东京.
Are you here on vacation? *on business是“因公”，on vacation是“度假”。（您是来度假的吗？）
Are you vacationing?
Are you here for a vacation?
Is this a pleasure trip?
Are u here on business or for pleasure?
I'm here on business.我是来工作的.
My trip is business related.
I'm on a business trip.
How long have you been in Japan?
您来日本多长时间了？
I just arrived last week.
About four months.四个月左右.
Are you used to life in Japan? *be used to “习惯”，注意“d”不发音。--No, not yet.（你习惯日本的生活了吗？）
Have you gotten used to life in Japan?
Have you grown accustomed to Japan?
How long will you be in Japan?
你在日本待到什么时候？
How long do you plan to stay?
Until December. /Until next month.
待到十二月.
Do you speak Japanese?你会说日语吗？
Unfortunately, no. 很遗憾，我不会。
Can you speak Japanese?
Are you a Japanese speaker?
A little. 一点.. /Just a little. /Some.
I can't speak Japanese at all. *not...at all 我一点都不会说.
I know everyday conversational Japanese.我会一点日常会话.
Where did u learn Japanese? --At school. 你是在哪学的日语，在学校.
I learned it on my own.我自学的.
I learned it by myself.
When's your birthday? --It's May 24th.
你什么时候过生日？
●有关工作
Do you know his background?
你了解他的背景吗？
I know very little about him.
I work for a computer company.
我在一家电脑公司工作.
I'm a government employee.我是国家公务员.
I'm self-employed. 我是个体经营者.
I work for ABC Company.
Which department do u work for?你在哪个部门工作？ -Sales. 销售的
How long have you been doing that job? 这个工作你做了多长时间了？
For 10 years. 十年了.
Where is your company?你的公司在哪？ --In Shinjuku. 在新宿.
Where is your company located?
How long does it take you to commute? *commute “上班，上学”
（上下班路上要花多长时间？）
About one hour. /Around one hour.
一个小时左右.
It takes about one hour. /About an hour.
How do you get to work?你怎样去上班？
I ride the subway. /I take the subway.
我坐地铁.
I'm changing jobs. /I'm job hunting now.我正在调工作./我正在找工作
I'm looking for work now.
I'm retiring next year. 我明年退休.
I'm out of work now. 我现在失业了
I don't have a job now.
I'm not working right now.
I'm unemployed.
●有关学校
Are you a student?你是学生吗？
No, I've already finished school.
Do you go to school? 你还在上学吗?
I'm a college student. 我是大学生.
I'm a junior college student.大专生
I go to a vocational school. 职业学校
I go to a cram school. 补习学校
I'm studying English. 我正在学习英文.
I went to Meiji University. 我毕业于明治大学.
Where did you go to college? 你上的是.哪所大学？
I went to Harvard University. 我上的是..
What\Which school do you go to?
你上的是那所学校？
I go to ...university. 我上....大学. *elementary school “小学”，junior high school “中学”，high school “高中”。
What year are you in?问高中和大学的年级（你上几年级了.）
What grade are you in? 问小学生
I'm a freshman. 我上一年级.*在高中和大学1年级是freshman, 2年级是sophomore，3年级是junior，4年级是senior。在小学用I'm in first grade.表示1年级，I'm in second grade.表示2年级
I'll graduate next year.我明年毕业.
I'm graduating next year.
What's your major? /What do u major in?你的专业是什么.
What are you studying?
I'm an English major. /I major in English.我的专业是英语.
What club are you in?你参加哪个俱乐部？
What club do you belong to?
I'm in the ski club. 我在滑雪俱乐部.
Do you have a part-time job? 你在打工吗？*full-time
Yes, I'm a tutor. I work 3 times a week.
Do you work part-time?
I work at a bookstore as a cashier once a week.我一个星期去一次书店做收银员.
What are your plans after graduation?
毕业以后你打算做什么.
I haven't decided yet.
What are u going to do after u graduate?
●有关家庭
I have a large family.你家有几口人。
How many people are in your family?
Four people. 四口人.
My parents and my younger sister.
父母和我的妹妹.
Any brothers or sisters? 你有兄弟姐妹吗？ --No, none.
Do you have any brothers or sisters?
Any siblings? “兄弟姐妹”。
Just one brother.只有一个哥哥. /I just have one brother.
Do you live with your parents? 你和父母住在一起吗？
I live alone.我一个人住.
I live in an apartment. 我住在公寓里.
Are you married?你结婚了吗？
No, not yet. /Yes, I'm married.不，还没有。
I have a fiancé. *fiancé未婚夫,fiancée未婚妻（我有对象了）
I'm going to get married next year.
我打算明年结婚.
I'm married. /I'm single /I'm engaged.
我结婚了./我订婚了
Any children?有孩子吗？ /Do u have any children?
No, not yet. /Nope. /Neah. 哪有啊。
I have one of each. 男孩女孩各一个
I have two boys. /I have two sons.
I have one daughter in elementary school. 我有一个女儿在上小学.
I don't have any children. 我没有孩子.
●有关兴趣和爱好
What are your hobbies?你有什么爱好？ --I play golf.
Do you have any hobbies? 你有点什么爱好吗？
What do you do when u have free time?业余时间你都干什么？
Nothing much. 不干什么。
I like to watch movies.我喜欢看电影.
I enjoy watching movies.
What kind of movies do you like?你喜欢看什么样的电影.
Any kind.
You're a good pianist.你的钢琴弹得真好.
You play the piano well.
What kind of sports do you like?
你喜欢哪种运动？
How long have you been skiing?
你滑了多长时间雪了？
Do you play baseball?
No, I just like to watch. /I only watch.
我只是喜欢看.
I'm a baseball fan. /I'm a fan of baseball. 我是棒球迷.
I like to play golf. 我喜欢打高尔夫球.
Have you ever done aerobics?
你练习过健美操吗？
No way. 怎么可能!
Have you done aerobics before?
What are your interests? 你对什么感兴趣？
I'm interested in art.
What are your interested in?
What kind of things are u interested in?
What do you like?
I've never done that.我从没坐做.
I've never done that before.
That was the first time for me.
Have you ever traveled abroad?
你去国外旅行过吗？
Yes, twice.
Have you been overseas?
Where have you been? 你去哪儿了？
I've been to the U.S. and Germany.
我去美国和德国了。
Where do you want to go next?
下次你想去哪？
No place particular.
●有关年龄、身高和体重
How old are you? --I'm forty-eight.
你多大了？我四十八岁.
I'm not old enough to drive.
I can't drink alcohol yet.
May I ask how old you are?
May I ask your age?
How much do you weigh?
你的体重是多少？
What's your weight?
About seventy-five kilograms.
75公斤左右.
I weigh a-hundred-sixty-four pounds.
I weigh 164 Ibs. *Ibs.读为pounds。
我重一百六十四磅.
How tall are you? /What's your height? 你多高？
About one-hundred-eighty centimeters.一米八五左右.
I'm five feet three inches tall.
我身高五英尺三寸.
I'm 5′3″ tall.
I'm five three. *口语中常用省略说法。
●有关天气
It's very hot today, isn't it?
今天真热呀.
Isn't it hot today?
Today's a scorcher.太阳火辣辣的天气
It's blistering hot. 天气炎热/It's extremely hot.
It's a fine day today. /It's beautiful today.今天天气真好.
It's nice today.
What's the forecast for tomorrow?
明天的天气怎么样？
It's going to be cold. 会冷吧。
What will the weather be like tomorrow?
What's the weather going to be tomorrow?
What's tomorrow's forecast?
How's the weather today? 今天天气怎么样？ --It's hot.
Is it going to rain today? 今天会下雨吗？
I doubt it.我想不会
We're expecting some rain.好像要下雨.
It's going to rain. /It's supposed to rain.
Rain is expected.
I heard it might rain.
It's raining.下雨了.
It's going to rain today. /It will rain today.今天要下雨吧.
It's hot today. 今天很热.
It's warm today.今天很暖和 /It's a warm day.
It's cold today.今天很冷 --It sure is. 就是。
It's chilly today.今天冷飕飕的 / It's cool today.
It's nippy today. 冷的刺骨
It's windy today.今天风很大.
It's humid. /It's really humid today. 闷热
Yeah, my body is sweaty.
It's dry.气候很干燥.
It's wet today. /It's rainy today.
It's stormy.暴风雨天气
There is going to be a storm today.
It's snowing.下雪了 --Yeah! Let's go skiing.
It's gloomy. 天阴沉沉的 /It's cloudy. 阴天
It looks like we are going to have a thunder shower. 看样子我们会遇上雷阵雨.
Why are you taping your windows?
A typhoon is coming. 台风快到了.
A typhoon is on its way.
It's foggy. 雾 /It's freezing. 结冰
It's very cold today.
We're going to have a blizzard.要下暴风雨了
It's pleasant. /It's comfortable. 这天真舒服.
It's mild today. 今天风和日丽 /It's a nice day.
It's misty. 雾蒙蒙的
Let's go sunbathing.日光浴
But, it's overcast today. 今天阴天
It's cloudy today. /It's gloomy.
It's miserable. 糟糕的天气
It's a terrible day. /It's an awful day.
I'm sensitive to heat. 我怕热.
It's breezy today. 今天风和日丽.
It's a breezy day.
It's uncomfortable today.今天的天气让人不舒服.
It's unpleasant today.
The heat is killing me.热死我了.
It's raining cats and dogs! 下了瓢泼大雨
It's frosty today. / It's a frosty day. 下霜了.
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