Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.
天才无非是劳动和勤勉。

社交性寒暄
社交性寒暄是最平常,也是最重要的，几乎构成了日常生活、商务交往中的主要部分。做得好能给人留下深刻印象，使自己如鱼得水潇洒应酬。可惜的是，绝大多数中国英语学习都苦学英语这么多年，连最基本的"打招呼"都没有搞清楚。下面，就让我们一起疯狂地攻克以下的句子，一同体会纯正的美式"寒暄"。

1. A：How are you doing?
B：I'm doing fine./OK/pretty well/great/super/terrific/so-so.
C：Not bad./the same as ever./I can't complain too much.
D：Terrible. I've had a headache all morning.
2. A：How's it going? B：Pretty good.
3. A：How's everything with you/going? B：Well, I'm still alive and kicking. /So far so good.
4. A：How've you been？ B：My studies haven't been improving lately.
5. A：How are things with you/going? B： I'm just taking one day at a time.
6. A：What's happening? B：Nothing much.
7. A：What's new? / What's up? B：Not much./ Nothing in particular. / Nothing special.　
8. A：How are you getting along? B：Keeping busy. Yourself?
9. A：How do you feel today? B：I feel like a new man.
下面为大家提供大量的废话(nonsense)，让你快速成为人际交往的公关大师，因为在日常生活和工作中，人们互相说的大部分都是一些无关紧要的废话。大家在掌握了这些"废话"后，一定要尽情地卖弄。
10. A：Are you making progress?
B：There has been very little progress this term.
C：I'm not making much progress with his English.
11. Did you sleep soundly last night?
12. Have you gotten over your cold?
13. How come you look so tired?
14. Why are you in such a good mood?
15. I just stopped by to say hello.
16. What a pleasant surprise running into you.
17. I'm glad I ran into you. Where have you been hiding lately?
18. I've been thinking about you lately.
19. You're just the man I want to see.
20. I haven't seen you for ages/in years/for a long time.
21. How was your trip to New York?
22. What has kept you so busy？
与陌生人相识相交
23. It's a pleasure to meet you. / The pleasure is mind.
24. How do you like China so far? /What do you think of china?
May I have your name, please?
25. I think I've seen you before. You look very familiar.
26. Don't I know you from somewhere?
27. I must have seen you somewhere else this evening.
28. Haven't we met before?
29. We have talked of you often.
30. I didn't quite catch your name. I'm sorry. I didn't get your name.
31. How do /shall I address you?
32. How many brothers and sisters do you have?
33. Where are you working now?
34. I've been looking forward to meeting you.
35. We've been so much looking forward to seeing you again.
36. I've heard a great deal about you.
37. Is this your first trip to china? /have you ever been to Guangzhou?
38. What impressed you the most about shanghai?
39. May I ask where you are from?
40. I hope you're enjoying your stay here.
41. It always takes time to get used to a new place.
42. Sorry, I couldn't help overhearing, did you mention something about...
下面介绍一些用于安排约会的方法：
43. Are you going to be busy this evening?
44. I was thinking of going to a movie tonight, would you like to come?
45. Are you doing anything tonight? I was wondering if you'd like to go to a movie with me.
46. I'm going to play with a group of friends. Would you like to join us?
肯定的回答：1．That'd be very nice. 2．I'd love to. 3．That's a great idea.
否定的回答：1．Sorry, I'm afraid I'm busy tonight.
2．Tonight's a problem. What about tomorrow night?
3．Sorry, I've got people coming over tonight.

TONGUE TWISTERS绕口令
A pleasant place to place a plaice is a place where a plaice is pleased to be placed.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickle prepared by his parents and put them in a big paper plate.

PARAGRAPH
Many groups of young people volunteer to serve at a work camp without pay during their summer holidays. There they spend several weeks or months working eight hours a day. In their free time they see the country, meet the people, and have discussions about world problems and problems of the region where they are working. At the same time, those young people working in a foreign country can learn the language of the people who work with them.

Anyone can become angry-that is easy, but to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, in the right way-that is not easy.

PROVERB & APHORISM谚语和警句
1． Honesty is the best policy.
2． Take the world as it is.
3． Never deter till tomorrow that which you can do today.
4． Have you somewhat to do tomorrow, do it today.
5． Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.
6． A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
7． A bad workman quarrels with his tools.
8． The man who has never made a mistake will never make anything else.

理论知识：卷舌音
在美式英语中，有大量的卷舌音。这一点和英音有很大的差别。比如，are 英音：/a:/ 美音：/a+r/；还有像hard / card, bird / teacher / first, swear， sorry，four...如果在单词中出现字母r一般都有卷舌的现象。
不过，要注意的是，单词for中，由于for一般是作为辅助的单词，所以，从来不是按字典中那样发音/ /,而是轻读为/ f /。此外，像window很多人也卷舌，这样是不对的。如果把window也卷舌，不就成了widower？所以，请大家一定注意。

附："非常, 很, 极其"的英文表达法3
11) extremely
I am extremely sorry
12) terribly adv.
I've been terribly worried about you all day. We were terribly lucky to find you there.
13) quite adv.
It's really quite good; much better than we expected.
14) completely adv
The army made a completely successful attack on the enemy capital.
A lusty lady loved a lawyer and longed to lure him from his laboratory.

英语中的狗
He is a lucky dog. 他是个幸运儿。 lead a dog's life 过穷困潦倒的日子
not have a dog's chance 毫无机会 top dog 当权派；头儿
treat sb. like a dog 不把某人当人看 a lazy dog 懒汉
a gay dog 一个快乐的人 a dirty dog 下流坯
teach the dog to bark 意指多此一举 dog-days n. 三伏天; 无精打采的日子
A living dog is better than a dead lion.死狮不如活狗。
Every dog has his day. 凡人皆有得意日。
Give a dog a bad [an ill] name(and hang him). 人言可畏。
An old dog will learn no new tricks. (=You cannot teach old dogs new tricks.)
老狗学不了新把戏; 老年人很难适应新事物。
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