You never get a second chance to make a first impression, so how are you at making a good first impression in English?
你永遠也不會得到第二個機會來製造第一印象，所以如何能用英文流利的給對方留下良好印象呢？
Using these techniques of having a fluent first impression, made me feel more confident and relaxed when speaking and it pushed me to work harder on improving my fluency in all areas of the language.
使用這些讓我擁有良好第一印象的技巧讓我感到講話時更自信放鬆，而且它促使我積極改進語言各個領域的流利度。
In this article you are going to learn how to make a FLUENT first impression in English based on these 3 most important aspects you’re going to be faced with every time, greetings/hellos, introductions/ ice breakers and goodbyes.
本文中你將學會如何用英文流利地給對方留下良好印象，我將介紹3個您每次都要面對的重要部分——問好；介紹、打破僵局；結束對話。
As most of you have probably learnt, the most commonly taught way to greet someone is
大部分人都知道問好的方式如下：
-「Hi, How are you?」
-「Fine thanks, and you?」
-「Good, thanks for asking.」
This phrase is 100% correct, and probably used 100% of the time by English learners. But doesn’t that get a little boring after a while? If you want to diversify your greetings a little bit, and make it sound more fluent, leave those text books in the classroom, there is another way. How does this sound.
這個對話確實百分百正確，而且可能已經被英語學習者百分百的用過了。但是，你不覺得用了這麼久已經感到厭煩了嗎？如果你想讓自己的問候有特色些，聽起來更流利些，請放棄使用那些課堂上教科書中的用法，我們有其它方法。您看下面這個聽起來如何：
-「Hey buddy! What have you been UP TO?」
嘿，哥們兒！（朋友）最近忙啥呢？
-「Oh hey Dude! Not too much, just working and hanging out with my girlfriend.」
嗨，老兄！也沒忙啥，就是上上班，跟好朋友逛逛街啥的。
-「Sweet.」
不錯嘛。
That sounds a lot more natural right? So, what does UP TO mean?
這聽起是不是自然多了？那麼， UP TO是什麼意思呢？
The expression up to is a synonym of do. We use this in spoken English because as it’s more of an informal expression. When I greet someone with the question 「what have you been up to?」 I am asking them what have they been DOING recently.
up to這個用法是do的同義詞。我們在英文口語中使用它因為它是一個不正式的表達方法。當我用「what have you been up to?」這種方式來問候別人時，我實際是在問他們最近在忙什麼呢。
The question is in the present perfect continuous so you will answer with the verb in the continuous. For example:
這個問題是用現在完成進行時來提問的，所以回答時也用進行時態的這個動詞。例如：
「Hey mate, what have you been up to?」
「Ah, the same old, studying, surfing, going out, having some drinks with friends.」
「Have you been playing guitar?」
「yeah I』ve been playing a few times a week.」
「You been watching the football?」
「Nah, I don’t really like watching football.」
You』ll notice that’s its very common for a native speaker to use the present perfect continuous like this when greeting a buddy. When a person greets me this way the conversation seems to flow a lot more, and it allows us to summarize all the recent news very quickly and concisely.
你會發現對於一個母語使用者，他們在問候兄弟時很喜歡用現在完成進行時。當有人用這種方式問好時，對話聽起來更順暢自然，會使我們簡單迅速地羅列出最近發生的重要事項。
Introductions/ Ice breakers
介紹/打破僵局篇
When introducing yourself in another language people are always going to want to know the same information, trust me, being a Gringo in Brazil I』ve had to introduce myself more times that I can remember.
你要知道當用其它語言介紹你自己時，人們想要知道的信息總是一樣的。作為巴西的一個外國佬，我所做過的自我介紹次數多的自己都記不清楚了。
People are always going to ask you these same three questions.
人們總是要問你同樣的問題。
-What’s your name? (you’re probably going to have to repeat it a couple of times or make it sound more English)
你叫什麼名字？（你很可能要無數次地回答這個問題，那麼讓自己聽起來更英語範兒吧）
-Where are you from? (be prepared to describe you city geographically)
你來自哪裡？（準備好描述你所在城市的地理特徵）
-What are you doing here? (People are always curious)
來這幹什麼？（人們總是很好奇）
Another good way to make a good first impression is to get that person talking about themselves or their city. This can be done during the introduction phase as a way of breaking the ice.
還有一種方法可以給人留下良好印象，同時又能讓對方張口談自己或他們的城市。這種方式可以再自我介紹部分後以打破僵局的形式來完成。
So, where are you from?
Is your family from here/there?
What did you think of the soccer last night?
What do you think of this place/the beer/the music here?
Don’t you just hate waiting in line/this music/the noise?
The whole idea of these ice-breakers is to get the other person talking while you simply sit back and listen. Sure, your probably thinking that this is a very impersonal exercise, but the purpose of this is to give yourself more confidence when approaching people in English. After doing this enough times, you』ll see that it starts to become a very easy and natural process and in no time you』ll be expanding your fluent first impressions to fluent everything.
打破沉悶僵局的辦法很簡單，那就是讓對方說，而你只需坐在那裡傾聽就可以了。當然，你可能認為這是個別案例，但這是一種能夠幫你在使用英文跟人打交道時提升自信的好辦法。等你使用過多次後，你會發現對話開始變得輕鬆自然，而你很快就可以提升你流利的第一印象，進而使英文處處流利。
No matter what the language is, we always have to say goodbye. But don’t you want to know how to express yourself and show that you really appreciated that person’s company? Sometimes in a second language it’s a little hard to do that from the heart.
無論用何種語言交流，我們總要說再見的。但是你真的知道如何表達自己的意思才能使對方感到與你做朋友很開心嗎？說心理話，用第二語言來表達告別還是有點困難的。
I really love saying goodbye to people in Portuguese, as bad as that sounds, because there are so many cool, friendly expressions. Some of these words don’t exist or they would never be used in English for example, 「some nao」 or the word 「saudades.」There are other expressions you can use in English which may not have the same meaning, but can be used in an endearing way nonetheless. For example:
我真心很喜歡用葡萄牙語與人們道別，因為葡萄牙語裡有好多很友善很贊的表達方法。有些詞可能英文中不存在或永遠無法用英文來表達，例如「some nao」或「saudades.」也許英文中也有這樣的詞，無論如何，你都可以用這些來表達告別。例如：
It was really great to see you, catch you .later.
見到你真的很高興，下次再聊。
It has been a pleasure, we』ll speak soon.
聊的很開心，咱們下次繼續。
It was nice talking to ya, have a good one.
跟你聊天很愉快，祝你天天開心。
Take care/ take it easy, see you soon.
保重，下次見。
Keep in touch (when you don’t see the person very often)
保持聯繫（當你不經常見到某人）
I’m looking forward to seeing you soon
我期待下次與你見面。
See you next time.
下次見。
May the force be with you. (Used by Star Wars nerds)
願力量與你同在。（星球大戰中用詞）
In all of these situations I』ve explained, I』ve given you a scripted scenario of what is most likely to happen. Think of it as if you were an actor performing in a play. Whether it’s an introduction, greeting or goodbye, we know what questions are going to be asked and with a little thought beforehand, you can really make yourself sound fluent and give a great first impression.
以上所有我詳細介紹過的場景，我都有講到最可能發生的情景下如何應對的腳本。你可以像演員演戲一樣來演練一下。無論是自我介紹，問好還是告別，我們都胸有成足人們會問哪些問題，只要我們事先準備充分，我保證你一定能給對方留下一個流利而又良好的第一印象。
小韶特別提醒#：
她只用1個方法，就把英語拿下了！
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