英语入门对话：48 Conversation Starters

General greetings and inquiries¹

 

How's it going?
(This means "How are you?" not "Where are you going?")
How's everything?

How's life?
 

Asking about present activities
What's up?
 (What are you doing now?)
What's happening?

 

Asking and telling about recent events
What's new?
 (What interesting has happened since I last saw you?)
Guess what?
(I want to tell you something. Ask me about it.)
(The appropriate response to this is "What?")

A: Guess what?
 B: What?
A: I just got a new job.
B: Congratulations!
 

Bringing up a serious topic
Can I talk to you for a minute?

Do you have a minute?

Got a minute?

 

1 inquiries   

n.调查( inquiry的名词复数 )；疑问；探究；打听

参考例句：

• He was released on bail pending further inquiries. 他获得保释，等候进一步调查。
• I have failed to reach them by postal inquiries. 我未能通过邮政查询与他们取得联系。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》