【词汇大师】问候语(1/2)

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        初次见面，我们怎样问候彼此呢？好朋友之间又怎么问候呢？
       
                TIPS
       
       
                本篇只听写嘉宾的话，主持人的话不听写。
       
       
                主持人：'hi, how are you?' what's the typical response there?"
       
       
                主持人："I guess the last time we heard someone answer that same question
'I'm sick'!”
       
       
                主持人："Yes."
       
       
                HINTS
       
       
                California,
       
       
               
       
"Well, 'fine.' And, in fact, that's something I have to teach students right at the beginning of the course, that when somebody says to you 'how are you?' they're not really asking about your health. It's just a different way of saying hello. Back in the days when people were more conscious of grammar, one of the traditional replies to the question 'how are you?' was 'I'm well.' But when's the last time you heard somebody say 'I'm well?'"
"But you do hear people all the time saying 'I'm good.' At least here in California, that is extremely common. You know, and as a teacher, this kind of presents me with a dilemma: Do I teach students expressions that are grammatically incorrect but that everyone is using?"