你好，哥儿们 Greeting a friend
（Face is red with anger）
William : Hey, what’s up buddy?
Hogan : My blood pressure!
William : What’s the problem?
Hogan : Well, my landlord just raised the rent 200%.

“Hey! What’s up buddy?” 第一次听到老外对你这么说，你一定会困惑。“buddy”是个什么东西啊？难怪你不懂了。“buddy”在美语中是哥们的意思。在美国，那些关系很好的老朋友之间，经常这么热情地互相打招呼，以显示彼此关系的不一般。所以在称呼别人 buddy的时候，一定要自信，口气一定要cool,要不然听起来会不自然。“What’s up?”的意思和我们经常说的“How's it going?” 的意思一样，都是问候别人过的怎么样。另外表示相同意思的句子还有“How’s everything going?”或者是“How’re you doing?”

William: Hey ,What'cha been doin?
Dr. Weird : Nothing much, just doing some experiments.
William: What’ll happen if I stick my hand in here?
Dr. Weird : No!!

What’cha been doin?　这句话猛地看来仿佛生僻得很，这是英语吗？怎么会如此拼写？原来“What’cha” 和　“doin”是一种美语的拼写方式。意思是“Hey, what have you been doing?” “嘿！ 你最近怎么样啊?”看来，正是美国人这种在说话时的连读习惯，造成了我们听力上的困难。如果有人这么向你打招呼，你不大想理他，你可以说：“Same as usual.”或者是“”Nothing special.”如果对方是你的朋友，你可以: “I’ve been really busy recently.”你就尽情地倾吐苦水吧。

Hogan: How ya'been?
Dr. weird: I'm fine. And you?
Hogan: Not good. Today I broke my hand skateboarding.
skateboarding 滑板运动，在美国年轻人当中非常流行。他们穿着口袋裤子，听grunge(重金属音乐的一种)音乐。
Dr. Weird: Cool. teach me sometime.
老朋友或者熟人见了面，除了我们前面介绍的几种打招呼的方法外，还可以说：How ya'been? 意思是说：How have you been? 过的怎么样呀。这句话和前两句的意思相似。那么怎么回答才合适呢？很简单：I'm fine.还不错。或者是：Nothing much.没什么有意思的事儿. How ya'been是我们常说的“美国拼音”。美国拼音忠实地记录了美国人的发音习惯。要想学好美语，了解这些东西是非常有必要的。

culture Note
Hello, how are you? When many people learn English, they learn formal English. This is fine, but it may make you seem a little boring and distant. But, most people don’t speak formally to each other. When you talk, you talk to your friends, your family, your co-workers, and your talk in a relaxed, casual manner. You say things like “Hey, what's up buddy?” or “Hey! What’cha been doin?”These sentences are both common and natural and they make you seem friendly and interesting. If you use them, people will want to talk to you. Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! This is the English you will hear in movies, many movies and if you talk to a native speaker using these sentences, they will feel more relaxed and they will think you are a friendly person who speaks English well. You got that, buddy?

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