Stop Saying "I'm Fine" - Ways to Respond to "Hello, how are you?"

-Morning class! -Hello! Hello!

早啊，同學們

哈囉

哈囉

Morning, how are you?

早安，你好嗎?

- I'm fine thank you, and you? - I'm fine thank you, and you?

(齊聲)我很好，謝謝，你呢?

你呢?

Yeah!

耶

耶

Don't high-five him. Who taught you to say that?

別擊掌，誰告訴你們這樣說的?

Like all of our teachers. All of them. Ever.

就是我們所有人的老師

他們全都這樣教

一直都這樣

We need to change this

我們得做點改變

First we don't always say "How are you?"

首先，我們不是一直都說"How are you"

We say many different things. For example...

我們用很多不同方式來問候

舉例來說

We might say "How's it going?" or

我們可能會說"How is it going?"

或是說"Hey, how are you doing?"

"Hey how are you doing?"

Australians will often say a mix of this

澳洲人會經常將他們混著說

"How are you going?"

"How are you going?"

This one, in the UK, in the U.S. it's not common to say

這句話在英國、美國不是很常說

但是，澳洲人的英文，會這麼說

But Australian English, yes

and yes you can also say "Oh hi, how are things?"

當然，你也可以說

"Oh! Hi, how are things?"

These ones here, repeat with me and pay close attention to the intonation

這裡的這句話，重覆和我說一遍

然後，將你的注意力放在語調上

"You okay?" "You alright?"

"You OK?" "You alright?"

Of course we miss the "Be" verb here "ARE you okay?" "ARE you alright?"

當然，我們在這裡少了Be動詞

"Are you OK?" "Are you alright?"

But it's very common just to say

但是，經常在這邊只說

"You okay?" "You alright?"

"You OK?" "You alright?"

This confuses Americans apparently

這裡很顯然會讓美國人感到很疑惑

因為在英國人的英文中

because in British English this one is very common it's very casual

這個說法非常普遍

蠻不正式的

"Alright?"

"You alright?"

It's just a "Hello" or a "How are you?"

這就只是個"哈囉"或是個"你好嗎?"

it's very casual it's normal

蠻不正式的、很平常

but if you say this to an American they will be like this

但是，你將這句話對美國人講

他們會像這樣

"Am I alright? I'm fine do I look sad?"

"我一切都好嗎? 我很好啊"

"我看起來很難過嗎?"

So for Americans that sounds more serious. You're asking:

所以對美國人來說

這個聽起來就很正式

你像是在問

"喔...你很難過嗎?"

"Oh are you sad?!"

But for British people no this is just normal it's fine

但對英國人來說

不會啊，這很正常，這問候很好

But remember I said pay close attention to the intonation

但記住我剛剛說的，把注意力放在語調上

"You OK?" "Alright?"

"You okay?" "Alright?"

sounds happy but all of these you would ask to this person

聽起來很開心吧

但是，這些話你拿來問這個人

If that's their expression if it's a normal day, nothing bad happened

是否他們覺得

是否就像平常一樣，沒什麼壞事發生

But what if...

但是，如果呢?

如果你的朋友看起來很傷心

if your friend looks sad or if you know something bad happened

或是你知道有什麼壞事已經發生了

There is a different way you can ask these questions

會有不同的方式讓你可以問這個問題

First the intonation

首先，就是語調上

The intonation with these changes Listen...

這些問句的語調上改變了，仔細聽

"You alright?"

"You alright?"

See it does this up/down thing "You alright?"

感受到了嗎? 就是這個起伏

"You alright?"

See the intonation goes up and down there "Are you okay?"

對吧，語調在這裡先上揚再下挫了

"You OK?"

So it really depends on your intonation how you say them

所以這十分仰賴你在說它時的語氣

"You okay?" "Are you alright?"

"You OK?"

"You alright?"

These ones may sound very casual, normal, maybe happy

這些問候聽起來不正式、很平常，或許是開心的

So if your friend looks like this or maybe something bad happened,

所以如果你的朋友看起來像這樣

或是有什麼不好的事發生了

Let's ask a different question

讓我們用不同的問句來問

"What's up?" 或是 "What's the matter?"

"What's up?" or "What's the matter?"

These two questions show concern for your friend

這兩個問題表達出對你朋友的關心

You're asking for details you're asking about the problem

你正在問細節，你正在問那個問題是什麼

And important to note, don't ask "What's your problem?"

然後，一定要注意別問

"What's your problem?"

Don't ask that question it doesn't sound friendly, it doesn't sound like you care

別問那個問題

它聽起來不是友善

它聽起來不是你在乎他

It sounds like "PFFF! What's your problem!?"

它聽起來像

噗~"What's your problem?"(你是有什麼毛病?)

So if you want to ask "what's your problem?" Don't ask that

所以如果你想要問"你遇到了什麼問題?"

別那樣問，改問這樣

Ask: "What's the matter?" That is much better

"What's the matter?"

那樣...就好很多了

Possible answers to: "How are you?" Don't say "I'm fine thank you, and you?"

回答"How are you?"的可能的答案

別說"I'm fine. Thank you. And you?"

No! No more!

不。別再這樣回答了

So for British people it's very common if you're good to normal

對於英國人來說，很普遍的

如果你對於現狀感到不錯

to start your answer with "Yeah"

你回答的開頭可以伴隨著"Yeah"

For example...

舉例來說

This is the more realistic answer we don't say "I'm fine thank you, and you"

這算是個比較實際的回答

我們不說"I'm fine. Thank you. And you?"

We say "Yeah, good, you?"

我們會說"Yeah! Good! You?"

other ways you can answer if you're happy or just normal

其他你可以表示你很開心或很平常的方式是

"Yeah, I'm great"

"Yeah! I'm great"

"Yeah, I'm good"

"Yeah! I'm good"

"I'm pretty good"

"I'm pretty good"

"Yeah, doing well"

"Yeah! Doing well"

"Yeah, doing good"

"Yeah! Doing good"

Or if you don't want an adjective: "Yeah, can't complain"

或是你不想要有形容詞

"Yeah! Can't complain"(沒什麼好抱怨的)

You'll notice that I haven't included any extreme adjectives

你會發現我沒有加入一些措辭強烈的形容詞

Because we're British, we don't do emotions

因為我們是英國人

我們不會情緒化

I'm joking but in British English we don't typically talk about how great we are

我說笑的，但是

在英國人的英文中，基本上我們不會討論我們有多重要

We don't do that

我們不會那樣做

So if someone asks you how are you and in fact you're brilliant, you're amazing

所以如果有人問你"How are you?"

而事實上你感覺很順利、你感覺很棒

"I'm AMAAAAAZING!"

我超棒的~~

You would still say one of these

你仍然會說這當中的其中一句

but less commonly you might hear

但是，比較不常見，你可能會聽到

"I'm wonderful!"

"I'm wonderful"

You probably won't hear that but you might

你或許不會聽到啦

但你可能會聽到

"Oh everything is hunky dory!"

"Oh! Everything is Honky Dory"

If you say everything's hunky-dory it means there are no problems everything is happy and lovely

如果你說"Everything is Honky Dory"

意思是沒有任何的問題

所有事都是快樂且美好的

It's really not common to hear that

這真的沒有很常會聽到

Actually if someone says this they're probably joking or being sarcastic

事實上，如果有人說這句

他們或許是在開玩笑或是在嘲諷

so just keep that in mind

所以，只要將它記在心上就好

Also I often hear "so-so"

對了，我也很常聽到

"So-so"

Don't say this! Never say this! No! In my life no one has ever said this... I think

別這樣講，永遠別再這樣講

不要

在我人生中，沒有人有這樣講過

So it doesn't sound natural, don't say it

我是這樣想

這聽起來不自然，別這樣說

AH! I forgot!

啊，我忘了

oh my god I'm so stupid I almost forgot probably the most important one

天啊！我真笨

我幾乎忘了或許是最重要的一句

This might be the most common one

這可能是最常見的一句

"Yeah I'm alright"

"Yeah! I'm alright"

You can also say "I'm alright"

你也可以說"I'm alright"

but remember again that is a bit more British

但是記住，同樣，這有一點英式

"You alright?"

"You alright?"

"Yeah I'm alright, you alright?"

"Yeah! I'm alright. You alright?"

"Yeah I'm good"

"Yeah! I'm good"

So these ones again they're more if you feel happy, you feel good, you feel normal

所以這幾句，同樣的，比較像是

如果你感覺開心、你感覺很棒、你覺得很平常

But what if you feel not so great you feel a bit sad maybe well something happened

但是，如果你覺得沒有很好呢?

你或許覺得有點難過

或是有什麼事發生了

Remember I said if you're feeling like this you probably will start your answer with:

記住我說的，如果你感覺像這樣

你或許會在你回答的開頭加上"Yeah"

"Yeah"

For example

舉例來說

"Yeah I'm good"

"Yeah! I'm good"

But if you feel like this probably you will start your answer with:

但是，如果你感覺像這樣

或許

你會以這樣當你回答的開頭

"Well..."

"Well..."

For example

舉例來說

And remember we are British we don't have emotions

記住，我們是英國人，我們不太會情緒化

Even strong emotions, we suppress them because we're British

即使是強烈的情感我們也會壓抑它

因為我們是英國人

So if you feel bad you are not REALLY BAD

所以如果你感覺沒很好

但沒有那麼的糟

You're only A BIT bad For example

你只有一點糟

"Well I'm a bit tired"

舉例來說

"Well...a little bit tired"(這個嘛...我有點累)

"Well I'm a bit sleepy"

"Well...I'm a little bit sleepy"(這個嘛...我有點想睡)

"I'm a bit ill"

"(cough)...I'm a little bit ill"(咳...我有點不舒服)

We're British, we like to repress our emotions

我們是英國人，我們喜歡去壓抑我們的情緒

Now perhaps something bad happened perhaps you don't feel good at all

現在或許有些壞事發生

或許你真的沒有感到很好

"Well I've been better" or "I've seen better days"

"Well...I've been better."(我已經好一些了)

或是

"I've seen better days"(我看到好點的日子了)

These ones they imply that perhaps something bad happened

這些是他們暗示或許真的有什麼壞事發生了

Maybe someone died maybe you just broke up with your partner

或許某人過世了

或許你剛和你的伙伴拆夥了

Any combination of this This looks like a maths problem

任何和這句話的組合

這看起來像個數學問題

but you can use any combination of this one for your answer

OK. 但你可以將這句組合在任何回答上

If you feel bad, for example

如果你覺得不好

舉例來說

The short way "Hmm not that great" or "I'll be honest I'm not doing so well"

短一點"Mmm...Not that great"

或是說

"I'll be honest. I'm not doing so well"(老實說，我沒有過得很好)

and again you can mix them I'm not doing so great I'm not doing that well

一樣你可以混合它們

"I'm not doing so great"

"I'm not doing that well"

you can choose any mixture of these words

你可以從這些字句中任意選擇混搭

and that means you feel like this

那表示你感覺像這樣

So in the comments let me know: How are you doing? How is everything?

所以在評論中讓我知道

你好嗎?

過得如何?

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