情景会话口袋书人际篇04:初次见面(4)

 　　15.How was your family?

　　你家人还好吧？

　　还可说成：

　　How are your folks¹?

　　What is going on with your family?

　　应用解析：

　　Here's a how!

　　敬你一杯！

　　How about that!

　　太好了！

　　16.My name is Mancy White.

　　我的名字叫南希·怀特。

　　还可说成：

　　I'm Nancy White.

　　You can call me Nancy White.

　　应用解析：

　　by the name of 叫做，称作；

　　in the name of somebody/something 代表某人/某物

　　17.It's a nice day, isn't it?

　　天气很好，是不是？

　　还可说成：

　　A lovely day, isn't it?

　　It's a fine day today, isn't it?

　　应用解析：

　　in daylight 光天化日之下，大白天； in the old days 昔日，从前，过去；night and day 日日夜夜地，日夜不停地；day by day 逐日地， 一天天地

　　18.Havn't we met before?

　　我们以前见过吧？

　　还和说成：

　　Havn't we met somewhere before?

　　We have met before, havn't we?

　　谚语:

　　You always meet twice!

　　你总是故技重施。

1 folks   

n.人们；父母；亲人；家属；人们( folk的名词复数 )；亲属；大伙儿；民间音乐

参考例句：

• Ask yourself what the folks in Peoria will think of it. 想一想皮奥里亚的人会如何看待这件事。
• When good folks meet, evil men keep their distance. 好人相逢，恶人远离。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》