第一课: greeting 问候语 
Hi/hello
Good morning/afternoon/evening.
Good night! 告别,晚安.
Collectivism 集体主义
individualism 个人主义
privacy 隐私
Hey, what is up/what’s new? “ 近来还好吗?
Hey和Hi的区别是:hi是打招呼,Hey是引起别人注意.
How are you doing? 也是打招呼不要详细回答(=how are you?)
How is that going?
Hey, how is everything going?
How is your work going?
How are your families doing? 你家人还好吗?
How is your husband doing?你先生还好?
How is your study /work going ? 你学习/工作进行得怎么样/还好吗/还顺利吗?
注意 : How is + 人+doing,How is +事物+ going?
声调不同,个性差异.
回答有:very good/can't be better/I'm doing well/I'm well/I'm fine/ Well,it is OK /Oh,just so so /Oh,not good,really bad.
How do you do?很少用了
I’m doing well.
I’m well.
I am fine.
Oh getting be better
Oh not bad.
Well, it is ok.
Oh. Just so so.
Oh not good, really bad.
A:Good morning ,Mrs Brown. How are you doing ?
B: I'm doing well , thank you ,and you ?
A: Well.I'm fine .How is your husband ?
B: Alan was sick last week,but now he feels better!
A: Please give my regards to him!
Regard=treat 对待
eg:Don't treat/regard yourself as a kid.
We regard him as our boss.
Regard sb. as sth. 句型
<2>作名词"对...有敬意"
We have a regard for David.
We have a regard for Michael(新东方总裁俞敏洪的英文名) .
BR!=best regards! <3>在email或商务信函中常见BR=best regard 最诚挚的问候
Please say hello to him! 请代我向他问好
Please remember me to him! （这句比较文驺驺）
二）give best regards to sb.请代...向...问候。
类似表达还有 say hello to sb /remember sb to sb.
再看下面一段复杂的对话：
A:Jenny,I haven't seen you in ages.You look great today .
b: Thanks,John.It is really been a long time.How is everything going?
A:Well,not bad,thanks.
B:What's going on with your study ?
A:I'm working hard on my English now.
I haven’t seen you in ages.
It's really a long time/It's really been long/Long time no see.
3)What's going on with sb/sth?
What's going on with the project/your study?这个项目/你的学习进展如何？
4）work on
work on sth 忙于...
I'm working hard on my homework.
I worked hard on my paper and got A.
work on sb = try to persuade sb 劝说
eg:
-I will hope to work on him .He wants to go abroad,but I really don't want him to go.
-Let's drop it .Stop working on me.
5)What's up /What's new ?其回答是
Well,nothing up / not much.