下面的常见英语短句可用于和熟人交流。
问候别人
| How are you? | 你好吗？ |
| How's it going? | 你怎么样啊？ (非正式) |
| How are you doing? | 最近怎么样？ (非正式) |
| How's life? | 生活好吧？ (非正式) |
| How are things? | 一切好吧？ (非正式) |
| I'm fine, thanks | 我很好, 谢谢 |
| I'm OK, thanks | 我还好,谢谢 |
| Not too bad, thanks | 不错，谢谢 |
| Alright, thanks | 还可以,谢谢 |
| Not so well | 不大好 |
| How about you? | 你怎么呢? |
| And you? | 你呢？ |
| And yourself? | 你自己呢？ |
询问他人现在或最近在做什么
| What are you up to? | 你在干什么？ |
| What have you been up to? | 你最近在干什么？ |
| Working a lot | 忙于工作 |
| Studying a lot | 忙于读书 |
| I've been very busy | 我最近很忙 |
| Same as usual | 跟平时一样 |
| not much / not a lot | 不多 |
| I've just come back from … | 我刚从……回来 |
| Portugal | 葡萄牙 |
