"How Was Your Day?" Is a Test. Are You Passing? · Speak English With Tiffani
学习如何用自然流畅的英语回答‘How was your day?’，提升日常对话能力。适合练习口语表达和叙述日常经历。
Good.
很好。
That's how you answered it last time, isn't it?
你上次就是这么回答的，对吧？
Someone asked, " How was your day?"
有人问道：“你今天过得怎么样？
And you said, "Good."
然后你说：“很好。
And then came that awkward little pause because now neither of you knows what to say next.
接着是一段尴尬的沉默——因为此时你们俩都不知道接下来该说什么了。
Here's what's strange.
奇怪的地方在于……
This is the most common question in English.
这是英语中最常见的问题。
You'll hear it today, you'll hear it tomorrow, and yet it's the one question that makes your English sound the smallest.
你今天会听到这个问题，明天也会听到；然而，正是这个问题让你的英语发音显得最为不自然（或者说，让你的英语水平显得最为低下）。
Now, listen to how a fluent speaker answers the exact same question.
现在，请听一位英语流利的说话者是如何回答这个完全相同的问题的。
" Oh, it was actually a pretty good day, so this morning was kind of rough."
哦，其实今天是相当不错的一天，只是今天早上过得有点艰难。
Hear that?
听到了吗？
Something's already happening.
有些事情已经在发生了。
You want to know what went wrong.
你想知道到底出了什么问题。
Today, my friend, I'm giving you the method behind that answer.
今天，我的朋友，我将向你解释这个答案背后的原理（或方法）。
Three simple parts and you can use it tonight.
只需要三个简单的部件，你就可以在今晚使用它了。
And stay with me to the end because I'm going to tell you the true story of a
请一直陪我到最后，因为我要告诉你们一个真实的故事。
single mother who turned the most ordinary part of her day into a Nobel Prize.
这位单身母亲将日常生活中最平凡的瞬间转化为了一项诺贝尔奖的成就。
Are you ready?
你准备好了吗？
Well then, let's jump right in.
那么，我们就直接开始吧。
Here is the question.
问题如下：
How was your day?
你今天过得怎么样？
Now, you might also hear it as can you tell me about your day, or can you tell me how your day was?
现在，你也可能听到这样的表达：“你能跟我讲讲你今天的一天吗？”或者“你能告诉我你今天过得怎么样吗？
This is the question that is asked all the time.
这个问题一直都被人们反复提出。
Now, listen to these two responses, these full responses.
现在，请听听这两条完整的回答。
The first one is a learner response.
第一个是一个学习者的反馈（或回答）。
My day was good.
我的一天过得很好。
I woke up at 7:00.
我早上7点起床了。
I went to work.
我去上班了。
I had meetings.
我参加了几次会议。
I, I ate lunch.
我……我吃午饭了。
I went home.
我回家了。
I ate dinner.
我吃晚饭了。
I watched TV.
我看了电视。
Then I went to sleep.
然后我就睡着了。
That's all Now listen to the fluent English speaker response.
就这些了。现在，请听那位英语说得很流利的发言者的回答。
" Oh, it was actually a pretty good day.
哦，其实今天是相当不错的一天。
So this morning was kind of rough.
所以今天早上过得有点糟糕。
I overslept, so I was rushing around trying to get my daughter ready for school, and by the time I got to the office,
我睡过头了，于是匆忙地准备女儿去上学。等我赶到办公室的时候……
I was totally frazzled.
我完全累坏了。
Things got better in the afternoon, though.
不过，下午的情况有所好转。