再来看一段James Taylor和Wang Dong之间的对话。James Taylor是AEC Advertising 的总裁，Wang Dong是China Bright Advertising Company 外事处的秘书。她负责到机场去接从未谋面的James Taylor。

Wang Dong: Good morning. Are you James Taylor?
James Taylor: Yes, and ...
Wang Dong: Welcome to Beijing, President Taylor. I'm Wang Dong, the secretary of the foreign affairs office from China Bright Advertising Company. Please call me Wang.
James Taylor: Oh, nice to meet you, Wang.
Wang Dong: Nice to meet you, too. How was the flight?
James Taylor: It was OK, though I feel a bit tired.
Wang Dong: Would you like me to help you with the luggage?
James Taylor: Oh, thank you.
Wang Dong: Please follow me to the gate. The company car is waiting for you outside.

大家已经意识到了吧，这段对话适用于正式的社交场合。
1 二个人用 Nice to meet you 相互问候。
2 Wang Dong 在自我介绍的时候不仅说了自己的姓名，还说了自己的职务和此行的身份。
3 Wang Dong 称呼对方为President Taylor，这是一种正式的称呼，而不是用Mr. James或者James。
4 Wang Dong 的用语十分礼貌，恭敬。

说到这里，让我们来作个初次见面问候用语的小结吧。

Brief greetings:
-- Hi! (for informal situation)
-- Hello! (for informal situation)
-- Hullo! (for informal situation)
-- Good morning/afternoon/evening. (for more formal situation)

Extended greetings at the first meeting:
-- Nice to meet you. (-- Nice to meet you, too.)
-- How do you do! (--Nice to meet you.) (for more formal situation)

附：几个实用的句子

1 Nice to meet you. 很高兴认识你。
二个素不认识的老美见面打招呼的方式很简单，就是一个人先说"Nice to meet you"， 另一个人说 "Nice to meet you, too"，然后相互握手。但人多的时候, 你不可能一个一个说 "Nice to meet you"，这时简单说"Hi" 就可以了，但这么说不适用于比较正式的场合。
 

2 Give me a hug.给我一个拥抱吧。
如果两个人相识已久，见面再说"Nice to meet you" 反而显得有点见外。这时候通常问候一句 "How are you doing" 或者 "What's up" 比较好一些。如果两个人还是不错的朋友，就会彼此拥抱一下。当然啦，拥抱之前不一定要说 "Give me a hug"，只要看到人家张开双手，你就可以迎上去拥抱啦。

3 Do you want to exchange numbers? 你想不想交换电话呢？

如果是学生的社交场合，要不要名片就不是那么重要了。这时你可以尝试跟对方交换电话号码。你可以说 "Do you want to exchange numbers" 或是直截了当要对方的电话 "Could I have your phone number"。当然，第一次见面就要对方电话感觉好像怪怪的，所以你也可以跟对方要 E-mail address 或是 ICQ number。总之要什么就根据当时的情况和你个人的企图来定了。

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