Different use postures of "What's the matter"

? With regard to greetings, each country has its own unique way of greeting, some are shaking hands, some are bowing, some are kissing cheeks, and some even touching the nose.

The language is different.

"Hello!"

"こんにちは"

"Hello"

"Hello"

"Hello"

………

I remember once seeing a foreign teacher in kindergarten. Every morning, she stood at the door with a smile, waved her hand 45 degrees with her trademark left hand and said, "How are you?" Then expect the children to say, "I'm fine, thank you, and you?" Say that finish, I nodded with relief.

? "How are you?" Since the early 1990s, this greeting has appeared in our English textbooks and has been explained by Li Lei and Han Meimei for nearly 30 years. Thinking of this, I can't help but dig out the dusty English textbook from under the bed and shake the dust. Looking at the two protagonists holding hands, lively and friendly, it really has the sense of sight of Haier brothers.

So, why don't young people nowadays say hello with "How are you?"?

How are you? Different contexts represent different meanings, not only greeting, but also making jokes if they are not used well. There is such a joke: high flyers, whose English is excellent, goes abroad to study. One day, he fell into a cliff and was seriously injured. The policeman rushed to the bottom of the cliff and shouted, "How are you?" High flyers immediately replied: "OK, thank you! What about you? " The police are gone. So use it with caution.

2, the sense of the times is too strong, which does not conform to the attitude of young people to pursue freedom and individuality.

3. Not cool enough (that's the point)

The question is, what kind of greetings are more in line with the tastes of young people today? I believe everyone may think, "What's the matter?" ",its correct understanding should be:" How are you recently? "

And different people use what's up, and the answers are different, such as:

A: Hey? What's the matter?

How have you been? )

b:？ Nothing, just got a new job.

(Not bad, just found a new job)

Answers like this include: not much (not bad), not much (nothing new), as usual (old) ...

But in some contexts, "what's up" is not understood in this way. For example, the African-American buddy who likes to wear big fat pants and a big gold chain and always looks at people with his head tilted (especially on the west coast) speaks like this:

Yo, what's wrong? Men? (usually pronounced Wassup)

? (Dude, what's going on? )

That's cool. How's that?

Not bad, and you? )

Pretty cool

? (Belle Bar)

Compared with the "liberal style" Americans, the staid British on the other side of the Atlantic use "what' up" more steadily.

A:? Hey, what's up, man? (like to call mate)

? How have you been recently? Friends)

b:？ I'm fine.

? (Very good)

However, for lazy Australians, they are always keen to shorten long words, like something, and wish to pronounce only one sound. Maybe I'm too lazy to talk in the sun.

What's up, champ? (They like to be called champions)

? How are you doing? Dude)

b:？ Hello. In China, you will be beaten for talking like this.

? (good! )

So the same situational dialogue expresses different feelings with different accents in different countries.

Yo, what's up, man?

? Hi, how have you been recently? Dude)

Great, I'm going to school. How about that?

? All right, I'll go to school. What about you? )

A:? It's cool. I just found a new job.

? Great, I just found a new job. )

Hey, what's up, man?

? How are you doing? Friends)

Good. I'm going shopping this afternoon. What about you?

? Ok, I'm going shopping this afternoon. What about you? )

A:? Not much, but I have to take care of my children

? Good, but I have to look after the children.

Hello, champ, how are you?

? How are you? Brother)

Hello, just got back from the sea, didn't you?

? I'm fine. I just got back from the sea. What about you? )

A:? As usual.

? (As usual)

The usage of "what's up" not only exists between friends, but also is kind and special to each other.

For example, Americans like to address men, brothers, buddies, buddies, tough guys and so on. British people like to address mate budd y while Australians like to address mate champion.

The usage of "what's up" is becoming more and more popular all over the world. Occasionally, with some cool gestures, the feelings between friends will become more ceremonial.