In this English lesson, I'll teach you five very common questions you might hear if you're having one of these conversations.

在今天的課程中，我將教你五個閒聊常遇見的問題。

And I'll teach you two possible answers for each question.

每個問題還會教大家兩個可能的回答。

One answer that's really, really positive and one that's a little more negative.

一個非常正向的回答跟一個比較消極的說法。

The first question that is very common when having a conversation like this is the question: How was your day?

第一個常見的閒聊提問是：今天過得如何？

This is a question that you might be asked at the end of your day, maybe by a spouse or a friend.

這個問題可能會出現在一天結束時，也許是另一半或朋友問的。

And basically they're just trying to figure out how your day went.

基本上他們只是想了解你今天過得怎樣。

A very negative answer to this question would be to say, I had a horrible day.

對這個問題，負面的回答是：我今天過得很糟。

Maybe your boss was mean to you.

也許老闆對你很刻薄。

Maybe you were at school and the teacher wasn't very nice.

也許在學校，老師對你不是很友好。

You would just say, I had a horrible day.

你就會說，我今天過得很糟糕。

A positive way to answer this question, though, is to say, I had an awesome day.

正面的回答則是：今天挺順利的。

Maybe your boss was really nice to you at work.

也許工作中，老闆對你很好。

Maybe your teacher was in a really good mood, if you're in school, you would then say in a very positive way, I had an awesome day.

也許在學校老師今天心情很好，你就會非常正面的說，今天是很棒的一天。

So how was your day?

那麼，你今天過得如何？

A negative response: I had a horrible day.

負面的回答：我度過了糟糕透頂的一天。

A positive response: I had an awesome day.

正向的回應：今天是很棒的一天。

Another question that's very common is the question how was the weather?

另一個常見的問題是：天氣如何？

This is a question that someone will usually ask after you went on a trip or maybe after the weekend, and maybe they know that you went and did something fun.

通常在你旅行回來或週末過後，人們會問這個問題，也許他們知道你出去玩。

So they'll say, How was the weather?

所以他們會問，天氣怎麼樣？

A negative response would be to say:

負面的回應是：

The weather was miserable.

天氣很糟。

When we describe miserable weather, we're talking about a day where it rains a lot or a day where it snows a lot.

如果說天氣很糟糕，通常表示下雨大或大雪的日子。

We're talking about a day where the weather isn't very nice.

描述天氣不是很好的日子。

The weather was miserable.

天氣很糟。

If I was to describe the weather in a positive way, though, I would say the weather was gorgeous or the weather was beautiful.

不過，如果要正面描述天氣，會說天氣很好或天氣俊朗。

Now, I know we usually use those words to describe people,

我知道通常這些詞是用來描述人，

but if someone says the weather was gorgeous or the weather was beautiful, it usually means it was sunny, not too warm, not too cool.

但如果有人說天氣很好或天氣很美麗，通常代表天氣晴朗，不會太熱或太冷。

The weather was just right.

天氣剛剛好。

The weather was gorgeous or the weather was beautiful.

天氣很好或者天氣俊朗。

Another very common question is the question how was traffic?

另一個常見問題是：有堵車嗎？

We usually ask this question when we know someone regularly drives somewhere where there might be traffic jams or where traffic is bad.

通常知道有人得通勤，途經路況又時常不佳時，會問這個問題。

We say: How was traffic?

會問：有堵車嗎？

And they might answer in a negative way by saying: Traffic was awful.

而他們可給出負面回答：路況糟透了。

I was in a traffic jam for 30 minutes and I was late for work.

我在路上塞了 30 分鐘，還上班遲到了

Traffic was awful.

路況很糟。

That would be your negative response.

那是負面的回應。

When we give a positive response, though, we usually say: Traffic wasn't bad at all.

反之，想正面的回應時，通常會說：完全沒堵車！

That would be probably the most common way to describe a pleasant experience while driving on the highway.

這可能是路況很好最常見的描述方式。

It wasn't bad at all.

完全沒堵車！

It's as if we always expect traffic to be bad.

就好像我們總是預設路況會很糟。

We always expect it to be awful.

我們總是假設路況會不好。

And then when it's good, instead of saying it was amazing, we say it wasn't bad at all.

所以路況好的時候，不會直接說很好，而是說完全沒堵車。

So a negative description: Traffic was awful.

負面描述：路況很糟。

A positive description: Traffic wasn't bad at all.

正面的描述：完全沒堵車。

Sometimes small talk is about movies or television.

有時，閒聊會跟電影或電視節目有關。

And if someone was to say: How was the movie?

如果有人問：電影好看嗎？

You could reply in a negative way by saying: The movie wasn't very good.

你可以給出負面答覆：電影沒有很好看。

We don't often use super negative words to describe movies.

我們通常不會使用非常負面的詞描述電影。

We usually just say: The movie wasn't very good.

通常只會說：這部電影不是很好。

If the movie, however, was good, we might say: The movie was superb.

而如果電影好看，可以說：這部電影超好看。

Superb is a great word to describe something that's amazing or awesome.

「超級棒」用來描述令人驚艷的事物。

The movie was superb.

這部電影超級好看。

So if we're describing a movie that we didn't like, we might say:

所以，如果想描述不太喜歡的電影，可能可以說：

The movie wasn't very good or the movie wasn't very good at all.

電影沒有很好看或電影很難看。

And if we were to describe it in a positive way, we would say: The movie was superb.

如果要給正面評價，可以說：這部電影超好看。

Sports are also a very common topic when having small talk,

體育也是閒聊時常出現的話題。

and you might have someone ask you this question: How was the game?

可能會有人問你：這場比賽怎麼樣？

Maybe you just went to see a game and they want to know how the game was.

也許你剛去看了場比賽，他們想知道比賽情況。

How was the game?

比賽情況如何？

Now there's a couple different negative ways to describe a game.

關於比賽，負面描述有幾種不同的說法。

You could say: The game was disappointing.

可以說：這場比賽令人失望。

This would probably mean that the team that you wanted to win lost the game.

這可能意味著你支持的那支隊伍輸了。

The game was disappointing.

這場比賽令人失望。

Maybe, though, the game wasn't very exciting, you might say: The game was boring.

也許比賽並不精彩，你可能會說：比賽很無聊。

Or if you really, really enjoyed the game and you had a lot of fun, you would probably say: The game was amazing.

或是如果你很享受那場比賽，覺得很有趣，你可能會說：比賽很精彩。

This also probably means that the team you liked won.

這也可能代表你喜歡的球隊贏了。

So you might say the game was disappointing, the game was boring or the game was amazing.

關於比賽的表達可以說：比賽令人失望、比賽很無聊或那場比賽超好看。

Well, hey, thank you so much for watching this little English lesson about how to give a very positive or a very negative response to common questions you'll hear while having small talk with someone.

非常感謝大家收看本集關於閒聊常見話題的英語課程。

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如果這是你第一看我的影片，別忘了點擊紅色按鈕訂閱。

Give me a thumbs up.

幫我按讚。

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有時間的話，為何不留下留言呢？

And if you have even more time, why don't you stick around and watch another English lesson. Bye.

或是你有足夠時間，也可以再上一堂英語課，下次見！