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節目待會揭曉本週問題。

OK! This week's learner question comes from...

好啦！本週的學習問題來自...

Ashfaq from Pakistan, who says, "What is the difference between these two sentences: 'How are you?' and 'How do you do?'"

巴基斯坦的 Ashfaq，他問：How are you? 和 How do you do? 這兩句話究竟差在哪？

Well, Ashfaq, "How do you do?" is quite formal and it's not used much these days.

Ashfaq，How do you do? 是比較正式的說法，現在不那麼常用了。

You might possibly use it the first time you meet somebody for business or with somebody very, very important.

你第一次和某人見面談生意時或許會用到這句，或是和某個非常非常重要的人會面時。

It's usually accompanied with a handshake.

通常還會搭配握手。

The response to "How do you do?" is: "How do you do", but with a slightly different emphasis.

how do you do 的回答也是 ... how do you do，但會有些微的差異。

For example, - How do you do?　- How do you do?"

舉個例子，how do you do? how do you do?

Did you see the difference?

你發現差別了嗎？

You could also say: "I'm pleased to meet you" or "It's very nice to meet you."

你也可以說 I'm pleased to meet you 或 it's very nice to meet you。（「很高興認識你。」）

"How are you?" is used in both informal and formal circumstances.

How are you? 在正式或非正式場合都可以使用。

So, usually it's quite a good question to begin a conversation with.

所以很適合拿來作為開場白。

It's a question which asks about the other person's state of being.

它用來詢問對方的狀態如何。

But don't go into too much detail when you give the answer.

但回答的時候別講得太深入。

Standard replies include, "Very well thank you", "I'm fine thanks,"

標準的回答包含 very well thank you 和 I'm fine thanks。（「我很好，謝謝你。」）

And, of course, it's traditional to then return the question to the other person and ask, "And yourself?", "And you?", "How are you?"

當然傳統上要回問對方 and yourself?、and you? 或是 how are you?（「你呢？你好嗎？」）

Very informal greetings include, "Hey", "Hi", "Hiya", "Heya", and are often accompanied by questions such as, "What's up?", "What's going on?", and "How's things?"

很不正式的問候包含 hey、hi、hiya、heya（「嘿！嗨！嗨嗨！」），通常還會包含問句如 what's up?、what's going on? 和 how's things?。（「怎啦？一切還好嗎？」）

Finally, if we're talking about formal greetings, we should also talk about formal farewells.

最後，說到正式的問候語，我們也應該來說說正式的道別。

Again, these are usually accompanied with a handshake.

這些通常也會搭配握手。

And we might say, "It was a pleasure meeting you."

我們或許說 it was a pleasure meeting you。（「很榮幸認識你。」）

Or "It's been great meeting you. Thank you very much for your time."

或 it's been great meeting you. Thank you very much for your time。（「很高興認識你。感謝你撥冗見面。」）

Thank you for your time, Ashfaq. I hope that's answered your question.

感謝你的提問，Ashfaq。我希望以上回答了你的問題。

If anybody else out there has a question for Learners' Questions, you can email us on: learning.english@bbc.co.uk.

如果其他人有任何學習問題，你可以寄信到我們信箱：[email protected]。

Please remember to include Learners' Questions in the subject box and your name and the country that you're writing from.

煩請記得在主旨欄標註 Learners' Questions，以及你的名字和你來自哪裡。

We can't answer every single question, guys—we just get too many—but we do read every single one.

我們沒辦法回答每一個問題，大夥們我們收到太多信了，但我們確實會閱讀每一個。

And for more information, go to our website: bbclearningenglish.com.

想知道更多訊息，前往我們的網站：bbclearningenglish.com。

That's it for this week's Learners' Question. I'll see you next time.

以上就是本週的學習問題。下次見。