[ Day 01 ]
A : What have you been up to these days?
B : Not much. Everyone is just busy with this quarter's audit.
* 별일 없을 때
I'm doing pretty good/very well, thanks.
* 피곤할 때
Not bad, but I'm feeling a little tired today.
[ Day 02 ]
How are you? = 어디 아프진 않니? 너 괜찮니?
How's it going? = 잘 돼가요? 별일 없으세요?
= How's everything (going)? (친밀한 어감)
= How are you doing today?
= How are things going?
A : Good morning, Kyle. May I come in?
B : Of course. How's it going?
A : Can't complain. 그럭저럭이요.
[ Day 03 ]
Nice to meet you : 이제 막 만났으니 '앞으로의' 반가움을 표현
Nice meeting you : 헤어질 때 '만났어서(과거)' 반가웠다고 표현
(업계 포럼에서 처음 만난 타사 실무진에게 인사할 때)
A : Hello, I am Youngjing from Daehan Investment.
B : I'm Walter. It's nice to meet you.
A : Nice to meet you, too. Is this your first time here?
(이야기를 마치고 헤어질 때)
A : Well, Walter, it was very nice meeting you.
B : Sure, *you too. Let's keep in touch.
* You too = It was very nice meeting you too.
[ Day 04 ]
저는 회사원이에요 : I am an employee at [회사이름].
저는 ~ 회사에 다녀요 : I work for [회사이름]
A : So, what do you do for a living?
B : I work for a company (= I am an employee at Sansung.)
A : I see. Can I ask you what you do?
B : I'm a marketing manager at Samsung.
* office worker : 사무직
* worker/laborer : 육체 노동자/ 임금 노동자
* businessman : 사업가
[ Day 05 ]
What's your name? 은 건방지게 들릴 수 있다.
-> Can I have your name? / May I have your name, please? 가 적절하다.
(질문을 할 때 you 보다 I를 강조해서 묻는게 훨씬 공손한 이미지를 준다)
A : By the way, I'm Youngjin. Can I have your name?
B : I'm sorry. I'm Walter, Walter White. Here's my business card.
A : Welcome to the dinner reception. May I have your name, please?
B : Yes, of course. It's Perter Quinn from Grobal Capital Partners.