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Today I'm going to talk about a really common error I encounter when talking to Chinese students.
今天给大家讲一个我跟中国学生聊天时常遇到的错误。

Have a look at the dialogue below:
看看以下对话:

Amy: Hey Tim, how was yo...

介绍： (想直接练习语音里的例句的朋友请看最下面的例句 1 - 7!）
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Today I'm going to talk about a really common error I encounter when talking to Chinese students.
今天给大家讲一个我跟中国学生聊天时常遇到的错误。

Have a look at the dialogue below:
看看以下对话:

Amy: Hey Tim, how was your holiday?
嗨 Tim, 你的假期过得怎么样？

Tim: Oh it was pretty good. I went to France with my wife and kids, and we spent two weeks in a little villa by the sea.
哦挺好的。我跟老婆孩子去了法国，在海边的一间小别墅呆了两个礼拜。

Amy: Oh wow! SO HAPPINESS!
哇! 真幸福!

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Come on, be honest. Have you made this mistake before?
来，说实话。你有没有犯过这个错误？

Ok, let me tell you:
好的，让我告诉你:

真幸福! ≠ So happiness!

也请不要说: "It's so happy"

This is Chinglish!
这是中式英文！

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Happy / happiness 在英语里是用来描述情绪

I'm really happy today because I got a promotion.
我今天很高兴，因为我被提升了。

Happiness is more important than money.
幸福比金钱更重要。

但一般中文说 "你真幸福!" 的含义是
"你真有福气!"
或
"你的生活真美好!"

那么"真幸福" 该怎么说？

现在告诉你 ^^

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Amy: Hey Tim, how was your holiday?

Tim: Oh it was pretty good. I went to France with my wife and kids, and we spent two weeks in a little villa by the sea.

Amy: Oh wow! THAT SOUNDS AMAZING!

1. That sounds amazing

Amazing = 美妙，美好，令人惊异的
翻译成中文有很多意思，有时候会觉得是挺正式的用语，其实在英文里这个词一般是非正式的。大概就 ＝ 极好 / 超棒!

为什么说 "That sounds..."?
中文意思是：“听起来... ”
是的，中文这样说也可能觉得有点正式，但英文常常这样说。别人告诉了你什么消息，你都可以说 "That sounds..."

当然也可以直接说 "That's..." 比如: "That's amazing!"

Amazing 可以代换其他词：

2. That sounds great!
3. That sounds fantastic!
4. That sounds awesome!

Great, fantastic, awesome 都是 "极好 / 超棒" 的意思。

Awesome这个词特别常用，特别地道 － 快把 "That sounds awesome!" 记下来!

更多表达方式:

5. You're so lucky!
你真幸运啊!

6. I'm so jealous!
我好羡慕啊!
(别用 envy - 这个词太正式了)

7. I'm really happy for you!
我真为你高兴! (一般用于大消息, 比如朋友说：I got a new job! 你可以这样回答)

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学了这么多，下次别说
"so happiness" 啦!