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A:How was the party last night?

甲:昨晚的派對怎樣﹖



B:Oh, I had a great time.

乙:噢，我玩得非常開心。



A:Good. I wish I could join you.

甲:真好，我也希望跟你去。



B:Why didn't you come?

乙:為甚麼你不來呢﹖



A:I had a very important business appointment.

甲:我有一個很重要的商務約會。



除了"I had a great time." 外，”I had a nice time.”, “I had a good time”, “I had a wonderful time.”, “We really enjoyed it.” 也是常用的句子，表示你渡過了一段快樂的時光，向你的同伴或宴會主人說這句話，表示了感謝和讚美。



多學一點點 "讚歎"

要表示喜悅，英文常用nice一字，例如We had a nice time on holiday.（我們的假期十分愉快。）、The day was simply nice.（那天天氣好極了。）、The meal was really nice（那頓飯真令人回味。）、It is a nice skirt.（那條裙子很漂亮。）、It was nice meeting you.（與君一聚，甚快吾心。）等等。 總之，甚麼都可以說nice。著名英國女作家奧斯汀(Jane Austen,1775-1817)在小說 Northanger Abbey 就借男主角之口諷刺時人濫用這個字：Oh,it is a very nice word indeed ! It does for everything.（啊，nice（好）這個字真nice，形容甚麼都可以。）

Nice的濫用情況，沒有因奧斯汀等人的批評而止息，但要表示喜悅或讚美一些事物，選擇較貼切的形容詞，會顯得較為言出由衷，例如：It was a pleasure meeting you.、 It is a beautiful skirt.、The meal was really delicious.、 The day was simply glorious.、We had a great time on holiday.

形容事物，假如要加強語氣，除了用very（十分）一字，還可用really（真的）、absolutely（完全）、extremely（非常）等。Simply、awfully二字也須懂得使用。

Simply用在形容詞之前，不是說「簡單」，而是「絕對」的意思。She is simply beautiful不是「她單純得美麗」，而是「她美極了」。Awful是「可怕的」，但awfully口語上卻解作「非常」。He is awfully kind. 不是「他和藹得可怕」，而是「他非常和藹」。