Ways to ask  如何问

当你在社交场合遇到某人，你想知道他们做什么工作，最常见的问题是：

What do you do?

这是一个简短的问句:

What do you do for a living?

可以多次快速的朗读下面例句，

What do you do?

I'm a teacher.

What do you do for a living?

I work in photojournalism.

What do you do?

I run an arts program for teenagers.

What do you do for a living?

I'm a musician.。

尝试快速读“What do you do?”的发音，当说快时，它通常听起来像“what addya do?”

是不是这样？

另外两种友好的询问方式是“What kind of work do you do?”和“What line of work are you in?”你也可以用同样的方式回答，比如，“I run an arts program for teenagers”或“I'm a musician”。

Following up  深入

在这个人回答问题之后，最好再问一两个问题。看一个例子：

What do you do for a living?

I run an arts program for teenagers.

Nice! How long have you been doing that?

For about five years now.

Where do you work?

At the city's arts and culture division.