I Bet Expert English Speakers Don't Know the Difference - HOW ABOUT vs WHAT ABOUT

我打赌英语母语人士不知道这些差异--HOW ABOUT 与 WHAT ABOUT

I got a message on Instagram from an Eat Sleep Dreamer asking me 'Tom could you explain the

我在Instagram上收到一位粉丝的提问: ' Tom,

你能解释一下' how about' 和 'what about' 的区别吗？

difference between 'how about' and 'what about'? Are they similar? What a great question. It

他们的用法一样吗？

这是多么棒的一个问题啊

was a question that I have had before and so today, we're going to look at the differences

我也曾有过这个疑惑

今天，我们来一起看看

and the similarities between these two phrases.

他们的不同以及相同之处

Hello and welcome to Eat Sleep Dream English. If you haven't met me before my name is Tom

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如果你之前没有见过我

我是Tom

and I teach fresh modern British English so that you can take your English to the next

我会教你一些现代的英式英语

可以帮助你提升英语水平 并且实现你的目标

level and achieve your life goals. Now today, we're looking at how about and what about.

今天，我们将要学习how about 和 what about

The differences and the similarities. There are a few. These are two very useful expressions

以及他们的不同与相同之处

还是有不少内容的

这里有两个很有用的表达

that would be great for you to understand. before we get going I want to remind you guys

可以帮助你更好地理解

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use of 'how about' is to make a suggestion. For example 'What shall we do tonight?' 'I

how about的主要用途就是 给出一个建议

比如，我们今晚干什么呢？

don't know. How about going to the pub?' As you can see there they are making a suggestion

我不知道，不如去酒吧？

你会发现

他们在给出一个关于去酒吧的建议

of going to the pub. It's an idea. Now this question demands a response either yes or

这也是一个想法

这个问题需要一个是 或者 否 的回答

no. You can accept the idea or reject the idea. So the answer might be 'Yeah ok great'

你可以接受这个想法，或直接拒绝

所以回答有可能是

哦，好啊，这很棒

or 'I don't really fancy going to the pub'. Whatever your response, it is either yes or

或者是

我不是很想去酒吧

不论你回答什么

必须为 是 或 否

no. Another example 'What do you want to have for dinner?' 'I know. How about a Chinese

另一个例子就是

你晚餐想吃什么？

哦，中餐打包怎么样？

take away?' Same thing again. There's the suggestion and we can either say yes or no.

同样的事儿

这还是一个建议，我们要么说好

Now what's really important is to look at the pattern that follows this phrase how about.

要么说不好

同样非常重要的是

注意短语后所连接的标志

how about

We've got three options. We can say how about and then the verb in the ing. So how about

我们有三种选择

我们可以在how about后使用动词的ing形式

所以，比如

going to the cinema? So you've go how about and then the verb ing. the second pattern

去电影院怎么样？x 2

所以你在how about后就是用了动词的ing形式

第二种用法

is the pronoun and then the infinitive verb so how about we go to the cinema? That's also

是后接介词，以及动词不定式

我们去电影院怎么样？ x2

fine. The third structure how about the cinema? We are using a noun phrase there. So all three

这也是OK的

第三种结构

电影院怎么样？ x2

我们在这里用了一个名词短语

have the same meaning the structures are slightly different, it's up to you which one you want

所以这三个句子都有着相同的意思

但是结构却有着轻微的不同

取决于你想使用哪一种

to use. So how about going to the cinema? How about we go to the cinema? How about the

1.去电影院怎么样？

2.我们去电影院如何？

3.电影院怎么样？

cinema? All perfectly fine. The main use of what about is to raise an objection or to

这些都是正确的

what about的主要用法是

提出反对 或者 谈论一个问题

talk about a problem. So for example 'Hey let's have a house party tonight' 'Yeah but

比如说

嘿，我们今天晚上在家里聚会吧！

好啊，但是邻居会怎么想呢？

what about the neighbours?' So the objection here is that if you have a house party, the

所以这个方案的缺陷就是

如果你举办一个家庭聚会

neighbours are going to be upset. Maybe because of the noise, the disturbance etc. So you

邻居们可能会不太高兴

可能是因为噪音，骚乱等等

所以这个问题就产生了

are raising it as a problem. Well, what about the neighbours, like don't you think they

那么，邻居们怎么办？

你不认为他们可能会生气 或者 不高兴等等吗？

will be angry or upset or whatever. So it's a great way to raise a problem or an issue

所以，提前提出可能产生的问题

是一个很棒的用法

that there might be. Here's another example 'Do you fancy going away for the weekend?'

再举一个例子

周末出去玩你心动吗？

What about the dogs, we can't just leave them? So the problem here is that if you go away

那我们的狗怎么办？

我们不能不管它们

所以这里的问题就是

如果你周末出去玩

for the weekend, what are you going to do with the dogs. The dogs are going to be by

你的狗狗要如何处理？

狗狗可能会独自呆着家里

themselves. They can't be by themselves, so that's a problem. so again you are using what

但它们不能自己待着

所以，这就是个问题

所以，你再一次使用what about

about to raise this issue that's potentially there. The main structure after what about

来提出这个潜在的问题

what about后接的结构主要是名词短语

is to use the noun phrase. So what about the dogs? The dogs is the noun phrases. You can

比如，what about the dogs？

the dogs就是一个名词短语

also have the verb ing as well. So what about seeing your friends? So again the verb ing.

你当然也可以使用动词的ing形式

比如，what about seeing your friends？x2 见见你的朋友们如何？ x2

所以，又一次的使用了动词的ing形式

Now as you will hear in my pronunciation I'm not saying what about. Now my accent is a

你现在可以听到我的发音

我不是在发what about

我的口音是伦敦的口音

London accent, it's a little bit loose with the /t/s sometimes. Sometimes I'll drop them,

对于/t/的发音，有时候会有一点松懈

所以我有时候会不读它们

so the way that I say this is 'what about..?' I'm dropping my /t/s there. So what about..?

所以，我是这样读'what about' 的

我会不读这里的t，所以，what about

I'm using a schwa over the A, so it's not about but about. And I'm not pronouncing that

这里的A也不是重读音节的元音

所以不念about，而是about

并且，我也不会读出这里最后的t

/t/ at the end there. So it's what about..? What about going to the cinema? What about

所以就是，what about...?

What about going to the cinema? 去电影院如何？

What about the dogs？ 狗狗们怎么办？

what about

the dogs? Now that's very casual informal spoken English. It's just how I would say

这是一种非常随意，不正式的口语表达

这些都是我会使用的表达

it, it makes it much easier for me to say. Instead of saying what about, it's quite difficult.

这会使我的对话变得更容易

如果不使用what about，对话可能会变得比较复杂

So what about. And the same with how about. I'm not pronouncing that last /t/ on the about.

所以说，what about

以及how about也是一样

我不会读出about最后的t

how about

How about going to the cinema? How about seeing some friends? You will also notice that in

1.How about going tothe cinema? 去电影院如何？

2.How about seeing some friends? 去见一些朋友如何？

how about

你可以注意到

response to a what about question the answer probably isn't yes or no, it's probably more

对于一个what about的问题

回答不一定只有 是 或者 否

在回答的基础上会有一些扩充

expanded than that. So what about the dogs? Oh the dogs will be ok, I'm sure we can find

比如，What about the dogs？ 那些狗狗怎么办？

哦！狗可以处理好的

我保证我们可以找到一个照顾它们的好方法

a way to look after them. Maybe your brother could look after them or whatever it might

也许你的哥哥可以过来照看它们

be, ok? So with how about it's usually yes or no as a response but what about the answer

或者还有一些其他的办法，不是吗？

所以，对于how about问题

它的回答通常就只有 是 或者 否

但是对于what about的问题

is probably a little bit longer. Now when can they be used interchangeably. When is

问答常常可能会稍长一些

不过有些用法是可以互换的

什么情况下我们会重复使用？

there a bit of an overlap of use? Well, usually when we are looking for a response from somebody

嗯，通常是我们在对他人的问题寻找答案时

else. So for example 'What are you up to this evening?' 'Nothing much. How about you?' 'I

所以，比如说

你今晚打算干什么？

Nothing much. How about you? 没有什么打算，你呢？

think I'm going to have a quiet night in.' 'What are you up to this evening?' 'Nothing

我会有一个安静的夜晚

你今晚打算干什么？

Nothing much. What about you? 没有什么打算，你呢？

much. What about you?' 'I think I'm going to have a quiet night in.' So they are exactly

我会有一个安静的夜晚

所以说，他们确实表达的是一个意思

the same meaning. They just want you to respond to the question. So you say your answer and

它们都只是想回答你的问题

所以你说出了你的答案

then you want the other person to give their answer. So instead of asking them the whole

然后你希望他人给出他们的答案

所以，不是再次问一遍整个问题

question again, you just say 'What about you?' or 'How about you?' Here how about and what

你只用说‘What about you?’

或者'How abou you?'

这里的how about 和 what about

about, completely interchangeable, you can use either one. Alright, does that make sense

是可以互换的

你可以使用任意一个

好了，这些对于你们都熟悉了吗？

guys? Does that seem clearer to you now, the difference between how about and what about.

现在对你来说

how about 和 what about的异同

And the similarities. In the comments below guys, I want you to practise using these phrases.

更清晰了一些吗？

在下面的评论中

我希望你们能够练习使用这些短语

So I want you to write a little dialogue. Maybe it could begin 'What shall we do tonight?'

所以我希望你们去写一些小的对话

也许可以用 '我们今天晚上干什么呢？' 来开始

and then you can give a suggestion. Or maybe 'Let's go bowling this afternoon' and then

接下来你可以再给出一个建议

或者

先提出 '我们今天下午去打保龄球如何？'

you can say a problem or an objection. So write your dialogue in the comments below.

然后你可以提出一个问题，或者是一个缺点

所以，在评论中写下你的小对话吧

I'm going to come down and read them all and I'm going to give you some feedback, ok? Brilliant.

我会查看阅读所有的评论

并且会给你们一些反馈

可以吗？

Brilliant 很好

I look forward to reading them. Guys, I want to remind you of the YouTube membership for

我很期待去读你们的评论

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现在已经开放了

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我们每天都会学习

这非常有趣

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你就可以在所有的设备上享受同样的待遇了

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every Tuesday and every Friday helping you take your English to the next level. I'm still

来帮助你提升英语水平

turning up every Tuesday and every Friday, nothing has changed. We are still here, we

我仍是每周二与每周五出现

不会有任何改变

我们还是在这里

are still learning English, we are still taking our English to the next level. So exciting!

我们依旧在学习英语

我们依旧在提升我们的英语去到下一个等级

多么令人激动啊

Remember to check out my Instagram account, my Instagram stories and my Facebook account

别忘了去查看我的Instagram账号

我的Instagram故事

以及我的Facebook账号

where I put daily English content. Guys thank you so much for watching, I really appreciate

我会每天发布有关英语的内容

伙伴们，感谢你们的收看

我非常感激

it. Guys, you know how much you mean to me. I appreciate your support so much. Thank you

你们对我很重要

我非常感谢你们的支持

very much for watching today. This is Tom, the Chief Dreamer, saying goodbye.

谢谢你们今天的观看

我是Tom

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