USED TO vs BE USED TO Difference | Learn the English Vocabulary Grammar and Meaning

Hi, everyone. I’m Esther.

大家好。我是埃丝特。

In this video, I’m going to talk about the two similar and sometimes confusing English expressions

在本视频中，我将讨论两个相似且有时令人困惑的英语表达

‘used to’ and ‘be used to’.

“used to”和“beused to”。

These expressions can be confusing,

这些表达式可能会令人困惑，

but this video will help you understand the difference and when to use them.

但该视频将帮助您理解它们的区别以及何时使用它们。

So keep watching.

所以继续观察吧。

Let’s start with ‘used to’.

让我们从“习惯”开始。

Its form is ‘used to’ + the infinitive.

它的形式是“used to”+不定式。

It's used as a verb.

它用作动词。

'used to' expresses that an activity was a past habit.

“used to”表示某项活动是过去的习惯。

It was a regular occurrence at an earlier stage of life

这在生命的早期阶段是经常发生的事情

but not anymore.

，但现在不再是这样了。

Let’s look at some examples.

让我们看一些例子。

The first sentence says, ‘I used to drink green tea.’

第一句话是：“我以前喝绿茶。”

However, because it says ‘used to’ it means not anymore.

然而，因为它说“曾经”，所以意味着不再。

It used to be a regular thing in the past

过去这是很常见的事情

but I don't drink green tea anymore.

，但我不再喝绿茶了。

The next sentence says, ‘Karen used to play with dolls.’

下一句话是：“凯伦过去常玩洋娃娃。”

Again, Karen played with dolls a lot maybe in the past

再说一次，凯伦过去可能经常玩洋娃娃，

but she doesn't play with dolls anymore

但她不再玩洋娃娃了

and that's why we used ‘used to’.

，这就是我们用“过去”的原因。

Now, I’ll move on to ‘be used to’.

现在，我将继续“习惯”。

Its form is ‘be’ or ‘get used to’.

它的形式是“是”或“习惯”。

It means that you are accustomed to something.

这意味着你已经习惯了某件事。

You don't find it unusual. It's familiar to you.

你并不觉得这有什么不寻常。你很熟悉。

Let’s look at some examples.

让我们看一些例子。

The first sentence says,

第一句话是：

‘I’m getting used to working at night.’

“我已经习惯了晚上工作。”

Remember, the form can be ‘be used to’ or ‘get used to’.

请记住，该形式可以是“习惯”或“习惯”。

In this example, we're using ‘get used to’.

在此示例中，我们使用“习惯”。

‘I’m getting used to working at night.’

“我已经习惯了晚上工作。”

I’m becoming familiar with working at night.

我越来越习惯晚上工作。

Maybe it's because I’ve been working at night for a long time.

也许是因为我已经长时间在晚上工作了。

The next sentence says,

下一句话是：

‘She's used to the heat in the summer.’

“她已经习惯了夏天的炎热。”

Here, we use the ‘be’ verb ‘she is’.

在这里，我们使用“be”动词“她是”。

‘She's used to the heat in the summer.’

“她已经习惯了夏天的炎热。”

She's accustomed to it.

她已经习惯了。

Maybe it's because she lived in a hot place when she was young.

也许是因为她年轻时生活在炎热的地方。

Now, let's move on to a checkup.

现在，让我们继续检查。

In this conversation, there are two sentences.

这段对话中有两句话。

In one of the sentences, we use ‘used to’.

在其中一个句子中，我们使用“used to”。

In the other sentence, we need to use ‘be’ or ‘get used to’.

在另一句话中，我们需要使用“是”或“习惯”。

Take a moment to think about where we use these expressions.

花点时间思考一下我们在哪里使用这些表达方式。

‘A’ says, ‘I _blank_ have a better work schedule.’

“A”说，“我_空白_有更好的工作时间表。”

‘A’ is trying to express that in the past he had a better work schedule

“A”试图表达他过去有更好的工作时间表

but that's not true anymore.

，但现在情况已不再如此。

So we need to use ‘used to’.

所以我们需要使用“习惯”。

‘I used to have a better work schedule.’

“我以前有更好的工作安排。”

‘B’ says, ‘Don't worry. You'll _blank_ this new schedule soon.’

‘B’说：‘别担心。你很快就会_空白_这个新的时间表。

‘B’ is trying to tell ‘A’

“B”试图告诉“A”，

after some time

过一段时间

you'll be accustomed to your new schedule.

你就会习惯新的日程安排。

So ‘B’ can say,

所以‘B’可以说，

‘Don't worry. You'll be used to this new schedule soon,’

‘别担心。你很快就会习惯这个新的时间表，”

or ‘Don't worry. you'll get used to this new schedule soon.’

或者“别担心。你很快就会习惯这个新的时间表。”

So if we look at this conversation altogether,

因此，如果我们把这段对话放在一起看，

‘A’ says,

“A”会说，

‘I used to have a better work schedule.’

“我以前有更好的工作安排。”

‘B’ says,

‘B’说：

‘Don't worry. You'll get used to this new schedule soon.’

‘别担心。你很快就会习惯这个新的时间表。”

Now you know the difference between ‘used to’ and ‘be used to’.

现在您知道“习惯”和“习惯”之间的区别了。

Be sure to use them correctly.

请务必正确使用它们。

Remember, it's always important to practice everything you learn in my videos.

请记住，练习您在我的视频中学到的所有内容始终很重要。

Thank you guys so much for watching and I’ll see you in the next video.

非常感谢大家的观看，我们将在下一个视频中见到您。