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Hello.

你好。

Welcome to our conversation series.

欢迎来到我们的对话系列。

These videos are for intermediate level learners of English.

这些视频适合中级英语学习者。

In these videos, we will talk about many expressions to help you communicate in English.

在这些视频中，我们将讨论许多有助于您用英语交流的表达方式。

When you watch these videos you should do 3 things to help you study.

当您观看这些视频时，您应该做三件事来帮助您学习。

First, our teachers may say a word that you don’t know.

首先，我们的老师可能会说一些你不认识的单词。

Please take the time to find that word in a dictionary to help you understand the video.

请花点时间在字典中查找该单词，以帮助您理解该视频。

Second, you should always try to repeat after the teacher in the video.

其次，你应该始终尝试跟着视频中老师的说法重复。

Whenever the teacher uses some new vocabulary or expressions, you need to repeat how they

每当老师使用一些新的词汇或表达方式时，你都需要重复他们的

say it.

说法。

Last, you should always review and re-watch the videos, and practice what you learned

最后，您应该经常回顾和重新观看视频，并练习所学内容

to help you understand the expressions being taught to you.

，以帮助您理解所教的表达方式。

It takes time and effort, but these videos will help you if you watch them with a sincere

这需要时间和精力，但如果您怀着

interest to learn English.

学习英语的

Thank you and enjoy the videos.

真诚兴趣观看这些视频，它们会对您有所帮助 。 谢谢您并享受视频。

Hi, everybody.

大家好。

I’m Esther and in this video, we’re going to talk about how to describe the cost or

我是 Esther，在这段视频中，我们将讨论如何描述

price of something.

某物的成本或价格。

Now this is important to people like me who like shopping.

现在这对于像我这样喜欢购物的人来说很重要。

Right…

是的……

So, for example, I like shopping, especially for dresses.

举个例子，我喜欢购物，尤其是买衣服。

So, I might say, the cost of “This dress is affordable.”

所以，我可能会说，“这件衣服是负担得起的”的成本。

Ok…

好吧……

“This dress is affordable.”

“这件衣服价格实惠。”

‘Affordable’ means that this dress is not too expensive.

“实惠”是指这件衣服不太贵。

I have enough money and I can pay for this dress.

我有足够的钱，我可以买这件衣服。

I have enough money, I ‘can’ buy this dress.

我有足够的钱，我可以买这件衣服。

So, I would say, “This dress is affordable.”

所以，我会说，“这件衣服价格实惠。”

I can also say, “This dress is inexpensive.”

我还可以说：“这件衣服很便宜。”

We all know what ‘expensive’ is, but we say “inexpensive”, so that’s the opposite.

我们都知道什么是“贵”，但我们说“便宜”，所以事实恰恰相反。

“Inexpensive.”

“便宜。”

‘Affordable’ and ‘inexpensive’ have very similar meanings.

“负担得起”和“便宜”的含义非常相似。

Again, I have enough money to buy this.

再说一遍，我有足够的钱买这个。

It’s not too expensive.

不太贵。

Then we have “cheap”.

然后我们有“便宜”。

“This dress is cheap.”

“这件衣服很便宜。”

Now ‘cheap’ is similar.

现在“便宜”也是类似的。

It means it’s not expensive, but it’s a little bit more negative.

这意味着它不贵，但它有点负面。

If you say that something is “cheap”, people may think that the quality is not very

如果你说某样东西“便宜”，人们可能会认为质量不太

good.

好。

It’s not very nice.

这不太好。

Ok, now let’s look at the opposite.

好吧，现在让我们看看相反的情况。

The opposite of these words is “expensive”.

这些词的反义词是“贵”。

“This dress is expensive.”

“这件衣服很贵。”

It costs a lot of money…too much money.

这要花很多钱……太多的钱。

Maybe I don’t want to buy it.

也许我不想买。

We can also say, “over-priced”.

我们也可以说“价格过高”。

“This dress is over-priced.”

“这件衣服太贵了。”

That means the price is too high.

这意味着价格太高了。

So again, I don’t want to buy this dress.

再说一遍，我不想买这件衣服。

It’s too expensive and over-priced.

它太贵了而且价格过高。

Ok, let’s look at some more examples together.

好吧，让我们一起看一些更多的例子。

Let’s look at some examples.

让我们看一些例子。

“The hat was affordable because it was on sale.”

“这顶帽子很便宜，因为它正在打折。”

“The hat was affordable because it was on sale.”

“这顶帽子很便宜，因为它正在打折。”

Next.

下一个。

“I wish this bag was more affordable.”

“我希望这个包能更便宜一些。”

“I wish this bag was more affordable.”

“我希望这个包能更便宜一些。”

Next.

下一个。

“This computer is surprisingly inexpensive.”

“这台电脑出奇的便宜。”

“This computer is surprisingly inexpensive.”

“这台电脑出奇的便宜。”

Next.

下一个。

“These shoes look beautiful, but they are too cheap.”

“这双鞋看起来很漂亮，但是太便宜了。”

“These shoes look beautiful, but they are too cheap.”

“这双鞋看起来很漂亮，但是太便宜了。”

Next.

下一个。

“That jacket is too expensive.”

“那件夹克太贵了。”

“That jacket is too expensive.”

“那件夹克太贵了。”

And last.

最后。

“I cannot buy this over-priced bag.”

“我买不起这个价格过高的包。”

“I cannot buy this over-priced bag.”

“我买不起这个价格过高的包。”

Ok, so in this video, we learned that when we want to describe the cost of something,

好的，在这个视频中，我们了解到，当我们想要描述某物的成本时，

as not too expensive, we say “affordable”.

如果不是太贵，我们会说“负担得起”。

Ok…

好吧……

Something is ‘affordable’ if it’s not too expensive.

如果不是太贵的话，就是“负担得起”的东西。

If I can buy it with the money I have.

如果我能用我有的钱买它的话。

On the other hand, if something is not affordable, if the cost is very high, we say “expensive”

另一方面，如果某样东西买不起，如果成本非常高，我们就会说“昂贵”

or “over-priced”.

或“定价过高”。

For me, ahh…I think some brands like H&M and Forever21 are affordable.

对我来说，啊……我觉得像H&M和Forever21这样的品牌是可以承受的。

Some people don’t think this way.

有些人不这么认为。

They think it’s cheap.

他们认为这很便宜。

Uhh…sometimes, yes.

呃……有时，是的。

Some of the items can be cheap.

有些商品可能很便宜。

But for me, I like those brands because they are affordable.

但对我来说，我喜欢这些品牌，因为它们价格实惠。

Ahhh…another store that I like, in Korea…it’s called Zara or 자라, in Korea as they say.

啊……我喜欢的另一家商店，在韩国……它叫 Zara 或 자라，在韩国就像他们说的那样。

Uhm…they have some items that are affordable and some items that are very expensive.

嗯……他们有一些价格实惠的商品，也有一些非常昂贵的商品。

Too expensive for me to buy.

太贵了我买不起。

Ok, well that’s what I wanted to share in this video.

好吧，这就是我想在这个视频中分享的内容。

Thanks for watching.

感谢您的观看。

Bye.

再见。

Hello.

你好。

I’m Bill.

我是比尔。

In this video, we’re going to talk about something fun that people like to do…and

在本视频中，我们将讨论人们喜欢做的一些有趣的事情……那

that’s vacation.

就是假期。

We like to go on vacation…and we like to tell people about our vacations.

我们喜欢去度假......并且我们喜欢告诉人们我们的假期。

Because, if we can make them jealous, that’s even better.

因为，如果我们能让他们嫉妒，那就更好了。

Now, there’s two questions here that we’re going to use to talk about ‘vacation’.

现在，我们将用两个问题来讨论“假期”。

One question is ‘where we go’ for vacation.

一个问题是“我们去哪里”度假。

And the other question is ‘what we do’ when on vacation.

另一个问题是度假时“我们做什么”。

Now, the first question is, “Did you go anywhere for vacation?”

现在，第一个问题是：“你假期去哪儿了吗？”

So, vacation time is finished and it’s just time to talk about it.

就这样，假期结束了，是时候谈谈这件事了。

So, they ask this question.

所以，他们问这个问题。

And there’s different answers you can give.

您可以给出不同的答案。

The easiest.

最简单的。

“Yes, I did.”

“是的，我做到了。”

But, that’s boring.

但是，那很无聊。

Easy is not always good because you want to be interesting when you talk.

轻松并不总是好的，因为你希望谈话时变得有趣。

So, someone asks you, “Did you go anywhere for vacation?”

那么，有人问你：“你假期去哪儿了吗？”

Well, start by ‘where did you go’?

好吧，从“你去了哪里”开始？

“I went to…Busan.”

“我去了……釜山。”

Or “I went to Jeju.”

或者“我去了济州岛。”

Popular places people love to go to.

人们喜欢去的热门地方。

Or, you could just say, “I went to the beach.”…cause people like the beach.

或者，你可以只是说，“我去了海滩。”……因为人们喜欢海滩。

So, that’s a place as well.

所以，那也是一个地方。

Now, “went to” is good to say.

现在，“去了”这个词很好说。

You can also go with “visited”.

您也可以选择“访问过”。

And again, just ‘what place did you visit’?

再说一次，只是“你参观了什么地方”？

We have, “I visited Halla Mountain.”

我们有，“我参观了汉拿山”。

Or…

或者……

“I visited Haeundai Beach.”

“我参观了海云台海水浴场。”

Those are all good places to visit.

这些都是值得参观的好地方。

But now, sometimes you can’t go on vacation.

但现在，有时你不能去度假。

Something stops you from going on vacation.

有些事情阻止你去度假。

And, if that happens, you can use this phrase.

而且，如果发生这种情况，您可以使用这个短语。

We have, “No, I had to…”

我们有，“不，我必须……”

And we say, “I had to…” because that means something stopped you.

我们说，“我必须……”因为这意味着有什么东西阻止了你。

So now, it could be, “No, I had to work.”

所以现在，可能是，“不，我必须工作。”

Ugh…

呃……

Or…

或者……

“No, I had to save money.”

“不，我必须存钱。”

Because if you need to save money, vacation is not a good idea.

因为如果你需要省钱，休假并不是一个好主意。

Now, let’s look at some more examples of using these.

现在，让我们看一些使用这些的更多示例。

The question was…

问题是……

“Did you go anywhere on vacation this year?”

“今年你假期去哪儿了吗？”

Answers can be…

答案可以是……

“I went to the U.S.A.”

“我去了美国”

Or…

或者……

“I visited Beijing.”

“我访问了北京。”

Or…

或者……

“I was too busy to go anywhere.”

“我太忙了，哪儿也去不了。”

Ok, now that we talked about ‘where we go’ for vacation, we’re going to talk about

好的，现在我们讨论了“我们去哪里”度假，我们将讨论

‘what we do’ when we’re on vacation.

“我们度假时做什么”。

Alright…

好吧……

And so, when that happens, we have this question here:

所以，当这种情况发生时，我们会问这个问题：

“What did you do on vacation?”

“你假期做了什么？”

Because we go somewhere, but now we have to do something.

因为我们要去某个地方，但现在我们必须做某事。

Now, the answers are not…like before, with the “I went to…”, “I visited”.

现在，答案不再是……像以前那样，“我去了……”、“我访问过”。

Alright…

好吧……

You got to think a little more, but it’s still easy.

你得多想一点，但这仍然很容易。

You start with ‘I’, of course.

当然，你从“我”开始。

But now, ‘doing something’, you need a verb.

但现在，“做某事”，你需要一个动词。

So, you have to use ‘past tense’ verb, because vacation, it’s finished.

所以，你必须使用“过去时”动词，因为假期，一切都结束了。

So you have to say things like, “I swam…at the beach.”

所以你必须说这样的话，“我……在海滩游泳。”

Or, “I swam in a pool.”

或者，“我在游泳池里游泳。”

Something…something like, “I hiked on a mountain.”

某事……某事，比如“我在山上徒步旅行。”

Alright…

好吧……

Just fill in what you were doing.

只要填写你在做什么。

Ok…

好吧……

Now, some people, when they go on vacation, they don’t like to do many things.

现在，有些人，当他们去度假时，他们不喜欢做很多事情。

For some, vacation is about being lazy.

对于一些人来说，假期就是偷懒。

So some people may just say, “Ahhh, vacation, I just rested.”

所以有些人可能会说，“啊，假期，我只是休息了。”

That’s time to relax.

是时候放松一下了。

Time to feel good again.

是时候再次感觉良好了。

Ok…

好吧……

Let’s take a look at some more examples of these.

让我们看一些更多的例子。

Now, this questions is…

现在，这个问题是……

“What did you do during your vacation?”

“你假期期间做了什么？”

You can say…

你可以说……

“I swam at the beach.”

“我在海滩游泳。”

Or maybe…

或者也许……

“I rode a boat to Jeju.”

“我乘船去济州岛。”

Or…

或者……

“I just relaxed and read a lot.”

“我只是放松并读了很多书。”

Ok, so there you have two good and easy questions about vacations.

好的，现在您有两个关于假期的好又简单的问题。

You have the “Did you go anywhere for vacation?”, and then the “What did you do on vacation?”.

你有“你假期去哪儿了吗？”，然后是“你假期做了什么？”。

Now, good to ask these questions to people, but it’s better to answer the questions

现在，很高兴向人们提出这些问题，但最好回答这些问题，

because that means you had vacation.

因为这意味着你已经休假了。

So, I hope you can talk about vacations and I hope you get to take many vacations yourself.

所以，我希望你能谈论假期，也希望你自己能享受很多假期。

Alright, see you next time.

好的，下次见。

Thank you.

谢谢。

Uhh, Hi.

呃，嗨。

I’m Bill and what I have for you right now are three questions you can ask a foreigner

我是比尔，现在我要向您介绍的是您可以向外国人询问

about their country.

有关他们国家的三个问题。

Because, I know this.

因为，我知道这一点。

People like to talk about where they’re from.

人们喜欢谈论他们来自哪里。

It’s easy and it’s comfortable for us to do.

这对我们来说很容易而且很舒服。

Now, the first question we have here is this: “What is the food like in your country?”

现在，我们的第一个问题是：“你们国家的食物怎么样？”

Now, many Korean people…they say, “Our food is spicy.”

现在，很多韩国人……他们说，“我们的食物很辣。”

But now, some countries, they don’t eat a lot of spicy food.

但现在，有些国家，他们不吃很多辛辣的食物。

So, sometimes, they might say, “Our food is sweet.”

所以，有时，他们可能会说，“我们的食物很甜。”

Or even, they might answer, how do they make the food.

或者甚至，他们可能会回答，他们是如何制作食物的。

Something like, “Our food is grilled.”

比如，“我们的食物是烤的。”

Or, “Our food is fried.”

或者，“我们的食物是油炸的。”

This is all possible answers.

这就是所有可能的答案。

Now, another thing is about the food…is they could talk about what food is popular.

现在，另一件事是关于食物的……他们可以谈论什么食物受欢迎。

Ok…

好吧……

Now, just like this: “We eat a lot of…”

现在，就像这样：“我们吃了很多……”

Now, I know from living in Korea, in Korea, “We eat a lot of kimchi.”

现在，我从在韩国的生活中知道，“我们吃了很多泡菜。”

Alright, it’s true.

好吧，这是真的。

Everyday…even me.

每天……甚至是我。

But now, other countries maybe, like America, “We eat a lot of beef.”

但现在，其他国家可能，比如美国，“我们吃很多牛肉。”

It’s very popular.

它很受欢迎。

Ok…

好吧……

And…almost…not every day, but almost…it seems like that happens.

而且……几乎……不是每天，但几乎……似乎会发生这种情况。

Or even, “We eat a lot of eggs.”

或者甚至，“我们吃了很多鸡蛋。”

Just ‘what do you eat a lot of?’

只是“你经常吃什么？”

Ok, let’s look at next question.

好，我们看下一个问题。

Alright, now here is another question you can ask a foreigner about their country.

好吧，现在你可以问外国人关于他们国家的另一个问题。

And it goes like this.

事情是这样的。

“What is your country famous for?”

“你们的国家以什么闻名？”

This is just about what is popular in their country.

这正是他们国家流行的东西。

What do people do?

人们做什么？

What do people know about?

人们知道什么？

Ok…

好吧……

So now, I’m an American, so if someone were to ask me “What is America famous for?”

现在，我是美国人，所以如果有人问我“美国以什么闻名？”

I could just answer like this: “Many people know Hollywood.”

我可以这样回答：“很多人都知道好莱坞。”

Ya, Hollywood, where America makes the movies.

是的，好莱坞，美国制作电影的地方。

Ok…

好吧……

You can say, “Many people know Hollywood.”

你可以说，“很多人都知道好莱坞。”

Or, it’s ok.

或者，没关系。

“It’s famous for Hollywood.”

“它因好莱坞而闻名。”

Ok…

好吧……

Now, by ‘it’, I mean ‘my country’.

现在，我所说的“它”是指“我的国家”。

So, my country, ‘it’s’ famous for Hollywood.

所以，我的国家因好莱坞而闻名。

We want to change it a bit…

我们想稍微改变一下……

We can talk about Canada.

我们可以谈谈加拿大。

“What is Canada famous for?”

“加拿大以什么闻名？”

Well, that’s easy, we could do, “Many people know maple syrup.”

嗯，这很简单，我们可以这样做，“很多人都知道枫糖浆。”

Very tasty…Canadian food.

非常好吃……加拿大菜。

And also, “it’s famous for maple syrup.”

而且，“它以枫糖浆而闻名。”

Ok…

好吧……

So, these are two things that are equal that you can use to answer this question.

所以，你可以用这两件事来回答这个问题。

Ok, let’s look at the last question, now.

好的，现在让我们看最后一个问题。

Alright, now, here’s our last question that will help you get a foreigner to tell you

好的，现在，这是我们的最后一个问题，它将帮助您让外国人向您介绍

about their home country.

他们的祖国。

And, it just goes like this: “What is there to see in your country?”

而且，它就像这样：“你们国家有什么可看的？”

Kind of what is famous, again, but something to see.

再说一次，这有点出名，但是值得一看。

Something to go see at.

有东西要去看看。

Ok…

好吧……

So now, what we have here is…the answer can go…

所以现在，我们这里有……答案可以是……

“People come to see…”

“人们来看……”

Now, if the person is form France, the easy answer is:

现在，如果这个人来自法国，简单的答案是：

“People come to see Eiffel tower.”

“人们来看埃菲尔铁塔。”

Or someone from China.

或者来自中国的人。

“People come to see the Great Wall.”

“人们来看长城。”

Or again, maybe a Japanese person is visiting.

或者，也许有一个日本人来访。

They can say, “People come to see Mount Fuji.”

他们可以说：“人们来看富士山。”

Now again, if you travel to another country and someone asks you about Korea, you can

现在，如果你去另一个国家旅行，有人问你有关韩国的事情，你可以

just say, “People come to see Seoul.”

说：“人们来看首尔。”

Or, “People come to see Kyeongbuk Palace.”

或者，“人们来看庆北宫。”

The famous things to see.

著名的景点。

Alright, let’s take a look at some examples.

好吧，让我们看一些例子。

Question one.

问题一。

“What is the food like in your country?’

“你们国家的食物怎么样？”

“We eat a lot of vegetables.”

“我们吃很多蔬菜。”

“Our food is mostly fired.”

“我们的食物大部分都是烧制的。”

“We don’t eat much fruit.”

“我们吃的水果不多。”

“What is your country famous for?”

“你们的国家以什么闻名？”

“It’s famous for ice hockey.”

“这里因冰球而闻名。”

“Many people know about our mountains.”

“很多人都知道我们的山。”

“It’s famous for beautiful beaches.”

“它以美丽的海滩而闻名。”

“What is there to see in your country?”

“你们国家有什么可看的？”

“People come to see our old castles.”

“人们来看我们的古老城堡。”

“People come to see our historical places.”

“人们来参观我们的历史名胜。”

“People come to see our modern cities.”

“人们来参观我们的现代城市。”

Alright, so there you have three questions that you can ask a foreigner about their country.

好的，现在你可以向外国人询问有关他们国家的三个问题。

It’s a great way to start a conversation.

这是开始对话的好方法。

And it’s also a great way to learn something about another place.

这也是了解另一个地方的好方法。

I hope this helps you and I hope you can try it soon. Thank you.

我希望这对您有帮助，并且希望您尽快尝试一下。谢谢。