摘要：在本集《地道英語》中，菲菲和 Neil 不僅會教給大家“about”的另一個用法，還會介紹一位叫做 Mark 的神祕嘉賓。Is Mark about today。

Jan 7, 2019

我們都知道，英語單詞“about”的常用含義是“關於，有關”。不過在口語中，“about”還有一個特殊的用法。在本集《地道英語》中，菲菲和 Neil 不僅會教給大家“about”的另一個用法，還會介紹一位叫做 Mark 的神祕嘉賓。

May 9, 2019

Feifei:

大家好，歡迎收聽BBC英語教學的《地道英語》節目。我是馮菲菲。

Neil:

And I'm Neil.

Feifei:

In this programme, we're talking about… 'about'!

Neil:

About 'about'?

Feifei:

About 'about'!

Neil:

This is getting silly! We are indeed talking about the word 'about' – but not as it's usually used.

Feifei:

是的，我們來給大家舉例說明。Is Mark about today?

Neil:

Yes, I saw him this morning.

Feifei:

那麼也就是說剛纔我在問你"Is Mark about today?"的時候，我指的並不是“Mark 這個人本身和‘today 今天’是不是有關係”，而我的意思是“Mark 在嗎？Is Mark here”？

Neil:

'About' means 'here', or 'somewhere near here'.

Feifei

“Mark's about.”的意思就是“Mark's near here.”By the way who's Mark?

Neil:

No idea. But I know he's near here!

Feifei：

Well, that's reassuring. Time for some more examples about 'about.

Examples

Hi, is Sue about? Just need to give her some files.

Will you be about this evening? I want to ask a big favour.

There's no one about. It's a bit scary.

Don't talk like that. There are children about.

Feifei:

There we are. 'About' meaning in or close to an area. 單詞“about”除了表達我們熟悉的“有關…”的意思之外，還可以表示“在某個地方”或者“在附近”。

Neil:

You know, there's another word that behaves like this.

Feifei:

You're talking about… 'around'!

Neil:

Indeed. We could ask: "Is Mark around?"

Feifei:

And we know the answer to that: you saw him this morning.

Neil:

Except… I didn’t really see him. Because Mark doesn’t exist…

Mark:

Hi — I'm Mark.

Neil:

Ah, Mark!

Feifei:

We were just talking about you!

Neil:

And we were just talking about 'about'.

Feifei:

And 'around'.

Neil:

Goodbye.

Feifei:

Bye.

Mark:

Bye bye.

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