and welcome to this lesson on "adjective and preposition combinations."

然後歡迎來上今日的課程｢形容詞與介係詞組合」。

Okay. So first of all, we have to understand what an adjective is.

好，首先，我們必須了解什麼是形容詞。

As a reminder, an adjective is a word that describes something.

提醒大家，形容詞就是用來描述某事。

They can describe a noun. So when you look at these adjectives or these sentences ,

它們可以用來描述一個名詞。所以當你們看到這些形容詞，或是句子時，

I want you to just tell me if you can identify the adjectives.

我要你們告訴我你們是否可以認出形容詞來。

What are the adjectives in these sentences?

在這些句子中的形容詞是哪些字？

So he's not interested

好所以 He's not interested

___ writing. Okay, the adjective

___ writing. 好，這邊的形容詞

is "interested."

是｢感興趣的｣。

Okay, so interested describes this person's state.

好，所以感興趣的形容這個人的狀態。

He is not interested something writing.

He is not interested ______ writing.

Okay. The other one, I am excited

好。另一個，I am excited

___ your birthday. "Excited"

___ your birthday. 「感到興奮」

Okay. I think you're starting to see the pattern, right?

好。我想你們應該開始抓到這個脈絡了吧？

So Joanna is "afraid."

所以 Joanna 很害怕。

I think she's "tired." He is "worried."

我認為她覺得很厭煩。 他很擔心。

Mark is "good."

Mark很擅長。

Okay, so these are adjectives, adjectives, adjectives,

好，所以這些都是形容詞，形容詞，形容詞

and more adjectives. I'll...now in English we often have adjectives combined with prepositions

還有更多的形容詞。我現在要來...在英文裡我們常常會將形容詞搭配介係詞

to create an expression or a small phrase, and we can follow these

來表達或是使用短語，然後在這些介係詞的後面

prepositions with either a gerund, which is an "ING,"

不是加上動名詞，也就是字尾是 ING 的字，

a noun, or a verb acting like a noun

名詞或是當名詞用的動詞

or just a noun in general. So you notice

或是通常就是一個名詞。所以你會發現以下這些字

writing, your birthday, failing,

writing, your birthday, failing

trying, his test, cooking

trying, his test, cooking 都是這樣子。

Okay, so we have some gerunds and we have some nouns.

好，所以這邊可以看到有動名詞也有名詞。

Now before this we have to understand which prepositions

現在我們要先來了解，哪些介係詞

are commonly put with these adjectives. So in the first sentence he's not

通常會和這些形容詞搭配。所以第一句，He's not

interested

interested

___ writing. So think of as many prepositions as you can. You have "at, on, in."

___ writing. 來想過一遍所有你知道的介係詞。有 at, on, in。

"You have "about, around, by, with"

還有 about, around, by, with。

Tons and tons and tons of possibilities.

有非常非常多的可能性。

So what you have to know is okay which preposition always goes with this adjective.

所以你必須要知道的是，哪些介係詞總是跟著哪些形容詞。

So the first one maybe you know this: He's not interested

所以來看第一句：He's not interested

"in" writing. I'm not interested in doing something.

"in" writing. 我對做某事不感興趣。

The second one: I am excited ___

第二句：I am excited ___

your birthday. Hey you're excited "about" something usually.

your birthday. 你對某事感到很興奮。(通常會用 about)

I'm excited about your birthday.

我對妳生日的到來感到興奮。

You can also say I am excited

你也可以說：I am excited

" for" your birthday. But the most common preposition here after excited is,

"for" your birthday. 不過在 excited 之後最常用的介係詞

you are usually excited "about" something.

還是 "about"。

So you can be excited about a person's birthday.

所以你可以對某人的生日感到興奮。

you can be excited about your vacation.

你可以對你的假期感到興奮。

you can be excited about doing something this weekend with your friends.

你也可以因為周末要跟朋友出去玩而感到興奮。

Okay, next one: Joanna is afraid

好，下一個：Joanna is afraid

___ failing. Afraid is commonly followed by

___ failing. Afraid 通常都是搭配

"of"

"of"

She is afraid "of" failing. She does not want to fail.

她很害怕失敗。她不想要失敗。

It's similar to saying scared "of" and so Joanna is scared of failing,

這個說法跟 scared "of" 很像。也可以說 Joanna is scared of failing.

afraid of failing. She does not want to fail. The next one:

afraid of failing. 她不想要失敗。下一個：

I think she's tired ___ trying. So she has been trying and trying and trying

I think she's tired ___ trying. 所以她一直不斷的嘗試嘗試再嘗試。

again and again.

一而再再而三。

And now she has grown tired "of" it.

然後現在她已經對此感到厭煩。(介係詞："of")

So far we have "in, about

目前為止我們有 in, about,

of, of." Let's do another one:

of, of. 再來做一題：

He's worried ___ his test.

He's worried ___ his test.

Now if I say, he's worried

現在如果我說，he's worried

"for" his test. What do you think the meaning of that is?

"for" his test. 你覺得這會是什麼意思？

It's possible to say he's worried "for," but

是可以說 He's worried "for" 沒錯，但

in this situation, if you say he's worried "for" his test,

在這個情境裡，如果你說 He's worried "for" his test，

it means that,you know, his... his test is like

表示，你懂吧，就是好像他的考試

a person kinda thing. His test has feelings

是一個人之類的。他的考試有知覺

and maybe his test is depressed, so he's worried

然後也許他的考試覺得很沮喪，所以他很擔心

for his test that his test is gonna cry or something.

他的考試，怕他的考試會哭出來還怎樣的。

So here, he is worried "about," alright?

所以在這裡，He is worried "about" 才對吧？

He's worried "about" his test, about his score. And the last one:

他很擔心他的考試，擔心他的成績。然後最後一題：

Mark is good ___ cooking. Mark is good

Mark is good ___ cooking. Mark is good

"at"

"at"

Okay, this is a really really common expression.

好，這是一個超常見的說法。

It means you have ability in something okay

表示你在某件事上很有能力。

so if you have good ability, you are good "at" something.

所以如果你有好的能力，表示你在某事上做的很棒。

So Mark is good at cooking. Mark is great

所以 Mark 很會煮飯。也可以說 Mark is great

at cooking, excellent at cooking.

at cooking, excellent at cooking.

If you want to do the opposite, you can say

如果你想要表達相反的概念，你可以說

a person is "bad at" something, or "terrible

a person is "bad at" something, or "terrible

at" something, "awful at" something,

at" something, "awful at" something,

horrible at something. Okay so

horrible at something. 好所以

guys these expressions are really really important and

各位，這些用法超級重要，然後呢

the prepositions, please please please please

這些介係詞，拜託大家

remember the correct prepositions that you have to use after these adjectives.

一定要記住在什麼樣的形容詞後面該用什麼介係詞。

Because if you use a different preposition, it will not make sense.

因為如果你介係詞用錯的話，整句話就是錯的。

Okay so if you want to test your understanding of

所以如果你想要測試一下自己是否了解

these expressions, these adjective preposition combinations,

這些用法，這些形容詞與介係詞的組合，

just check out the quiz on engVid.com. Good luck guys. Take care.

就到我們網站 engVid.com 做個測驗。祝你們好運囉！再見。