workplace.

工作場所；

Hi Tim here with another nine-to-five English lesson. In today's lesson we're

嗨，Tim又來上一節朝九晚五的英語課。在今天的課程中，我們將

going to learn how to talk about differences life and business is full of

去學習如何談論差異生活和商業是充滿的

choices and anytime you make a choice you have to compare the options you

選擇，任何時候你做出選擇，你必須比較你的選擇。

might think about how they are similar as we did in our last lesson and you

可能會像我們上節課一樣，思考它們有什麼相似之處，而你

might look at how they are different often we compare things using an

可以看看他們有什麼不同，我們經常用一個 "比較 "的方法來比較事物。

adjective like cheap or beautiful comparing with short adjectives like

綺羅

cheap is easy we just say cheaper in the same way we say bigger hotter and nicer

便宜是很容易的，我們只是說更便宜的方式，我們說更大，更熱，更好的方式

but long adjectives are a bit different we have to say more beautiful how about

但長的形容詞有點不一樣，我們得說更漂亮的怎麼樣？

giving this a try let's practice comparing with adjectives

試一試

and some other expressions listen to each example then repeat it yourself

和一些其他的表達方式，聽聽每個例子，然後自己再重複一遍

ready let's give it a go Fiona is definitely more experienced than Henry

準備好了，我們開始吧 Fiona肯定比Henry更有經驗。

the new office is larger than our old one

新辦公室比舊辦公室大

laser and inkjet printers differ in terms of price

雷射印表機和噴墨打印機在價格上的差異。

unlike Thomas Charles has a background in engineering

不像托馬斯-查爾斯有工程背景

great so we heard some comparisons with adjectives and we also heard that two

很好，所以我們聽到了一些與形容詞的比較，我們也聽到了兩個。

things can differ in some way that's the same as saying they are different things

物以類聚，人以群分

might differ in terms of price or in terms of size or in terms of any other

可能在價格、大小或任何其他方面有所不同。

quality and one more way to show difference is with the word unlike for

品質，還有一種方式是用不一樣的詞來表示區別。

example unlike Tom I live in Chicago that just means that Tom doesn't live in

比如說，我不像湯姆住在芝加哥，那只是意味著湯姆不住在芝加哥而已

Chicago but sometimes we want to say that two things are very different not

芝加哥，但有時我們想說的是，兩件事情是非常不同的，不

just a little different but a lot well if you're comparing with adjectives you

只是有點不同，但很多好，如果你是比較與形容詞，你的

can add the word way or far before the adjective for example Tom is way smarter

可以在形容詞前加 "方式 "或 "遠 "字，例如：湯姆聰明多了。

than me another way to say the same thing is I'm not nearly as smart as Tom

比我聰明的另一種說法是，我沒有湯姆那麼聰明

in other words I'm not even close to being equal to him in terms of being

換句話說，在做人方面，我和他還差得很遠

smart let's try a little practice with describing big differences once again

聰明的我們再來練習一下描述大不同的方法吧。

repeat the examples after you hear them the x500 is not nearly as powerful as

聽完後再舉例，X500的威力還沒有X500大。

the X mm

X毫米

steel is way heavier than wood

鐵打的營盤流水的兵

my brother Gus is nothing like me

我的哥哥Gus和我完全不一樣

Google and IBM are completely different as organizations

谷歌和IBM是完全不同的組織

so we heard way heavier and not nearly as powerful as but did you hear any

所以，我們聽到的方式更重，沒有近乎強大的，但你有沒有聽到任何。

other expressions for showing a big difference one way is to say something

大相徑庭的其他表達方式一種是這樣說的。

is nothing like something else that means they are not similar in any way

殊途同歸，不相上下

it's the same as saying two things are completely different which we also heard

等於說兩件事完全不一樣，我們也聽說過。

but what if we want to show exactly what it is that is different for example I

但是，如果我們想確切地顯示出它的不同之處，例如，我

might want to say Tom lives in Chicago and I live in New York well this is

可能想說湯姆住在芝加哥，我住在紐約，這就是

really easy to do you just need a little word to connect these ideas a little

真的很容易做到，你只需要一個小詞來連接這些想法一點點。

word that says these ideas are different if you want to keep it simple you can

詞說這些想法是不同的，如果你想保持簡單，你可以。

use the word but between your ideas you could also use where as or while let's

用這個詞，但在你的想法之間，你也可以用where as或while，讓我們來

try using some of these connecting words for making comparisons here we go

試著用這些連接詞來做比較，我們來了。

Saturdays are always busy whereas Mondays are usually quiet

星期六總是很忙，而星期一通常很安靜。

you

你

the canon camera is automatic while the codec is manual

佳能相機是自動的，而編解碼器是手動的。

the Mercedes looks good but it's too expensive

奔馳好看，但太貴了。

in contrast to John's reports Ronaldo's are very confusing

與約翰的報告相比，羅納爾多的報告非常混亂。

so that last example we heard was a little different wasn't it the

所以，我們聽到的最後一個例子是有點不同的，不是嗎？

connecting words weren't in the middle but at the start that's possible with

連接詞不在中間，但在開始的時候，這是有可能的。

the expression in contrast to so I might say in contrast to Tom I live in New

的表達方式相比，所以我可以說對比湯姆我住在新。

York now that we've practiced some examples let's hear how this sounds in a

約克 現在，我們已經練習了一些例子，讓我們聽聽這在一個

conversation we're going to listen to a short dialogue between Anna and Sam Anna

我們要聽一段安娜和薩姆之間的對話安娜

is asking Sam about two people who have applied for a job John and Byron and Sam

正在詢問山姆關於兩個人誰申請工作約翰和拜倫和薩姆

is talking about how John and Byron are different let's listen so what did you

談到約翰和拜倫是如何不同的，讓我們來聽聽，所以，你是什麼？

think of the two job applicants well John is not nearly as confident as Byron

兩相比較，約翰不如拜倫那麼自信。

yeah but what about their experience Byron has lots but John is new to the

是的，但他們的經驗是什麼 拜倫有很多，但約翰是新來的。

business now it's your turn to practice will repeat the dialogue but this time

現在輪到你來練習了，會重複對話，但這一次

we're going to be bout the second speakers words you will have to say

我們要講的是第二位發言人的話，你必須說出來

those parts yourself remember to start by saying John is not nearly as

這些部分自己記得開始說約翰是不近人情的。

confident as Byron then you'll compare their experience with the word but here

自信如拜倫，那麼你會比較他們的經驗與詞，但在這裡。

we go so what did you think of the two job applicants

我們走了，所以你覺得這兩個求職者怎麼樣？

yeah but what about their experience

是的，但他們的經驗是什麼

you

你

all right that about does it for this lesson

好了，這大約做了這一課

we've learned some great ways to talk about differences in our next lesson

我們已經學會了一些談論差異的好方法，在下一節課中。

we'll look at using superlatives such as best and most to make comparisons until

我們將研究使用最好和最等超級形容詞來進行比較，直到

then so long and happy learning

吾日三省吾身