Hello and welcome to six minute vocabulary.

你好，歡迎來到六分鐘詞彙。

I'm Catherine and I'm Finn and Catherine.

我是凱瑟琳，我是芬恩和凱瑟琳。

I see you've got a new phone.

我看到你有一個新的手機。

Yes.

是的。

Was expensive.

很貴。

It was a bit pricey.

這有點貴。

Fin but not as dear as my last one.

鰭狀物，但沒有我的上一個鰭狀物那麼珍貴。

But do you like it?

但你喜歡它嗎？

I love it.

我喜歡它。

I'm a little bit jealous.

我有點嫉妒了。

It's nice, isn't it?

這很好，不是嗎？

And we used three words.

而我們用了三個詞。

They're expensive, Pricey and deer and they're all synonyms.

它們很貴，價格很高，而且是鹿，它們都是同義詞。

They all mean that something costs a lot of money and they're the topic of this program.

它們都意味著有些東西要花很多錢，它們是這個節目的主題。

That's right, synonyms are words that have the same or similar meanings and english speakers use a lot of synonyms so it's good to learn a few.

沒錯，同義詞是指具有相同或相似含義的詞語，講英語的人使用大量的同義詞，所以學習一些同義詞是很有好處的。

It certainly is.

這當然是。

We'll give you lots of them in this program.

在這個項目中，我們會給你很多這樣的機會。

We'll give you a quiz and a top tip for improving your vocabulary using synonyms.

我們會給你一個小測驗和一個使用同義詞提高詞彙量的最高建議。

So let's start by listening to rob and mike discussing a television advert.

是以，讓我們先來聽聽羅布和麥克討論一個電視廣告。

Think about this question while you listen, what kind of pet do mix kids have?

在聽的時候想一想這個問題，混血兒們都有什麼樣的寵物？

And what was strange about it?

那它有什麼奇怪的地方呢？

You know that funny advert where the vet thinks he's dealing with a dead cat.

你知道那個有趣的廣告，獸醫認為他在處理一隻死貓。

But really it's a furry hat.

但實際上它是一頂毛茸茸的帽子。

Yeah it's hilarious that look on the vets faces.

是的，老兵們臉上的表情很搞笑。

So comical and the girls expression when she picks up her hat is priceless.

太滑稽了，女孩拿起帽子時的表情是無價的。

Strange thing is the same thing happened to me.

奇怪的是，同樣的事情也發生在我身上。

Quite bizarre actually.

實際上是相當怪異的。

I was holding the kids hamster while they were cleaning the cage.

在他們清理籠子時，我正抱著孩子們的倉鼠。

I thought it was a bit odd because it wasn't moving.

我覺得這有點奇怪，因為它沒有動。

My daughter gave me a weird look and asked why I was stroking one of her gloves.

我的女兒給了我一個奇怪的眼神，問我為什麼撫摸她的一隻手套。

So what kind of pet do Mike's kids have And what was strange about it?

那麼，邁克的孩子們有什麼樣的寵物呢？又有什麼奇怪的地方？

It was quite strange.

這很奇怪。

The answer is they have a hamster but Mike thought it was a bit odd because it wasn't moving now.

答案是他們有一隻倉鼠，但邁克認為這有點奇怪，因為它現在不動。

Strange and odd are synonyms.

奇怪和怪異是同義詞。

They both mean unusual.

它們都意味著不尋常。

Listen to this clip for two more words that mike uses to mean strange or unusual.

聽聽這個片段，瞭解麥克用來表示奇怪或不尋常的另外兩個詞。

Strange thing is the same thing happened to me quite bizarre actually.

奇怪的是，同樣的事情也發生在我身上，其實很奇怪。

I was holding the kids hamster while they were cleaning the cage.

在他們清理籠子時，我正抱著孩子們的倉鼠。

I thought it was a bit odd because it wasn't moving.

我覺得這有點奇怪，因為它沒有動。

My daughter gave me a weird look and asked why I was stroking one of her gloves.

我的女兒給了我一個奇怪的眼神，問我為什麼撫摸她的一隻手套。

So we heard the word bizarre, spelled B I Z A R R E, which means strange and difficult to explain.

所以我們聽到了詭異這個詞，拼寫為B I Z A R R E，意思是奇怪和難以解釋。

Mike thought the situation was bizarre.

邁克認為這種情況很奇怪。

We also heard weird spelt W E I R D, which also means very unusual.

我們還聽到怪異的拼寫W E I R D，這也意味著非常不尋常。

Let's listen to another clip with some more synonyms and this time try to spot three words that mean funny.

讓我們再來聽聽另一個有更多同義詞的片段，這次試著找出三個表示搞笑的詞。

You know that funny advert where the vet thinks he's dealing with a dead cat but really it's a furry hat.

你知道那個有趣的廣告，獸醫認為他面對的是一隻死貓，但實際上是一頂毛茸茸的帽子。

Yeah, it's hilarious that look on the vets faces.

是的，老兵們臉上的表情很搞笑。

So comical.

太滑稽了。

And the girls expression when she picks up her hat is priceless.

女孩拿起帽子時的表情是無價的。

So hilarious.

太搞笑了。

Comical and priceless are all synonyms of funny but they mean funny in a slightly different way.

滑稽和無價都是搞笑的同義詞，但它們對搞笑的含義略有不同。

Hilarious means very funny in the sense that it makes you laugh out loud.

好笑的意思是非常有趣，即讓你笑出聲來。

Comical means funny in a silly way and priceless can mean extremely funny.

喜劇的意思是以一種愚蠢的方式搞笑，而無價的意思是極其搞笑。

We usually only use it with this meaning when we're speaking.

我們通常只在說話的時候用這個意思。

There are some other synonyms of funny too, including humorous and amusing.

滑稽的其他同義詞還有一些，包括幽默和逗趣。

And in the clip we heard two noun synonyms look and expression both meaning the way someone shows on their face what they're thinking or feeling foolishness to BBC learning english.

在這個片段中，我們聽到了兩個名詞的同義詞look和expression，都是指某人在臉上表現出他們的想法或感覺的方式，是BBC學習英語的愚蠢行為。

And we're talking about synonyms like strange and odd and funny and amusing.

而我們談論的是同義詞，如奇怪的、古怪的、有趣的和有趣的。

Now a word of warning, we can't always use any synonym to replace a word.

現在要提醒的是，我們不能總是用任何同義詞來代替一個詞。

It depends on the context and exactly what we're trying to say.

這取決於上下文和我們想說的確切內容。

That's right.

這就對了。

So for example at the beginning of the program I said that my new phone was pricey spelled P R I C E Y.

是以，例如在節目開始時，我說我的新手機很貴，拼成P R I C E Y。

And I also used the word dear spelled D E A R and both words are synonyms of expensive but Pricey is more informal and more modern than deer.

而且我還用了dear這個詞拼成D E A R，這兩個詞都是昂貴的同義詞，但Pricey比deer更非正式、更現代。

So you won't see those written down very much.

所以你不會看到那些寫下來的東西非常多。

Not much, no.

不多，沒有。

And our top tip for learning vocabulary is use a thesaurus which is a dictionary of synonyms to help you find new words and make your english more interesting and look for example sentences with each word to help you choose the right word for each situation and now it's time for a quiz which is the odd one out.

我們學習詞彙的首要建議是使用同義詞詞典，這是一本同義詞詞典，幫助你找到新詞，使你的英語更有趣，並尋找每個單詞的例句，以幫助你在各種情況下選擇正確的單詞，現在是問答時間，這是一個奇怪的問題。

Number one a expensive be deer.

第一，一個昂貴的是鹿。

See cheap that one is c cheap because the other two both mean costing a lot of money.

看到便宜的那個是c便宜的，因為其他兩個都意味著要花很多錢。

Very good and number two a bizarre.

非常好，二號是個怪人。

Be hilarious.

要搞笑。

See weird And the answer is b hilarious because bizarre and weird are both synonyms of strange.

見怪不怪 而答案是b熱鬧，因為離奇和怪異都是怪異的同義詞。

# three humorous be hilarious, see expression and the answer to that is C expression because the other two are both synonyms of funny and that's the end of the quiz.

#3 humorous be hilarious, see expression and the answer to that is C expression because the other two are both synonyms of funny and that's end of the quiz.

Well done if you got them right, well done indeed.

如果你做對了，確實做得很好。

And there's more about this at BBC Learning english dot com, join us again soon for more six minute vocabulary.

在BBC Learning english dot com上有更多關於這方面的內容，請很快再次加入我們，瞭解更多六分鐘詞彙。

Bye bye.

再見。