Hi, my name is Florencia and I come from Paraguay.

你好，我叫 Florencia，我來自巴拉圭。

When I tell a story, I always use the word "and". Sometimes I want to use some other words because otherwise, my English sounds a little bit boring.

當我講故事時，我總是用「and」這個詞。有時我想用一些其他的詞，否則我的英文聽起來有點無聊。

Good question.

好問題。

I'm going to tell you something about myself with lots of "and" in it and give you some alternatives along the way.

我會告訴你一些關於我自己的事情，運用「and」這個字，並順便告訴你可以用哪些字代替。

The key thing to think about is: What is "and" doing in each sentence?

要思考的關鍵是，每個句子中的「and」有什麼作用？

Listen carefully.

仔細聆聽。

I love singing and dancing.

我喜歡唱歌和跳舞。

This is "and" in a list, it's the most basic usage.

這是運用「and」來列項目，最基本的用法。

So you could replace it with "as well as".

所以你可以用「as well as」來替代。

I love singing as well as dancing.

我喜歡唱歌還有跳舞。

Or "also" if we change things around a bit.

或是換個說法用「also」也可以。

I love singing. I also love dancing.

我喜歡唱歌。我也喜歡跳舞。

Next one.

下一個。

The first time I sang on stage, the crowd screamed really loudly and when I finished, they seemed very happy.

我第一次在舞臺上唱歌時，觀眾的尖叫聲非常響亮，當我唱完後，他們似乎非常高興。

This is "and" in a list of actions.

這裡的「and」用在表示順序。

So we could say "then". Simple.

所以我們可以改說「then」。就是那這麼簡單。

The first time I sang on stage, the crowd screamed really loudly, then when I finished they seemed very happy.

我第一次在舞臺上唱歌的時候，觀眾的尖叫聲非常響亮，然後當我唱完後，他們似乎非常高興。

Or "after".

或是用「after」。

After I finished they seemed very happy.

在我唱完之後他們似乎非常高興。

Next one.

下一個。

And singing makes me feel really good about myself.

唱歌讓我對自己有信心。

What we're doing here is giving more information, so you could use one of these though, they're a bit formal.

這裡的「and」是用來給予更多資訊，所以你可以改用以下的說法，雖然比較正式。

Furthermore/moreover/in addition, singing makes me feel really good about myself.

Furthermore/moreover/in addition，唱歌讓我對自己有信心。

Last one.

最後一個。

And I just think singing is great in every way.

我覺得唱歌在各個面向都很棒。

What I'm doing here is summarizing, I'm giving my conclusion, so you could use one of these:

這裡的「and」用來總結，我要講結論，所以你可以改用這些：

To conclude/to sum up/as I've just said, I think it's great to use your talents.

To conclude/to sum up/as I've just said，我認為發揮你的才能是很好的。

And after all that it's time to sing.

學玩這些之後，是時候唱歌了。

Thanks for your tips and shame about your singing.

謝謝你的小訣竅，我對你的歌唱感到羞愧。

Was that you said, and I thought we were friends.

你居然這樣說！我以為我們是朋友。

Of course we are.

我們當然是啦。