English for you, English for you.

你的英語，你的英語。

It really does. It's like we're closing a significant chapter of our lives. Time has flown by.

確實如此。就像我們正在結束人生中重要的一章。時光飛逝。

I'm super pumped, but I'm also a little nervous about what comes next. The thought of everything changing is a little frightening.

我超級興奮，但也對接下來的事情有點緊張。一想到一切都要改變，我就有點害怕。

Try to think of it as a new beginning. We'll experience new things and meet new people.

試著把它當作一個新的開始。我們將體驗新事物，結識新朋友。

That's true. What's your plan for the future?

沒錯。你對未來有什麼打算？

I'm planning to study engineering. What about you?

我打算學習工程學。你呢？

I don't have a solid plan yet, but I'm leaning toward medicine. I've always wanted to be a doctor and help people.

我還沒有一個確定的計劃，但我傾向於醫學。我一直想成為一名醫生，幫助別人。

It sounds like we both have our paths set, but let's promise to stay in touch no matter where we end up.

聽起來我們都有自己的路要走，但讓我們約定，無論最終去向如何，都要保持聯繫。

I promise. After all that we've been through together, you know we're friends for a lifetime.

我保證我們一起經歷了這麼多 你知道我們是一輩子的朋友

You're right. We won't let our friendship fade with distance.

你說得對我們不會讓友誼因距離而褪色

Welcome everyone to English for You. I'm Adam.

歡迎大家來到 English for You。我是亞當。

And I'm Elsie.

我叫艾爾西

And today we are talking about school graduation.

今天，我們來談談學校畢業典禮。

Now, did you feel nervous, Elsie, when you graduated from high school?

艾爾西，你高中畢業時緊張嗎？

No, I wasn't nervous at all. I was super excited.

不，我一點也不緊張。我超級興奮。

Really? Okay.

真的嗎？好吧

But I thought I might not see my close friends again, so I was a little bit sad.

但我想我可能再也見不到我的密友了，所以我有點難過。

All right. Well, yeah, I mean, and that's a fear that most people probably have when you are graduating.

好吧嗯，是的，我是說，大多數人在畢業時都會有這種恐懼。

And everyone in our article today will be talking about two friends that are facing that same situation.

今天我們文章中的每個人都將談論兩位面臨同樣情況的朋友。

So now let's check out their conversation.

現在，讓我們來看看他們的對話。

Okay, everyone. On the eve of graduation, two friends, Evelyn and Lucas, reflect in the school garden.

好了，各位畢業前夕，兩個朋友伊芙琳和盧卡斯在學校花園裡反思。

那這邊看到的時間是Eve.

那邊看到的時間是 Eve.

Eve這個是什麼時間呢?

Eve 這個是什麼時間呢？

這個是前一夜或是前夕。 那Graduation就是畢業典禮,所以在畢典前夕啊,

這個是前一夜或是前夕。 那 Graduation 就是畢業典禮，所以在畢典前夕啊、

Evelyn and Lucas, they reflect.

艾芙琳和盧卡斯，他們在反思。

Reflect這個動詞是仔細思考、反省。

Reflect這個動詞是仔細思考、檢討。

Yeah, they're thinking all about the memories.

是啊，他們想的都是回憶。

Yeah, think about what they did together or maybe at school or what they learned.

是啊，想想他們一起做了什麼，或者在學校裡學到了什麼。

Exactly. And so Evelyn starts off our conversation by saying,

沒錯所以伊芙琳在我們談話的一開始就說：

Can you believe it, Lucas? Tomorrow's our graduation. It feels so surreal.

你能相信嗎 盧卡斯明天就是畢業典禮了感覺太不真實了

Surreal這個形容詞是超現實的, like something from a dream.

這個形容詞是超現實的，就像來自夢境。

Yeah, like I can't believe it's happening. It seems like, you know, it's so mystical.

是啊，就像我不能相信它的發生。看起來，你知道，這太神祕了

所以real是真實的嘛,那surreal就是超現實的。

所以real是真實的嘛，那surreal就是超現實的。

And what does Lucas say?

盧卡斯怎麼說？

Well, Lucas answers by saying, it really does.

盧卡斯回答說，確實如此。

It's like we're closing a significant chapter of our lives.

就像我們正在結束人生中重要的一章。

Time has flown by.

時光飛逝。

So in that last sentence, we hear Lucas say it's a significant chapter of our lives.

是以，在最後一句話中，我們聽到盧卡斯說這是我們生命中重要的一章。

Significant is an adjective and it means important or having an important effect or meaning.

Significant 是一個形容詞，意思是重要或具有重要影響或意義。

So everyone, we can say as an example, winning the championship was a significant achievement for the team.

是以，我們可以舉例說，贏得冠軍對球隊來說是一項重大成就。

And we also heard Lucas say time flies by or time flies.

我們還聽到盧卡斯說時光飛逝或光陰似箭。

And that means that time passes quickly or seems to go by fast.

這意味著時間過得很快，或者說似乎過得很快。

A lot of times you'll hear us native speakers saying time flies by when you're having fun.

很多時候，你會聽到我們這些以英語為母語的人說，當你玩得開心時，時間過得飛快。

那這邊為同學們整理一下喔, 剛剛講到的significant這個形容詞是重要的或是有特殊意義的。 那有一個字搭配在後面,這個字是other, significant other, 指的就是重要的另一半,那可能就是配偶啦或是伴侶。 那再來呢,我們看到a significant chapter of our lives, 他在講的就是我們人生當中的一個重要篇章。 那再來Adam有提到的time flies by或是time flies,指的是時光飛逝。 那在課文當中用的是這個現在完成式,指的是時光已經飛逝,時間已經過去。 所以是time has flown by.

那邊為同學們整理一下喔， 剛剛講到的significant這個形容詞是重要的或是有特殊意義的。 那有一個字搭配在後面,這個字是other, significant other, 指的就是重要的另一半,那可能就是配偶啦或是伴侶。 那再來呢、我們看到 a significant chapter of our lives, 他在講的就是我們人生當中的一個重要篇章。 那再來Adam有提到的time flies by或是time flies,指的是時光飛逝。 那在課文當中用的是這個現在完成式,指的是時光已經飛逝,時

It's two o'clock when you start, and then your mom's like, hey, it's dinner time.

你開始的時候已經兩點了，然後你媽媽就會說，嘿，該吃晚飯了。

You're like, what? Where did the time go?

你會想，什麼？時間都去哪兒了？

Where did the time go?

時間都去哪兒了？

Right, time flies by.

是啊，時間過得真快。

Well, let's see how Evelyn responds.

好吧，讓我們看看伊芙琳的反應。

Evelyn says, I'm super pumped, but I'm also a little nervous about what comes next.

伊芙琳說，我超級興奮，但也有點緊張，不知道接下來會發生什麼。

The thought of everything changing is a little frightening.

一想到一切都要改變，就有點害怕。

And then we see the word pumped.

然後我們看到了 "泵 "這個詞。

Pumped is an adjective, and it means feeling excited or energized.

Pumped 是一個形容詞，意思是感到興奮或精力充沛。

So I could say, I'm so pumped up or I'm so pumped to finally start my new job tomorrow.

所以我可以說，我太興奮了，或者說我太興奮了，明天終於要開始我的新工作了。

We also see that she's a little frightened.

我們還看到她有點害怕。

It's frightening.

太可怕了

So we see that as an adjective, and it means something that is scary or causes fear.

是以，我們把它看成一個形容詞，意思是可怕或引起恐懼的東西。

So an example we could all use, everyone, is the movie we watched last night was so frightening that I couldn't sleep afterwards.

大家可以舉個例子，我們昨晚看的電影太嚇人了，嚇得我睡不著覺。

所以剛剛看到的pumped,或是pumped up,指的就是興奮的,熱情高漲的。

所以剛剛看到的pumped,或是pumped up,指的就是興奮的,熱情高漲的。

So like you, before you go to the gym, you listen to rock music to get yourself pumped.

所以，像你一樣，在去健身房之前，你會聽搖滾樂讓自己振奮起來。

Yeah, exactly.

是啊，沒錯。

I've listened to rock and heavy metal music, and it really gets me pumped up to go to the gym and hit the gym really hard.

我聽過搖滾和重金屬音樂，這些音樂能讓我振奮起來，去健身房拼命鍛鍊。

So we can say, I'm pumped or I'm pumped up.

是以，我們可以說，我很興奮，或者我很激動。

Exactly, yes.

沒錯，是的。

那再來還有一個形容詞是frightening,可怕的、嚇人的。 想到接下來的人生當中,一切都將改變,確實是挺嚇人的。 所以令人害怕的,我們用frightening這個形容詞。 那如果是人本身感到害怕,我們說frightened,也就是scared的意思。 所以我們可以說somebody is frightened of something.

那再來還有一個形容詞是frightening,可怕的、嚇人的。 想到接下來的人生當中，一切都將改變，確實是挺嚇人的。 所以令人害怕的，我們用frightening這個形容詞。 那如果是人本身感到害怕，我們說frightened,也就是scared的意思。 所以我們可以說sbody is frightened of something。

那原型動詞是frighten這個字,那就是害怕、驚嚇。

那原型動詞是frighten這個字，那就是害怕、驚嚇。

Frighten somebody 是某人驚嚇,frighten somebody to death 那就是把某人給嚇死。

Frighten somebody 是某人驚嚇，嚇死某人 那就是把某人給嚇死。

And I'm frightened of you when you get angry at me.

當你對我發火時，我很害怕你。

Alright, well, Lucas goes back by saying, try to think of it as a new beginning.

好吧，盧卡斯又說，試著把它當成一個新的開始。

We'll experience new things and meet new people.

我們將體驗新事物，結識新朋友。

Think of something or somebody as, we see in that sentence, means to consider something or somebody in a specific way.

在這個句子中，"把某事或某人視為 "的意思是 "以特定的方式考慮某事或某人"。

So you think of something or think of somebody as something else.

所以，你會把某件事或某個人當成別的東西。

所以這個呢,中文我們解釋為認為是。 那Lucas就說了,把它想成是新的開始吧,我們會經歷新的事物,然後也會認識新的人。

所以這個呢,中文我們解釋為認為是。 那Lucas就說了,把它想成是新的開始吧,我們會經歷新的事物,然後也會認識新的人。

Alright, and so Evelyn responds by saying, hey, that's true.

好吧，於是伊芙琳迴應說，嘿，這倒是真的。

What's your plan for the future?

你的未來計劃是什麼？

你對未來有什麼計劃呢?

你對未來有甚麼計劃呢？

Evelyn就這樣問了Lucas.

伊夫林就這樣問了盧卡斯。

So Adam, what was your answer when somebody asked you this question before your graduation?

那麼亞當，當有人在你畢業前問你這個問題時，你是怎麼回答的？

Before graduation from high school, like what's your plan for the future, Adam?

高中畢業前，你對未來有什麼打算，亞當？

That's a good question, because I really didn't know.

這個問題問得好，因為我真的不知道。

I didn't have that specific idea of what I wanted to do.

我並沒有想做什麼的具體想法。

And I was kind of jealous of people that already knew what they wanted to do after high school.

我有點嫉妒那些已經知道自己高中畢業後想做什麼的人。

So I was kind of, you know, I don't know.

所以我有點，你知道，我不知道。

I will go to college, but I don't know really what I want to do.

我會上大學，但我真的不知道自己想做什麼。

What about you, Elsie?

你呢，艾爾西？

I knew at that time I wanted to study English.

當時我就知道我想學習英語。

And I wanted to major in English.

我想主修英語。

So you already knew from the very beginning.

所以你從一開始就知道了。

Yes.

是的。

OK, well, let's get back to Lucas and see what he has to say.

好吧，讓我們回到盧卡斯那裡，看看他有什麼要說的。

Well, Lucas says, I'm planning to study engineering.

盧卡斯說，我打算學習工程學。

What about you?

你呢？

Engineering是這個Lucas想要學的東西, 那這個是工程學、工程設計是個名詞, 那出來之後可能就會成為一位engineer、工程師。

Engineering是這個Lucas想要學的東西, 那這個是工程學、工程設計是個名詞, 那出來之後可能就會成為一位engineer、工程師。

It takes a lot of time and studying to be an engineer, right?

成為一名工程師需要花費大量的時間和學習，不是嗎？

Right. What about Evelyn? What does she want to do?

好吧艾芙琳呢？她想做什麼？

Right. Let's see what Evelyn has to say.

好吧讓我們看看伊芙琳要說什麼。

Well, Evelyn is maybe like me, right?

伊芙琳也許和我一樣，對嗎？

So Evelyn says, I don't have a solid plan yet, but I'm leaning toward medicine.

伊芙琳說，我還沒有一個明確的計劃，但我傾向於醫學。

I've always wanted to be a doctor and help people.

我一直想成為一名醫生，幫助別人。

OK. And we saw the word solid.

好的我們看到了 "堅實 "這個詞。

I don't have a solid plan yet.

我還沒有一個可靠的計劃。

Right. All right.

好的好吧

What does it mean?

這意味著什麼？

Well, we'll talk about it here.

好吧，我們就在這裡談談。

So everyone, we heard Evelyn say, I don't have a solid plan.

所以各位，我們聽到伊芙琳說，我沒有一個可靠的計劃。

And solid means something you can trust or depend on, and it has a strong foundation or basis.

堅實 "是指可以信賴或依賴的東西，它有堅實的基礎或依據。

So an example sentence we could say,

是以，我們可以舉一個例子、

Sarah's knowledge of math is solid.

莎拉的數學知識非常紮實。

She always gets top grades in the subject.

她的成績總是名列前茅。

So she has a strong foundation for math.

是以，她的數學基礎非常紮實。

So it is very solid.

是以，它非常堅固。

Solid, this adjective, is explained here as solid or definite.

Solid 這個形容詞在這裡被解釋為堅實或確定。

A solid plan is a definite plan.

紮實的計劃就是明確的計劃。

In addition, solid can also refer to a solid or solid.

此外，"固體 "還可以指固體或實體。

In addition, we also see lean toward something.

此外，我們還可以看到向某些東西傾斜。

This is an adjective.

這是一個形容詞。

So when you say, I'm leaning toward something, that's my current adjective mode.

所以，當你說 "我傾向於某件事情 "時，這就是我當前的形容詞模式。

So Evelyn is currently leaning toward medicine, because she wants to be a doctor and help people.

是以，伊芙琳目前傾向於學醫，因為她想成為一名醫生，幫助別人。

Right. So she doesn't have a solid plan, but she likes medicine.

好吧所以她沒有一個可靠的計劃，但她喜歡醫學。

So she's leaning towards that direction.

所以她傾向於這個方向。

Right.

對

OK. And Lucas answers by saying, it sounds like we both have our paths set, but let's promise to stay in touch no matter where we end up.

好的盧卡斯回答說，聽起來我們都有自己的路要走，但讓我們約定，無論我們最後走到哪裡，都要保持聯繫。

OK. So we see the word where no matter where we end up, and end up means to finish or find oneself in a certain situation, usually without planning it that way.

好的。是以，我們看到了 "無論最終在哪裡 "這個詞，而 "最終 "的意思是結束或發現自己處於某種境地，通常是在沒有計劃的情況下。

So end up in this sentence means wherever we eventually find ourselves or wherever we eventually go, but we'll stay in touch.

所以，end up 在這個句子中的意思是，無論我們最終在哪裡找到自己，或者無論我們最終去了哪裡，但我們都會保持聯繫。

end up, 这个片语代表的是最后处于某个状态, 结果成为。 所以它后面有三种接续下去的方式。 第一个你可以加上ving, 第二个你可以加上形容词, 第三个你可以加上介系词, 介系词片语。 所以呢, end up losing all his money, 这可能会是一个结果,对不对?

end up, 這個片語代表的是最後處於某種狀態, 結果成為。 所以它後面有三種接續下去的方式。 第一個你可以加上ving, 第二個你可以加上形容詞, 第三個你可以加上介係詞, 介係詞片語。 所以呢, end up losing all his money, 這可能會是一個結果,對不對?

比如说某事发生, 然后这个人最后失去了他所有的钱, 这边的losing all his money 就用到losing这个ving, 那再来还有像是他很爱花钱, 所以最后变成一个broke, 破产的状态, 那这个broke就是个形容词, 或者是有人做了坏事, 然后最后end up in prison, in prison这个介系词片语, 那就是代表他被关进监牢里面了。 所以很好记, 他这个字就是一生的时间。

比如說某事發生, 然後這個人最後失去了他所有的錢, 這邊的losing all his money 就用到losing這個ving, 那再來還有像是他很愛花錢, 所以最後變成一個broke, 破產的狀態、那這個筆劃就是個形容詞, 或者是有人做了壞事, 然後最後end up in prison, in prison這個介係詞片語, 那就是代表他被關進監牢裡面了。 所以很好記, 他這個字就是一生的時間。

We won't let our friendship fade with distance.

我們不會讓友誼因距離而褪色。

So there we see the verb fade, and fade means to slowly disappear, lose importance, or become weaker.

是以，我們在這裡看到了褪色這個動詞，褪色的意思是慢慢消失、失去重要性或變弱。

So an example we could all use everyone is, the memories I have of my childhood home are starting to fade as I get older.

大家可以舉個例子：隨著年齡的增長，我對童年故鄉的記憶開始逐漸模糊。

So they're not as clear as they once were.

是以，它們不像以前那麼清晰了。

They're going away.

他們要走了。

Fade这个动词呢, 指的是逐渐消失, 变得无足轻重, 那我们可以用fade away来说。 那另外呢, fade也可以是褪色啦, 变暗或是衰退的意思。

Fade 這個動詞呢, 指的是逐漸消失, 變得無足輕重, 那我們可以用fade away來說。 那另外呢, fade也可以是褪色啦, 變暗或是衰退的意思。

For example, the light is fading, 代表灯光越来越暗。

例如，燈光越來越暗。

Clothes, 衣服也会接上fade这个字, 那代表什么呢?

Clothes, 衣服也會接上fade這個字, 那代表什麼呢？

代表你的衣服的颜色渐渐褪去。 所以最后呢,

代表你的衣服的顏色漸漸褪去。 所以最後呢、

Lucas就跟Evelyn说, 我们一定要stay in touch, 保持联络, 不要让我们的友谊因为距离而逐渐消失。

Lucas就跟Evelyn說, 我們一定要stay in touch, 保持聯絡, 不要讓我們的友誼因為距離而逐漸消失。

So it was a lot harder then.

所以，那時候要困難得多。

So you had to call somebody.

所以你必須給別人打電話。

You had to actually call somebody and hope they didn't change their number.

你不得不給別人打電話，希望他們沒有換號碼。

So it wasn't as easy to stay in contact or keep in touch with someone after you graduated.

是以，畢業後與人保持聯繫或保持聯繫並不那麼容易。

Right, but are you still in contact with some, maybe your high school friends?

沒錯，但你是否還和一些人保持聯繫，也許是你的高中同學？

I have one that I am still in touch with, yes.

是的，我有一個還在聯繫。

And actually everyone, that brings us to the point or brings us to our 4U chat question.

實際上，各位，這也是我們的重點，或者說是我們的 4U 哈拉問題。

And it says today, what are some ways people can maintain relationships after graduation?

它說，今天，人們有哪些方法可以在畢業後保持關係？

So after graduation, people can maintain relationships by by what?

那麼，畢業後，人們可以通過什麼來維持人際關係呢？

hanging out together sometimes?

偶爾一起出去玩？

Yeah, you know, maybe once a month?

是啊，你知道，也許一個月一次？

Right, making a plan making a plan to meet up.

對，制定計劃，制定見面計劃。

Right, yeah.

對，是的

And also with technology these days, you can always just add someone to whatever app that you're using.

現在的技術也很先進，你可以隨時在你使用的任何應用程序中添加某人。

Yeah, your WhatsApp or your LINE or WeChat.

是的，你的 WhatsApp、LINE 或微信。

Right.

對

I mean, we never did it because in the US, everyone, a lot of people after high school graduation, they might go to different cities.

我的意思是，我們從來沒有這樣做過，因為在美國，每個人，很多人在高中畢業後，可能會去不同的城市。

And so the college I went to was about 12 hours away from the city I grew up in.

我上的大學離我長大的城市有 12 個小時的車程。

12 hours away by driving?

開車需要 12 個小時？

By driving, yeah.

開車，是的。

So about 2 to 3 hours by flying.

是以，乘坐飛機大約需要 2 到 3 個小時。

And so it was hard to stay in touch.

是以很難保持聯繫。

But I think it is important to maintain some of those friendships.

但我認為，保持一些這樣的友誼很重要。

Yeah, give each other a call once in a while.

是啊，偶爾給對方打個電話吧。

Exactly.

沒錯。

And what do you guys think?

你們怎麼看？

What are some ways maybe we didn't talk about that you can maintain relationships after graduations?

有哪些方法是我們沒有談到的，你們可以在畢業後保持關係？

What will you do?

你會怎麼做？

All right.

好的

Well, stay tuned for the next one.

敬請期待下期節目。

My name is Adam.

我叫亞當。

And I'm Elsie.

我叫艾爾西

We'll see you next time.

我們下次再見。

See you soon.

再見

Vocabulary Review

詞彙複習

Significant

重要

Chocolate is a significant part of this cake.

巧克力是這款蛋糕的重要組成部分。

Without it, the cake would taste completely different.

沒有它，蛋糕的味道就會完全不同。

A national flag is a symbol that can have significant cultural meaning.

國旗是一種具有重要文化意義的象徵。

It represents a country's identity and culture.

它代表著一個國家的身份和文化。

Pumped

抽水

The crowd was pumped for the football match.

觀眾們都在為足球比賽吶喊助威。

There was singing and cheering all around.

周圍充滿了歌聲和歡呼聲。

Frightening

令人恐懼

Walking through the dark forest was a frightening experience.

走在黑暗的森林裡是一種可怕的經歷。

But I had my big brother with me.

但我有哥哥陪著我。

Solid

固體

The lawyer presented her argument with facts and solid data and won the case.

律師用事實和可靠的數據進行了論證，並贏得了官司。

Lifetime

終生

My father did many great things in his lifetime, including raising a family and opening a successful business.

父親一生做了很多大事，包括養家餬口和成功創業。

Fade

褪色

The singer only really had one popular album, but then she faded from public view.

這位歌手只出過一張廣受歡迎的專輯，但隨後就淡出了公眾視野。

Graduation

畢業

Reflect

反射

Surreal

超現實

Engineering

工程學

Lean toward something.

向某物傾斜。

I hope you enjoyed this video.

希望你們喜歡這段視頻。

If you did, please like and subscribe.

如果有，請點贊和訂閱。

Thank you for watching.

感謝您的收看。