If you've watched my lesson on big synonyms, this lesson has a similar idea. We're going

如果你看過我那堂"大"同義字的課的話，兩堂課的概念是差不多的。我們將會

to look at ways to make your vocabulary richer to make it stronger and to add variety. So

以不同的方式來增進、加強和豐富你的字彙量。所以

I will be looking at some other ways that you can say "small" so that you don't sound

我將會找一些其他表達"小"這個字的同義字來教你，才不至於讓你聽起來

like you're repeating the same adjectives, the same words again and again in your conversations

一直再重複相同的形容詞，或相同的字彙一次又一次的出現在你的會話

or in your writings. So let's begin.

或者是你的寫作當中。所以我們開始吧。

First, we have a sentence. "He's, she's, that's" -- you can say, "It's so" -- obviously, you

首先，我們要有一個句子 : "他是...，她是...，或那是..."，你可說："它是非常的..."，明顯地

could say "small" if you're talking about a building, a chair, a table, whatever it

你可以說"small"，如果你是在形容一幢建築，一張椅子，一張桌子，不論你在

is that you're talking about. You can also say, "That's so little." So "little" and "small"

談論的對象為何。你也可以說："那個東西真是Little"。非常"little"和"small"

are probably the two most common words that you likely know. And you might know the next

可能是兩個你會知道的字中最常見的。下個字你可能也會知道

one as well, which is "tiny". So you can have a tiny problem or a tiny headache, or a tiny

，就是"tiny"。你可以說，我有個小小的問題，或一個輕微的頭痛

issue with someone.

或者一個關於某人的小問題

The next one might be new for some of you, and that word is "minuscule". Now, "minuscule"

下一個單字可能對你們某些人來說很陌生，是 “minuscule”。“minuscule”

-- think of the word "mini", which is here. And again, "mini" just means "small", just

這裡可以拆解成"mini"。然後，"mini"就代表"small"和"little"

means "little". If you wanted to make it a little more formal, you can say, "It's minuscule."

如果你想用比較正式的說法，你就可以說："It's minuscule"

So if you have the difference between buying one car and another car, but one car is much

所以假如你想要購買的兩台車，其中一台比另一台優越，之間的價格卻沒差多少。

better, but the price difference is not very big, you can say, "The price difference is

這時候你就可以說："價格差異是minuscule，我本該以

minuscule. I should pay the extra money and get the much better car." Okay? So a difference

更高的價錢買比較好的車才對的"，這樣有理解嗎?所以

can be minuscule or small or little.

差異可以用minuscule或small或little來形容。

Next, we have the word "petite". This comes from the French word for "small", "petit"

下一個，我們要介紹的字是："petite"。這個字，''petit''或''petite''，來源是法文，意思是小的。

or "petite". I apologize for my pronunciation. We also use this word in English. In English,

很抱歉我的發音不是很正確。我們在英文裡也用這個字。在英文中，

it means, like, "cute", so small that it's cute and adorable like this little thing.

他意思是，像是''可愛''，小巧可愛和靈敏如這個小玩意兒。

What is this? Hey. There's a little Pikachu in my pocket. So as you can see, this Pikachu

這是什麼？嘿。這有個皮卡丘在我的口袋裡。就像你看見的，這隻皮卡丘非常的

is very petite, so cute, so small, so tiny that he's adorable. Okay, Pikachu. I'll see

小巧、可愛、嬌小、極小的十分可人。好的，皮卡丘。

you later. He's small, but he's very heavy. I hope he'll be okay.

待會見囉，他很小卻蠻重的，希望他沒事。

Next, we have the word "puny". Now, "puny" has a negative meaning. It's so small that

下一個，我們介紹的字是"puny"。"puny"有個負面的意義。是指嬌小以致於孱弱，

it's weak, not strong. So a person can have puny muscles, for example. So again, "petite"

不強壯。舉例而言，一個人可以說他的肌肉很弱小。所以再一次，"petite"是說

-- cute and adorable; "puny" -- so small that it's weak, not strong.

可愛和惹人喜歡的，可以是形容微小所以孱弱，不強壯。

Next, we've the word "mini" which we discussed. And the final three words are not as commonly

下一個，接續我們剛討論過的"mini"。最後三個字並不常見於

used in writing, but we definitely use them in speech. So the word "wee". If you want

寫作當中，但是口語演說中一定會常用到。所以"wee"這個字，如果你要的話

to, you know, have a big problem, and when you're talking about this problem to your

也就是，你有一個大麻煩，而且當你和你的朋友

friend and you don't want to stress the size of the problem, and you want to say, "We have

談論它卻不想要過份強調問題的嚴重性時，你可以說："我們有個 wee problem

a wee problem, a small problem." Even if the problem is big and you want to make it smaller

一個小問題"。即使這個問題其實不小，但你希望別人聽見的時候

in the person's mind, you can say, "We have a wee problem, a teeny problem, a teensy problem."

心中所想到的是並不嚴重，你可以這樣說："我們有一個wee problem, 一個teensy problem, 或teensy problem

So all three of these words, they use the sound "ee". And you can stretch it out when

所以這三個字聽起來都有"ee"的音。而你可以延長這個ee的音

you're saying it. "A wee problem, a teeny problem, a teensy problem."

當你說："A wee problem, a teeny problem, a teensy problem"

And finally, we have one, two, three, four expressions where we're combining two different

最後，我們有一、二、三、四個表達方式，當我們結合兩個不同的

adjectives and we're making them sound really cute and adorable and small and tiny. So first,

形容詞，且我們在發音時讓他們聽起來很可愛、惹人愛、小巧和細緻。好，首先

"itty-bitty". It sounds fun to say, right? So repeat after me, "itty-bitty". You can

"itty-bitty" 講起來很有趣，對吧？跟著我一起重複，"itty-bitty"。你可以說

say "an itty-bitty problem", "I have an itty-bitty headache." Very cute. Adorable, almost.

"an itty-bitty problem"，"I have an itty-bitty headache." 非常可愛。讓人喜愛，幾乎是這樣。

Next, we have the words "teensy". And if you want to emphasize it even more, "teensy-weensy"

接下來，我們

okay? "Teensy-weensy." Same with the next one, "teeny-tiny." So all you're doing is

可以嗎？"Teensy-weensy."跟下一個也相同意思，"teeny-tiny." 你就只是在做

combining teeny and tiny. And finally, we have "itsy-bitsy". So there is a children's

eeny 和 tiny 的排列組合而已。最後最後，就是"itsy-bitsy"。

nursery rhyme that goes "itsy-bitsy spider". And if you're lucky, maybe you'll get to hear

有首童謠叫做"itsy-bitsy spider"。而你幸運的話，可能之前有

it at some point.

聽過它。

So one more time, from the top, listen and repeat. Practice the pronunciation.

再來一次，從頭複習，聽完重複念一次。練習發音

"Little, tiny, minuscule, petite, puny, mini, wee, teeny, teensy, itty-bitty, teensy-weensy,

"Little, tiny, minuscule, petite, puny, mini, wee, teeny, teensy, itty-bitty, teensy-weensy,

teeny-tiny, and itsy-bitsy." Okay.

teeny-tiny, and itsy-bitsy." 好的

So if you'd like to test your understanding of how to spell these words, how to use them

如果你想要測試一下自己對這幾個字的拼法瞭解了多少、在段落中

in context, as always, you can check out the quiz on www.engvid.com. And don't forget to

如何使用等等，就如往常，你可以到www.engvid.com上查閱小考的答案。且別忘了去

subscribe to my YouTube channel. Bye.

訂閱我的Youtube頻道。掰掰

"The itsy-bitsy spider went up the water spout. Down came the rain and

小小蜘蛛爬上水龍捲，雨水落下...

-- hey. What are you looking at? -- washed the spider out. Out came the..."

嘿，你在看什麼? 把蜘蛛沖走了。雨水落下...