between "besides" and "beside", okay?

besides跟beside的差別

This video is useful to watch if you're a native speaker or if you're an ESL student,

不論英文是你的母語或是第二語言，這部影片都很實用

because this is a mistake that both groups often make. All right, so let's get started.

因為這兩種族群都常犯這個錯誤。好，我們開始吧

We're first going to look at the word "beside" without an "s". So there's no "s".

首先看到字尾沒有s的 beside 這個字，它沒有加s

"Beside" is a preposition and it means "at the side of" or "next to". So I have a picture

Beside是一個介係詞，它的意思是「在...的一邊」或「在...的旁邊」，這裡有個畫

here. I don't know if you can tell who this is. This is Luke Skywalker. Okay, here's his

不知道你認不認得出這是什麼，他是路克先行者 (星際大戰人物)，好，這是他的

lightsaber and this little green guy, he's not a gremlin. He is Yoda, with his green

光劍，這個綠色的小傢伙，他不是小精靈，他是尤達，還拿著他綠色

little lightsaber, okay?

小光劍

So how can I use "beside" with these two? Well, I could say that "Luke Skywalker is

那我要怎麼把「beside」運用在他們身上呢？我可以說「Luke Skywalker is

beside Yoda." "Yoda is beside Luke Skywalker." So again, very simple. It just means they're

beside Yoda. 」「Yoda is beside Luke Skywalker. 」，很簡單，它的意思就是他們在

next to each other.

彼此的旁邊

Let's look at another example of the word "beside". You can also be "beside yourself".

我們來看看 beside 的另一個例子，你還可以「beside yourself」

What does this mean? It doesn't mean there are two of me standing side-by-side. It doesn't

什麼意思呢？這個意思不是有兩個我肩並肩站在一起，不是這個意思

mean that. I'll give you an example of what it means.

我給你一個例子來解釋它的意思

So Luke Skywalker, when he found out his teacher, Obi-Wan Kenobi, had died, he was "beside himself

當路克天行者發現他的老師歐比王肯諾比去世了，他就「beside himself

with grief". So what does that mean? It means, when you're "beside yourself", it means you

with grief」所以這是什麼意思呢？它的意思是，當你 beside yourself ，那就代表你

have such a strong emotion that you lose control of yourself. You can't think. You just feel

的情緒很滿，幾乎要失去控制了，你無法思考，就是覺得

so much emotion. Often when somebody dies, you become "beside yourself" with grief. You

情緒高漲，時常當有人去世時，你會悲傷地不能自已，無法

can't think. You just feel so much sadness.

思考，你感受到滿滿的悲傷

On the other hand, you can be "beside yourself" with joy. Maybe somebody throws you a really,

相反地，你也可以 beside yourself with joy，也許某人辦了一場非常

really good surprise birthday party, and you're so touched, that you're just so happy you're

非常棒的驚喜生日派對，你覺得很感動，你開心到

"beside yourself" with joy. So it means a very strong emotion overwhelms you.

欣喜若狂的境界，所以它的意思是你被滿滿的情緒淹沒

Our third example of "beside". This is a very common expression we use in English. "That's

第三個beside的例子，我們很常在英文當中使用這個詞語，「That's

beside the point" -- notice no "s". "That's beside the point." What does this mean?

beside the point」注意這邊沒有s唷，「That's beside the point.」什麼意思？

It means that something, it doesn't matter. You know usually two people are talking. One

它表示某件事不重要，你知道常常兩個人聊天，一個人

person is saying something, someone else adds something. The thing they add doesn't matter.

說一件事，另一個人補充，他們補充的事情不關緊要

It doesn't have any relevance, so it's not relevant. It's not important to the conversation.

也沒什麼關聯性，不太相關，對於整個對話來說不重要

It doesn't add anything important to the conversation.

它並沒有補充任何緊要的事情在對話當中

So what's an example of this? Well, we've been using Star Wars examples, so maybe I'm

所以有什麼例子呢？我們一直都拿星際大戰當例子，所以例如我

talking to my friend, and maybe we're talking about Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia. And

和朋友說話，我們可能聊到路克天行者和莉亞公主，

my friend says something like, "Oh, you know Princess Leia and Luke Skywalker, they would've

我朋友說像這樣的話「哦，你知道莉亞公主和路克先行者，他們

made a fantastic couple. They're both good-looking, they have great personalities. I think they

會是完美的一對，兩個人長得都好看，個性都很好，我覺得他們

should've been a couple."

應該要是一對」

Maybe I'd be weirded out and say, "But they're brother and sister!" My friend could say,

我可能會很激動，然後說「可是他們是雙胞胎兄妹耶！」我朋友可能說

"Well, that's beside the point." Meaning: it's not relevant. My friend doesn't care

「that's beside the point. (這不重要啦)」，意思就是那不重要，我朋友不在乎

about that. It doesn't matter. The main thing is, in his opinion, their personalities, and

那一點也不緊要，在他的觀點裡，最重要的是他們的個性，

things like that. They'd make a cute couple. Okay, so that's "beside the point".

諸如此類。他們會成為一對可愛的情侶，好嗎，所以那不是重點

Another example, maybe my friend wants to borrow my car, but unfortunately the tire

另一個例子，也許我朋友想跟我借車，但不幸地輪胎

is flat. So my friend might say: -"Can I borrow your car?"

沒氣了，所以我朋友可能會說「可以借你的車嗎？」

-"No you can't, the tire is flat."

「不行耶，輪胎沒氣了」

My friend could say, -"But I'm a good driver." -"Well, you may be a good driver, but that's

我朋友可以說「但我是優良駕駛」「痾，你可能是個優良駕駛，但那

beside the point. It doesn't matter if you're a good driver or not. You can't drive the

不是重點，跟你是不是優良駕駛沒關係，你不能開那輛車

car because the car's tire is flat."

是因為輪胎沒氣了」

Now let's look at some examples with the word "besides". We have more than one meaning for

我們現在來看看 besides 這個字的例子，這個加了s的besides

the word "besides" with an "s", okay? So the first meaning we'll look at is when "besides"

有很多意思，我們第一個要來看到的是當 besides

means "in addition to", okay? What do I mean by this? Well, here's my example. Somebody

代表 in addition to 的意思，可以嗎？這是什麼意思呢？這裡有個例子，某人

might ask, "Who was at the restaurant besides Chewbacca and Han Solo?" So this means we

可能問「Who was at the restaurant besides Chewbacca and Han Solo?」這個意思就是我們

already know Chewbacca was there and Han Solo was there. We want to know who else was there.

已經知道丘百卡在那裡，韓索羅在那裡，我們想要知道還有誰在那裡

So, in addition to Han Solo and Chewbacca, who else was there? Okay?

所以除了韓索羅和丘百卡之外，還有誰在哪裡？懂嗎？

Another example: "Besides watching Star Wars, what else do you like to do?" Somebody might

另一個例子「Besides watching Star Wars, what else do you like to do?」某人可能

ask me this question. Meaning, as you can see from all my examples, I like the Star

問我這個問題，意思是，你可以從我舉的例子裡看出，我喜歡星際大戰

Wars movies. In addition to watching Star Wars, what do I like to do? Well, that's a

系列電影，除了看星際大戰外，我喜歡做什麼？嗯，這是個

very good question. I like to read. I like to go hiking, traveling, watching other TV

非常好的問題，我喜歡閱讀，喜歡健行，旅行，看其他電視

shows, including Star Trek. So "besides watching Star Wars" means "in addition to watching

節目，包括星際爭霸戰，所以「besides watching Star Wars」是指「除了看

Star Wars". So you know I like Star Wars, what else do I like, okay?

星際大戰外」所以你知道我喜歡星際大戰，我還喜歡什麼

Another thing that "besides" means; this is a different meaning. It means we're giving

另一個 besides 的意思，這個意思比較不一樣，它是指我們給予

an afterthought. So what do I mean by this? Well, here's my first example: "I don't want

一個事後的想法，所以這是什麼意思？這裡我給大家第一個例子「I don't want

to go outside. It's too cold. Besides, Jar Jar Binks is there." Jar Jar Binks is of course

to go outside. It's too cold. Besides, Jar Jar Binks is there.」Jar Jar Binks當然

another Star Wars character.

也是星際大戰的另一個角色

So I give my first reason for not wanting to go outside. Why don't I want to go outside?

所以我給了我第一個不想去外面的理由，我為什麼不想去外面？

Well, it's too cold, and then I think for a second and I'm like, "Oh, yeah, and also

因為太冷了，然後我想了一下，然後說「喔對，而且

Jar Jar Binks is going to be there, and I don't like Jar Jar Binks". Okay, so it's an afterthought.

Jar Jar Binks也會在外面，我不喜歡Jar Jar Binks」好，所以這是一個事後的想法

Our second example: "I'm too tired to blow up the Death Star right now", okay? Then we

第二個例子：「我太累了，現在沒辦法炸毀死星」然後，我們用

have our "besides" with an "s". "Besides, we need to fix R2-D2". What does this mean?

有s的besides這個字，「而且，我們還要修理R2-D2」，那是什麼意思？

Well, it means your first thought: you're too tired to do something. And then you have

這代表你的第一個想法是：太累了，沒辦法做事。然後你有了

a second thought, an afterthought. What's that afterthought? Oh, that we need to fix

第二個想法，事後的想法，那個事後的想法是什麼呢？噢，就是我們必須先修理

our robot. So "besides" comes after the first thought. You have the first thought, then

我們的機器人。所以「besides」在第一個想法後出現，你先有第一個想法，然後

you use "besides" and you write your second thought.

再用「besides」，接著描述你的第二個想法

Notice where it is in the sentence. It's at the beginning. "Besides," comma. We need to

要注意它擺在句子的哪裡唷，它放在句首，先講「Besides」，然後逗號，我們要

do this, okay. Now let's look at another example of "besides" and its meaning.

做這個。懂嗎？我們現在來看看另一個besides的例子和語意

Okay, so now the final meaning of "besides".

好，所以besides的最後一個意思

"Besides" can also mean except. So let's look at an example. "No ship besides the Millennium

「Besides」還可以當作except(除了...之外)的意思，我們來看個例子「No ship besides the Millennium

Falcon can fly that fast". So this means the exact same thing as "No ship except the Millennium

Falcon can fly that fast (除了千歲鷹號外，沒有飛船能飛得那麼快)」所以它的意思就跟「No ship except the Millennium

Falcon can fly that fast." Okay, so it also can mean "except". All right, so let's do

Falcon can fly that fast」一模一樣。所以它有「除了...之外」的意思，好，我們

a practice quiz together.

來做個小測驗

Question number one: "________ studying for your test, what else will you do tonight?"

第一題：________ studying for your test, what else will you do tonight?

Do you think it's "beside" or "besides?"

你覺得是beside還是besides？

In this case, it is "besides" with an "s". "Besides studying for your test, what else

在這個情況下，要用加s的besides。「Besides studying for your test, what else

will you do tonight?" So in this case, "besides" means in addition. In addition to studying

will you do tonight?」，在這個例子，besides代表「此外」，除了為了考試

for your test, what else are you going to do?

讀書之外，你還要做什麼？

Question number two: "Do you want to sit ______ Alice or Aya?"

第二題：Do you want to sit ______ Alice or Aya?

What do you think it is, "beside" or "besides"?

你覺得是「beside」還是「besides」？

If you said "beside" without an "s", you're correct. So again, you have two people, who

如果你說沒有s的beside，那就對了。再提醒大家一次，有兩個人，誰

sits next to who? So this means next to.

坐在誰旁邊？所以它的意思是「在什麼的旁邊」

Question number three: "That's ______ the point."

第三題：That's ______ the point.

Is it "That's beside the point." or "That's besides the point."?

會是「That's beside the point.」還是「That's besides the point.」呢？

Now for native speakers this question might be a little difficult, because you may have

現在這個問題對母語人士可能比較困難，因為你可能

heard both. The correct answer:

兩種都聽過，但正確的答案是

without an "s": "That's beside the point." Okay?

沒有s的beside，「That's beside the point.」了解嗎？

Question number four: "Beside/besides Raj's house, every house in the neighborhood has

第四題：Beside/besides Raj's house, every house in the neighborhood has

a driveway." What do you think it is?

a driveway. 你覺得答案是哪個？

In this case, with an "s". So what does "besides" mean in this case? Besides Raj's house, this

就這題來看，答案是有s的，那這題的besides是什麼意思呢？Besides Raj's home 的意思

means, except Raj's house. So every house except Raj's house has a driveway. His house

就是除了Raj家以外，所以除了Raj家之外，所有的房子都有一個車道，他家

is the only house that does not have a driveway.

是唯一一個沒有車道的房子

Okay, so I just wanted to apologize to anyone who may have watched this video and hates

好，我只是想跟看這部影片但很討厭星艦迷航記，

Star Trek, sorry, not Star Trek -- Star Wars. Sorry about that. So hopefully you enjoy the Star Wars movies, and so this

抱歉不是星鑑迷航，是星際大戰，想跟討厭它的人道歉，希望你喜歡星際大戰系列電影，那這個

video will be interesting for you. In terms of "beside" and "besides", I want to invite

影片對你來說就會很有趣。就beside和besides，我想請

you to come visit our website at www.engvid.com . We have a quiz there, so you can practice

你到我們EngVid的網站看看，我們提供一些測驗題，給你練習

to make sure you really understand the difference between "besides" and "beside". So until next time, take care.

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