Confident English Wednesday lesson. This is where you want to be every week if

自信的週三英語課。這是您每週都想成為的地方，如果

your goal is to advance your English language skills and communicate with

您的目標是提高您的英語語言能力，並與您的客戶進行交流。

confidence. This week we're going to look at grammar in real life. We're going to

的信心。本週我們要看一下現實生活中的文法。我們將

get very specific on one topic. We'll look at some examples of how it gets used in

在一個主題上變得非常具體。我們將看一些例子，說明它是如何被應用於

real, everyday speaking situations and, of course, as always you have the

真實的、日常的說話情況，當然，你也有一如既往的。

opportunity to practice and perfect so that you can use your English with

練習和完善的機會，使您能夠使用您的英語與

confidence at work and in your everyday life. This week we're we're looking at

工作和日常生活中的信心。本週，我們我們要看的是

the word could. Could is one of those modal words that you might hear a lot

這個詞可以。Could是一個你可能經常聽到的情態詞之一。

about. Modals are words like should, would, could, might, but I want to focus just on

關於。情態詞是指像should、would、could、might這樣的詞，但我想只關注於

one. Just on the word could so that you can really understand how we use it in

一。就在這個詞上可以，這樣你就可以真正理解我們如何使用它在。

everyday speaking situations and use it correctly. In today's video you'll learn

日常口語的情況下，並正確使用它。在今天的視頻中，您將學習

five situations in which you can use the word could just like a native speaker in

在五種情況下，您可以像母語人士一樣使用這個詞。

your everyday life. And number one is making polite requests. So imagine that

你的日常生活。而第一條就是提出禮貌的要求。所以想象一下

you're at work and you need help with something or you want to ask someone for

你在工作中需要幫助，或者你想請教別人。

something. The way to make it the most polite is to use the word could. For

的東西。最婉轉的方法就是用could這個詞。對於

example: could you send me the contract by the end of the day? Could you send me

例如：你能不能在今天結束前把合同發給我？你能不能給我

the contract by the end of the day? In this example, I could use the word can -

的合同的一天結束？在這個例子中，我可以用 "可以 "這個詞--。

Can you send me the contract by the end of the day but just that small change

你能不能在一天之內把合同寄給我，但就這麼一點零錢？

from can to could makes it more polite. Another example that I hear a lot

從can到could讓它更有禮貌。另一個我經常聽到的例子是

in my classes and in my emails is could you help me? I just don't understand this

在我的課堂上和我的電子郵件是 你能幫助我嗎？我只是不明白這個

grammar topic. Could you help me? I just don't understand this. Or maybe you get a

文法題目。你能幫幫我嗎？我就是不明白這個。或者，也許你得到一個

phone call from a friend who says, could I borrow your car this weekend? Could I

朋友打來電話說，這個週末能借你的車嗎？我可以

borrow your car this weekend? And finally a very polite but common way of

借你的車這個週末？最後，一個非常禮貌而又常見的方式是

interrupting someone at work is: I'm sorry could I bother you for a moment? Or

打斷別人的工作是：對不起，我可以打擾你一下嗎？或者是

I'm sorry could I interrupt you for a moment? Now the second way that we use

對不起，我可以打斷你一下嗎？現在，我們使用的第二種方式

could in our everyday lives is responding to requests. You've already

在我們的日常生活中，可以是應求。你已經

used it to make a polite request. Let's imagine that your friend calls you and

用它來提出一個禮貌的請求。讓我們想象一下，你的朋友打電話給你，並

asks: could you help me move this weekend? I'm moving to a new apartment and I need

問：這個週末你能幫我搬家嗎？我正在搬到一個新的公寓，我需要。

some help. Could you help me move this weekend now? It's your job to respond.

一些幫助。這個週末你能幫我搬家嗎？這是你的工作迴應。

Again you have a choice. You could say can: yes I can or i would love to help

你又可以選擇。你可以說可以：是的，我可以，或者我很樂意幫助你。

you move this weekend. Or you could say: yeah I could help you. I only have time

你這個週末搬家。或者你可以說：是的，我可以幫你。我只有時間

on Saturday afternoon though. Yeah, I could help you. In responding to a

在週六下午，雖然。是的，我可以幫你。在迴應一個

request, when we use could it shows a little bit of hesitation or lack of

請求，當我們使用could時，它顯示了一點猶豫或缺乏。

desire for doing it. Maybe you really don't have time or you just don't want

做的慾望。也許你真的沒有時間，或者你只是不願意。

to help. Using could actually shows that you don't really want to do it. Instead

來幫助你。使用可以其實說明你並不是真的想做。相反

can can show a little bit more enthusiasm. For example, yes of course I

可以表現出更大的熱情。例如，是的，當然，我

can help you this weekend, it's no problem. So there's just a little change

這個週末可以幫你，沒問題。所以，只是有一點點變化

between making the request and answering the request. Number three making

在提出請求和回答請求之間。第三條

suggestions. For example maybe someone says to you:

建議。比如也許有人對你說。

I'm so bored I have nothing to do. But you have a lot of good ideas and you can

我很無聊，無事可做。但你有很多好點子，你可以...

suggest those ideas by saying: you could read a book or you could go to a movie.

建議這些想法說：你可以看書，也可以去看電影。

You could take a walk or you could even take the dog on a walk. All of those are

你可以去散步，甚至可以帶狗去散步。所有這些都是

great suggestions and we're using could to help us make those. Number four: past

很好的建議，我們正在用可以幫助我們做這些。第四條：過去

abilities. When I was younger I could run a lot faster without getting out of

能力。當我年輕的時候，我可以跑得更快，而不被淘汰。

breath. When I was younger I could run a lot faster without getting out of breath.

呼吸。當我年輕的時候，我可以跑得更快，而不會氣喘吁吁。

Or ten years ago she could speak Spanish really well but she hasn't used it in

或者十年前她的西班牙語說得很好 但她已經很久沒有用過了

years. Ten years ago she could speak Spanish so much better but she hasn't

幾年前十年前，她的西班牙語說得很好，但她沒有

used it in years. In both of those examples I'm talking about an ability

年內使用。在這兩個例子中，我說的是一種能力。

that I or someone else had in the past but we no longer have that ability. And

過去我或別人曾有過的，但我們已經沒有這種能力了。而

finally number five. A real-life situation when we use the word could is

最後是五號。當我們使用 "可能 "這個詞的時候，現實生活中的一個情況是

for possibilities. And this is similar to using might but we'll save that for

的可能性。這和使用威力類似，但我們會把它保存到

another day. Let's look at a couple of examples of using could for a possibility.

另一天。我們來看看幾個用could來表示可能性的例子。

Don't forget to take an umbrella today it could rain. Or we could even use it

今天別忘了帶傘，可能會下雨。或者我們還可以用它

for past possibilities. For example, you could have gone to the store earlier to

為過去的可能性。例如，你可以早一點去商店，以

avoid all the traffic. You could have gone to the store earlier to avoid all

避開所有的交通。你可以早點去商店，以避免所有的。

the rush hour traffic. And with that you have five real-life examples of how we

的高峰期交通。有了這些，你就有了五個現實生活中的例子，說明我們是怎樣的

use could in our everyday lives in English. And now it's your turn to give

可以在我們的日常生活中使用英語。現在輪到你了

it a try. As always you can share with me your own examples in the comments

它的嘗試。和以往一樣，你可以在評論中與我分享你自己的例子。

section just below this video to get feedback and to share with the Confident

在視頻下面的部分獲得反饋，並與自信的人分享。

English Community. Try practicing some polite requests or share with me some

英語社區。試著練習一些禮貌的要求，或與我分享一些。

past abilities that you had. As always, I do read all the comments below and

過去的能力，你有。一如既往，我確實閱讀了下面所有的評論，並。

provide feedback so don't be afraid to take this opportunity to test your

提供反饋，所以不要害怕藉此機會測試你的。

understanding. And then begin using these examples in your everyday life so that

理解。然後開始在你的日常生活中使用這些例子，以便於

you can communicate with confidence.

您可以放心地交流。