really excited about.

你真的很感興趣或興奮的

Maybe you have an upcoming birthday, or maybe you're going on a trip, and you're really

也許是你即將到來的生日，或是你將要去旅行，你真的

excited about something that's going to happen in a few days.

對這些不久後即將發生的事情感到興奮

Well in this video I'll help you learn some English words and phrases to talk about an

在這個影片裡，我將要幫助你學習有關對未來某事感到興奮

exciting event that's going to happen in the future.

的一些英文單字或是片語

Hey, Bob the Canadian here, if this is your first time here don't forget to click the

嘿！我是加拿大的鮑伯，如果你是第一次看到我的影片，別忘了

subscribe button below, and at some point during this video give me a thumbs up if you

按影片底下的訂閱，如果你很喜歡這個影片而且學到很多東西

enjoy the English that you are learning.

可能的話給我一個讚

So, something exciting is coming up in your future, and you want to be able to talk about

所以，令人興奮的某事將要在你的未來發生時，然後你想說

it.

這件事

Well today we'll look at a number of ways to tell people about something exciting that's

今天我們會學一些方法，使你可以告訴人們未來即將要

going to happen in your future.

發生令人興奮的事情

The first way to express excitement about something in the future is to say, “I can't

第一個方法是表達對未來的某事感到興奮，你可以說

wait.”

「我迫不急待。」

or “I cannot wait.”

或「我迫不急待。」(can't 等同於 cannot)

or “I can hardly wait.”

或「我等不及了。」

All three of these things express excitement about something in the future.

這三個全都表達出對未來的某事感到興奮

So let's imagine you're going on a vacation.

讓我們來想像你將要去度假

You could say, “I cannot wait to go on vacation.”

你可以說：「我迫不及待去度假了。」

You can say, “I can't wait to go on vacation.”

你可以說：「我迫不及待去度假了。」(cannot 等同於 can't)

Or you could say, “I can hardly wait to leave on my vacation.”

或是你可以說：「我等不及去度假了。」

All three of those would be a way to express the excitement, the happiness that you're

這三個句子都可以表達出興奮的情緒，也表達出

feeling that you're going to be going away.

將要出去玩的你有多快樂

That you're going to be going on a vacation.

你將要去度假

Another way to express excitement about something in the future is to say, “I'm looking

另一種方式表達對於未來的事感到興奮，你可以說

forward to….”

「我很期待 ...」

So let's imagine that you're going to be having dinner with a good friend.

讓我們來想像你將要和朋友去吃晚餐

You could say, “I'm looking forward to having dinner with you.”

你可以說「我很期待與你一起吃晚餐。」

You could say, “I am looking forward to having dinner with you.”

你可以說「我很期待與你一起吃晚餐。」(I'm 等同於 I am)

Or you could say, “I'm really looking forward to having dinner with you.”

或是你可以說「我真的很期待與你一起吃晚餐。」

All three of those would be a way to express excitement in positive way, to express excitement,

這三個句子都可積極地表達對於未來

to express happiness about an event that's coming up in the future.

將要發生的事情感到興奮和快樂

I'm sure a lot of you were really looking forward to me putting this video on my YouTube

我相信很多人都很期待我可以放這個影片到

channel.

Youtube 頻道

Well I hope some of you were.

嗯 ... 我希望如此

Another way to express excitement about the future is to just use the word, “excite”

另一個方式表達對未來某事感到興奮的字是 "excite" (興奮)

“I am excited about the start of the new school year.”

對於新學期的開始，我感到很興奮

Or you can say, “I am very excited about the start of the new school year.”

或你可以說：「對於新學期的開始，我感到很興奮。」

Or you could say, “I am extremely excited about the start of the new school year.”

你也可以說：「對於新學期的開始，我極度興奮。」

All three of those would a good way to express excitement.

這些句子是很好表達出興奮感的方式

But, let's stop for minute.

但是我們先停一下

Sometimes there's something coming up in your future that you're anxious about.

有時，有些事情即將在你未來發生，你感到很焦慮

You're not excited about, you're not happy about it.

你對此不感到興奮也不快樂

Maybe you're a little bit worried about it.

或許你還有點擔心

So let's look at a couple of ways to express worry or concern about an upcoming event.

我們來學一些方法去表達你對於未來將發生的事情感到擔心或關心

The first way you could express worry or concern about an upcoming event is to say, “I'm

第一種方法是對於未來將發生的事情感到擔心或關心時

on pins and needles.”

你可以說：「我如坐針氈。」

Now this doesn't sound really good.

現在這聽起來不太好

I'm not sure if you know what pins are, I'll put a picture up here of pins and needles,

我不確定你是否知道什麼是大頭針，我放一個大頭針和針的照片在這

but in English we say, “I'm on pins and needles.”

英文我們說：「我如坐針氈。」

So let's imagine you've written a test.

我們來想像你剛考完試

You could say to someone, “I wrote a test last week, and I'm waiting for the results,

你可以對他人說：「上星期考完試了，我正在等成績

and I'm on pins and needles.”

現在我好像如坐針氈一樣。」

I'm on pins and needles.

我如坐針氈

The next one sounds even worse.

下一個聽起來會更糟

You can say, “The wait is killing me.”

你可以說：「等待正在扼殺我。」

Now “killing” is a very strong word.

「扼殺」是很強烈的字

We don't use “killing” lightly, but for some reason in English we say this routinely.

我們不太使用「扼殺」，但出於某些因素，我們常這樣說

We say, “The wait is killing me.”

「等待正在扼殺我。」

So maybe you went to the doctor, and maybe you're waiting for the doctor to call you

當你去看醫生時，也許你正等著醫生叫你進去

and you could say to someone, “I went to the doctor last week, and I'm waiting for

這時你可以說：「我上週去看醫生，等待檢查報告

the test results, and the wait is killing me.”

我等到不耐煩，覺得等待正在扼殺我。」

Sounds kind of harsh.

聽起來有點強硬

Sounds kind of very very direct, but we do actually say this in English.

聽起來非常直接，但在英文裡我們確實都是這樣說

The wait is killing me.

等待正在扼殺我

Well that's three ways to talk positively about an exciting event coming in the future.

這三個方法都積極地說對於未來即將發生的事感到興奮

I can't wait.

我迫不及待

I'm looking forward to.

我很期待

Or I'm excited about.

或我感到很興奮

And a couple of ways to talk about a future event that maybe you're a little worried

還有一些方法是表達你對於未來將發生的事情

about.

感到擔憂

So you could say, “The wait is killing me.” or you could say, “I'm on pins and needles.”

你可以說：「等待正扼殺我。」或是你可以說：「我如坐針氈。」

Bob the Canadian here.

我是加拿大的鮑伯

Learn English with Bob the Canadian.

和加拿大的鮑伯學英文

If you enjoyed this video give me a thumbs up.

如果你喜歡這部影片，請給我一個讚

Subscribe if you don't mind and I really hope this video was helpful for you.

如果你不介意就訂閱我的頻道，我真心希望這部影片可以幫助你

I look forward to making another one for you.

期待下次你的參與

Have a great day, and have a great week!

祝你有個美好的一天和美好的星期！