I'm Vanessa from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com.

我是 SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com 的 Vanessa

Do you make these three common English mistakes when you speak?

你在說英文時有犯過這三種常見錯誤嗎？

Let's talk about it.

一起來看看囉

First of all, I want to say, if you make these mistakes, native English speakers will still

首先，我想說的是，如果你犯這些錯誤，英文母語者也

understand you.

懂你的意思

Don't beat yourself up over making these mistakes.

犯這些錯誤時，不要 Beat yourself up

Beat yourself up means be hard on yourself, be upset and angry that you make these mistakes.

Beat yourself up 的意思是責怪自己，對於犯這些錯感到難過、生氣

Don't be worried about them, but I want to help you to perfect your English.

別擔心這些，因為我是來幫助你的改善英文用詞的

This doesn't mean to speak perfectly, but this means to improve your English.

我的意思不是改善英文發音，而是幫助你改善英文用詞

The first mistake that I often hear beginner English learners make, and I have actually

我常聽到初學者常犯的英文錯誤，事實上

received some emails with this expression, it is, I played a board game yesterday night.

我也常在收到的電子郵件中看到這種用法，那就是，我「昨天」晚上玩了桌游

Yesterday night.

「昨天」晚上

It makes sense, yesterday at night, but this is not the correct word that we need to use.

這符合邏輯，「昨天」的晚上，但這不是正確的表達法

Do you know what we should say instead?

你知道「昨晚」應該要怎麼說嗎？

I played a board game last night.

我昨晚玩了桌游

Last night.

昨晚

Great.

很好

It's a quick fix, and it's going to make your English sounds much more natural.

稍微修正，就可以讓你說的英文聽起來更加自然

The second mistake that I often hear intermediate English learners make has to do with general

第二種錯誤是我常常從中級英文程度學習者聽到的，就是

countable items.

可數名詞的變化

If you live in the mountains, like I do, you might say, "I like mountain.

如果你像我一樣住在山區，你可能會說「我喜歡山

I'm a big fan of monkey."

我很喜歡猴子」

But, there's something wrong in both of these sentences.

但是，這兩句都有點錯誤

That final word, that final thing that we're talking about, mountain, monkey needs to have

最後一個字，最後的名詞山和猴子字尾

an S. For these countable items, mountains, monkeys, we need to say, "I like mountains.

要加s。像是山、猴子這些可數名詞來說，正確的句子應該是「我愛山 (+s)

I'm a big fan of monkeys."

我很喜歡猴子 (+s)」

This is going to be the most natural way to talk about something general that is countable

這樣是使用可數名詞來說明你喜愛的東西

that you like.

最自然的表達方法

What if we have something that's uncountable, like tea or air conditioning?

那如果說是不可數的東西，像是茶或是空調呢？

In this situation you can say, "I like tea.

你可以說「我喜歡茶

I'm a big fan of air conditioning."

我很喜歡空調」

It's really hot in this room right now, but if I turn on the air conditioning, it's going

我房間現在真的很熱，但如果我打開空調的話

to be too loud and you won't be able to hear me.

空調聲音會大大，你們就聽不清楚我講的話了

So after this is over, I'm going to turn on the air conditioning because I am a big fan

所以，錄完影片後，我要開空調，因為我很喜歡

of air conditioning.

空調

These are uncountable things.

這些物品是不可數名詞

Of course they are going to be some exceptions, but the general rule is that with countable

當然，有時候會有例外，但大多情況可數名詞都要加 s

items, I like mountains.

例如，我喜歡山 (+s)

Great.

很好

This is going to be with an S. The third mistake that I hear even advanced

可數名詞後面要加 s。第三種錯誤，我，甚至是高級程度英文學習者

English learners make is with two famous words, since and for.

都可能犯的錯，就是常見的 since 和 for 的用法

I often hear, "I have been living here since three years."

我常聽到，「我已經住在這『自從』三年了」

You used a great verb, have been living here.

動詞時態完全正確，已經住在這

That's beautiful, but the final part of the sentence has a mistake.

正確無誤，但句子後面有個錯誤

You should say, "I have been living here for three years."

你應該說「我住在這裡已經三年了」

I want to tell you the quick difference between since and for.

我來快速講解一下 since 和 for 的差別

If you say, "I have been living here for three years," for three years is talking about the

如果你說，「我這住在這裡已經 (for) 三年了」連接詞 for 表示

length or the duration of time, for three years.

一段持續的時間，三年

You could say, "I have been living here since 2015."

你也可以說，「我從 2015 年就住在這裡了」

This is the start of the time when I moved to the city.

since 用來這表示我搬到這城市的時間點

In 2015, I moved here, so I have been living here since 2015.

我 2015 年時搬到這裡，所以，我在 2015 年就住在這了

You can use this to talk about your English-learning and your English-learning journey.

你可以用這兩種連接詞表達你的英文學習技巧或是資歷

I have been learning English for 10 years.

我學英文 10 年了

This is the duration of time.

for 表示時間的長短

Or you could say, "I have been learning English since 2010."

或你也可以說，「我從 2010 年開始學英文」

Great.

很好

This is going to be clear statement, and it's going to be advanced English.

這樣一來，對方就能清楚知道你想表達的事，同時也精通 since 和 for 的用法

If you'd like to really master using since and for, I recommend watching the live lesson

如果你想完全了解 since 和 for 的用法，我推薦你觀看

that I made about these two words up here.

上面這部我的教學影片

You're going to learn a lot of different situations where you can use these words.

影片中可以學到 since 和 for 在不同場合的使用方法

And by the end of the lesson you'll feel confident about using them correctly.

看完之後，你會更有自信得使用 since 和 for

And now I have a question for you.

現在，我有個問題想問你

Let me know in the comments below this video, do you make any of these common mistakes?

在下方留言告訴我，你有犯過這三種常見錯誤中的任何一種嗎？

I hope that now you can say last night, I like mountains, and I have been learning English

希望你現在開始會說，昨晚、我愛山 (+s)，還有我跟 Vanessa

with Vanessa for at least four and a half minutes now.

學英文至少四分鐘半了

Thanks so much for learning with me, and I'll see you again next Friday for a new lesson

非常感謝觀看這部影片，我們下週五在

here on my YouTube channel.

我的 YouTube 頻道新教學影片中再見囉！

Bye.

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The next step is to download my free e-book, "Five Steps to Becoming a Confident English Speaker."

接下來請下載我的免費電子書：《五個步驟讓你自信說英語》

You'll learn what you need to do to speak confidently and fluently.

學習自信流利說英語必備的技巧

Don't forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel for more free lessons.

記得訂閱我的 YouTube 頻道觀看更多教學影片

Thanks so much.

再次感謝

Bye.

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