The English word, “about” has several different uses in the English language.

英語中的 "約 "字，在英語中有幾種不同的用法。

In this video we're going to look at 5 different sentences, 5 different examples on how to

在這段視頻中，我們要看5個不同的句子，5個不同的例子，關於如何

use the word, “about” in English.

用英語中的 "約 "字。

Sometimes English words have more than one meaning, depending on the sentence that they

有時，英語單詞有不止一個意思，這取決於它們所處的句子。

are used in.

被用於：

The English word, “about” is one of those words.

英文單詞 "about "就是其中之一。

The first example of how to use the word, “about” in the English language is the

在英語中，如何使用 "關於 "這個詞是第一個例子。

sentence:

句。

It is about time.

是時候了。

When we say this sentence in English we are basically expressing that something is finally

當我們用英語說這句話的時候，我們基本上是在表達某件事情終於是

happening.

發生。

So we have wanted to eat dinner for a while, and when dinner is served we could say:

所以，我們早就想吃晚飯了，等吃飯的時候可以說。

It's about time!

是時候了！

Meaning that you have patiently waited for a while, and you are now happy that it is

意思是說，你已經耐心地等待了一段時間，你現在很高興，這是你的。

dinner time.

晚餐時間。

The second example of how to use the word, “about” in the English language is a question

第二個例子是如何在英語中使用 "關於 "一詞，是一個問題。

like:

喜歡。

How about a cup of tea?

喝杯茶怎麼樣？

How about a cup of tea?

喝杯茶怎麼樣？

And what we are basically asking in this sentence is:

而我們在這句話中基本上問的是。

Would you like a cup of tea?

你想喝茶嗎？

So when I say, “How about a cup of tea?”

所以當我說，"來杯茶怎麼樣？"

I'm really asking “Would you like a cup of tea?”

我真的是在問 "你想喝茶嗎？"

And if I say, “How about we go see a movie tonight?”

如果我說，"我們今晚去看電影怎麼樣？"

I'm actually saying, “Would you like to go see a movie tonight?”

我其實是在說，"你今晚想去看電影嗎？"

A third way to use the word, “about” in the English language is the phrase:

英語中 "大約 "一詞的第三種使用方法是短語。

He was about to jump.

他就要跳下去了。

And when we use, “about” in this way we are basically saying that an action has not

當我們這樣使用 "關於 "的時候，我們基本上是在說，一個行動還沒有發生。

happened yet, but it's going to happen very soon.

還沒有發生，但很快就會發生。

She was about to buy tickets for the concert.

她正準備買演唱會的門票。

This means that she has not bought the tickets yet, but she is most likely on her computer,

這意味著她還沒有買到票，但她很可能在電腦上。

on the website where she can buy tickets, and she is going to buy the tickets very soon.

在網站上可以買到票，她很快就會買到票。

She is about to buy the tickets.

她正準備買票。

The fourth way, the fourth example of using the word, “about” in the English language

第四種方式，即英語中 "約 "字的第四個使用範例。

is the phrase:

就是這句話。

The movie was about the war.

這部電影是關於戰爭的。

Or, the book was about her life.

或者，這本書是關於她的生活。

And basically using, “about” in this way is saying that the subject of the book, the

而基本上用，"關於 "這樣的方式，是說這本書的主題，是。

main point of the book, was her life.

這本書的主要內容，是她的人生。

The fifth and last way that we use the word, “about” in the English language is the

第五種也是最後一種方式，我們在英語中使用 "about "這個詞是

phrase:

句子：

She was about 40 years old.

她大約40歲。

And in this example we're basically using, “about”, the same way we would use, “approximately”.

在這個例子中，我們基本上是用 "大約"，和我們用 "大約 "的方式一樣。

So we are saying, “She is approximately 40 years old.”

所以我們說，"她大約40歲"。

She might be 39, she might be 42.

她可能是39歲，也可能是42歲。

We don't actually know how old she is, but we can sort of tell that she's around 40

其實我們也不知道她多大年紀，但可以看出她的年齡在40歲左右。

years old.

歲。

She is about 40 years old.

她大約40歲。

Well that's 5 different ways to use the word, “about” in the English language.

好吧，這是5種不同的方式來使用這個詞，"關於 "在英語語言中。

There are actually more, but I thought 5 was a good number for this video.

其實還有更多，但我覺得5個是這個視頻的好數字。

Bob the Canadian here.

我是加拿大人鮑勃

Learn English with Bob the Canadian.

跟加拿大人Bob學習英語。

Thanks again so much for watching these videos.

再次非常感謝大家觀看這些視頻。

If you haven't subscribed yet please find the subscribe button somewhere around this

如果您還沒有訂閱，請在這附近找到訂閱按鈕。

video and click on it.

視頻並點擊它。

Also if you could give me a thumbs up that would be awesome and I hope you have a great day.

另外如果你能給我豎起大拇指那就太好了，希望你有一個美好的一天。