is the difference between to friend, befriend, and make friends. So we're

今天課程主題是 friend、befriend 和 make friends 的差異性。

looking at friend as a verb. We're not looking at friend as a noun. Everybody

在這裡我們把 friend 視為一個動詞而不是名詞，這個詞大家都知道。

knows that. That's simple but we're looking at all three as verbs. Okay. Let's

雖然簡單但是我們要觀察這三個動詞的不同。

take a look at the note here. To friend as a verb, to mean to make friends

我們來看一下這裡的筆記：friend 當作動詞的意思是交朋友，

is a very old use that is rarely used now. So usually we say that we make

這是非常古老的用法，我們現在很少使用，所以我們通常會說 make friends with someone (我們和某人成為朋友)。

friends with someone. We don't usually say I friended someone yesterday. That's

而不常聽到 I friended someone yesterday (我昨天和某人成為朋友了)。

that sounds awkward. It sounds weird. We don't usually hear that. However to

這聽起來有點奇怪，我們不常聽到這樣的用法。

friend as a verb has adopted a new meaning with the advent of the Internet.

然而，這個動詞卻因為網路的發展而有了新的意思。

With the beginning of the Internet, we now use to friend to mean to be added as

隨著網路的開始，

a friend on a social media website or somebody's page, especially Facebook.

我們會用 friend 來表示在社群網站或某人的網頁上加好友，特別像是 Facebook。

So that's the most common you know. You could say that you know, you friended

因此這是你所知道最常見的情況，

someone meaning you added them to your Facebook page as a friend. You could do

你可以說你 friended (加某人好友) 在你的 Facebook 上。

that, but we don't usually say to friend somebody like in real life. If we meet

你可以這樣做，但我們在真實生活中不常說 friend somebody (交朋友)。

them and you become friends but on social websites, we do use it. And in the

如果你是在社群網站上成為認識且成為朋友的話，可以用 friend 這個動詞。

same sense, you can also say to unfriend. Like if you had somebody as a friend

同樣地，你也可以說 unfriend (取消好友)。

on one of your social websites and I don't know maybe they made you angry or

像是你在社群網站上加了某人好友，但他們可能讓你生氣了，

whatever the situation was you don't want them as a friend anymore, you could

或是不論什麼情況下，你都不想再和他們成為朋友時，

unfriend them just as easily on the social website. Okay. Let's continue.

你可以輕易地在社群網站上 unfriend (取消好友)。了解後，我們換下一個動詞吧！

Befriend has a more formal use. So befriend really does mean make friends.

befriend 是較正式的用法。befriend 確實也是交朋友的意思。

It is but it's used in a different way. It means more like to adopt someone as a

但這個用在不同地方，意思有點像是將某人當作好朋友，

friend and treat him in a friendly way, especially, these are the points you

並以友善的方式對待他，有幾個點是你應該注意到的，

should pay attention to, especially someone who is lonely, far from home, or

特別是強調孤單、離家遠、或需要幫助的人。

needs help. So usually the person who's giving help or helping out the person or

所以通常是提供幫助或是幫助某人的人，

training the person or kind of adopting the

又或是將他人視為朋友的人，

person as a friend, they're the one that befriends that person. We don't usually

他們就是與他人 befriend (成為朋友) 的人。

go both ways with it. Okay. So yes, in a friendly way means ...

我們通常不會雙向使用這個詞，以友善的方式的意思是 ...

usually it is an older person or a person with more authority or

通常是較年長的人、較有權力的人、或是可以給予他人幫助的人，

someone who can give help, help is to the person befriends the other one. Just

幫助使對方和他人 befriends (成為朋友)。

like what I said. All right. Let's continue. To make friends is the most

就像我說的那樣。那我們繼續下一個單字，

common way we express meeting someone and becoming their friend. So usually

make friends 是我們最常使用表達和某人認識並成為朋友的用法。

when you meet a person and the two of you hit it off. You like each other.

當你認識一個人，然後你們兩個志同道合，很喜歡對方。

You know, you know, of course just in a regular way and it doesn't have to be

你知道的，就只是以正常的方式交友。

romantic. It just means that you made friends. Both people make friends with

就只是你交朋友，人們都會彼此交朋友。

each other. Yeah. So it's kind of on a very much on a mutual or even basis. When

所以這是很互相甚至基礎的事情。

you befriend someone, it's usually the person that's kind of helping out or

當你 befriend someone (視某人為朋友)，通常是指你幫助對方，

aiding the other person is the one that we say befriend. Actually befriend I

並且視對方為朋友。

think in British English can also have the meaning of to aid or to help as well.

事實上，在英式英文中 befriend 的意思也可以是幫助。

Okay. So let's just look at some examples here. Example number one. I friended him

好的，我們現在就來看一些例子吧！第一個例句。

on my Facebook page. So only on the social media do we usually use friend

我加他為 Facebook 好友。所以我們通常只會在社群上使用 friend (加好友)。

that way. That you added their name as a friend on this media. After we broke up, I

就是在社群上加他們的名字成為好友。

unfriended her from Facebook. So again well I just like I said you could use

當我們分手後，我在 Facebook 上取消和她成為好友。

unfriend in the same sense. Number three. When I first came to this company

第三句例子，當我剛進這家公司時，

I was befriended by a senior employee who showed me the ropes. Yeah. This

我被一位年長的同事視為朋友，且友好地對待我。

kind of covers almost all of them. As somebody who's older. Somebody more in

這個幾乎涵蓋了所有重點，這個人是較年長的、權力較高的、

authority. Somebody more experienced, kind of help them out. You know, showed them the

也是經驗值較高、且幫助他人的。你知道的，給他們幫助，

way. Then in that sense kind of befriended that person. So again, usually somebody

從某種意義上來說就是結交朋友。

that the one that's making friends that's helping out somebody is the one

再次解釋，通常會幫助別人的那個人就是 befriends (結交朋友)。

that befriends. And the last one of course you know, I made friends with one

最後一個例子，

of my classmates on my first day at that school. So yeah. That's

我在開學的第一天就和班上的一個同學成為朋友。

the most common way. So just think of make friends for almost everything else.

這是最常見的用法。總之 make friends 涵蓋所有層面。

Okay. Anyway, I hope you got it. I hope it's

我希望你在這堂課中收穫良多。

clear. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.

謝謝你的收看，拜拜！