Name: 'Bored' and 'boring' - Learners' Questions
Uploaded: 2020-02-11T08:22:14.000Z
Duration: 2 min 17 s

Dan here for BBC Learning English with this week's Learner Question.

Dan在這裡為BBC學習英語帶來本週的學習者問題。

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This week's learner question comes from... Oum in Cambodia, who asks, "When should I use the words bored and boring?"

本週的學習者問題來自...高棉的Oum，他問道："什麼時候應該用無聊和無聊這個詞？"

這是一個非常好的問題，奧姆。

They have the same meaning i.e. not interesting.

它們的意思是一樣的，即沒意思。

Consider: I am bored because this TV program is boring.

考慮一下。我很無聊，因為這個電視節目很無聊。

Or, this film is frightening, so I am frightened.

或者說，這部電影很嚇人，所以我很害怕。

In English, when an adjective has an "ed" and an "ing" form, the "ed" form describes the feeling of the person, whereas the "ing" form describes the object which makes us feel.

在英語中，當一個形容詞有 "ed "和 "ing "兩種形式時，"ed "形式描述的是人的感覺，而 "ing "形式描述的是使我們產生感覺的對象。

I feel frightened because the film is frightening.

我覺得害怕，因為這部電影很可怕。

But if I stop watching the film, I will not be frightened any more, yet the film will still be frightening.

但如果我停止看電影，我就不會再害怕了，然而電影還是會害怕。

We can make another difference between bored and boring.

我們可以在無聊和無聊之間再做一個區分。

One which describes a temporary feeling or a permanent quality.

形容一種暫時的感覺或永久的品質。

Or, I'm bored, let's go and have some fun.

或者，我無聊，我們去玩玩吧。

In the first example, I don't like David because he's boring.

在第一個例子中，我不喜歡大衛，因為他很無聊。

David was boring yesterday, he's boring today, and he will probably be boring tomorrow.

大衛昨天很無聊，今天很無聊，明天可能也會很無聊。

However, in my second example, I have a temporary feeling.

然而，在我的第二個例子中，我有一種暫時的感覺。

If I go and do something fun, I won't be bored any more, will I?

如果我去做一些好玩的事情，我就不會再無聊了吧？

我希望這能回答你的問題奧姆。

If anybody else out there has a Learners' Question, please email us on learning.english@bbc.co.uk.

如果還有人有學習者的問題，請發郵件給我們：learning.english@bbc.co.uk。

Please remember to include Learners' Questions in the subject box and your name and the country where you come from.

請記得在主題欄裡寫上學習者的問題，以及你的名字和你來自的國家。

We can't possibly answer all the questions because there are so, so many, but we do read every single one.

我們不可能回答所有的問題，因為問題太多，太多，但我們會閱讀每一個問題。

And for more information about this or anything else, you can go to our website bbclearningenglish.com.

而更多關於這方面的資訊或其他資訊，你可以到我們的網站bbclearningenglish.com。

See you next time on Learners' Questions.