Waiter, waiter. There's a fly in my soup.
服務員，服務員。我的湯里有只蒼蠅。
Shhh. Don't tell everybody. They'll want one too.
噓。別告訴別人。他們也會想要一只。
Today we're looking at how we use two really common and useful phrases — 'there is' and 'it is'. In some languages, you can translate both these phrases with just one phrase, so they can be confusing.
今天我們來學習如何使用兩個非常常見并且有用的短語——“there is”和“it is”。在一些語言中，你可以只用一個短語來翻譯這兩個短語，所以它們可能會讓人混淆。
Also, we can use 'there' and 'it' as dummy subjects in English, so we'll look at that too. Let's start with there is.
此外，我們可以用 there 和 it 作為英語中的形式主語，所以我們也會學習下這一點。讓我們從 there is 開始。
Oh no! There's a hole in my sock!
噢，不！我的襪子上有個洞！
Waiter. There's a fly in my soup.
服務員。我的湯里有只蒼蠅。
We use 'there is' to say something exists and if more than one thing exists, we say 'there are'. You know, there are three types of people in the world.
我們用 there is 來表示某物存在，如果不止一件事物存在，我們用 there are。你知道不，世界上有三種人。
Oh yes? There are people who can count. . . - Mmhmm.
哦，是嗎？有的人會數(shù)數(shù)…… - 是哦。
And there are people who can't. Mmhmm.
而有些人卻做不到。嗯嗯。
And? And what?
然后呢？然后什么？
So 'there is' is singular, and 'there are' is plural. Waiter.
所以 there is 表示單數(shù)，而 there are 表示復數(shù)。服務員。
Yes, madam. There's no soup on the menu today.
是的，夫人。今天的菜單上沒有湯。
That's right, madam. I cleaned all the menus this morning.
對的呀，夫人。今天早上我把所有的菜單都擦干凈了。
When we want to say things don't exist, we use a negative form. Now of course the word 'there' can have another meaning.
當我們想說事物不存在的時候，我們用否定形式。當然，there 這個詞還有另外一個意思。
Waiter, there's a fly in my soup. What's it doing there?
服務員，我的湯里有只蒼蠅。湯里怎么會有蒼蠅？
Ooo. It looks like the backstroke. The backstroke is a style of swimming where you lie on your back, but notice this other 'there'.
噢 。它看起來像是在仰泳。仰泳是一種游泳方式，你仰臥在水面去游，但要注意這里還有一個 there。
It has a different meaning. It tells us the location of the fly.
這個 there 有不同的含義。它告訴我們蒼蠅的位置。
When 'there' means a location, it usually comes at the end of a sentence. So where do you want to eat?
當 there 表示位置時，它通常出現(xiàn)在句末。那么你想在哪里吃飯呢？
Well, there's a MacDonald's over there, or there's a pub over there. Let's make it the pub.
哦，那邊有家麥當勞，或者那邊有家酒吧。我們?nèi)ゾ瓢珊昧恕?/span>
OK. So 'there' can tell us where something is, but that's not the meaning we're looking at today.
好的。所以 there 可以告訴我們某物的位置，但這不是我們今天要學習的意思。
We're looking at this one, where 'there' tell us something exists. Most English sentences, start with a subject — the person or thing that does the action.
我們來看看這個，there 告訴我們某物存在。大多數(shù)英語句子都以主語開頭——實施行為的人或物。
For example, I complained to the waiter. 'I' am the subject and I do the action.
例如，我向服務員抱怨?！拔摇笔侵髡Z，我實施的行為。
The verb is complain and then we say who or what received the action. That's a normal way of making an English sentence.
動詞是“抱怨”，然后我們說誰或什么接受了這個行為。這是構成英語句子的一種常見方式。
But it's not the pattern we follow to say something exists. We don't say 'A hole is in my sock' or 'A fly is in my soup'.
但這并不是我們說某物存在會用的模式。我們不會說“襪子里有個洞”或者“湯里有只蒼蠅”。
We could but it's not natural. To say something exists, we say 'there'.
我們可以那樣說，但這不自然。要說某物存在，我們會用 there。
So there is a kind of dummy subject here. Dummy means it's not real.
所以這里的 there 是一個形式主語。Dummy 的意思是它不是真實的。
It's just a copy of a subject. OK, that's enough grammar.
它只是一個主語的替代。好了，語法講完了。
Let's look at 'it is' now. We use 'it is' to refer to something that we already know about.
現(xiàn)在讓我們來看看“it is”。我們用 it is 來指代我們已經(jīng)知道的事情。
There's someone at the door. It. . . It's Jay!
有人在門口。是杰??！
This is a typical pattern. We use 'there is' the first time we mention something to introduce it, and after that we say 'it is'.
這是個典型的使用模式。當我們第一次提到某件事來介紹它時，我們用 there is，之后再提起時我們用 it is。
Another example. OK, great, thank you. Bye.
再看一個例子。好的，很好，謝謝你。再見。
There's a meeting tomorrow. It starts at two.
明天有個會議。兩點鐘開始。
Good. So there and it refer to the same thing — the meeting.
好的。所以 there 和 it 指的是同一件事——會議。
There refers forward and it refers back. The same thing happens with plurals, except we say 'there' and 'they'.
there 在前一句指代，it 在后一句指代。復數(shù)也是一樣的，只是我們說的是 there 和 they。
Waiter. Waiter. There are two flies in my wine.
服務員。服務員。我的酒里有兩只蒼蠅。
Don't worry, madam. They're very small, so I don't think they drank much.
別擔心，夫人。它們個頭很小，所以我想他們沒喝多少。
'There' refers forward. 'They' refers back.
There 在前一句指代。They 在后一句指代。
So here's the thing to remember. 'There' introduces a topic.
所以下面是要記住的內(nèi)容?！甌here’引出一個話題。
And then 'it' or 'they' refer back. Easy huh?
然后 it 或 they 指代回這個話題。很簡單吧？
OK, now let's move up a level. Do you remember how 'there' works as a kind of dummy subject?
好的，現(xiàn)在讓我們再進一步學習。你還記得 there 是如何充當形式主語的嗎？
It's the same with 'it'. 'It' is the subject in lots of common expressions.
It 也是一樣的。It 是很多常見表達的主語。 eu dic
Let's watch some examples and see if you spot it? It's a terrible day, but it'll be nice by the weekend.
讓我們來看一些例子，看看你是否發(fā)現(xiàn)了它？今天天氣真糟糕，但到周末就會變好的。
It's really hot and sunny today. I think it's 90 degrees.
今天真的很熱，陽光燦爛。我想有九十華氏度。（約32.2攝氏度）
We use it as a dummy subject to talk about the weather. So, it's hot.
我們用 it 作為談論天氣的形式主語。那么，天氣很熱。
It's sunny. It's raining.
天很晴朗。下雨了。
And temperatures — so it's 90 degrees. OK, now some other situations.
還有溫度——有九十華氏度。好了，現(xiàn)在來看一些其他情況。
Ah. What's the matter?
啊。你怎么了？
It's Monday again. I hate Mondays.
今天又是星期一。我討厭星期一。
Let's see. It's the 14th today, so let's meet on the 17th. What's the time?
我們來看看。今天是14號，我們就17號見吧。幾點了？
It's 5 'clock. Oh, I can go home!
五點了。噢，我可以回家了！
We use 'it' to talk about days, dates, and times of the clock. OK, here are your last examples.
我們用 it 來談論星期幾、日期和時鐘的時間。好了，這是最后一個例子。
See if you can see a pattern here. Jason, it's lovely to see you again. - It's great to be here.
看看你能不能從中看出規(guī)律。杰森，很高興又見到你。 - 我很高興來這里。
They're digging up our street. It's hard to concentrate with all the noise.
他們正在挖我們這條街。這么大的噪音，很難集中精神。
It's very cold in here. Can we put the heating up?
這里很冷。我們可以開暖氣嗎？
Why? It's very comfortable. It's awful eating here.
為什么？感覺非常舒服啊。在這里吃飯體驗太差了。
The waiter's terrible! It's a pity you have to go.
服務員真是太差勁了！真可惜你要走了。
I'll be back soon. Bye Jason. - Bye-bye.
我很快就會再來的。再見，杰森。 - 再見。
So it's lovely, it's great, it's hard, it's cold, it's comfortable, it's awful, it's a pity. We can use it's to give our opinion and comment on a situation or place.
所以 it 作為形式主語，可以說“很可愛，很棒，很艱難，很冷，很舒服，很糟糕，很遺憾”。我們可以用 it's 來對某一情況或某一地方發(fā)表我們的意見和評論。 eu dic
So you can use 'it' as a dummy subject to say what you think about a situation that you're in. And that's it.
所以你可以用“it”作為形式主語，來表達你對自己所處的環(huán)境的看法。內(nèi)容就這些了。
Oh, that's another expression with 'it'. When I say 'that's it', I mean we've finished.
哦，這是另一個帶有 it 的表達方式。當我說 that's it 的時候，我的意思是我們講完了。
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