BBC 1分钟讲解英语单词3

The 1st thing to know about wow is that it's quite

informal, and we use it mostly when speaking.

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intonation is quite important.

The most common use of Wow is as an exclamation to express surprise.

Wow. You shaved your bed off.

The surprise can be a neutral surprise,

but it's often a pleasant surprise.

Did you make that cake for me?

Wow. We also use wow to show wonder or amazement.

Wow. The moon is so big tonight.

Notice that wow can go at the beginning or at the end of the sentence when used as an exclamation, but it can also be used as a regular verb, meaning to make other people feel admiration or excitement.

All wonder. She's an amazing pianist.

She wows audiences every time she plays.

Has anything wild you recently? Hi.

I'm Georgina, from BBC, learning English.

Do you ever wonder about the difference between Soon, early and quickly?

They all have similar meanings, but are used in different ways.

Soon is used when we talk about something happening in a short time from now, I'll see you soon.

In about 5 min the film is starting soon.

Hurry up. Or MRS Start Early.

Is used when we talk about something happening before the expected time.

I had to go to work early because I had a meeting.

If you get up early, you can go for a run quickly.

Is used when we talk about something happening rapidly, or at a fast pace, where late we need to walk quickly.

I'm so excited. He replied to my text very quickly.

That reminds me I have a meeting starting soon.

I've got to go by Hi.

This is Key from BBC, learning English.

And today I'm going to tell you the differences between be going to and the present.

Continuous to talk about future plans.

We use be going to to talk about future plans.

The plan will probably take place, but it's not a definite plan.

If I say I'm going to meet my friends this weekend, it means I made plans with my friends, but it could mean that we haven't decided where to meet, nor have we decided what time to meet.

On the other hand, we use the present continuous to talk about future plans that are almost definite.

If I say I'm meeting my friends this weekend, it means I made plans with my friends, and we may have decided where to meet and what time to meet.

So this plan is almost definite and is difficult to cancel.

So remember the present continuous describes a more definite plan.

Then be going to Hi Shine here for BBC, learning English.

And today we're going to look at these two little words.

So Bean and gone are both past participles, both used with the present perfect, but they don't have the same meaning.

We use been to talk about complete visits.

So she has been to Paris, means that she visited Paris at some point in the past, and now she's back in the UK.

Careful with pronunciation when we say being in a sentence, it becomes ben she's been to Paris, but she's gone to Paris.

Mean, she traveled to Paris, and she's still in Paris now.

Ah, she's on holiday. She's gone to Paris.

Easy, right? Bean. You go somewhere and return.

Gone. You go somewhere, but don't return.

Hi, I'm Dan from BBC, learning English.

And today I'm going to talk to you about person and persons, people and peoples.

A person is a human man, woman or child.

It is a singular countsable noun.

There was one person at the door.

The plural of person is people.

It refers to a group or a number of human beings.

It is a plural countable. Now there were three people at the door.

So how about persons? Persons is a plural countable noun.

It's similar to people, but it's considered more polite and more formal.

It's most often seen written down.

This lift can hold a maximum 15 person.

And peoples. Peoples is the countable, plural form of people, and comes from the other meaning of people.

People can mean nation. The Aztecs were a people that lived in the Americas.

Or there are many peoples living on the Earth.

They are all human so far.

Hi, I'm Phil, and I'm going to tell you about the difference between hard and hardly hard.

We can use in lots of different ways, but it

usually means strong, difficult or intense.

Oh,

that balls hard. Calculus is hard.

That

was really hard. Work. Hardly is an adverb, and it means almost not.

This is too small. I can hardly read it.

We can use it with any to talk about quantity, e.g.

there's hardly

any water in this cup. We can use it with ever, for frequency.

E.g. I hardly ever play basketball.

To help you remember, it's hard for me to play tennis because I hardly ever train.

I can hardly walk afterwards because I've been running hard, and I have to get hurt because the bull's hard, and there's hardly any time time to get out the way.

Hi everyone, sam here. And in this lesson, we're going to look at four different uses of quite.

Use quite before an adjective or adverb to mean less than very, but more than a little.

It's quite cold and it's raining quite heavily.

Today, we can use quite before a verb, often the verbs like and enjoy.

I quite like watching football, but I don't love playing it.

We can use quite a before, an adjective plus noun.

My brother is quite a good musician.

But if we take the adjective away and just have quite a plus, now the meaning changes.

My brother is quite a musician, which means my brother is a very good musician.

He's impressive. So quite is quite useful, isn't it?

Hi, shine here again. Now, we all love going on holiday, but these two words can cause problems.

So a journey is a noun and refers to a single piece of travel.

So when you move from one place to another by car, plane, train, bus, the journey to London takes 3 h by bus.

A trip is also announced, but usually refers to more than one journey and the time you spend in a place.

So if someone asks, how was your trip?

They're asking about the whole time you are away, not the journey.

How was your camping trip? Show It was fun, but it rains all weekends.

A trip is often quite short compared to a holiday, and we can use it in these set phrases, so you can have a business trip, a school trip or a day trip.

Hi Androgina, from BBC, learning English.

In today's lesson, we're going to look at three differences between American English and British English spelling words, which I-R in American English, often end in R-E in British English.

E.g. I live in the center of town.

Changes to centre. Normally, verbs which end in I-Z-E in American English can be spelled in British English with either I-Z-E or I-S-E.

E.G. Can you organize a meeting?

Changes to organize. Sometimes words with O-R in American English can be spelled in British English using, oh, you are.

E.G. what's your favorite color? Changes to favorite color.

It doesn't matter whether you use American English or British English spelling, just make sure you use one or the other.

Hi, I'm Phil from BBC, learning English.

Today, I'm going to tell you how to use make and do.

Now, they can be tricky, and there are some exceptions.

But here are four things to remember.

We use make when we create something like this cake.

We used do to talk about an activity.

What are you doing? I'm doing some work.

We can use Make to talk about something that causes a reaction.

This music really makes me want to sing.

We can also use do with general activities.

What are you doing tomorrow? I'm not doing anything.

Have you got any plans?

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