Do you know how to describe yourself in English?
你知道怎么用英语描述自己吗 ?
Well, in this English lesson I'll help you learn
在英语课上我会帮你学习
how to do just that by describing myself.
怎么做只是描述自己
I'm going to look at some questions
我要看一些问题
that some of you submitted the other day.
你们中的一些人那天提交的
And as I answer those questions, as I talk about myself,
当我回答这些问题时
I will give you some example and model sentences
我给你举个例子和示范句
that you can use to talk about yourself.
你可以用来谈论自己
So if you're not sure how to talk about yourself in English,
所以如果你不确定如何用英语谈论自己
I think this English lesson will help you out.
我想这堂英语课会帮你的
(bright upbeat music)
( 亮丽的乐观音乐)
So the first two questions are from Mohd Ags.
所以前两个问题来自 Mohd Ags
"What has been the most difficult part of being a teacher?
" 作为一名教师 最困难的部分是什么 ?
"When do you have a happy moment as a teacher?"
" 你什么时候当老师的快乐时刻 ? "
Well, one of my least favorite things about teaching
我最不喜欢教的事
is when someone tells me what to do.
就是当有人告诉我该做什么
I like having my own ideas,
我喜欢有自己的想法
and sometimes my boss or the ministry of education
有时候我的上司或者教育部
tells me what to do and I find that difficult.
告诉我该怎么做我觉得很难
It's one of my least favorite things.
这是我最不喜欢的东西
One of my favorite things about teaching
我最喜欢的关于教学的事
is when a student says, "Ah I understand."
就是当一个学生说 "啊我明白 "
It's a very cool moment.
这是个很酷的时刻
So questions like this, questions where people are asking
这样提问 人们问的问题
you about work or school, are often asked in different ways.
你关于工作或学校的问题 往往是用不同的方式提出来的
A common way would be this,
常见的方式是
"What is your least favorite thing about work or school?
" 工作或学校最不喜欢的是什么 ?
"What is your favorite thing about work or school?"
" 你最喜欢的是工作还是学校 ? "
And you can use the same format I used to answer them.
你可以用我用来回答的同样的格式
If there's one thing that is your least favorite,
如果有一件事是你最不喜欢的
you say "My least favorite thing is..."
你说 "我最不喜欢的事是 ... "
If there's more than one you could say
如果有不止一个你可以说
"One of my least favorite things is..."
" 我最不喜欢的一件事是..."
If you are talking about your favorite thing
如果你说的是你最喜欢的事
and there's just one, you could say,
只有一个你可以说
"My favorite thing about work is..."
" 我最喜欢的工作是 ... "
And if you have more than one you could say,
如果你有不止一个人可以说
"One of my favorite things about work is..."
" 我最喜欢工作的一件事是 ... "
So that's how you would answer these common questions
这样你就能回答这些常见的问题
about how much you like your job,
你喜欢你的工作
what your least favorite thing is,
最不喜欢的是
and what your favorite thing is.
你最喜欢的是什么
This next question is from Rachita.
下一个问题来自拉奇塔
"What inspired you to become a teacher?"
" 什么启发了你成为一名教师 ? "
I became a teacher because I just love languages.
我成了一名教师 因为我只爱语言
I love English, I love French,
我爱英语我爱法国人
I love the complexity of languages.
我喜欢语言的复杂性
I like learning about them, and then teaching them.
我喜欢学习他们 然后教他们
So what inspired me to become a teacher?
那么 有什么启发我成为一名教师呢 ?
I became a teacher because I loved languages.
我成了一名教师 因为我热爱语言
And that is a very common question
这是一个很常见的问题
that you should be ready to answer.
你应该准备好回答
If you're a police officer, someone might say
如果你是警察也许有人会说
"What inspired you to become a police officer?"
" 什么启发你成为一名警官 ? "
And you would start with the same phrase as me.
你的开头和我一样
"I became a police officer because..."
" 我成了一名警官因为 ... "
And then you would talk about the reasons
然后你就会说
why you became a police officer.
你为什么成了警察
So what inspired you to be what you are?
你是什么启发了你
Think about that, and then think about an answer
想想看 然后想想一个答案
that starts with, "I became a..." you fill in the blank,
" 我成了 ... " 你填了空白
"Because..."
" 因为 ..."
The next one is from Best Mind.
下一个是 Best Mind
"In one word, tell me the best way to learn English."
" 一句话 告诉我学习英语的最好方法 "
Repetition.
重复
Either repetition or routine.
重复或例程
I know that's two words,
我知道这两个词
but if I have to use one word, I would say repetition.
但如果我要用一个词的话我会说重复
Yeah, do things over and over again.
是啊再做一遍
That's the best way to learn any language.
这是学习任何语言的最好方法
This is a common thing that people might do.
这是人们可能做的一件事
They might ask you to describe yourself using one word.
他们可能会要求你用一个词来形容自己
In one word describe yourself.
用一个词来形容自己
If I had to do that, I would use the word curious.
如果我要这么做的话我就会用这个词
I am a very curious person.
我是个很好奇的人
How would you answer it?
你怎么回答
In one word describe yourself.
用一个词来形容自己
This next question is from Amira.
下一个问题是阿米拉
"Did you and Jen learn gardening at a specific Institute?
" 你和珍在特定的学院学习园艺吗 ?
"And did you inherit the farm from your parents?"
" 你从父母那里继承了农场吗 ? "
So no and no.
不不不
Jen and I learned how to farm from our parents.
我和珍学会了如何从父母那里耕种
Although our parents didn't grow flowers,
虽然我们的父母没有种花
they grew other crops.
他们种植其他作物
So we learned about soil and irrigation and fertilizer
所以我们了解土壤 灌溉和肥料
and seeds and germination.
种子发芽
And we took that knowledge and used it to grow flowers.
我们拿走了这些知识 用它来种植花
And no, we didn't inherit the farm.
不我们没有继承农场
I bought the farm from my mom.
我从我妈妈那里买了农场
I went to the bank and got a mortgage.
我去银行买了按揭
A mortgage is a loan you get to buy a property,
按揭是你买楼的贷款
a house or a farm.
房子或者农场
So we learned how to farm from our parents,
所以我们从父母那里学到了农场
and I bought the farm from my mom.
我从我妈妈那里买了农场
So this type of question is quite common in English.
所以这类问题在英语中比较常见
Questions that start with, did you,
一开始的问题是你
did you buy the farm from your mom?
你买了*妈的农场吗
Did you learn that in school?
你在学校学到的吗
And you should be prepared to answer them as well.
你也应该准备回答他们
People might ask you questions like this,
人们可能会问你这样的问题
Did you do your homework last night?
你昨晚做功课了吗
Did you go to the store yesterday?
你昨天去过店里了吗
Did you buy carrots?
你买胡萝卜了吗
It's a very common way to start a question
这是一个很常见的方法
where someone is just asking for a factual answer.
有人只是在问一个事实答案
So did you watch last week's lesson?
你看上周的课了吗
I hope you did.
我希望你有
This next question is from Haidy.
下一个问题来自海迪
"What's it like teaching on YouTube?"
" 在 YouTube 上教什么 ? "
Well, it's pretty normal now
嗯 现在很正常
but originally it was really strange.
但原来真的很奇怪
You just talk to a camera.
你只是跟一个摄像机说话
You don't have actual students in front of you.
你没有真正的学生
You're not in a classroom.
你不在教室里
You just talk to a camera.
你只是跟一个摄像机说话
I like live streams on YouTube the best
我喜欢 YouTube 上最好的直播流
because I can see people in the chat
因为我可以看到聊天中的人
and I can answer their questions.
我可以回答他们的问题
When I'm making video, like a video like this,
当我在制作视频的时候
it's a little bit strange.
有点奇怪
I'm just standing out in my yard talking to a camera.
我只是站在我的院子里说话
So what's it like teaching on YouTube?
在 YouTube 上教什么呢
It's a lot of fun, but it's also still a little bit strange.
这很有趣 但也还是有点奇怪
And that's a pretty common type of question
这是一个很常见的问题
in English as well.
用英语做的
To say to someone "What's it like?"
对某人说 " 是什么感觉 ? "
And then to ask them about their life or their job
然后向他们询问他们的生活或工作
or something they're doing.
或者他们正在做的事
what's it like being a brick layer?
什么是砖层
What's it like being a carpenter?
什么是木匠
What's it like being a plumber?
什么是水管工
That's how you would ask someone about the job they do.
这就是你问别人工作的方式
So think about your job
所以想想你的工作
and then make the question for yourself.
然后给自己做个问题
"What's it like being a..." and then try to answer it.
" 什么是 ... " 然后试着回答
This next question is from Ario.
下一个问题是来自 Ario
"What do you think about long distance relationships?"
" 您对远程关系有什么看法 ? "
So again, I changed the question a little bit, Ario to,
所以我把这个问题改了一点 阿里奥到
this is the most common way that someone would ask it,
这是有人问的最常见的方式
"What do you think about long distance relationships?"
" 您对远程关系有什么看法 ? "
This is when you date someone who lives far away.
这就是你约会的人
And my response would be, it's very, very difficult,
我的反应是非常非常困难
at least my memory of it is.
至少我的记忆是
When I was younger, Jen and I lived far apart
我年轻的时候
for about half a year.
一年半的时间
Jen was still in university and I was done.
Jen 还在大学 我就这样做了
So for half a year we had a long distance relationship
所以半年来我们有很长的距离
and it was really hard.
这真的很困难
But we didn't really have the internet back then.
但那时我们还没有真正的互联网
I mean, we had email, but we couldn't do any facetiming.
我的意思是 我们有电邮 但我们不能做任何脸谱
We couldn't do Skype, none of that existed.
我们不能做 Skype 这些都不存在
I wonder if today, if it's a little bit easier.
我不知道今天 如果稍微容易一点的话
But what do I think about long distance relationships?
但是我对长距离的关系有什么看法呢 ?
I think they can be really, really tough.
我觉得他们真的很坚强
And, again, this is a common way
这也是一种常见的方式
to ask a question in English.
用英语提问
"What do you think about..."
" 你怎么看 ..."
and then to talk about something that you're interested in.
然后谈谈你感兴趣的事
What do you think about remote learning
你对远程学习的看法
when students learn at home?
当学生在家学习时
What do you think about Hollywood movies?
你对好莱坞电影有什么看法 ?
And then you would respond by talking about how you feel
然后你就会回应你的感受
and things you think about that particular subject.
以及你对这个主题的看法
So the, what do you think about,
那么你觉得呢
Is a very common way to start a question in English?
用英语开始一个问题是很常见的吗 ?
So you should be ready to answer it.
所以你应该准备好回答
This next question is from Juan.
下一个问题是胡安
"Are you afraid of running out of ideas
" 你怕出主意了吗 "
"when it comes to lesson ideas for your videos?"
" 关于你的视频的课程想法 ? "
No, I live a crazy busy life, and as I go through my day
不我生活在疯狂的忙碌中
and as I go through my week,
就在我一周前
there's always an idea somewhere for a lesson
总有一个想法
and then I quickly write it down or email it to myself.
然后我赶紧把它写下来或者给我自己发邮件
So no, I'm not afraid of that.
所以我不害怕
And that was a great way to ask a question by the way.
那是一个非常好的方法去问一个问题
People in English will often ask questions like that.
英语中的人经常会问这样的问题
"Are you afraid of...?"
" 你害怕 ...?"
So they might say something like this,
所以他们可能会这样说
"Are you afraid of losing your job?
" 你害怕失去工作吗 ?
"Are you afraid of failing your class?"
" 你怕失败你的课吗 ? "
And then you will talk about whether you are
然后你就会说你是
or aren't afraid of that happening.
或者不害怕发生这种事
So think of a question you could ask yourself
所以想想一个你可以问自己的问题
that starts that way.
就这样开始了
Are you afraid of, and then think of
你害怕了然后想到
how you would answer it?
你怎么回答
It's a very common type of question in English.
这是一种很常见的英语问题
This next question is from Juanita.
下一个问题是来自 Juanita
"Hello, Mr. Bob, how do you manage your time
"你好 鲍勃先生 你如何管理你的时间
"with so many tasks?"
" 这么多任务 ? "
I make lists.
我列出了名单
I firmly believe that at the beginning of every week
我坚信每周一开始
you should make a list of everything you have
你应该把你所拥有的一切
to do that week.
这周的事
If I don't make lists, I can't keep my life organized.
如果我不做清单 我就不能把我的生活组织起来
So that to me is the solution.
所以 对我是解决问题的办法
And that's another very common type of English question.
这是另一个很常见的英语问题
How do you...?
你怎么 ...
When you know someone knows how to do something,
当你知道有人知道怎么做什么的时候
you start by saying how do you.
你先说说你是怎么做的
How do you get your kitchen table so clean?
你怎么把厨房弄干净了
How do you cook spaghetti?
你怎么煮意大利面的
It's a great way to start a question.
这是一个开始提问的好方法
So do the same as you did with the last question.
跟你最后一个问题一样
Think of about how do you for yourself,
想想你是怎么做的
so that if someone asked you that you would know
所以如果有人问你会知道
how to answer it.
怎么回答
So we're gonna speed this up a bit.
所以我们要加快速度
Here's a few rapid questions and answers.
这里有几个快速的问题和答案
So just look at how I answer them
你看看我是怎么回答的
and see if you can model it.
看看你能不能对它建模
Miriam says, "How did you discover
米里亚姆说 " 你是怎么发现的
"that you were passionate about languages?"
" 你对语言充满激情吗 "
Well, this is a simple one.
这是一个简单的问题
I liked doing my French homework when I was in high school.
我在高中时喜欢做法国的功课
I didn't like doing homework for any of my other classes
我的其他课都不喜欢做作业
but I liked doing my French homework.
但我喜欢做法国的功课
And because I liked doing it, French class
因为我喜欢做法语课
was really really easy.
真的很容易
When you do all of the work, the class is easy.
当你做了所有工作时 这门课很容易
So that's how I discovered I was passionate about languages.
这就是我发现我对语言充满激情的方式
It was just really easy to do the homework.
做作业真的很容易
This next question is from Iqbal,
下一个问题是伊克巴尔
"Do you have plans to do anything other
" 你有没有打算做别的事
"than teaching and farming in the future?"
" 在未来的教学和耕作吗 ? "
Well, one of my biggest plans is to retire someday.
我最大的计划之一就是终有一天退休
I'm in my early '50s, and someday I would like to not work,
我已经 50s 岁了总有一天我不想工作
but not entirely.
但不完全是
I have this little plan that someday I will not go
我有个小计划总有一天我不会去
to work every day, but I will help Jen on the flower farm
每天上班 但我在花场上帮助珍
and I will still make YouTube videos.
我还会拍 YouTube 视频
And that will kind of be my semi-retirement.
这将是我的半退休
So do I have any plans other than teaching?
那我除了教书还有别的计划吗
Yes, little bit of farming,
是的小农作业
and I'm gonna keep making these little videos on YouTube.
我要把这些小视频放在 YouTube上
This next question is from Roxytana.
下一个问题来自 Roxytana
"What song has been living rent free
" 什么歌都是免费的
"in your head this week?"
" 这周你的头 "
"500 Miles" by The Proclaimers.
" 500 英里 "
I listened to it on Sunday when I was making my week
我星期天在做礼拜的时候
at a glance, and it it's kind of stuck there now.
一眼就能看出来了
If you don't know the song
如果你不知道这首歌
it's by The Proclaimers, "500 Miles" look it up,
根据 Proclaimers "500 英里 " 的外观
it's a lot of fun.
这很有趣
And by the way, that's a great modern question.
顺便说一下 这是一个非常现代的问题
When something lives rent free in your head,
当你的生命中有生命的时候
it means it's kind of stuck there
它意味着它的存在
and you think about it a lot.
你想了很多
So that's the song that's living rent free
这首歌就是免费的
in my head right now.
就在我脑子里
It's a good song by the way.
顺便说一下这是一首好歌
And the next question is from Septian.
下一个问题是赛普天
"How do we stop comparing ourselves to others?"
" 我们如何停止与他人相比 ? "
Yeah, this is a difficult question
是啊这是个难题
and it's extremely difficult in this era.
在这个时代是非常困难的
The time we live in
我们生活的时间
I would say number one, get off social media.
我说第一 离开社交媒体
At least take breaks from social media
至少从社交媒体上休息
especially Instagram and Facebook.
尤其是 Instagram 和 Facebook
When you see other people's lives on Instagram and Facebook,
当你看到别人在 Instagram 和 Facebook上生活的时候
it can make you jealous.
它能让你嫉妒
It can make you feel like your life isn't exciting.
它能让你觉得你的生活并不令人兴奋
But remember this, they're only showing you
但记住这一点他们只是在向你展示
the happy, fun parts of their life,
他们生活中快乐有趣的部分
and their life has its own challenges as well.
他们的生活也有自己的挑战
So how do you stop comparing yourself?
那你怎么停止比较自己
Number one, take a break from social media
第一 休息一下社交媒体
or just get off of it completely.
或者完全脱离它
Okay, last question and then I gotta wrap this up.
好吧最后一个问题然后我就把这个包起来
Vitor says, "What makes you laugh the most?"
维托尔说 : " 什么让你笑得最多 ? "
A good joke.
真是个笑话
When I was a kid, my dad's brother, my uncle came over
当我还是个孩子的时候 我爸的哥哥 我叔叔过来了
and he worked somewhere where everyone told jokes
他在某处工作
all the time.
一直都是
So when he came over, he would always have new jokes
所以他过来的时候总有新笑话
and they just made me laugh.
他们让我笑了
I just love a good joke.
我只是喜欢一个好笑话
It's just, they're just super funny for me,
只是他们对我来说太搞笑了
and they make me laugh.
他们让我笑
When I'm sitting around a campfire with my family,
当我和家人围着篝火时
if someone tells a joke,
如果有人讲笑话
it's one of my favorite things in life.
这是我最喜欢的生活中的一件事
And that's when I have usually my biggest laughs,
这就是我最常笑的时候
when someone tells me a good joke.
有人告诉我一个好笑话
So if you know a good joke, put it in the comments below.
所以如果你知道一个好笑话 放在下面的评论中
Well hey, thank you so much for watching
好啊谢谢你的收看
this English lesson, / Bob talking about himself,
这个英语课鲍勃自言自语
/ you learned a few new ways to ask
/ 你学会了几种新方法
and answer questions hopefully.
回答问题
I know I rushed to the second part of it,
我知道我冲到了第二部分
but I was running at a time, that happens sometimes,
但我每次都在跑
I actually need to go to work.
我得去上班了
So anyways, thanks for watching.
不管怎样谢谢你的收看
If you're new here don't forget to click
如果你是新人别忘了点击
that subscribe button, gimme a thumbs up, leave a comment.
预订按钮 请给我竖起大拇指 请留下评论
And if you have the time, why don't you stick around
如果你有时间你为什么不继续
and watch another English lesson.
再看一个英语课
