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I'm Buli, and I'm with Becca, who is here to help me answer this week's question.
Hi Becca, how are you today?
Yeah, I'm not too bad.
I'm feeling a bit tired today though.
Oh no, as in physically tired or mentally tired?
我听外国朋友说话的时候,发现他们经常会在句子开头或者是句子中间用到as in这个短语。 我一直没有懂这个短语的具体含义和作用,请问可以讲解一下吗?
This is a good question, but before we talk about the use of as in, I'm curious to know Becca, do you have any foreign friends?
Foreign, as in from a different country?
Yes, foreign like from other places, abroad.
Actually, I have many foreign friends.
Some were born in different countries and moved to the UK when they were young.
Others I met while travelling and working abroad.
How interesting.
As in, you were living as an expat?
Yes, I was living and working outside of the UK for a short period of time.
That sounds exciting.
And where did you meet these foreign friends?
Oh, you know social events organised by the hostel I was staying in, as in pool parties, beach barbecues, morning yoga sessions, stuff like that.
你正在收听的是BBC英语教学制作的你问我答节目。 在本期节目中,我们正在学习as in的用法。 as in是一个连词,在对话和写作中通常起到连接上下文的作用。 那么它具体都能表达出哪些含义呢?
There were a lot of examples of as in in our conversation.
So Becca, what does as in mean and how can we use it?
Well, as in is a phrase used to do a few things.
The first time I used the phrase, I wanted to check that I understood what you meant by foreign.
So I said foreign, as in from a different country.
Often we can use as in, after repeating something we're not sure about, followed by our idea of what it could mean.
And so it appears in the middle of a sentence.
Ah, I see.
也就是说,你想知道我用 foreign 这个词的时候具体想要表达它的哪个含义,所以就在 foreign 后面用 as in 来引出对 foreign 这个词的解释,来向我确认我是不是想说来自其他国家的人。 Yes, you also used it in a slightly different way when responding to my comment about living abroad.
Really?
When did I do that?
When I mentioned that I had met friends while I was traveling and working abroad.
You started your next line of speech with as in and rephrased my experience as living as an expat.
Yes, I did.
在刚才的对话中,我在as in之后换了一种方式重新表述了贝卡所说的话。
在口语中,我们还可以把 as in 放在句首,引出对对方所说的话的另一种表述,从而确认双方对这件事的理解是一致的,传达出我听懂你的意思了这个含义。 Sometimes, it can feel like you're clarifying and rephrasing at the same time, because you wouldn't follow the phrase as in with the exact same thing that was previously said.
是的,特别要注意as in的这两个用法都不能用来引出和之前所说的完全一样的内容,必须要换一种方式来表达,这样才能显得自己听懂了对方的话或者有需要澄清或者确认的地方。 就比如我们不能像说车轱辘话一样的说,I was living as an expat, as in I was living as an expat。
Absolutely not.
And speaking of examples, the last way we use as in is to give examples.
I talked about how I had met foreign friends through social events, as in pool parties, beach barbecues, morning yoga sessions.
That sort of stuff.
Exactly.
在口语中,as in 还可能出现在句子的中间,用来衔接某件事和它具体的例子,比如 I don't eat sweets, as in candies, chocolates, marshmallows, etc.
我不吃甜食,比如糖果,巧克力,棉花糖等等。 I like using the phrase as in As in you use it often or just like it.
A bit of both, actually.
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What they are ultimately trying to create is going to replace humans.
What it's doing is parboiling the inside of your brain.
This could be a turning point in the history of social media.
Welcome to The Interface, the show that explores how tech is rewiring your week and your world.
Coming up next.
In our latest episode, we look at the secret meetings at the world's biggest AI summit, the truth about the mystery of a brain-melting weapon and the lawsuit that could shift the future of social media.
Listen on BBC.com or wherever you get your podcasts.
