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I'm Bully and with me today is Georgie.
Hi Bully.
Have you seen my favourite pen anywhere?
I seem to have lost it.
Here it is.
Aha, thanks Bully.
OK, time to hear this week's question.
你好,我总是会在英语中听到其他人说 gosh,啊哈,或者那等等感叹词和语气词,但我并不总是能理解他们想表达什么意思。 还有一些词的拼写我也拿不准,比如嗯和um,请问能介绍一些感叹词和语气词的用法吗?
Wow, I like this question.
Exclamations like these can express sudden feelings, like when I said aha when you found my pen.
You can say aha when you suddenly realise or find something.
Aha, I didn't know that.
Thanks, Georgie.
Now you just said wow in response to the question.
We can say wow when we are amazed by something.
Exactly.
Another example.
Wow, Bully, your outfit is amazing.
Shall we learn some more?
Nah, let's go home instead.
Now that was a joke.
Now is just an informal way to say no.
刚刚我和Georgie示范了三个在口语交流中十分常见的感叹词。 Aha表示惊讶或者得意, wow表示惊叹或佩服, 和 nah表示不同意或否定的用法。 But of course, we should learn some more, Georgie.
Let's get started.
OK, so we've covered aha and nah from the question.
Next is gosh, which can be used to express surprise or emphasise a strong feeling.
For example, I might step outside of my house and say, gosh, it's absolutely freezing.
I'll need a coat.
Yes, or gosh, I didn't expect you to drive so fast.
单词gosh和wow的用法有些类似。 他们都可以用来表示惊叹或者惊讶。 其中gosh表达出的情感更加强烈。 Oh, Georgie, are you alright?
Ouch!
I just dropped my bag on my foot.
You can say ouch or ow when you suddenly feel pain, like I just did.
Of course, often we can't control what comes out of our mouths in that situation.
But ouch and ow are common for English speakers.
Oops, that sounds painful.
You should try and be more careful.
You can say oops or oopsie when you make a small mistake or do something clumsy.
Like oops, I just tripped over the step or I accidentally deleted the photos oopsie.
当人们不小心受伤或者突然感受到疼痛或刺激时, 通常会下意识地喊出ouch或者owl, 而如果你不小心出了一个小错,比如失手把东西掉在了地上,就可以说oops或者oopsie。
OK, I've got some other good exclamations to share.
Yay!
Bully, that's what I was going to say.
You can say yay, woo, woohoo or whoop to express excitement or to celebrate an achievement.
For example, imagine a friend has just told me they got a promotion.
I might say, woohoo, that's amazing!
Yes, these are also the exclamations that people tend to make at concerts to cheer on the performer.
嗚!
Yay, 嗚和 嗚呼都是用于表达兴奋、激动或庆祝的感叹词。 OK, now the tricky part of the question.
How to spell filler words like 嗯?
你正在收听的是BBC英语教学制作的你问我答节目。 刚刚我和Georgie分享了常用的英语感叹词和语气词的用法。 接下来我们再来看看其中几个容易拼错的单词的拼写方式。
Spelling filler words like um or er is hard because they're really just sounds that come out when we are thinking or hesitating and can vary between individual speakers.
Usually though, um is spelt u-m, er is spelt e-r, and n is spelt h-m-m.
Yes, the ones that are more difficult to spell are the exclamations for disgust, like ugh, because that throat sound we make isn't common in English, so we don't have an obvious way to represent the sound with letters.
Having said that, ugh is often spelt U-G-H.
I hope that helps.
Thank you, Georgie.
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Goodbye!