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　　嘿，你好！我是来自mmmEnglish的艾玛，在今天的课上，我将帮助你改掉一些坏习惯。 　　

　　

　　嗨，大家好！我是艾玛，欢迎来到美味英语频道，在今天的课程中，我将帮助大家克服一些坏习惯。 　　

　　

　　希望我们能阻止你在用词上的懒惰。用英语表达你的想法有许多有趣而聪明的方法。 　　

　　

　　希望我们能够克服你在单词选择时的懒惰。在英语中有很多有趣的、让自己听起来很聪明的方式来表达自己的观点。 　　

　　

　　事实上，我们将采用许多这种枯燥乏味的英语单词，并用更好的单词替换它们。更丰富多彩，更感人的语言。 　　

　　

　　实际上呢，我们将找很多这种类型的无聊的英语单词，然后用更好的词汇进行替换。更加丰富、更加令人印象深刻的语言。 　　

　　

　　我们将专注于扩大你的词汇量，一如既往，我在视频的最后为你准备了一个小测验，以确保所有这些令人兴奋的新单词都牢牢记住，成为你日常词汇的一部分。所以坚持到最后，测试你所知道的。 　　

　　

　　我们将侧重于扩大你的词汇量，和往常一样呢，我在这个视频的最后为大家准备了一个迷你测试，以确保你已经把这些令人激动的新词汇牢记在心，成为你的日常词汇的一部分了。因此，请坚持到最后哦，测试一下你已经掌握了什么。 　　

　　

　　所以我们都有坏习惯，不是吗？我们容易陷入这些坏习惯，因为它们变得很熟悉，很容易。 　　

　　

　　所以我们都有坏习惯，对吧？而且我们很容易被困在那些坏习惯当中，因为它们对我们而言很熟悉，用起来也很容易。 　　

　　

　　我的很多学生都养成了使用基本词汇的习惯，因为这很简单，是的，你可以用基本的英语词汇来交流你的信息，这很棒，但总有一天，你会发现或者你周围的人会发现，你实际上只是在一遍又一遍地重复使用相同的单词。要变得有趣，给人留下深刻印象并影响他人，你必须不断扩大你的词汇量，而不仅仅是你理解的词汇量。 　　

　　

　　我的很多学生都习惯于使用比较基础的词汇，因为这很容易，是的，你可以使用最基本的英语词汇来交流信息，那确实挺棒的，但是会有那么一个时刻，你或者是你身边的人会开始注意到你一直在重复地使用相同的词汇。有趣的是，要打动别人，对别人产生影响，你必须不断扩大自己的词汇量，不只是你理解的词汇而已哦。 　　

　　

　　当你在说话、写作时使用这些词汇，这些词汇会立即出现在你面前，所以我们今天想激活这些更广泛的词汇。当你使用英语时，扩大你的词汇量和听起来更令人印象深刻的一个可靠方法是使用更好的形容词，b 　　

etter descriptive words in your sentences.

　　

这些词汇可以在你说话的时候、在你写作的时候马上蹦出来，所以我们今天就要激活更多的词汇。在你使用英语的时候扩展词汇量、让你听起来更加令人印象深刻的一种万无一失的方式是在句子中使用更好的形容词和更好的描述性词汇。

　　

And you can train yourself to stop using really dull and boring adjectives just by avoiding one little word very. Very happy, very good, very bad.

　　

你可以通过不再使用“very”这个词，来训练自己停止使用那些单调乏味的形容词。非常高兴，非常好，非常不好。

　　

And a little hint. Some other words that you might be using with dull adjectives are words like so, such and really.

　　

还有一点小提示。其他的一些你可能会和单调乏味的形容词一起使用的词包括“so”，“such”和“really”。

　　

And the cool thing is, this one simple rule will help you to become more conscious and more aware of the words that you choose when you speak and this is really important because using very regularly is a habit that you need to break. So then I said he was very. . .

　　

很棒的一件事情是，这一条简单的规则将帮助在说话的时候更加意识到你选择的词汇，这真的很重要，因为经常使用“very”这个词是你需要打破的习惯。所以如果我说他非常……

　　

Maybe it's too late to fix it in that moment but you will be more likely to remember next time and to change the words that you're using and that's really what being conscious of your mistakes means. Being aware that it's happening and this will help you to change your behaviour.

　　

也许在那一刻来修复这个句子已经晚了，但下次你会更容易记住这件事情，并改变你正在使用的单词，这就是对自己的错误更有意识的意思。意识到这种情况正在发生能够帮助你改变自己的行为。

　　

If you practise this skill while you're writing, you have the opportunity to think of a better word in that moment or even look one up and grow the vocabulary that you're using that way. So let's start with very happy.

　　

如果你在写作时练习这个技能的话，你在那一刻可能会想到更好的词汇，甚至是去查找一个，然后就可以增加你的词汇量。让我们从非常高兴开始吧。

　　

Now there's lots of different ways to express this idea in English, isn't there? Overjoyed.

　　

在英语中有很多不同的方法表达这个想法，对吧？欣喜若狂的。

　　

Thrilled. Ecstatic.

　　

激动无比的。欣喜若狂的。

　　

Elated. If we look at some examples we should be able to make it a little clearer when to use each one.

　　

兴高采烈的。如果我们看一些例子的话，我们就可以更清楚地知道什么时候该使用哪一个了。

　　

She just found out she's pregnant. She's very happy.

　　

她放发现自己怀孕了。她很高兴。

　　

We can add more meaning by saying: She's overjoyed.

　　

我们可以通过这样说来丰富句子的意思：她欣喜若狂。

　　

She's full of happiness and joy. We could say that she's thrilled especially if she's really happy and excited.

　　

她内心充满着幸福和愉悦。我们可以说她非常兴奋，尤其是如果她又开心又激动的话。

　　

We can say she's ecstatic or she's elated and that's even stronger again. That's joyful excitement you know, an overwhelming feeling of happiness in a really positive way.

　　

我们可以说她欣喜若狂或兴高采烈，这两种的程度更加强烈。那是一种愉悦的兴奋感，一种难以抑制的幸福感，表达的是非常积极的意思。

　　

So if you want to add even more meaning, choose one of those two. There are so many better and more meaningful ways to say that you're very sad and I think this lesson is gonna be like a roller coaster, it's gonna be full of highs and lows.

　　

所以你想让意思更加丰富的话，可以选择这两个其中之一。有很多更好、更有意义的方式来表达你很伤心的意思，我觉得这节课可能就像过山车一样，充满着跌宕起伏。

　　

Happy, sad, good, bad but we're just gonna ride it out okay? The truth is we can be sad for lots of different reasons and we can be sad in lots of different ways.

　　

快乐、悲伤、好、坏，但我们可以扛过去的，对吧？事实是，我们可能会因为很多种不同的原因而感到难过，我们也有可能会以许多不同的方式感到难过。

　　

So as you start expanding your vocabulary, you really need to become more aware of the little nuances between words like heartbroken, devastated, disappointed and dejected. Because all of them are more meaningful ways to talk about that feeling of being very sad.

　　

因此，当你开始扩充自己的词汇量时，你需要意识到这些词之间细微的差别，比如说：心碎的、悲痛的、失望的和沮丧的。因为它们都是更有意义方式来谈论难过的这种感觉。

　　

His girlfriend just left him. He's very sad.

　　

他的女友刚离开他。他很伤心。

　　

So in this context, she left him means that she broke up with him. So he's probably heartbroken and heartbroken is the perfect adjective to use when love is involved in sadness.

　　

所以在这个语境中，她离开了他，也就是说她和他分手了。所以他可能伤心欲绝，伤心欲绝是用来形容悲伤之中掺杂着爱的完美的形容词。

　　

You could also say that he's devastated too, especially if he wasn't expecting it you know, and it was a bit of a shock. So when you have sadness together with shock and surprise, these emotions together, devastated is a really good choice.

　　

你也可以说他悲痛欲绝，尤其是如果他并没有预料到这件事，对于他而言有点震惊。所以当你悲伤之中掺杂着惊讶之时，这些情感交织在一起，悲痛欲绝是非常好的选择。

　　

Let's look at a different example. Sara looked very sad.

　　

让我们来看一个不同的例子。萨拉看上去很伤心。

　　

She'd been so confident she would win the competition, but then she came fifth. She looked disappointed.

　　

她一直很自信自己能赢得比赛，但后来竟然是第五名。她看起来很失望。

　　

She's unhappy because she wasn't as good as she thought she'd be. But you could also say that Sarah looks dejected.

　　

她并不开心，是因为她并没有想象中做得那么好。但是你也可以说莎拉看上去很沮丧。

　　

Using dejected suggests that in that moment, she's lost hope that she'll ever compete again. It's that sad, she's just lost all hope.

　　

使用沮丧这个词表明在那一刻，她失去了自己可能会再次竞争的希望。就是这么悲伤，她失去了所有的希望。

　　

There are several other really great words that you can say if you're very sad. You might use ashamed, melancholy, crestfallen.

　　

如果你感到很伤心的话，还有一些其他很好的词可以选择。你可能很难为情，很忧郁，垂头丧气。

　　

I mean you're gonna have so much fun with a thesaurus but the trick with these new words is studying how they're used, making sure that you're using them accurately with the appropriate verbs and prepositions that they often get used with. And the second thing you need to be aware of is the context in which they're used because those nuanced meanings are ever so slightly different and makes one more appropriate to use in one situation while another perhaps not.

　　

我的意思是，有这样一个同义词表会很有意思，但是这些新词需要研究它们是如何使用的，确保你使用的是正确的动词和介词和它们进行搭配。你需要注意的第二件事情是它们使用的语境，因为这些细微差别实在是在微小了，所以可能在某个情境中某个词是适用的，但是另一个词就不合适了。

　　

A great way to practise this is to write sentences using these words down in the comments below so that I can check them for you, help you to choose the right one for the right context and that sentence when you're practising with this activity, it can be really simple. It can just be he or she looked with that adjective because and then include a short description of the situation.

　　

进行练习的一个很好的方法就是用这些词在评论处写几句话，这样我可以帮大家检查一下，帮助你在正确的语境中选择正确的词汇，进行练习的时候写下的句子可以是很简单的。可以是他或她看起来加那个形容词，因为……然后加上一个对情况的简单描述。

　　

He looked devastated because he lost the competition. Stop saying very good, there are so many other better ways of saying very good in English.

　　

他看上去很伤心欲绝，因为他输了比赛。不要再说很好了，在英语中还有很多表示“很好”的其他更好的方式。

　　

Very good should be banned because instead we can say amazing, fantastic, fabulous, magnificent, excellent, wonderful, splendid, exceptional and awesome.?Did I say awesome already?

　　

“非常好”这个表达要绝对禁止，因为我们有很多其他的可以说：超赞的、非常棒的、极好的、出色的、很棒的、非常好的、超好的、无与伦比的和令人惊叹的。我是不是已经说过令人惊叹的了？

　　

All these words are so similar, you can use them in almost any situation. That's a very good idea.

　　

所有这些单词都非常相似，你几乎在所有的情况下都可以使用它们。那是个好主意。

　　

That's a marvellous idea. That's an excellent idea.

　　

那是个很棒的主意。那是个超赞的主意。

　　

I thought your performance was very good. Your performance was exceptional.

　　

我觉得你的表现很好。你的表现非常出色。

　　

Your performance was amazing. It was a splendid performance.

　　

你的表现很棒。这个表演很出色。

　　

Okay, brace yourself. We're going down again, we're gonna think of some alternatives for very bad.

　　

好的，振作起来。我们还要继续呢，我们要想一些“非常差”的替代词。

　　

Can you think of any because there are lots of them. I'm sure some are popping into your mind already.

　　

你能想到什么吗，其实是有很多的。我敢肯定有些已经出现在你的脑海中了。

　　

Horrible, terrible, awful, dreadful and atrocious. Can you hear that stressed syllable in those words when I pronounce it?

　　

可怕的、糟糕的、很差的、糟糕透顶的、糟透了的。你能听出来我发音的时候这些单词的重音吗？

　　

I'm exaggerating the stressed syllable to add emphasis and even more meaning. Horrible.

　　

重读音节我读的很夸张，来增加强调，也增加更多的意义。可怕的。

　　

Atrocious. You can do that with all adjectives whether they're positive or negative adjectives to add even more meaning.

　　

糟透了的。不管是积极的还是消极的形容词，你都可以这么做，来增加更多的意义。

　　

It tasted very bad. It tasted awful! Yuck!

　　

它的味道很差。它尝起来可太难吃了！

　　

It tasted disgusting! Disgusting can be used when food tastes really bad or when something smells really bad.

　　

它尝起来真恶心！当食物味道很糟糕，或者是闻起来很难闻的时候，可以说很恶心这个词。

　　

That smells disgusting! The weather's been very bad lately.

　　

闻起来真恶心！最近天气一直很糟。

　　

The weather's been terrible lately. It's been dreadful!

　　

最近天气一直很糟糕。太可怕了！

　　

If you're talking about someone's behaviour and you're saying that they behaved very badly, you might say that their behaviour was atrocious. His behaviour was atrocious.

　　

如果你是在谈论某人的行为，他们的表现非常差，你可以说他们的行为糟透了。他的行为糟透了。

　　

I love that word, atrocious. There's not a lot of things in the world that are atrocious but it is a very good adjective to use when you're saying that something is very bad.

　　

我喜欢那个词，糟透了。世界上并没有很多糟透了的事情，但是当你说某件事情很差的时候，那是一个很好的形容词。

　　

The weather was atrocious. You have to be careful about how you use these negative adjectives because they have a really strong meaning and they can be offensive, especially if you're using them to talk about a person or something that they do or something that they care about, that can hurt.

　　

天气糟透了。你必须谨慎地使用这些负面的形容词，因为它们的意思很强烈，可能会冒犯到别人，特别是如果你用它们来谈论某个人或者是他们做的某件事情，或者是他们在意的某件事情的话，那可能会伤害到别人。

　　

Can you think of any other ways to say very bad? This is a really good activity to practise, to activate words that you don't use so often.

　　

你能想到其他方式来表达“很不好”的这个意思吗？这是一项非常好的练习活动，激活那些你不常使用的单词。

　　

So if you can think of some other ways to say very bad, add them down in the comments below. If you catch yourself talking about something that is very big then you can replace this kind of average adjective with a more sophisticated one like huge, obviously, enormous, massive, gigantic and monstrous.

　　

如果你能想到其他的表达非常不好这个意思的方式的话，那就将它们添加到下面的评论中吧。如果你发现自己在说很大的东西，那么你可以用更高级的词汇来代替这个一般的形容词，比如说 huge, enormous, massive, gigantic 和 monstrous （巨大的）。

　　

We walked through a very big gate at the entrance. It was an enormous gate.

　　

我们穿过了入口处的一个很大的门。这是一个巨大的门。

　　

The gate that we walked through was massive. Gigantic and monstrous are very, very big ― exceptionally large.

　　

我们穿过的那个门很大。巨大的意思是非常非常的大。

　　

Some of the ships that pull in and out of the port near my house are monstrous. When I'm walking past these gigantic ships, I feel very small.

　　

进出靠近我家的港口的一些船巨大无比。当我经过这些巨大的船只时，我感觉自己很渺小。

　　

Can you think of a better way to say very small? Tiny, minuscule, minimal.

　　

你能想到说“非常小”的更好的方式吗？极小的，微小的，最小的。

　　

Paul was quite angry about the damage even though the scratch on his car was very small. It was tiny, minuscule.

　　

保罗对车上的刮伤非常生气，尽管那非常非常小。它很微小。

　　

We could hardly see it. The chances of losing all our money are very small.

　　

我们几乎看不到它。损失我们所有的钱的可能性很小。

　　

They're minimal. The chances are minimal.

　　

它们很小。机会很小。

　　

Let's keep going. What can you think of that's very dirty?

　　

让我们继续吧。你觉得那很脏这个表达怎么样？

　　

Your kitchen, your dog after it's rolled in dirt. Don't let that dog inside, it's very dirty!

　　

你的厨房，你的狗在泥土里打过滚之后。不要让那只狗进来，它太脏了！

　　

It's filthy! Filthy is a great word for very dirty.

　　

它太脏了！“Filthy”是一个很好的词来代替脏的。

　　

Your bedroom is filthy. If you're talking about a room or maybe a car that is very clean, you could say it was spotless or immaculate, perfect, not a single thing was out of place.

　　

你的卧室很脏。如果你在说一个房间或者是一辆车很干净的话，你可以说它一尘不染，完美无瑕，干净利索，一丝不乱。

　　

We were so impressed when we got home, the house was very clean. The house was spotless.

　　

当我们回到家的时候，我们赞叹不已，因为房子很干净。房子一尘不染。

　　

It was immaculate. They must have spent hours cleaning it.

　　

它干净整洁。他们一定花了几个小时来清洁房子。

　　

And we can definitely improve on very pretty, can't we? And I'm sure, absolutely certain that you have at least one alternative in mind.

　　

我们肯定也可以对“very pretty”进行提升，对吧？而且我敢肯定，你的脑海中肯定有至少一个替代的选项了。

　　

Hopefully, it was beautiful but we can also use stunning, elegant or even exquisite. She looked very pretty as she came down the stairs in a blue dress.

　　

希望是“漂亮的”，但我们也可以使用令人惊叹的、优雅的，甚至是精致的。她穿着蓝色的裙子下楼梯的时候看起来很美。

　　

She looked stunning as she came down the stairs. And lastly, as we come off the high of very pretty, of course we need to have very ugly right.

　　

她下楼梯时看上去很美艳动人。最后，我们说完了很美之后，当然要说一下很丑吧。

　　

So instead of very ugly, you could say hideous. So it's not heidis which is a common mistake that I often hear my students make.

　　

你可以说“极其丑陋的”，而不是非常丑陋的。发音不是 heidis 哦，这个错误我经常听到我的学生会犯。

　　

It's hideous. And you can also say grotesque.

　　

是 hideous。你也可以说奇形怪状的。

　　

Now obviously, I don't need to remind you again but I feel like I have to, these adjectives are extremely strong and negative so please don't use them to describe people. That's awful!

　　

很明显，我不需要再次提醒你，但是我觉得我还是得说一下，这些形容词的意思很强也很负面，所以不要用它们来描述人。那可太糟糕了！

　　

Some of the big houses up on the hill are very ugly. They're grotesque.

　　

山上的一些大房子看起来很丑。它们奇形怪状的。

　　

Their driveways are lined with very ugly statues. The statues are hideous.

　　

它们的车道两旁排列着着非常丑陋的雕像。这些雕像极其丑陋。

　　

They're hideous. Just because people have lots of money, doesn't mean they have good taste, right?

　　

它们非常丑陋。仅仅是有钱并不意味着他们的品位很好，对吧？

　　

Grotesque houses and hideous statues. Okay so it's time to test everything you know with a little quiz, I'm going to read out a sentence and you need to improve the words that are highlighted in the sentence.

　　

奇形怪状的房屋和丑陋的雕像。好了，现在是时候用一个小测试来检验一下你掌握的知识了，我要读一个句子，你需要对句子里面标亮的词进行提升。

　　

There might be more than one option that you can choose from so that makes it a little bit easier but I'm going to go through them quite quickly because I want to test your recall, I want to test how quickly are these new words popping into your head, all right? So we're going for speed this time.

　　

可能会有多个选择，那会更简单一些，但是我会说的很快，因为我想测试一下你的回忆能力，我想测试一下这些词可以多快出现在你的脑海当中，好吗？所以这次我们要加快速度。

　　

Usually your car's full of rubbish, but today it's very clean! Today it's spotless.

　　

你的车通常里面都会有很多垃圾，但是今天它很干净！它今天一尘不染。

　　

Today it's immaculate. A very ugly monster emerged from the cave.

　　

今天它干净利索。一个非常丑陋的怪物从山洞中冒了出来。

　　

A hideous monster. A grotesque monster.

　　

一个丑陋的怪物。一个丑陋的怪物。

　　

Have you seen her engagement ring? It's very pretty.

　　

你看过她的订婚戒指吗？非常漂亮。

　　

It's beautiful. It's elegant.

　　

它很漂亮。它很精致。

　　

It's stunning. It's exquisite.

　　

它太美了。它太精美了。

　　

We were very sad to hear the fire destroyed their family home. We were devastated to hear that.

　　

听到大火摧毁了他们的家，我们感到非常伤心。听到那个消息我们感到非常悲痛。

　　

They're getting married this afternoon but unfortunately, the weather looks very bad! The weather looks awful.

　　

他们今天下午要结婚，但不幸的是，天气看起来很糟糕！天气看起来很糟糕。

　　

Terrible. Dreadful.

　　

很可怕。糟糕透顶。

　　

Atrocious. Look at the queue of people waiting to get in, it's very big!

　　

糟透了。看看排队等着进去的人，这队也太长了吧！

　　

It's huge. It's enormous.

　　

非常大。非常巨大。

　　

The queue is massive. Monstrous.

　　

队列很长。非常庞大。

　　

Gigantic. It rained the entire weekend we were away camping, so when we got home on Sunday, everything was very dirty.

　　

非常巨大。我们去露营的整个周末都在下雨，所以当我们星期天回家时，一切都脏兮兮的。

　　

Everything was filthy. They suggested we meet them in France which, I thought, was a very good idea!

　　

一切都脏兮兮的。他们建议我们在法国见面，我认为那是个好主意！

　　

Was a marvellous idea. An excellent idea.

　　

那是个很棒的主意。一个很赞的主意。

　　

An exceptional idea. A splendid idea.

　　

一个绝妙的主意。一个超赞的主意。

　　

John and Kate were very happy when they found out they won the grand prize! John and Kate were overjoyed.

　　

当约翰和凯特发现他们得了大奖的时候非常开心！约翰和凯特喜不自胜。

　　

They were thrilled. They were ecstatic.

　　

他们非常激动。他们欣喜若狂。

　　

They were elated. Let me know how you went with the quiz down in the comments below.

　　

他们兴高采烈。在评论区告诉我你们的小测试做得怎么样吧。

　　

If there are a couple of words that you got wrong or maybe they took you a little while to think of, hit the pause button now and practise writing a few more sentences like these down in the comments below. Another really great way of practising these adjectives is if you have a speaking partner that you practise speaking English with regularly or maybe you have a tutor or someone else you meet up with, ask them to listen out for very.

　　

如果有几个词你做得不对，或者是花了一点时间才想到的话，请点击暂停按钮，练习在下面的评论区再造几个句子。练习这些形容词的另一种非常好的方法是：如果你有经常一起练习英语的语伴、老师或者是你可以见到的其他人的话，让他们注意听你用“very”的情况。

　　

Every time you use very when you're speaking, ask them to stop you and let you know that you've used very and give you the chance to think of a better word to describe that situation or that thing. There is no better way to improve your vocabulary and the way that you're using it than to stop in that moment and get you to self-correct, correct that or improve that adjective as you're using it.

　　

每次当你说话使用“very”的时候，请他们阻止你，告诉你你使用了“very”，给你机会想一个更好的词来描述那种情况或者是那件事情。和在你使用的时候的那一刻停下来进行自我纠正，对那个形容词进行纠正或提升相比，没有什么更好的方式来扩充你的词汇量，改善你使用那个词的方式了。

　　

I hope that you enjoyed this lesson. If you did, make sure you subscribe by hitting the subscribe button just down there.

　　

希望你喜欢这个课程。如果你很喜欢的话，请一定要点击下方的订阅按钮哦。

　　

I make new mmmEnglish lessons every week. In fact, here's a couple that I prepared earlier.

　　

我每周都会发布新的美味英语课程。其实呢，这里有几节我之前发布的课程。

　　

I'll see you inside the next one. Bye for now!

　　

我在下一节课等待着大家。拜拜咯！