A: Hey,man,what do you think of Angelababy?
D: Um,she's cute .
A: Oh,how about Shu Qi?
D: Oh,man,she is so hot ! She is my Goddess!
A: Wow! How about Yang Mi?
D: She is hot too! She is also my Goddess!
A: Shut up!
All right,听完今天的对话之后,我们来看一下 cute 和 hot 有什么区别。So, Darby,what's the difference between“ cute ”and“ hot ”?
W ell,when we want to describe the appearance of other adults,like Angelababy,if we say “ cute ”,it means we recognize that they're good-looking,but maybe we're not really really attracted to them .
But if we say “ hot ”,that means sexy,right? So it means maybe we really really are attracted to them. So it's a higher degree of attraction.
OK,我来给大家用中文解释一下 cute 和 hot 的区别。在对话当中大白觉得Angelababy is“ cute ”,说明她 good-looking ,就 是感官上的好看 ,但是他认为舒淇是他的女神,因为他觉得she is“ hot ”,她 很性感 。
cute 是“ 感官上的好看 ”,而 hot 指“ 很性感,更有吸引力,更有感觉 ”。不知道大家理解了吗?
All right,it's bonus time! So for the bonus,we're gonna talk about the word“ cute ”.
When we use the word cute to describe adults,it's different than when we use the word cute to describe kids and animals. For adults,of course we mean “ good-looking ” For kids and animals,it doesn't necessarily mean good-looking;it means more adorable . For example,maybe we want to hold a cute baby or pet,a really cute kitten.
对于很多中国学生来说, cute 都意为“ 可爱的 ”,但是我们在用 cute 形容成年人和小孩/小动物的时候,其实是有区别的。
cute 在形容成年人的时候,表示 good-looking ,是 “好看的” 意思,但是在形容小朋友或者小动物的时候,则是“可爱的”意思。
A: Hey,dude,tonight I'm gonna play with my friends.
D: Oh,how old are they?
A: Same as me. We used to be classmates.
D: Oh,you mean you're gonna hang out with your friends.
A: Why can't I say play?
D: In English,usually kids and animals play. Adults hang out.
A: Oh,learn something new every day!
OK,听完今天的对话之后,我们一起来看一下。在我跟大白讲我要跟我的朋友一起玩的时候,我说I'm gonna play with my friends,但是大白却好奇我朋友的年龄。他要给大家来解释一下什么时候可以用“play with”,什么时候不可以。
T hank you,Alex. In English if you say“I'm gonna play with you”,and you're both adults,we think it sounds really strange.
“ Play ” is a very childish word . Kids play with each other. Animals,for example,two cats,two dogs,can play with each other.
You can also say,“Let's go play football.” “Let's go play video games.” But you can not say,“Let's play together.” We think it sounds very strange.
我听到很多中国学生把“我想跟你玩”翻译成:“I want to play with you.”大白在抖音上也经常收到粉丝留言说:“I want to play with you.”但是成年人之间一定不能说:I want to play with you,只能说: I want to hang out with you.“一起玩”的英文表达是hang out 。
All right,it's time for our bonus. Now you heard Alex at the end of our conversation say,“Oh,learn something new every day.” This is a fixed expression.
If you learn some new knowledge that you didn't know before,you can say,“Emm,learn something new every day!”
You know how we say this in Chinese,Darby? How?涨知识!
Wow! Learn something new every day! Yeah!
OK. So I hope you learn something valuable today!