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Bob老师- 如何用英语描述大概的的数字、数量和金额

There are two silos behind me.

我身后有两个筒仓。

This silo is 20 meters tall, give or take.

这个筒仓大约有20米高。

This silo is 30 meters tall, give or take.

这个筒仓大约有 30 米高。

You'll notice I'm using the English phrase give or take because I'm giving you an imprecise measurement of the height of the silo.

您会注意到我使用了英语短语“给予或接受”，因为我给您的是筒仓高度的不精确测量。

In English, when we are imprecise, when we are talking about numbers or temperature or things we can measure, we sometimes use phrases so people know we are saying approximately.

在英语中，当我们谈论数字或温度或可以测量的事物时，我们不十分精确，我们有时会使用短语，以便人们知道我们说的是大约。

This silo might be a little taller or a little shorter than that, but I think it's 20 meters, give or take.

这个筒仓可能比那个高一点或矮一点，但我认为大约有 20 米。

It's approximately 20 meters.

大约有20米。

So in this English lesson, I will teach you 10 phrases, 10 phrases that you can use when you are talking about things you can measure or count in an imprecise way.

所以在这节英语课里，我会教你 10 个短语，这 10 个短语可以在你谈论可以以不精确的方式测量或计算的事物时使用。

So you might have noticed that I'm wearing a jacket today.

所以你可能注意到我今天穿了一件夹克。

You might have noticed that it's not summer anymore here, it's definitely fall.

您可能已经注意到，这里不再是夏天，而是秋天。

If you were to ask me what the temperature is, I might say something like this.

如果您问我温度是多少，我可能会这样说。

I think it's just over 10 degrees Celsius.

我认为温度刚刚超过 10 摄氏度。

Or I might say, oh, I think it's just under 10 degrees Celsius, because I don't know the exact temperature, but I can make a pretty good guess.

或者我可能会说，哦，我认为温度略低于 10 摄氏度，因为我不知道确切的温度，但我可以做出相当好的猜测。

When I'm wearing a jacket and I'm comfortable, it's usually just over 10 degrees Celsius or just under 10 degrees Celsius.

当我穿着夹克并且感到舒服时，温度通常刚好超过 10 摄氏度或刚好低于 10 摄氏度。

So again, when we're talking about things like the weather, the temperature, when we don't know the exact temperature, you can use phrases like just over or just under to give your best guess.

因此，当我们谈论天气、温度等事情时，如果我们不知道确切的温度，您可以使用诸如略高于或略低于这样的短语来给出最佳猜测。

So sometimes I'm home with the kids and Jen's off doing some errands.

所以有时我会在家照顾孩子，而 Jen 则会出去办事。

And sometimes the kids might say, when will mom be home?

有时孩子们可能会问，妈妈什么时候回家？

And I will say, in about 10 minutes or in about an hour.

我想说的是，大约 10 分钟或 1 小时后。

When you use the word about in front of a number, you are saying that it is a good guess.

当您在数字前面使用“about”这个词时，您是在说这是一个很好的猜测。

You're saying that it is an approximate number.

你说的是一个近似数。

I don't know exactly when Jen's going to be home, but I have a pretty good idea.

我不知道 Jen 具体什么时候回家，但我有个大概的想法。

Usually I know what errands she's doing and how long that will take.

通常我知道她在做什么事以及要花多长时间。

So I'll answer with the word about.

因此我将用“关于”这个词来回答。

She'll be home in about 10 minutes.

大约 10 分钟后她就到家。

She'll be home in about an hour.

大约一小时后她就到家。

So last weekend I got to go to Toronto to a YouTube event.

所以上周末我去了多伦多参加一个 YouTube 活动。

I'll put a picture or two here for you to see.

我会在这里放一两张照片给你看。

And when I got home, Jen asked how many people were there?

当我回到家时， Jen 问我那里有多少人？

And I said, I think there were close to 200 people there.

我说，我认为那里大约有 200 人。

So when you go to an event where there's lots of people, you don't necessarily count all the people.

因此，当你参加一个有很多人参加的活动时，你不一定要数清所有的人。

That would be silly.

那样太愚蠢了。

But when you look around, you kind of get a good idea as to how many people were there.

但当你环顾四周时，你就会知道那里有多少人。

And I think from talking to people and knowing how many people were invited, I think there were close to 200 people.

通过与人们交谈并了解有多少人被邀请，我认为有近 200 人。

Now, let's say someone told me they invited 200 people and there was obviously more than that.

现在，假设有人告诉我他们邀请了 200 人，显然不止于此。

I would probably say, oh, I think there were more than 200 people there.

我可能会说，哦，我认为那里有 200 多人。

So when you say close to 200, it means you're guessing that there were a little bit less than that.

因此，当您说接近 200 时，这意味着您猜测数量会比这少一点。

If you say there were more than 200, you're thinking there was probably a few more than that.

如果您说有 200 多个，那么您会认为可能还有更多。

So when you're talking in imprecise ways about the amount of people at an event, you can say close to or you can say more than.

因此，当您以不精确的方式谈论某项活动的人数时，您可以说接近，或者说超过。

While I was at the YouTube event, Jen and one of my kids went to the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair.

当我参加 YouTube 活动时，Jen 和我的一个孩子去了皇家农业冬季博览会。

And while they were there, they saw a dog show.

在那里，他们观看了一场狗展。

And a question you could ask about a dog show is how many dogs were in the show.

关于狗展，您可能会问的一个问题是，参加展览的狗有多少只。

Now, Jen didn't count all of them, but she could respond by saying there were 10 or so dogs in the show, or there were 10 or more dogs in the show.

现在， Jen 没有数出所有的狗，但她可以回答说展览会上大约有 10 只狗，或者展览会上大约有 10 只狗。

So again, this is an imprecise way to give a number to someone.

所以再说一次，这是一种向某人提供数字的不精确的方式。

Jen didn't know exactly how many dogs were in the show, but she could answer by saying, oh, there were 10 or so dogs, or there were 10 or more dogs in the dog show.

Jen 不知道参加展览的具体狗数量，但她可以回答说，哦，大约有 10 只狗，或者狗展上有 10 只或更多的狗。

Another imprecise way of counting things is to say more than you can count.

另一种不精确的计数方式是说出比你能数出的数量更多的东西。

There are seagulls flying around in the air behind me.

我身后空中有海鸥飞翔。

I'm not sure if you can see them all, but if you were to ask how many, I would probably say there's more than I can count.

我不确定你是否能看到它们全部，但如果你问我有多少个，我可能会说它们多得数不过来。

If I was to take a good guess, I would say probably close to 100.

如果让我猜测的话，我会说可能接近 100。

But I would probably say, no, there was just more than I could count.

但我可能会说，不，数量太多了，数不过来。

You might be wondering why there's seagulls here when we don't live close to the sea.

你可能会想，我们并不住在海边，为什么这里有海鸥。

Well, seagulls love it when farmers work up soil.

嗯，海鸥很喜欢农民耕作土壤。

They come and they look for mice and worms to eat.

它们来这里寻找老鼠和虫子来吃。

But right now, there's certainly more seagulls than I can count.

但现在，海鸥的数量肯定多得数不过来。

When talking about imprecise numbers, you'll probably hear the word approximately and the word around a lot.

当谈论不精确的数字时，您可能会经常听到“大约”和“大约” 这两个词。

When I go to the grocery store, there's approximately 50 cars in the parking lot.

当我去杂货店时，停车场里大约有 50 辆汽车。

There's approximately 50 people in the store.

商店里大约有 50 人。

There's around 50 cars in the parking lot and there's around 50 people in the store.

停车场里大约有 50 辆汽车，商店里大约有 50 个人。

Canadians don't carpool very well, I guess.

我猜加拿大人不太擅长拼车。

But anyways, when you are giving an imprecise number, that is probably the most common way.

但无论如何，当您给出一个不精确的数字时，这可能是最常见的方法。

If I go shopping at a busy time, there's approximately 100 cars in the parking lot.

如果我在繁忙时段去购物，停车场里大约有 100 辆汽车。

There's around 100 people in the store.

商店里大约有 100 人。

When I go really early in the morning, there's approximately five cars in the parking lot and there's around five people in the store.

当我一大早去的时候，停车场里大约有五辆车，商店里大约有五个人。

That's the best time to go shopping.

那正是购物的最佳时机。

So two very common words to use when giving an imprecise number, approximately, and around.

因此，在给出不精确的数字时要使用两个非常常见的词：大约和左右。

So Jen and I went to watch a few baseball games this summer.

所以今年夏天我和 Jen 去看了几场棒球比赛。

We went to watch the Toronto Blue Jays, and every time we went, the stadium was pretty much full.

我们去看多伦多蓝鸟队的比赛，每次去的时候，体育场几乎都座无虚席。

There were roughly 40,000 people there.

那里大约有 40,000 人。

The word roughly means that you are giving an approximate number.

大致这个词的意思是给出一个大概的数字。

I didn't count all the people in the stadium and I don't remember exactly how many people they said were there when they put it on the big display.

我没有数一下体育场里有多少人，我也记不清当他们在大屏幕上显示时他们说到底有多少人。

So if I was to describe it to someone, I would say, oh, there were roughly 40,000 people here.

所以如果我向某人描述的话，我会说，哦，这里大约有 40,000 人。

So again, roughly a great word to use when you're giving an imprecise number.

因此，当你给出一个不精确的数字时，使用“大致”这个词再好不过了。

When I go to Blue Jays games, there's roughly 40,000 people there.

当我去看蓝鸟队的比赛时，那里大约有 40,000 名观众。

I think the stadium seats just under 40,000, but that would still be a good way to describe it.

我认为该体育场的座位数略低于 40,000 个，但这仍然是一个很好的描述方式。

Roughly 40,000 people.

大约有4万人。

So you probably have noticed that there are a lot of leaves on the ground around me and you might be wondering how many leaves are on the ground. And I.

所以你可能已经注意到我周围的地上有很多树叶，你可能想知道地上有多少树叶。还有我。

I don't really know.

我真的不知道。

I would probably say somewhere around 3,000.

我可能会说大约 3,000。

That's a really imprecise guess, but that is the phrase I would use somewhere around, hey, Bob, how many leaves are on the ground behind you? I don't know.

这是一个非常不精确的猜测，但我有时会用这句话说，嘿，鲍勃，你身后的地上有多少片树叶？我不知道。

Somewhere around 3,000, maybe somewhere around 4,000.

大概有 3,000 左右，也可能有 4,000 左右。

I don't actually know.

我其实不知道。

And then you might be wondering, hey, Bob, how many leaves are still up in that tree?

然后你可能会想，嘿，鲍勃，那棵树上还有多少片叶子？

And I would say, I don't know, somewhere around 2000, somewhere around 5000.

我想说，我不知道，大概是 2000 左右，或者 5000 左右。

I actually don't know.

我其实不知道。

This is probably the most imprecise I have been during this entire lesson.