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Hi John, let's continue our lesson on comparisons. Comparisons are a useful tool for learning new information.
嗨，约翰，让我们继续我们关于类比的课程。类比是学习新只是的好方法。
They help us make connections and increase our enjoyment of learning.
它帮助我们建立联系，并增加我们学习的乐趣。
In a recent lesson, we compared grammar to trees. But we can also compare trees to individual words.
在最近的一堂课中，我们将语法比作树木。但我们也可以将树木比作单个的单词。
Language is a result of growth and change over time.
语言会随着时间的推移成长、变化。
When we learn new words, we can look up the ancient beginnings or roots of the words.
当我们学习新单词时，我们可以查找单词的古老起源或词根。
We can also study how words are connected to each other, just like the branches of a tree are connected to the trunk of a tree. Many word history websites are available.
我们也可以研究单词之间是如何相互连接的，就像树枝与树干相连一样。有许多单词历史网站可供使用。
These dictionaries explain the ancient roots of words.
这些字典解释了单词的古老根源。
They sometimes also give examples of how words were used in different ways in the past.
有时也会给出例子，说明过去单词是如何以不同方式使用的。
Let's take an example: "study", and then we have the branches of the tree.
让我们举个例子：“study”，然后我们有了树的分支。
The goal of today's lesson was to make you consider language from a larger point of view.
今天这堂课的目标是让你们从更宏观的角度思考语言。
By learning about connections between words and the history of words themselves, you can make language studies much more interesting, enjoyable and memorable.
通过了解单词之间的联系以及单词本身的历史，你可以让语言学习变得更加有趣、愉快和难忘。
And that's everyday grammar TV.
这就是《每日语法》电视节目。
