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In this episode, I am going to teach you how to use the conjunction in case. In case. That's two words: in case: i-n, c-a-s-e. In case.
在这一集中，我将教你如何使用连词in case。
What does in case mean? In case means two different things. The first thing it means is "if." If.
in case是什么意思？In case 有两种不同的意思。第一种意思是“如果”。
This is the meaning that you can see in a sentence like this: "In case you don't know who I am, my name is Ben." In case you don't know who I am, my name is Ben.
例如："In case you don't know who I am, my name is Ben."
This just means "If you don't know who I am, my name is Ben." If you don't know who I am.
这只是意味着“如果你不知道我是谁，我的名字是本。”
I could also say it like this: "My name is Ben, in case you don't know who I am." My name is Ben, in case you don't know who I am.
我也可以这样说："My name is Ben, in case you don't know who I am."
This conjunction, in case, can connect two different ideas, and it can have the meaning of "if."
这个连词in case可以连接两个不同的想法，它可以有“如果”的意思。
In case can have another meaning also, and this other meaning, I think, is more common, and it is a little bit more complicated. It's a little bit harder to explain.
In case还可以有其他含义，我认为这个含义更常见，也更复杂一些。解释起来有点困难。
The other way that we use this conjunction, in case, is to mean "as a way of preparing for something that might happen."
我们使用此连词in case的另一种方式是“为可能发生的事情做准备”。
I told you: it's more complicated. It means "as a way of preparing for something that might happen."
我告诉过你：它更复杂。它的意思是“为可能发生的事情做准备”。
This is the meaning of in case that you can see in this sentence: "In case it rains later, I brought an umbrella." In case it rains later, I brought an umbrella.
这就是in case的意思，比如："In case it rains later, I brought an umbrella."
This means "as a way of preparing for rain (or as a way of preparing for rainy weather) that might come later, I brought an umbrella."
这意味着“为了准备以后可能下雨（或为雨天做准备），我带了把伞。”
"I brought an umbrella as a way of preparing for something that might happen, as a way of preparing for rain that might happen."
“我带了把伞作为准备可能发生的事情的一种方式，作为准备可能发生的雨的一种方式。”
Here is another sentence that uses in case in this way: "He always charges his phone before he leaves the house in case he doesn't have the chance to do it later."
另一个例子："He always charges his phone before he leaves the house in case he doesn't have the chance to do it later."
He always charges his phone before he leaves the house in case he doesn't have the chance to do it later.
他总是在出门前给手机充电，以防他以后没有机会充电。
In other words, "He charges his phone before he leaves the house as a way of preparing for the possibility that he will not be able to charge his phone later." "He charges his phone as a way of preparing for something that might happen."
换句话说，"He charges his phone before he leaves the house as a way of preparing for the possibility that he will not be able to charge his phone later." "He charges his phone as a way of preparing for something that might happen."
Maybe you have also heard people say just in case. Just in case. How is just in case different from in case?
也许你也听过人们说just in case。just in case和in case有什么不同？
I don't think the meaning is different at all. I think just in case means the same thing as in case. But I think just in case can sound a little bit more friendly or a little bit more casual.
我认为just in case和in case的意思是一样的。但我认为just in case听起来更友好或更随意。
If you use in case instead of just in case, your English will not sound unfriendly. It will not sound rude. But if you say just in case, I think your English will sound a little bit more friendly.
如果你用in case而不是just in case，你的英语听起来不会不友好。听起来不会很粗鲁。但如果你说just in case，我认为你的英语听起来会更友好一点。
And that is _in case_—and _just in case_—a conjunction that I think you should know how to use.
这就是in case和just in case——一个我认为你应该知道如何使用的连词。
