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In this episode, I want to talk to you about a useful word and the right way to use it. The word is errand. Errand. That's spelled e-r-r-a-n-d. Errand.
在这一集中，我想和大家讨论一个有用的词以及它的正确用法。这个词是errand。
Do you know what an errand is? An errand is a short trip that you take to accomplish something. A short trip that you take to accomplish some task or chore or obligation.
你知道什么是errand吗？errand是你为了完成某件事而进行的短途旅行。你为了完成某项任务、家务或义务而进行的短途旅行。
An errand is usually something that you must do, not necessarily something that you would like to do.
errand通常是你必须做的事情，不一定是你想做的事情。
An example of an errand might be going to the grocery store to buy groceries or delivering something to a friend.
errand的一个例子可能是去杂货店买杂货或给朋友送东西。
An errand is a short trip that you take to do something like that. To do some task that you must do.
errand是你为了做类似的事情而进行的短途旅行。去做一些你必须做的任务。
The reason I wanted to talk about this word, errand, is that there are three different verbs that we use when we talk about errands.
我想谈论errand这个词的原因是，当我们说errand时，我们会使用三个不同的动词。
The first two might not sound so strange to you. They might make perfect sense to you the first time you hear them.
前两个对你来说可能听起来并不那么陌生。第一次听到这些词时，你可能觉得它们非常有道理。
We talk about going on an errand. Going on an errand. Or going on some errands. Go on. That's the first way we talk about errands. We go on errands.
我们说的是going on an errand或者going on some errands。这是我们说errands的第一种方式：We go on errands.
We might say, "Yesterday, I had to go on some errands." Or "Yesterday, I went on some errands."
我们可能会说，“Yesterday, I had to go on some errands.”或者“Yesterday, I went on some errands.”
The second verb that we use is do. To do an errand. Or to do some errands. This probably does not surprise you because we use the word do to mean all kinds of different things.
我们使用的第二个动词是do。To do an errand或者to do some errands。这可能不会让你感到惊讶，因为我们使用do这个词来表示各种不同的事情。
And we can use it to mean "to accomplish an errand" or "to go on an errand." But it is the last verb that might be a little bit surprising to you.
我们可以用它来表示“to accomplish an errand”或“to go on an errand”。但最后一个动词可能会让你有点惊讶。
Because we can also talk about running an errand. Running an errand. That's right: we use the verb to run when we talk about errands.
因为我们也可以说running an errand。没错：我们在说errands时使用动词run。
We can go on an errand, we can do an errand, and we can also run an errand. This might seem a little bit strange to you. We don't usually talk about running something.
我们可以说go on an errand，也可以说do an errand，也可以说run an errand。这对你来说可能有点奇怪。我们通常不说running something。
We usually just talk about running. But we can use it with the word errand: to run an errand. So that's go on an errand, do an errand, or run an errand.
我们通常只说running。但我们可以把它和errand这个词一起使用：to run an errand。这就是go on an errand、do an errand或run an errand。
I think these are all very natural and very common. And I think these are constructions you should know.
我认为这些都是非常自然和常见的。我认为这些是你应该知道的结构。
