Mini English lessons.
迷你英语课。
Hello everyone. In today's Mini English lesson, we're going to talk about the differences between the present simple and the present continuous.
大家好。在今天的迷你英语课上,我们要讲讲一般现在时和现在进行时之间的区别。
Now I know sometimes students can get a little bit confused about when to use each.
我知道有时候学生们会对什么时候用哪个时态感到有点困惑。
The present simple is used to talk about general truths, repeated actions, instructions or even future plans that are set.
一般现在时用于谈论普遍真理、重复的动作、下指令,甚至是既定的未来计划。
A general truth is Beyonce? is an icon.
一个普遍真理是碧昂斯是偶像。
A habit is I go to the gym twice a week.
一个习惯是我每周去两次健身房。
I don't, but you know, it's just to explain.
我并不,但是你知道,只是为了解释时态。
Alright. It's also used for instructions.
好的,这个时态也用于下指令。
For example, do this, do that. Thank you.
例如,请做这个,请做那个。谢谢。
Also, it's used for future plans that are fixed, set.
另外,也用于那些确定的、既定的未来计划。
My plane leaves in half an hour.
我的飞机半小时后起飞。
Moving on to the present continuous.
接下来是现在进行时。
So we use the present continuous to talk about something that's happening right now.
我们用现在进行时来谈论正在发生的事情。
As you all know, we form the present continuous by using the verb to be--is, am, are, based on the subject--plus the base of the verb, plus -ing.
正如你们所知,现在进行时中用be动词(is、am、are,根据主语而定),加上动词的基础形式,再加上-ing。
I'm filming a Mini English lesson.
我正在拍摄一个迷你英语课。
Next, we use the present continuous to talk about a newly formed habit.
接下来,我们用现在进行时来谈论新形成的习惯。
For example, I'm eating a lot these days.
例如,我这些天吃得很多。
Meaning, I didn't use to eat a lot, but now I am.
意思是,我以前吃得不多,但现在我吃得多了。
Next, we use the present continuous to talk about future plans, but here we need to use time words.
接下来,我们用现在进行时来谈论未来的计划,但是在这里我们需要使用时间词。
I'm leaving tomorrow.
我明天就要走了。
Those were the main differences between the present simple and the present continuous.
以上就是一般现在时和现在进行时的主要区别。
Ah, one more instruction: like this video, comment down below and subscribe to watch more Mini English lessons.
啊,还有一个指令:请点赞,在下面评论并订阅栏目,以观看更多的迷你英语课。
Bye.
再见。