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In this episode, I am going to teach you a common and useful expression. And the expression is "around the corner." Around the corner. That's a-r-o-u-n-d, t-h-e, c-o-r-n-e-r.
在本期节目中，我将教您一个常见且有用的表达方式。这个表达方式是“around the corner”。
First, do you know what a corner is? Corner can mean more than one thing, but in this expression, a corner is something that you see when two streets cross.
首先，您知道corner是什么吗？corner可以表示多种含义，但在这个表达方式中，corner是两条街道交叉时您看到的东西。
At an intersection, there are four corners. And we can use the phrase "around the corner" in a literal way to mean that something is on a street that crosses the street you are on.
在十字路口，有四个拐角。我们可以按字面意思使用短语“around the corner”，表示某物在与您所在街道交叉的街道上。
For instance, you might say, "My friend lives around the corner." That means I live on this street, but if I walk to the next street and then turn, I will come to my friend's street. My friend lives around the corner.
例如，您可能会说“My friend lives around the corner.”这意味着我住在这条街上，但如果我走到下一条街然后转弯，我就会来到我朋友的街道。我的朋友住在拐角处。
Or I could say, "I like to go to the restaurant around the corner." I like to go to the restaurant around the corner.
或者我可以说“I like to go to the restaurant around the corner.”我喜欢去拐角处的餐馆。
That means I like to go to the restaurant that is around the corner from my location. I can walk to this other street and then turn, and I can find this restaurant.
这意味着我喜欢去离我住的地方不远的餐馆。我可以走到另一条街，然后拐弯，就能找到这家餐馆。
That's not a very interesting way to use this expression "around the corner." There is a more interesting way, a way that is not literal.
这不是使用“around the corner”这个表达的有趣方式。有一种更有趣的方式，一种非字面的方式。
It's not really talking about streets and turning left or right. Instead, we can use "around the corner" to mean very close, or happening very soon, or coming soon.
它实际上不是在谈论街道和左转或右转。相反，我们可以用“around the corner”来表示非常接近，或即将发生，或即将到来。
For instance, students who are very excited about a school vacation might say, "Oh, I'm so glad that the vacation is around the corner."
例如，对学校假期感到非常兴奋的学生可能会说：“哦，我很高兴假期即将到来。”
That means I'm so glad that this vacation is coming soon. Or, we will meet it soon. We will see it soon because the idea is it's very close.
这意味着我很高兴这个假期即将到来。或者，我们很快就会遇到它。我们很快就会看到它，因为它非常接近。
All we have to do is turn at the next street. It's around the corner. And, in this case, that means we will see it soon, or it is coming soon, or it is happening soon.
我们所要做的就是在下一条街转弯。它就在拐角处。在这种情况下，这意味着我们很快就会看到它，或者它即将到来，或者它即将发生。
When we use "around the corner" this way, we often use it with another word. We often use it with the word right.
当我们这样使用“around the corner”时，我们经常将它与另一个词一起使用。我们经常将它与right这个词一起使用。
In other words, "The vacation is right around the corner." And when we use the word right with this phrase, it means "very close, happening very soon."
换句话说，“The vacation is right around the corner.”当我们将right这个词与这个短语一起使用时，它的意思是“非常接近，很快就会发生。”
We can also use the word just with the phrase "around the corner." Just around the corner. Again, this means it's very close.
我们也可以将just这个词与短语“around the corner”一起使用。Just around the corner。同样，这意味着它非常接近。
It's coming soon, or we will see it soon, or it will happen soon. "I'm so glad that the vacation is just around the corner."
它很快就会到来，或者我们很快就会看到它，或者它很快就会发生。“I'm so glad that the vacation is just around the corner.”
And that is "around the corner," an interesting and useful expression that I think you should know.
以上就是“around the corner”的用法，一个有趣而有用的表达，我认为你应该知道。
