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In this episode, I am going to teach you the expression "Be my guest." Be my guest. That's b-e, m-y, g-u-e-s-t. Be my guest.
在这一集中，我将教你“Be my guest”这个表达。
Before I tell you about this expression, let me make sure that you understand the word guest. Do you know what a guest is?
在我告诉你这个表达之前，让我确保你理解了guest这个词。你知道 guest是什么意思吗？
A guest is someone who has been invited to spend time in someone's home, or a customer at a place like a hotel, and maybe a customer at some other kinds of businesses.
guest是被邀请到某人家里待一段时间的人，或者是某个地方（比如酒店）的顾客，也可能是其他一些企业的客户。
The point is that a guest is someone who has been invited to spend time somewhere and is welcome somewhere.
重点是， guest是被邀请到某个地方待一段时间并受到欢迎的人。
If you invite someone to come to your apartment for dinner, that person will be your guest. And that means you will treat this person like a host treats somebody.
如果你邀请某人到你的公寓吃晚饭，那个人就是你的guest。这意味着你会像主人对待某人一样对待这个人。
You will try to make your friend feel comfortable. That's what it means to have a guest. It means to invite someone into your home, or into certain other kinds of places.
你会试着让你的朋友感到舒服。这就是to have a guest的意思。这意味着邀请某人到你家，或者到其他某些地方。
The expression "Be my guest" is often used in other situations. We don't usually use it to mean, "Please come to my home."
“Be my guest”这个表达经常用于其他情况。我们通常不用它来表示“请来我家”。
That would be a very literal meaning of this phrase. And usually when people use it, they don't mean it in that literal way.
这应该是这个短语的字面意思。通常人们使用它时，并不是按照字面意思来表达的。
Let me give you an example of a situation where somebody might use the expression "Be my guest." And then I think you will understand what it means.
举个例子，说明有人可能会使用“Be my guest”这个表达方式。然后我想你会明白它的意思。
Let's say you are at a café with your friend. You see a little table, but there is only one chair at the table, and you need two chairs.
假设你和朋友在咖啡馆。你看到一张小桌子，但桌子上只有一把椅子，而你需要两把椅子。
Then, you notice at another table, there seems to be an extra chair. The people at that other table are not using that extra chair.
然后你注意到另一张桌子上似乎有一把多余的椅子。另一张桌子上的人没有使用那把多余的椅子。
And so, you go up to the people sitting at that other table, and you say, "Is it all right if I take this chair?" Is it alright if I take this chair? Can I take this chair?
于是你走到坐在另一张桌子上的人面前，说：“Is it all right if I take this chair?”我可以坐这张椅子吗？
And, one of the people at that other table says, "Be my guest." Be my guest. What do they mean? Why would they say, "Be my guest"? You are not their guest.
然后，另一张桌子上的一个人说“Be my guest”。他们是什么意思？为什么他们会说“Be my guest”？你不是他们的客人。
You have not been invited to spend time in their home. So, why are they saying that? What does it mean in this kind of situation?
你没有被邀请到他们家做客。那么，他们为什么这么说呢？在这种情况下，这是什么意思呢？
In this situation, "Be my guest" means "Please make yourself comfortable. Please do what you would like to do."
在这种情况下，“Be my guest”的意思是“请让自己舒服。请做你想做的事。”
In other words, it's kind of like saying, "Let's pretend you are my guest, and I am the host. As a good host, I want you to be comfortable. I want you to do what you would like to do."
换句话说，这有点像说，“让我们假装你是我的客人，我是主人。作为一个好主人，我希望你感到舒适。我希望你做你想做的事。”
So if I say to somebody, "Be my guest," that means "Please—you may do what you want to do."
所以如果我对某人说“Be my guest”，意思是“请——你可以做你想做的事。”
In this case, that would mean, "Yes, please take this chair. That's all right. Please act as though you are my guest, and you are visiting my home.
在这种情况下，这意味着，“是的，请坐这把椅子。没关系。请假装你是我的客人，你正在我家做客。
And of course, I will allow you to take this chair or to do anything else that you need to do to be comfortable."
当然，我会允许你坐这把椅子或做任何你需要做的事情，让你感到舒服。”
I think this is a common expression that you will hear in situations like this. It is not about guests and hosts in any literal way,
我认为这是你在这种情况下会听到的常见表达。它不是字面上的客人和主人，
but it means "Please do what you would like to do. Please make yourself comfortable. Please don't let me stop you from doing what you would like to do.
而是“请做你想做的事。请让自己舒服。请不要让我阻止你做你想做的事。
Be my guest. Yes, you may do that. Yes, of course, you may borrow this chair. That's fine. Be my guest."
请做我的客人。是的，你可以这样做。是的，当然，你可以借这把椅子。没问题。请做我的客人。”
And that is "Be my guest," a common and useful expression that I think you should know.
以上就是“Be my guest”的用法，我认为你应该知道这个常见且有用的表达。
