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Hello!
大家好！
This week on Ask a Teacher, we answer a question from Al.
本周《名师答疑》我们回答艾尔提出的问题。
Hi, hello, my name is Al from Indonesia.
你好，我叫艾尔，来自印度尼西亚。
I am still not sure how to use the word "yet" in a sentence, positive or negative.
我仍然不确定如何在肯定句或否定句中使用yet这个词。
Would you like to inform us more about that?
你想告诉我们更多有关这方面的信息吗？
Thank you very much.
非常感谢。
Thank you for writing, Al.
谢谢你的来信，艾尔。
We have talked about how to use the word “yet” in comparison to “already” and “still” in earlier Ask a Teacher articles.
在前面一期节目中，我们已经通过比较yet和already、still，讨论了如何使用yet。
Now, let’s talk about “yet” by itself.
今天，我们谈谈yet本身。
“Yet” is almost always used as an adverb of time.
yet几乎总是用作时间副词。
It means from some time in the past until now.
意思是从过去的某个时候到现在。
“Yet” is used in both positive and negative sentences.
yet既用于肯定句，也用于否定句。
In spoken English, “yet” is often used in both yes or no questions.
在英语口语中，yet经常用于是或否的一般疑问句中。
For example: Have you heard from your boss yet?
例如：你收到你老板的消息了吗？
Did you finish your homework yet?
你做完作业了吗？
We can ask these questions without “yet”.
这几个问句中也可以不用yet。
Why use it then?
那么为什么还要加上它？
When we add “yet” to a question, we not only want to know if it happened, but we expect it to happen.
当我们在问句中加上yet时，表示我们不仅想知道事情是否发生了，而且我们预期事情会发生。
And, we want it to happen.
我们也希望它发生。
We can use yet with negative questions, too.
我们也可以在否定的问句中用yet。
For example: Have you not heard from your boss yet?
例如：你还没有收到你老板的消息吗？
Have you not finished your homework yet?
你还没做完作业吗？
Using a negative question expresses an even stronger expectation or desire, almost disbelief that something has not happened “yet!”
使用否定的问句表达了更强烈的期望或愿望，几乎是不感相信事情竟然"还"没有发生！
Most statements with “yet” are negative, especially in informal spoken language.
大多数带有yet的陈述句都是否定的，尤其是在非正式口语中。
But you don’t have to make a decision yet.
但你还不需要做出决定。
We are not there yet.
我们还没到那里。
In these negative statements, “yet” expresses an expectation that it will happen at some point in the future.
在这些否定的陈述句中，yet表达了一种期望，即事情将在未来的某个时候发生。
We hope this explanation has helped you, Al.
希望这个解释对你有所帮助，艾尔。
And that’s Ask a Teacher.
以上就是名师答疑。
I’m Gena Bennett.
我是吉娜·班尼特
