Hello I'm Emma from mmmEnglish! There are many times in an English conversation when you need to say how often you do something.
嗨，我是 Emma 來自mmmEnglish！在英語對話中，你經常需要說明你多久會做某事。
For example, if you were asked the question, "How often do you travel abroad?"
例如，如果你們被問，「你多久出國旅行一次？」
"Do you often eat out at a restaurant?" "How often do you visit your mother?"
「你多久在外面飯店吃一次飯？」「你多久去拜訪你母親？」
Adverbs of frequency help you to explain how many times you do an activity or how often something happens. Adverbs give more information about the action in a sentence.
頻度副詞可以幫你解釋你多久會做一次某事或者是某事多久發生一次。副詞是給一個句子中的動作提供更多的信息。
So, are you ready for some examples of these adverbs?
Always - when the action happens all the time.
那麼，你準備好學習這類副詞的例子了嗎？
總是 - 表示某個動作一直發生。
Frequently, normally, usually, often, regularly - when the action happens many times. Generally - when the action happens more often than not.
頻繁地，通常地，經常地，時常，定期地 - 表示某個動作經常發生。一般地 - 表示某個動作一般時候都會發生。
Occasionally or sometimes - when the action happens less often, not that often. Rarely, seldom, hardly ever, infrequently - that's when the action happens only a few times.
偶爾或有時 - 表示某個動作不是經常發生，但是會發生。很少地，很少，幾乎不，稀少地 - 表示某個動作只有很少的時候才會發生。
Or never, when the action doesn't happen at all.
Now, usually these adverbs are used in the present tense and adverbs can go in a few different places in an English sentence but most commonly they go in the middle of the sentence, between the subject and the verb.
或者 從未，表示某動作從沒發生過。那麼，通常這些動詞都用於一般現在時，副詞在英語句子中可以在不同的位置，但是通常是在句子中間，在主語和動詞之間。
"They often take their dog to the beach." "We sometimes pick up dinner on the way home."
「他們經常帶狗去海灘。」「我們有時會在回來的路上順便吃晚飯。」
"I usually visit my grandparents on Thursdays." But you can also use them at the beginning of your sentence or at the end.
「我通常在星期四看望我的奶奶。」但是你也可以在句首或句尾使用副詞。
"They take their dogs to the beach often."
「他們經常帶狗去海灘。」
"Sometimes we pick up dinner on the way home."
「我們有時會在回來的路上順便吃晚飯。」
And "Usually, I visit my grandparents on Thursdays." But we never put the adverb after the verb.
「我通常在星期四看望我的奶奶。」但是我們從不把副詞放在動詞後。
That just doesn't work! "We pick up dinner sometimes on the way home." Incorrect!
那是不對的！「我們順路吃晚餐有時在回家的路上。」錯誤！
In addition to these adverbs, there are a number of other English expressions that can help you to say how often something happens.
You can use this expression "once or twice a. ." with another time expression like day or week or year.
除了這些副詞，還有一些其他的英語短語可以幫助你說某事多久發生一次。你可以用短語 "once or twice a. ." 再搭配一個時間表達像是天，周，年。
You can say "once in a while" and these expressions are similar to the adverb 'infrequently'.
Now you can also say "from time to time" or "every now and again" and these ones are similar to saying occasionally or sometimes.
你可以說 「偶爾、有時」 而且這些表達近似於副詞'infrequently'。那麼你可以說「時不時地」或者「偶爾」，這些意思近似於occasionally 或者 sometimes。
You can also say "most of the time". This is similar to saying 'often'.
你也可以說「大多數時候」。近似於'often'。
Now all of these expressions are used at the start or the end of a sentence but not in the middle. There are also a few ways that you can explain that something that you do happens at the same time each week.
那麼所有這些表達都可以用在句首或句尾，而不是句中。解釋你有時會在每周的同一時間做某事也有幾種說法。
"I take an English class every Wednesday" or "I take an English class on Wednesdays."
The two sentences mean exactly the same thing but the name of the day is plural and that tells the listener that it happens every week.
「我每周三有一節英語課」或者「我每周三上英語課。」這兩個句子的意思是完全一樣的，但這個日子名稱是複數，是告訴聽眾它是每周都會發生。
It's a regular event. Using adverbs of frequency are especially helpful when you're describing your daily or your weekly routine.
是一個規律性事件。使用頻度副詞尤其可以幫你描述你的每日或每周例行。
So to explain, let me tell you about a typical day in my life. I regularly wake up at 6:00 a. m.
那麼解釋一下，讓我來告訴你我生活中典型的一天。我通常在上午6帶你起床。
It's early, I know, but I like to get a head start on everyone else. Occasionally, I'll meditate or do yoga, but I don't do this as often as I would like to.
很早，我知道，但是我喜歡趕在別人前面。偶爾，我會冥想或是做瑜伽，但是我不是經常會這麼做。
I usually work for a few hours before I have breakfast. Normally, I make an omelette or some eggs but sometimes I just have fruit and yoghurt.
我通常會在吃早餐之前先工作幾個小時。一般來說，我會做煎蛋卷，或一些蛋類，但通常我只是吃水果和酸奶。
I always have a strong cup of coffee before I start working. Generally, I go out for a run at around 11:00 a. m. and I use this exercise to break up my day.
我總是在工作之前喝一大杯咖啡。一般的話，我會在大約上午11點出去跑步，我用這個鍛鍊時間來把一天分開。
Every now and again, I go to the beach for a swim before I come home and I have a quick shower and a light lunch before getting back to work at about 1:00 p. m. Even though I enjoy cooking, I rarely eat dinner at home.
有時，在我回家之前我會去沙灘遊泳，接著會迅速衝個澡，然後吃點午餐，在大約下午1點前回來工作。儘管我喜歡烹飪，但我很少在家吃晚飯。
By this time of the day I'm sick of being stuck in the house and I want to go and meet some friends or eat dinner out. So I finish working at about 7:00 p. m and get ready.
每天的這個時候我都厭倦在待在家裡了，我想出去見見朋友或者吃晚餐。所以我會在下午7點完成工作，並準備出去。
I never drive because it's too hard to find a park. Plus, I don't live that far from the city.
我從來不開車，因為找停車位太難了。加上，我住在離城區不遠。
Most of the time, I meet some friends at a cheap Thai restaurant or local pub. But, once or twice a week I splurge and I go somewhere special!
大多數時候，我會在一個划算的泰國餐廳或小酒吧裡見朋友。但是，每周會有一次或兩次我會揮霍一下，去一些特別的地方。
I try to be in bed by 11:00 p. m but that hardly ever happens. So, you can see that there are lots of different ways of expressing yourself and expressing how often something happens in English.
我儘量在晚上11點之前上床睡覺，但是很少能實現。那麼，你們可以發現英語中有很多表達你自己多久會做一次某事的方法。
Learning to use these adverbs will help you to express yourself more clearly when you're speaking. So, think about your daily routine and see if you can use any of these adverbs and expressions to describe what you do!
學習使用這些副詞會幫助你們在說話時更清楚地表達你自己。那麼，想想你的日常慣例，看看你是否可以用任何這些副詞來描述你做的事情。
Well, that's it for this lesson! Remember, that these expressions are mostly used in the present tense.
好了，這就是本節課的內容！記住，這些表達通常都用於一般現在時。
Other adverbs are used with the present continuous and the present perfect tenses but that lesson is for another day. We're working on the present right now!
其他的副詞可以用於現在進行時和現在完成時，但是那是另一節課的內容了。我們現在正在工作！
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拜拜！