什麼是雙詞搭配 (binomials)？– 迷你英語微課：英語精讀講義

My friends always tell me, "Gabriel, you're boring.

朋友們總是對我說：「Gabriel，你真無聊。

Sooner or later, you're going to have to live a little. 講解

你遲早得去好好享受一下生活。

You're getting on. 片語動詞

你的年紀越來越大了。

It's now or never. 片語搭配

此時不搏，更待何時。

Slow and steady doesn't always win the race. 片語搭配

穩紮穩打未必總能贏。

You can't be a bore forever and ever. 講解

你總不能永遠都這麼無趣吧。

Now and then, you've got to take risks." 片語搭配

偶爾你也得冒冒險。」

So, do you know what I did?

所以，你們知道我做了什麼嗎？

I took their advice.

我聽取了他們的建議。

I started practising my binomial pairs. 用詞

我開始練習我的「雙詞連語」（binomial pairs）。

Binomial pairs consist of two words 片語搭配

雙詞連語由兩個詞組成，

joined by a conjunction or preposition.

中間由連詞或介詞連接。

The conjunction or preposition is normally unstressed

連詞或介詞通常不重讀，

and the two words are stressed.

而那兩個詞要重讀。

For example, now or never.

比如：now or never。

The order of the words is also fixed. 用詞

詞的順序也是固定的。

So, we don't say never or now. 語氣意圖

所以，我們不說 never or now。

It doesn't sound natural. 片語搭配

那聽起來很不自然。

We say now or never.

我們說 now or never。

Now, they are super idiomatic 用詞

它們非常道地，

and while they won't make you the life and soul of the party, 講解

雖然它們不至於讓你成為派對上的靈魂人物，

they will make you sound natural. 文法

但絕對能讓你的英文聽起來很自然。

So, let's go through them. 片語動詞

我們一起來看看吧。

Let's have a look at some binomial pairs relating to time. 片語搭配

先來看一些與時間相關的雙詞連語。

First one, sooner or later.

第一個是 sooner or later。

Sooner or later, you're going to have to live a little.

Sooner or later, you're going to have to live a little.（你遲早得去好好享受一下生活。）

Sooner or later means eventually.

Sooner or later 的意思是「最終、遲早」。

Eventually, I'm going to have to start living a little.

最終，我總得開始享受一下生活。

This one's cool because sooner and later rhyme.

這個詞組很酷，因為 sooner 和 later 押韻。

The /ə(r)/ sound repeats.

都重複了 /ə(r)/ 的發音。

Next one, is now or never.

接下來是 now or never。

You're getting on.

You're getting on.（你的年紀越來越大了。）

It's now or never.

It's now or never.（必須把握現在。）

Now or never means

Now or never 的意思是：

if you don't do it now, 文法

如果你現在不做，

you'll never be able to do it.

就永遠沒機會做了。

This one is interesting

這個詞組很有趣，

because the consonant sound on now and never repeats.

因為 now 和 never 重複了同一個子音。

Now and never.

Now 和 never。

And we call that alliteration.

我們稱之為「頭韻」。

Next one, slow and steady.

下一個是 slow and steady。

Slow and steady doesn't always win the race.

Slow and steady doesn't always win the race.（穩紮穩打未必總能贏。）

The phrase slow and steady wins the race 慣用語

slow and steady wins the race 這個俗語，

means that doing something consistently over time 文法

意思是只要堅持不懈地做一件事，

is the best way.

就是最好的方法。

Next up, forever and ever. 表達脈絡

接下來是 forever and ever。

ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever.

ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever.

You can't be a bore forever and ever.

You can't be a bore forever and ever.（你不能永遠都這麼無趣。）

This one shows that something never ends.

這個詞組表示某事永不結束。

I can't spend my whole life being boring. 文法

我總不能一輩子都這麼無聊。

Notice that the first syllable of the first word

注意，第一個單字的第一個音節

is not stressed.

是不重讀的。

We say forever and ever.

我們唸 forever and ever。

Repeating ever makes it sound long and unending.

重複 ever 讓它聽起來綿長無止境。

Last one, now and then.

最後一個，now and then。

Now and then, you've got to take risks.

Now and then, you've got to take risks.（偶爾，你也得冒冒險。）

Now and then means sometimes.

Now and then 的意思是「有時、偶爾」。

But oh, notice that the d sound

但是要注意，and 結尾的 d 音

at the end of and is not stressed.

是不發重音的。

So, we say now and then.

所以我們會連讀為 now and then。

These binomial pairs are great for talking about processes, 片語搭配

這些雙詞連語很適合用來談論過程、

diet plans, exercise regimes,

飲食計畫、鍛鍊方案、

learning a new sport, learning a new language.

學習一項新運動、學習一門新語言。

So, over to you. 語氣意圖

那麼，現在輪到你了。

Now it's time for a little show and tell. 講解

現在是「展示與分享」（show and tell）環節。

Share your stories in the chat, 語氣意圖

把你的故事分享在留言區吧，

good or bad, win or lose, share them. 片語搭配

無論好壞（good or bad），輸贏（win or lose），都分享出來吧。