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Hello I'm Emma from mmmEnglish!
大家好，我是Emma，来自mmmEnglish！
Now I have to say I'm extremely excited about this lesson today.
不得不说，我对今天这堂课真的是“十分”兴奋
Because I know that you're an exceptionally dedicated student,
因为我知道，你们是“格外”敬业的学生
so this incredibly useful lesson,
所以这是一节“及其”有用的课
is going to help you to take your English speaking skills to the next level.
能够帮助你提高英语口语水平，能够更上一层楼。
The tips that I share today are going to help your speaking and your writing skills sound much more powerful.
我今天分享的这些技巧能够帮助提升你的口语和写作能力，让你的英语更具感染力。
So how are we going to do that?
那我们该怎么做呢？
We're going to use intensifiers.
我们可以使用强调词。
We're going to use intensifiers to make your language more powerful when you're talking about extremes.
在你要表示极端的守候，我们可以使用强调词来让你的语言更加有力。
So intensifiers are words that are added before an adjective to make it stronger.
所以强调词就是那些加在形容词前面，用来加强语气的词汇。
It's simple, you take any old, boring adjective,
很简单，你用在任何老套无聊的形容词之前，
like ‘boring' and then you add an intensifier to it.
比如说“boring”这个词，在前面加上个强调词。
The lecture was really boring.
那场讲座真无聊。
See? I bet you didn't even know that you already know how to use some adjective intensifiers.
看到没？我敢打赌，你甚至不知道自己已经学会如何使用一些形容词性的强调词。
But ‘really' and ‘very' are pretty stock standard intensifiers, you know.
但是“really”和“very”这样的强调词太普通了。
They're not really showcasing your English skills.
它们没法很好展现你的英语能力。
Let me show you what I mean.
让我告诉你是什么意思。
That shop assistant was rude.
那个店员有些粗鲁。
That shop assistant was really rude.
那个店员真粗鲁。
That shop assistant was extremely rude.
那个店员极其粗鲁。
Did you notice how the tone of each sentence changed?
你有注意到每个句子中语气的变化吗？
It suddenly became much stronger as we got to the end
当我们说到句子结尾时，语气突然变得十分强烈。
so the role of an intensifier in your sentence is exactly what it sounds like!
所以句子中，强调词起到的作用恰如其名，强调作用！
It's there to intensify the adjective, to make the meaning stronger.
用强调词加强形容词，使其表达意义更加强烈。
And that, my friends, allows you to introduce more emotion and more feeling into your English.
我的朋友们，这能让你的英语传达出更多的情绪和感受。
Using intensifiers is going to help you to enhance the meaning of an adjective, to emphasize a point.
是用强调词能够帮助你加强形容词含义，突出重点。
They'll also help you to sound really impressive, definitely when you're speaking,
在你讲话的时候，强调词可以让你话语听起来更加影响深刻，
but these intensifiers will help you to write more compelling essays and reports too.
同样加强词也可以帮你写出更加引人入胜的文章和报告。
So this lesson is definitely worth sticking around for.
所以这堂课绝对值得大家认真聆听。
Now there are intensifiers that show high intensity, medium intensity, and low intensity.
有些强调词能起到高度、中度和轻度强调的作用。
And intensity is talking about strength,
而这里的”度”指的是力度，
so there are intensifiers that are high in strength, that are medium in strength or that are low in strength.
也就是说强调词分为加强力度高的、加强力度中等的、以及加强力度低的。
So we'll start with intensifiers that are high intensity.
我们从高度强调的强调词开始。
So these intensifiers are going to take your adjective to the extreme upper limits of the meaning of your adjective.
这样的强调词会使你的形容词最强化，
They're very strong.
它们的语气非常强烈。
And there are quite a few of these strong intensifiers to choose from.
有很多高度强调的强调词可供选择。
extremely，completely，absolutely，utterly，totally，entirely，exceptionally，insanely，and incredibly
及其、完全：extremely，completely，absolutely，utterly，totally，entirely，exceptionally，insanely和incredibly。
Okay so let's test these out.
好的，我们来试试看。
Her daughter is intelligent.
她的女儿有点聪明。
So this sentence is okay but to emphasise the point, we can use an intensifier to make it stronger.
这个句子没问题，但是为了强调重点，我们可以用一个强调词来使语气更强烈
Her daughter is exceptionally intelligent.
她的女儿极其聪明。
Wow! She is very, very, very, very, smart.
哇噢！她非常，非常，非常，非常聪明。
She's been stressed lately.
她最近压力有点大。
She's been incredibly stressed lately.
她最近压力超级大。
The exam was difficult.
考试有点难。
The exam was extremely difficult.
考试特别难。
The sound was deafening!
这响声震耳欲聋！
The sound was absolutely deafening!
这响声绝对是震耳欲聋！
We are exhausted.
我们有些疲惫。
We are utterly exhausted.
我们精疲力竭。
So all of these intensifiers are at the high, extreme top end of the meaning of the adjective.
因此，所有这些加强词都在诠释着所修饰的形容词的最强烈的、极端的含义。
So I have a question for you.
所以我想问你。
If you've just eaten lunch an hour ago,
如果你一个小时前刚吃了午饭，
can you use any of these adjectives to say that you're feeling hungry again?
你可以用任意一个形容词来表达自己又饿了吗？
No, they're much too strong.
不行，这些词太强烈了。
But what about if you hadn't eaten since yesterday morning and that was over twenty-four hours ago?
但是，如果从昨天早上算起，你已经超过了24个小时一直没吃饭呢？
Could you use any of them then?
你能用某个强调词吗？
Probably, because I think you'd be pretty hungry.
大概可以，因为我觉得你已经饿的不行了。
So write this sentence for me in the comments below this video.
那么就在视频下方的评论里写下这个句子吧
Use one of the intensifiers to explain how you feel – you haven't eaten for over twenty-four hours!
用其中的强调词来表达你的感受，你已经超过24小时没有吃东西了！
Quick! Write it!
快！写下来！
