學(xué)了這么多年英語不知道“when”和“while”到底啥時候用？

Shayna from espressoenglish

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TWO SIMULTANEOUS CONTINUOUS ACTIONS = WHILE

兩個同時進(jìn)行的連續(xù)動作= WHILE

Let me explain, we use while and when when two things are happening at the same time. Now, when we have two continuous actions happening at the same time, then we usually use while.

我來解釋一下，我們通常在同一時間發(fā)生兩件事時用while和when。當(dāng)我們在同一時間發(fā)生兩件持續(xù)的動作時，那么我們就會用while。

Right now, I’m recording a video while my husband is working. We have two continuous action, I’m recording and my husband is working. So I’m recording a video while my husband is working.

現(xiàn)在，我正在錄制視頻，而我的丈夫正在工作。我們都有兩個持續(xù)進(jìn)行的動作，我的是正在錄制，而我丈夫是正在工作。所以我錄視頻while我丈夫工作。

Or here’s an example in the past, last night, I was watching TV while my father was sleeping. Again, we have two continuous actions. I was watching TV and my father was sleeping. I was watching TV while my father was sleeping. With two continuous actions, we usually use while.

再舉一個過去時的例子，昨天晚上，我正在看電視，我的爸爸正在睡覺。好的，我們這里就又有兩個同時持續(xù)發(fā)生的動作，那就是我正在看電視，我爸爸正在睡覺。所以是我看電視while我爸爸睡覺。有兩個正在持續(xù)的動作，我們就用while。

TWO SINGLE ACTIONS AT THE SAME TIME / ONE IMMEDIATELY AFTER ANOTHER = WHEN

在同一時間發(fā)生兩個動作/一個接一個=WHEN

Now, when we have two single actions that happen at the same time or>You can see that we have two verbs there in the simple past, not continuous.

當(dāng)我們有兩個在同一時間發(fā)生的兩件事或者我們看到過去有兩個并不是持續(xù)發(fā)生的動詞出現(xiàn)。

The phone rang and I picked up. I picked up the phone when it rang. We have two single actions that happened very close together, almost at the same time and so we use when.

手機(jī)響了，我去接。當(dāng)手機(jī)響時我去接電話。我們有兩個獨(dú)立的動作幾乎一起發(fā)生在非常相近的時間，我們就用when。

Another good example would be when I get home, I take off my shoes. That’s also two single actions. I get home and I take off my shoes. When I get home, I take off my shoes. Or you could say it the other way, I take off my shoes when I get home.

另外一個非常好的例子就是，當(dāng)我到家時，我脫鞋。這同樣壓實(shí)兩個獨(dú)立的動作，我到家和我脫鞋。當(dāng)我到家，我就脫鞋?；蛘吣憧梢該Q個說法，我脫鞋在我到家的時候。

Both while and when are used when two things happen at the same time, but we tend to use while with two continuous actions and when with two single actions.

While和when都用在同一時間發(fā)生兩件事時，但是我們更傾向于在兩件同時持續(xù)發(fā)生的動作時用while，而when則用在分別發(fā)生在同一時間的兩個動作。

https://www.espressoenglish.net/difference-between-while-and-when/

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