YouTube曾经是另一番样子的

YouTube USED TO Be Different! | English Grammar with Real Examples · English with Jennifer

通过Jennifer的YouTube早期经历,学习并练习'used to'的用法,包括过去状态、习惯和重复动作的表达。

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  1. I started my YouTube channel in 2007.

    我于 2007 年创建了自己的 YouTube 频道。

  2. Yes, I'm a veteran.

    是的,我是一名经验丰富的老手(或资深人士)。

  3. I'm an old-timer.

    我是个老前辈了。

  4. I was one of the first English teachers on YouTube.

    我是YouTube上最早的一批英语教师之一。

  5. I've been around for quite a while, so I can tell you that YouTube used to be different.

    我在这个行业已经工作了很长时间,可以告诉你们:YouTube过去确实和现在不一样。

  6. How so?

    怎么会这样呢?

  7. Just wait.

    just wait. (只需等待即可。)

  8. I'll share some interesting examples.

    我会分享一些有趣的例子。

  9. Hi, I'm Jennifer, and in this lesson we'll practice using "used to" so that you can talk about past states,

    嗨,我叫詹妮弗。在这节课中,我们将练习使用“used to”这个短语,这样你就可以谈论过去的某种状态或情况了。

  10. situations, repeated actions, and habits.

    情境、重复的行为以及习惯。

  11. Back in the early days, YouTube videos used to be 10 minutes or shorter for everyone.

    早在最初的时候,YouTube上的视频时长对所有人来说都限制在10分钟或更短的时间内。

  12. If you wanted to make a longer video, you had to split it up into two or three parts.

    如果你想制作一个更长的视频,就必须将其分成两到三个部分。

  13. Also, we used to record in different dimensions.

    此外,我们过去常常在不同的维度上进行录制。

  14. Our videos looked almost like a square.

    我们的视频看起来几乎呈正方形形状。

  15. We didn't used to have the widescreen format.

    我们过去并没有宽屏格式这种显示方式。

  16. For a stretch of time, we used to have channel types.

    有一段时间,我们使用过不同的频道类型(channel types)。

  17. I wasn't a comedian or a musician, for example.

    比如说,我既不是喜剧演员,也不是音乐家。

  18. And the closest title to teacher was "Guru."

    在所有与“教师”相关的称谓中,“Guru”是最接近“教师”这一概念的。

  19. I didn't like that title.

    我不喜欢那个标题。

  20. I wasn't comfortable with it.

    我对这件事感到很不自在(或:不太满意)。

  21. But my channel used to carry that badge.

    不过我的频道以前确实使用过那个徽标。

  22. Initially, we didn't have the like button.

    最初,我们并没有“点赞”按钮。

  23. In those early years, viewers used to rate us with a five-star rating system.

    在那些早期年份,观众通常会使用五星评分系统来对我们进行评价。

  24. I used to feel like a chef cooking in a restaurant and food critics were rating me.

    我曾经觉得自己就像在餐厅里烹饪的厨师,而食品评论家们则在对我进行评价。

  25. Note the pattern is "used to" plus the base verb.

    请注意,这个结构的模式是“used to”加上动词原形。

  26. And when we speak "used to" will often sound like "yustu": used to be, used to have, used to rate,

    当我们说“used to”时,它通常听起来像“yustu”:used to be(过去常常是……)、used to have(过去曾经拥有……)、used to rate(过去对……的评价是……)。

  27. used to record.

    过去常用于录音。

  28. We use "used to" for past situations.

    我们用“used to”来描述过去的情景或情况。

  29. This could be a past state or repeated actions in the past like a habit.

    这可能是一种过去的状态,或者是过去反复出现的某种行为(比如一种习惯)。

  30. For example, "used to be" and "used to have" are past states.

    例如,“used to be”和“used to have”都表示过去的某种状态或情况。

  31. "Used to record" and "used to rate" are past actions.

    过去常常录制”(used to record)和“过去常常给……打分”(used to rate)都是表示过去的动作。

  32. These were situations that were true in the past and they're no longer true now.

    这些情况在过去确实存在,但现在已经不再发生了。

  33. Can I share some examples of my early practices?

    我可以分享一些我早期实践的例子吗?

  34. When I first started on YouTube, I had no experience filming or editing.

    当我刚开始在 YouTube 上发布视频时,我完全没有拍摄或视频编辑的经验。

  35. I used to film with a digital camera.

    我过去常常用数码相机进行拍摄。

  36. These days, I film with my iPhone or my webcam.

    如今,我使用 iPhone 或网络摄像头来进行拍摄。

  37. I used to balance my camera on bookshelves and cereal boxes because I didn't have a tripod at first.

    刚开始的时候,我没有三脚架,所以只能把相机放在书架或麦片盒上来固定它。

  38. That's true.

    确实如此。

  39. You might want to ask me some questions.

    你或许想问我一些问题。

  40. If you do, the questions follow this pattern.

    如果你这样做的话,这些问题会遵循这样的模式。

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