VOA慢速英语2020 “Kindly” 和 “Please”的异同

This week we received a question from Evewero in Nigeria.

本周，我们收到了来自尼日利亚的埃夫韦罗的提问。 

What is the difference between "please" and "kindly¹." Some … use the two words together, e.g. "please kindly assist²." - Evewero, Nigeria

“please”和“kindly”有什么区别？ 有些人……同时使用这两个单词。例如，“请友好地提供帮助。”——尼日利亚，埃夫韦罗

Dear Evewero, Thank you kindly for writing to us.

尊敬的埃夫韦罗，衷心感谢您写信给我们。 

"Kindly" can be an adverb, a word that usually describes a verb.If your teacher says, "Kindly hand in your homework," she is using kindly as an adverb to make a polite request.Another way to use the word as an adverb is:

“Kindly”可以是副词，通常用来描述动词。假设老师说：“请把作业交上来，” 她是在用副词“kindly”来礼貌地提出要求。另一种将其用作副词的方式是：

"The animal doctor always treats our pets kindly."

“兽医总是善待我们的宠物。” 

"Kindly" is also an adjective³. If someone helped you at the post office, you might say:

“Kindly”也是形容词。如果有人在邮局帮助了您，您可能会说： 

"A kindly man helped me mail my letter."

“一个好心人帮我邮寄了我的信。” 

There, kindly describes "man" which is a noun⁴. You could also use the word "nice" to express the same idea.

这里，“kindly”用来形容名词“man”。你还可使用“nice”一词来表达相同的意思。 

"Please" can be an adverb or a verb. It also can be used to make a request politely:

“Please”可以是副词或动词。它还可以用来礼貌地发出请求： 

"Would you please pass the salt?"

“请把盐递给我好吗？” 

"Please give me your homework."

“请把你的作业给我。” 

And, Americans almost always use "please" when making a request in the form of a statement as opposed to a question:

而且，美国人几乎都是使用“please”来提出请求，以陈述而非提问的形式。 

"Give me two tickets, please."

“请给我两张票。” 

"Please, sir, help us!"

“先生，请帮助我们！” 

I hope this answer "pleases" you - there, I used it as a verb.

我希望这个答案“让您满意”，这里，我将“please”用作动词。 

"Kindly" visit our website again for more lessons!

请再次访问我们的网站以获取更多课程！ 

What questions do you have about English?Send us an email at [email protected].

您对英语有什么疑问吗？请给我们发送电子邮件至[email protected]。 

And thats Ask a Teacher for this week.

以上就是本周《名师答疑》的全部内容。 

Im Jill Robbins.

我是吉尔·罗宾斯。 

1 kindly   

adj.和蔼的，温和的，爽快的；adv.温和地，亲切地

参考例句：

• Her neighbours spoke of her as kindly and hospitable.她的邻居都说她和蔼可亲、热情好客。
• A shadow passed over the kindly face of the old woman.一道阴影掠过老太太慈祥的面孔。

2 assist   

vt.协助，帮助，促进；vi.帮忙，参加

参考例句：

• He asked us to assist him in carrying through their plan.他要我们帮助他实施他们的计划。
• We'll assist at your wedding.我们将出席你们的婚礼。

3 adjective   

n.形容词；adj.形容词的，用作形容词的

参考例句：

• Don't apply that adjective to me.不要用那个字眼来形容我。
• The adjective loose has several senses. 形容词loose有几个义项。

4 noun   

n.名词

参考例句：

• What kind of noun is this?这是哪类名词？
• This word is a collective noun.这个词是个集体名词。