网址后缀（单词后缀 suffixes -ee）

-Hello and welcome to 6 Minute Vocabulary. I'm Finn. -And I'm Alice.

欢迎收听六分钟词汇，我是费恩。-我是爱丽丝。

Today we're looking at a very important part of word-building — suffixes.

今天我们将学习非常重要的一种构词法——后缀。

Suffixes. We'll look at what they are, what they mean and how to use them.

后缀。我们将学习它们是什么，什么意思，如何使用。

There'll be a quiz. . .

还会有个小测试......

And we'll leave you with a top tip for learning vocabulary.

我们会教会你一个十分有用的词汇学习妙招。

So to start off, we're going to listen to Andrea and Steve who work in a bank.

首先，我们将听一段在银行工作的安德莉亚和史蒂夫的对话。

They have just interviewed two people who want to work there.

他们刚刚面试了两位应聘者。

And here's a question to think about while you listen: who did Andrea and Steve like best — the first person or the second person?

听对话时请思考一个问题：安德莉亚和史蒂夫最喜欢第一个还是第二个人？

Who did they like best? Let's find out.

他们最喜欢哪位呢？让我们来看看吧。

What do you think then Steve?

史蒂夫，你觉得怎样？

Well, the first one was very excitable: he kept laughing and speaking fast.

第一位很容易激动，他一直笑个不停而且语速很快。

Perhaps it was just nervousness, but there's no room for that in this business.

也许只是因为紧张而已，但是有这样的品质不适合干这行。

No. Now I thought the second interviewee seemed a bit more responsible.

是的。现在想想第二位应聘者看起来更有责任感。

Yes, she did — very important when dealing with money. And she was polite.

是的，跟钱打交道的话这个品质十分重要。而且她很礼貌。

Politeness is essential in this job.

这个工作要求懂礼貌很重要。

Absolutely. Well, I think we both know which one is more employable.

对的。我们都知道哪位更适合被雇用。

So, that's Steve and Andrea. And we asked you: who did they like best?

好了，以上就是史蒂夫和安德莉亚的对话。现在问问你：他们最喜欢谁？

And the answer is: they definitely liked the second person best.

答案是：他们绝对最喜欢第二个人。

The second one was polite and responsible. The first one was a bit too excitable.

第二位讲礼貌而且负责任。第一位有点过于激动了。

That's right, and excitable is a key word in the show today because it ends in a suffix.

是的，今天节目的重点词汇是易激动的，因为它是以一个后缀结尾的。

Now in the world of vocabulary, a suffix is a group of letters that you can add to the end of a word to change its form, or meaning, or both.

在词汇中，后缀是你将之加在单词后可以改变其形式、意义或二者皆有的一组字母。

For example, the word excitable has the suffix -able, spelt a-b-l-e. -able makes verbs into adjectives, and we use –able words to say that a subject can do something — is able to do something — or they behave in a particular way.

举个例子，excitable 的后缀是 -able，它把动词变成了形容词，我们用带 -able的单词形容一个可以做某事，能做某事或者能作出特定表现的东西。

Yes. So if we take the verb excite, add the suffix -able, we can say that the first interviewee was excitable, meaning: he can get very excited.

如果我们把 -able 加在 excite 后，我们可以说第一位应聘者易激动，意思是他可以变得很激动。

And the second one was responsible, that's responsible with –ible, spelt 'i-b-l-e'.

第二位有责任感，responsible 以 –ible 结尾。

She can be trusted to do the right thing.

我们可以相信她能做好。

And that's why she was more employable, now that's -able with an a again.

这就是她为什么更适合被雇用的原因，又是一个带 -able 的词。

Now for another suffix. Andrea and Steve talked about two interviewees.

关于另一个后缀，安德莉亚和史蒂夫说到了两位 interviewees。

The suffix –ee, spelt e-e, makes a noun which means 'the person who receives an action'.

后缀是 –ee，组成了一个名词，意思是：接受行动的人。

For example, if you add –ee to interview, you get the person who receives an interview, an interviewee.

比如，如果你在 interview 加上 –ee，就得到了接受面试的人——面试者。

You're listening to BBC Learning English dot com.

你正在收听BBC学习英语网站。

And we're talking about suffixes.

我们正说到后缀。

Our final suffix for today is –ness, spelt n-e-s-s. Adding – ness to an adjective makes a noun.

今天要讲的最后一个后缀是 –ness，在形容词后加 –ness 得到名词。

That's right, and interviewee number one suffered from nervousness — the noun form of nervous.

是的，第一位面试者充满了紧张感——紧张的名词形式。

But number two understood the importance of politeness — the noun form of polite.

第二位明白讲礼貌的重要性——礼貌的名词形式。

-Is politeness important to you Alice? -Oh yes Finn, politeness is very important to me.

-爱丽丝，你认为讲礼貌重要吗？-是的，费恩。我觉得讲礼貌很重要。

-I think you're very polite. - Oh. Thank you very much. -Now let's listen to today's suffixes and words again.

-我觉得你很讲礼貌。-非常感谢。-现在我们再听一遍今天的后缀和单词吧。

The first one was: -able with an a. a-b-l-e. excitable, employable -ible with an i. i-b-l-e. responsible -ee: e-e interviewee -ness: n-e-s-s nervousness, politeness

第一个是：-able，excitable，employable；-ible，responsible；-ee，interviewee；-ness，nervousness，politeness

And it's time for a quiz.

接下来是小测试时间。

Choose the correct suffix to complete the final words in these 2 sentences.

选择正确的后缀来完成以下两个句子。

Ready?

准备好了吗？

Number 1. The most important thing to me is my family's. . . a) happy-ee b) happy-able, c) happiness.

1. 对我而言最重要的是我的家是：a) happy-ee b) happy-able，c) happiness。

This one is the noun form of happy, so it's c) happiness.

答案是 happy 的名词形式，c) happiness。

Number 2. I'm learning how to do this job. I'm a a) trainee b) trainable, c) train-ness.

2. 我正在学习怎么做这份工作。我是一名：a) trainee b) trainable，c) train-ness。

All right. You are receiving training, so you're a trainee.

好吧，你正在接受培训，所以你是受培训者。

Well done if you got those right.

干得好，你做对了。

And that brings us almost to the end of today's programme.

这样的话，本期节目就快要结束了。

Yes, almost. But before we go, here's today's top tip for learning vocabulary: if you use an online dictionary, type a hyphen or a dash into the search box, and then type in any of today's suffixes.

几乎是的。我们结束前有一个重要的词汇学习妙招要告诉大家：如果你使用在线词典的话，可以在搜索栏输入一个连字符或者破折号然后输入今天学到的后缀。

The dictionary will give you a list of words that end with your suffix.

词典会显示以该后缀结尾的单词列表。

You know, that's a really good tip: I think I might try that.

这是个很好的妙招，我会试试的。

There's more about this at BBC Learning English dot com. Join us again for more 6 Minute Vocabulary.

BBC英语学习网，欢迎访问更多。快加入六分钟词汇学习吧。

-Bye! -Bye.

-再见。-再见。