(单词翻译:单击)
Hello! This week on Ask a Teacher, we answer a question from La Mancha, Spain.
大家好! 本周《名师答疑》，我们回答来自西班牙拉曼查的一个问题。
Hello VOA.
美国之音，您好。
I was wondering about the difference between stand and stay.
我在想，stand和stay有什么区别。
Are they synonyms?
它们是同义词吗？
Felix, in Spain.
费利克斯，西班牙。
Dear Felix, thank you for asking us this question.
亲爱的菲利克斯，谢谢你的问题。
The two words do seem to be similar, but there is an important difference between them.
这两个词看起来确实很相似，但它们之间有一个重要的区别。
Let us begin with the verb, “stand.”
首先看动词stand。
For a human, it means to be in an upright position with your weight on your feet.
对人类来说，这意味着保持直立姿势，把重量放在脚上。
When you stand, you do not move much.
当你站着的时候，不会有什么移动。
Here is an example.
这里有一个例句。
The employee’s feet hurt because she was standing most of the day.
这位员工的脚很疼，因为她一天中大部分时间都站着。
We can use “stand” for non-living as well as living things.
stand既可以指生物，也可以指非生物。
The streetlight stands beside the path to my house.
路灯就立在通往我家的小路旁。
Another meaning of “stand’ is to move from a sitting position to a standing position.
stand的另一个意思是从坐着的姿势变成站着的姿势。
Please stand to sing the national anthem.
请起立唱国歌。
There are many other uses of “stand” with prepositions or as a noun, but we will not worry about them here.
stand与介词或名词连用还有许多其他用法，但这里我们先不讲。
Compare “stand” now with the verb “stay.”
请比较stand和stay的用法。
To “stay” means to continue to be in the same place for a period of time.
stay的意思是在同一个地方持续呆一段时间。
You could use “remain” in the same way as “stay” in many cases.
在许多情况下，stay可以和remain互换。
“Stay” and “remain” both describe a living thing that has a choice of moving to another location.
stay和remain都用于可以选择移动到另一个地方的生物。
For example, We have to stay at home to work to avoid infection.
例如，我们不得不待在家里工作，以避免感染。
The soccer player stayed off the field for the whole game.
这位足球运动员整场比赛都待在场外。
We also can use “stay” to talk about continuing in a state or condition, or position.
我们也可以用stay来表示继续处于一种状态或位置。
Reyna and Alex stayed friends for years after they left school.
雷纳和亚历克斯毕业多年后一直是朋友。
I could not stay awake during the math lecture today.
今天上数学课的时候我没办法保持清醒。
You can also use “stay” to talk about living in a place as a guest for a short period.
你也可以用stay来表示作为客人在一个地方住上一小段时间。
Mahmoud stayed at the Ramses Hotel for a month while he worked in Cairo.
马哈茂德在开罗工作期间在拉美西斯酒店住了一个月。
When you are trying to decide whether to use “stay” or “stand,” please ask yourself: Can the subject change its location?
要想确定是用stay还是stand时，请问问自己：主体可以改变它的位置吗？
Will the verb “remain” work?
可不可以换成remain？
Here is a statement you can use to test our method: A fruit tree (blank) beside the school wall.
这句话可以用来测试我们的方法：学校围墙旁边(空格)一棵果树。
We know that a tree cannot move by itself, and it does not choose to remain by the wall.
我们知道树不能自己移动，它也不会选择待在墙边。
So, we should use “stands” in that statement.
所以，这句话中应该用stands。
And that’s Ask a Teacher. I’m Jill Robbins.
以上就是《名师答疑》。我是吉尔·罗宾斯。
