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Hello! This week on Ask a Teacher we answer a question from Phu in Vietnam.
大家好!本周《名师答疑》我们回答来自越南的傅的一个问题。
When do we use "Sometimes", "Sometime" and "Some time?"
什么时候用sometimes、sometime和some time？
What is the difference between them?
他们之间有什么不同？
Dear Phu, thank you for writing to us.
亲爱的傅，谢谢你的来信。
These words may look mostly the same.
这些词可能看起来大同小异。
But they actually have different meanings and uses.
但它们实际上有不同的含义和用途。
Let us begin with "sometimes."
首先看看sometimes。
It is the simplest of the three because it only has one meaning.
这是三个词中最简单的一个，因为它只有一个意思。
It means "at certain times."
意思是“在某些时候”。
"Sometimes" is an adverb.
sometimes是副词。
So, it affects the meaning of the main verb in a statement.
因此，它会影响句子中主要动词的意思。
Here's an example using "sometimes."
这里有一个使用sometimes的例句。
The children sometimes take their dog to the park to play.
孩子们有时会带着他们的狗去公园玩耍。
Now, let us move on to "sometime."
现在，我们看看sometime。
This word can be an adverb or an adjective.
这个词可以是副词，也可以是形容词。
As an adverb, it means "at an unspecified or unknown time in the past or future."
作为副词，它的意思是“在过去或未来的某个未指明或未知的时间”。
Look at these examples: The holiday party will be sometime in December.
看看这些例句：节日派对将在12月的某个时候举行。
Thieves stole my bicycle sometime last night.
小偷昨晚某个时候偷走了我的自行车。
As an adjective, you can use "sometime" to talk about what someone was in the past.
作为形容词，你可以用sometime来形容某人过去的样子。
It can also be used to describe what someone sometimes does in the present.
它也可以用来描述某人有时在当下所做的事情。
Here is an example: Singer Barbra Streisand is a sometime screenwriter and director.
这里有一个例句：歌手芭芭拉·史翠珊有时也是一名编剧和导演。
You may hear "sometime" to describe a relationship with a friend or lover:
你可能会听到用sometime来描述与朋友或恋人的关系：
Police questioned the victim's sometime lover about the events of the crime.
警察询问受害者的前任恋人关于犯罪事件的情况。
But in spoken American English, "sometime" is most often used as an adverb.
但在美式英语口语中，sometime最常用作副词。
Finally, "some" and "time" can be separated.
最后，some和time可以分开。
The two words can act as an adjective and a noun.
这两个词可以充当形容词和名词。
Although this expression can mean any length of time, it usually means "a long time," as in this example:
虽然这个短语可以表示任何长度的时间，但它通常表示“很长时间”，比如下面这个例句：
For some time, auto makers have worked to make cars safer.
很长一段时间以来，汽车制造商一直在努力让汽车更安全。
And that's Ask a Teacher.
以上就是本期《名师答疑》。
Thank you for spending some time with us today!
感谢您今天花时间收听我们的节目！
I'm Jill Robbins.
吉尔·罗宾斯为您播报。
