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This week we answer a request from Thant Zin Aung.
本周我们将回答来自Thant Zin Aung的提问。
He writes: "Hi Teacher, Let me know how to use "wonder" as question form. Thanks in advance."
他写道：“您好，老师。我想知道如何使用“wonder”提问。先谢谢了。”
Dear Thant Zin Aung, Thanks for writing to us.
亲爱的Thant Zin Aung，感谢您的来信。
Your request is somewhat difficult to answer because it involves a kind of question unlike any other.
你的请求有点儿难回答，因为它涉及的询问和其他询问不同。
For one thing, in English, written questions almost always end in the same way.
一方面，英语里，书面提问几乎都以相同的方式结尾。
They end with a question mark, a kind of punctuation that shows the reader you are requesting information.
它们以问号结尾，这种标点符号向读者表明你正在请求信息。
For example, one could ask, "What did you eat for dinner?"
例如，你可以问：“你晚饭吃了什么？”
The question comes through with not just the punctuation.
提问不仅体现在标点符号上。
When asking a question, English speakers usually try to end what they are saying with a rising tone in their voice.
问问题时，英语使用者通常会在话尾提高音调。
Here is an example: "Are you leaving?"
比如：“你要走了吗？”
But when one uses wonder in the form of a question, you are asking a completely different kind of question.
但是，当人们以提问的形式使用“wonder”时，问的是另一种完全不同的问题。
First, the way you form the question is different.
首先，形成问题的方式是不同的。
To wonder means to ask oneself something.
“wonder”（想知道）意味着要问自己一些事情。
So the identity of the person wondering usually comes at the beginning of the sentence.
因此，想知道的（wondering）那个人的身份通常出现在句子的开头。
For example, say you have not spoken to your friend Tina in many years.
例如，假设你多年没和你的朋友蒂娜联系。
One day you might ask yourself: "I wonder where Tina is."
有一天你可能会问自己：“我想知道蒂娜在哪里。”
This means you are asking yourself to imagine what has happened to your friend since you last spoke.
这意味着你在让自己想象一下自从你们上次联系，你的朋友发生了什么。
If you are writing this down as a question, you would not use a question mark.
如果把这当作问题写下来，则不会使用问号。
And in speaking, you would not raise the tone of your voice.
而且在讲话时，不会提高语调。
You will sometimes hear or read about other people wondering to themselves.
有时你会听到或读到其他人自己琢磨（wondering to themselves）。
In those cases, you will see them identified at the start of the question, as in 'He wonders why this happened' or 'They wondered who did it.'
你会看到他们在问题的开头表明自己身份，如“他想知道为什么会这样”或“他们想知道是谁做的。”
The word that comes immediately after the person doing the wondering explains the kind of information they want to know.
紧跟在某人在思考（“wonder”）之后的单词解释了这个人想知道的信息种类。
For example, the word 'who' means the question is usually about another person.
例如，‘who’一词意味着问题通常与另一个人有关。
The word 'when' relates to time.
‘when’与时间有关。
'Where' relates to a place or location.
‘where’与地点或位置有关。
'What' relates to specific details of an event, and 'why' relates to the reason or reasons something happened.
‘what’与事件的具体细节有关，‘why’与事件发生的原因有关。
Sometimes the term to wonder means to have interest in knowing or learning something.
有时，“wonder”指的是对了解或学习某些东西感兴趣。
If your co-workers have a surprise planned for your birthday and you really want more details you might say, 'I wonder where you are taking me.'
如果同事为你的生日准备了一个惊喜，而你非常想知道更多细节，你可能会说：‘我想知道你们要带我去哪儿。’
Asking others 'Have you ever wondered about the future?' means you want to know if they have ever asked themselves that question.
如果问别人‘你是否想过将来？’表示你想知道他们是否曾经问过自己这个问题。
And that's Ask a Teacher.
以上就是本期名师答疑的全部内容。
I'm Pete Musto.
我是皮特·穆斯托。
