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Hello! Today's question for Ask a Teacher comes from Ademir in Brazil.
大家好!本期《名师答疑》的问题来自巴西的阿德米尔。
When can I use "will" with the same meaning of "want?"
我什么时候可以用will来表达和want一样的意思？
When are the two words interchangeable? Thanks.
这两个词什么时候可以互换？多谢。
Dear Ademir, thank you for writing to us.
亲爱的阿德米尔，谢谢你的来信。
It is easy to understand why you have this question.
很容易理解你为什么会有这个问题。
Merriam-Webster Learner's Dictionary uses "want" in one of the meanings it gives for "will," saying it means "to want or desire (something)."
《韦氏词典》在解释will的一个意思时用了want，意思是想要或渴望(某物)。
There are three different ways we use the verb "will."
will有三种不同的用法。
Let us look at those one by one.
让我们逐一来看一看。
First, you should understand that we have a special kind of verb called a modal verb.
首先，要明白有一种特殊的动词，叫做情态动词。
These "helping" verbs include can, could, shall, should, ought to, will and would.
这些辅助性动词包括can和could（可以）、shall和should和ought to（应该）、will和would（将要）。
When we use "will" in this way, it means that something is expected to happen.
当我们以这种方式使用will时，它的意思是预期会发生某事。
The train will leave at nine o'clock.
火车将在九点钟开出。
Second, when the verb stands alone it means to want or desire something.
其次，当动词单独存在时，它的意思是想要或渴望某事。
Here is an example: You can say what you will, but my yellow car is beautiful to me.
这里有一个例句：你想说什么都可以，但我觉得我的黄色汽车很漂亮。
In that case, you may use the verb "want" and have the same meaning.
在这种情况下，你可以用动词want，意思是一样的。
You can say what you want, but my car is beautiful to me.
你想说什么都可以，但我的车对我来说很漂亮。
The only difference here between "will and "want" is that we often add "to" after "want" as in:
will和want之间的唯一区别是，我们经常在want之后加上to，比如：
You can say what you want to about my car, I still love it!
你可以对我的车说任何你想说的话，但我仍然很喜欢它！
A third meaning of the verb "will" is "to cause or try to cause (something) to happen by using the power of your mind."
动词will的第三个意思是“用意念的力量导致或试图导致(某事)发生”。
Here is an example: The student willed the clock to move faster toward the end of class.
这里有一个例句：学生在快下课的时候用意念让钟走得更快。
As in the earlier case, you might be able to use "want" in these sentences, but it would change the meaning a little and sound less forceful.
和前面的例句一样，你也许可以在这些句子中使用want，但句子的意思会稍有改变，语气也没有那么强烈了。
Finally, we can use "will" to talk about leaving our property to others when we die.
最后，我们可以用will来表示死后把财产留给别人。
That is a legal term, as in: She willed the family jewels to her only child.
这是一个法律术语，比如：她在遗嘱中把家里的珠宝给了她唯一的孩子。
In that case, you could not substitute "want" unless you added another verb, as in this example:
在这种情况下，不能用want来代替，除非加上另一个动词，就像下面这个例子：
She wanted to will the family jewels to her only child.
她想在遗嘱中把家里的珠宝留给她唯一的孩子。
I hope this makes the difference clear to you, Ademir.
希望这能让你明白其中的区别，阿德米尔。
And that's Ask a Teacher. I'm Jill Robbins.
以上就是本期的《名师答疑》，吉尔·罗宾斯为您播报。
