In my… era 在我......的時期

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名詞 “era” 的意思是 “時期”。人生中的哪段時期會讓你覺得有特別的意義、記憶猶新嗎？那麼你就可以用 “in my… era（在我的……時期）” 這個表達來描述它。比如，“in my student era（在我的學生時期）”。“In my… era” 這個表達在使用時需要註意哪些技巧？聽 “地道英語” 節目主持人 Beth 和菲菲的講解。

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Feifei
大傢好，歡迎收聽 AYYBLOG 英語教學的 “地道英語” 節目。在每期節目中，我們都會介紹一個英語母語人士或講英語流利的人會用到的習慣用語或者短語。I’m Feifei, and I’m here with Beth.

Beth
Hi everyone.

Feifei
Beth, I saw an interesting expression online the other day. It’s ‘in my travel era’. It’s a very creative expression, isn’t it? I’ve also seen things like ‘in my gothic literature era’, ‘in my sporty era’… what does it mean?

Beth
Well, people use it to describe the main thing that they are focussed on at the moment. So, for example, if you saw ‘in my travel era’, well, if you’re travelling for a few months and upload pictures as you travel, then you might write this caption – ‘I’m in my travel era’. It’s really common to see it online, but people do say it as well.

Feifei
So, it’s a fun and creative way of saying you’re really into something in a particular period of life. It could be for a short time, or a longer time. Are you in any era at the moment, Beth?

Beth
Uh, I don’t know. Well, I’ve been reading some books about art recently, and I visited some art galleries, so I guess I could say I’m in my art era. Yeah, maybe. What about you, Feifei?

Feifei
Hmm. Last year I was really into knitting, so I could say I was in my knitting era.

Beth
Oh very nice. Well, here are some more examples of the expression ‘in my era’.

Examples
I recently joined a choir, so I guess you could say I’m in my singing era.

Right now, I think I’m in my gardening era. The weekend comes round, and I just can’t wait to start digging.

I spent the whole weekend baking cupcakes and pies. I must be in my baking era!

Feifei
你正在收聽的是 AYYBLOG 英語教學的 “地道英語” 節目。剛剛我們學習瞭表達 “in my… era” 的用法。

Beth
So, this can be quite a jokey expression, and it shouldn’t be taken too literally. You might stay at home and watch films all day in your pyjamas and tell your friends you’re in your lazy era. But, it doesn’t mean you’re actually spending an era being lazy!

Feifei
No. It just means that you’re really into one particular thing at the moment, almost like giving it a chapter title in the book of your life!

“Era” 這個詞的意思是 “時期”。“In my… era” 這個表達非常實用，它可以用來形容我們經歷瞭一段具有特殊意義的時期，意思是 “在我…的時期”。我們在使用這個表達的時候，需要在 “era” 前面添加一個具體的事情來讓這個表達意思完整，比如，“in my student era（在我的學生時期）”。“In my… era” 這個表達的語氣非常活潑，甚至可以有些誇張，所以我們在用它的時候不能僅從字義上去理解它。比如，“in my partying era” 並不一定是說 “在這個時期裡我一直在參加聚會”，而是說 “這段時期我聚會參加得比較多”。

Beth
So, to recap, we’ve learnt ‘in my… era’, which describes what you’re focussed on in a particular time in your life.

Feifei
And that’s all from us. Join us again next time for another useful English phrase. Bye-bye!

Beth
Bye!