Hello, my dear friends. I hope you're all doing well. Today's episode（插曲） is a little bit（一点） different. Many of you have requested（请求） this topic, so please let me know in the comment（发表评论） section if you found the episode（插曲） helpful（给予帮助的）. Hey, Robinson. Why are you looking sad today?

  Nothing, Karen. I was a little bit worried（ 担心的） about my English. About English? You shouldn't be worried. Are you planning to go abroad（(在)国外）? Are you saying that if someone isn't planning to go abroad, they shouldn't work on improving their English fluency（流利）?

  No, that's not what I meant. Nowadays（现今）, lots of people are learning（学习） English for exams like "e" or to improve their chances（机会） of getting a job abroad（(在)国外）. That's correct. For now, I am not planning anything like that. In my opinion, fluent（流畅的） English speaking is crucial（至关重要的） for getting a job. I agree with you.

  No doubt（怀疑） being fluent（流畅的） in English can significantly（意味深长地） improve job prospects and open up more opportunities. I've been struggling（ 努力） with speaking English even though（ 虽然） I've been learning（学习） it for three years. Wow（哇）, that's quite a long time. You have to identify（认出） where you're getting stuck（刺）. I often find myself confused about which preposition（前置词） to use in certain（确实的） situations. Yes, prepositions can be quite tricky（ 狡猾的）.

  I understand. Prepositions can be challenging（ 具有挑战性的） because their usage（使用） doesn't always follow a strict（ 严格的） rule. Exactly（确切地）. Sometimes it feels like there are so many different prepositions to choose from and it's hard to know which one is correct. It's all about practice and exposure（暴露）. The more you speak and listen to English, the more you'll get a feel（感觉） for which prepositions（前置词） to use in different contexts（环境）.

  Do you think prepositions are essential（必要的） for speaking English fluently（流利地）? A preposition helps to recognise（认出） the relationship（关系） between the words in a sentence. For example, a preposition can tell information about items（条） such as location（位置）, time or position（位置）. How many prepositions do you know in total（总数）? While there are only about 150 prepositions in the English language, these words are among（在…之中） the most important. For them, the sentences we speak, read and write would be difficult to understand.

  Well, I don't want to learn these all prepositions. Even though prepositions are common English words, it's difficult to know them all and use them correctly（正确地）.