As a professional Mandarin instructor with almost two decades worth of teaching experience in American schools, I came to recognize how language-learning in a school setting is only one step in the long journey of acquiring a foreign language. I felt a need and urge to bring my profession beyond school, and I believe professional teaching should be accessible to anyone at any point in their life. It is with this belief that I founded MAD Mandarin LLC in 2018 with the goal to incorporate the latest teaching methods with my own innovative approach of Mindful-Active-Dynamic to positively achieve the best language-learning results.
前面我们讲到了“会”的三种基本用法，其中一种“会”的用法是“can” 。可是中文还有两个表示“can”的词：“能” 和“可以”。因为它们都是“can”, 所以学生们常常在这三个词上犯错误。今天我们就看看它们的用法。
先看一下这两个例句：
“我会做饺子，可是今天学习太忙了不能做。I can make dumplings, but I cannot do it today because I am so busy.”
“我能喝10瓶啤酒，可是在美国不可以，因为我还不到21岁。I can drink 10 bottles of beer, but I cannot drink in the US because I am not 21 years old yet.”
第一句话中，“会” can 的意思是我知道怎么做饺子，因为我学过而且学会了；“能” can的意思的今天的情况不允许我做。
第二句话中，“能”can的意思是我的身体有喝三瓶啤酒这个能力，可是在美国，我没有喝酒的许可，所以不可以。
