'Beside' vs 'Besides' - Learn Proper Usage In English

source: Twominute English    2013年4月26日
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0:06 In this lesson we will learn how to use ‘beside’ and ‘besides’ in a conversation without getting confused.
0:18 The word ‘besides’ is used to add extra or additional information about the same topic.
0:22 ‘Beside’ refers to something which is close, or nearby.
0:26 Yes Mark, you are right. ‘Besides’ is used when we want to show that there is something more to say about something.
0:32 We use the word ‘beside’ to show that something or someone is next to something or someone else.
0:39 That is correct, June. Would you give me an example using ‘besides’?
0:44 Yes, sure, here is one:
0:47 Besides the pain, the boy also has high fever.
0:51 Thank you June. That is right. Here is one for ‘beside’: The child sat beside his mother as she told him a story.
0:59 That is good, Mark. Please give me the pen which is beside the book.
1:04 Let me write some other words besides what we have learned.
1:10 Great work June! You showed the proper use of beside and besides in one go.
1:14 So it’s clear that ‘beside’ describes something that’s next to you.
1:18 And you use ‘besides’ when you want to talk about something that’s in addition to what you are mentioning.
1:26 Now let’s see some sample conversations.
1:35 The driver said we have little fuel; besides, there’s no gas station nearby.
1:40 There’s a gas station there; don’t you see the sign beside that billboard?
1:44 Sorry, I forgot to bring my glasses, besides, it is raining.
1:49 I understand Sam. Besides, I am the one sitting by the window.
1:53 I think we should stop here for a while. Besides, we have traveled a long distance, so far.
1:59 That’s right. Let me talk to the driver.
2:07 Let’s go to the garden. It would be good to sit beside those flowers.
2:11 Yes, that would be great, besides, there is a fruit shop over there.
2:15 That’s right, but we don’t have much time.
2:18 Don’t worry Mike. I have told the driver to wait for a little while.
2:28 Hey Sam, look at that snake beside the rock!
2:31 Really? But how did it get there? Besides, there is no forest nearby.
2:36 That is right. It looks dangerous, besides there are children playing around.
2:41 Let me go and call the guard, I saw him sitting beside the water fountain.
2:45 Yes, do it quick!
2:47 Right Mike, just sit beside this log and watch it ‘till I return.
2:51 Ok, Sam, I’ll make sure the children don’t go near it.
2:58 There’s a gas station there; don’t you see the sign beside that billboard?
3:06 I forgot to bring my glasses, besides, it is raining.
3:16 The child sat beside his mother as she told him a story.
3:23 Let me write some other words besides what we have learned.
3:33 Let me go and call the guard, I saw him sitting beside the water fountain.
3:43 It would be good to sit beside those flowers.
3:50 Right Mike, just sit beside this log and watch it ‘till I return.
3:58 Yes, that would be great, besides, there is a fruit shop over there.