English Speaking · Jimmy Teacher said
I am home and I am at home look very similar, but the meaning is very different, it is really embarrassing to say the wrong thing, and students who are still unclear about it should come and study.
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I am home 是什么意思？
Home [hoʊm]
- n. Home; address
- adv. Home
- v. Returning home; Homing home
- adv. Domestic; Domestic
I am home; I am back
I am at home 我在家
home 有多种词性，I am at home 里的 home 是个名词，这句话要译为我在家里。
home can also mean home, so I am home means that I am home, which is usually what I say to my family after returning from going out.
Example phrase:
Darling, I am home. It is pouring outside.
Honey, I'm back, it's pouring rain outside.
stay-at-home 可不是待在家里
stay at home 待在家里
stay at home 是一个动词短语，意思是待在家里。 待在床上的英文就是 stay in bed，赖在床上不起就是 sleep in.
stay-at-home
- n. A home-loving person; People who don't like to go out
- adj. full-time caregiver of the family
When used as a noun, stay-at-home and homebody are synonymous, both denote those who love to stay at home, that is, what we call otaku otaku.
stay-at-home 还是个形容词，形容那些全职照顾家庭的人，全职太太可以说stay-at-home wife.
Example phrase:
My cousin is a stay-at-home , she always binge-watches TV series at weekends.
My cousin is an otaku, and she always watches TV series on weekends.
home truth ≠ 家里的真相
home truth
unpleasant facts; Unwilling to admit the facts
Paraphrase:
a true but unpleasant fact about yourself that another person tells you
Home truth refers not to the truth in the home, but to the uncomfortable truth, which mostly indicates the truth that people are unwilling to accept.
We can understand it this way:
This truth can only be said at home, and the family will comfort you after saying it, then this fact must be difficult to accept.
Example phrase:
I will tell you a few home truths when you come of age.
When you're an adult, I'll tell you some truths.
bring home the bacon ≠ 把培根带回家
bring home the bacon 赚钱养家
这个短语不能理解为把培根带回家，真正的意思是 earn money to live on，即挣钱养家。
Because bread and bacon are the main foods of foreigners, bringing bacon home is also earning money to buy food and feed the family.
take home 挣钱；挣工资
take-home pay 税后工资；到手收入
In addition to taking home, take home can also mean making money, and take home means to bring home the salary and support the family.
Take-home pay is a payroll that can be paid, often translated as after-tax wages.
如果老外问你 how much do you take home，他是想知道你工资有多高，不是问你带了多少东西回家。
Example phrase:
I bring home the bacon and my wife looks after children.
I am responsible for earning money to support the family, and my wife takes care of the children.
【Daily Speaking Series】
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Do you have a good grasp of these phrases and sentences? Finally, I left a small homework for the students:
Dad ,（ ）. Is the meal ready ？I am very hungry.
A I am home
B I am at home
What sentences should I put in the options? Students can write your answers in the message area in the lower right corner, and the teacher will personally comment~