核心畫面
Picture someone standing at the very start of something — first day at the pool, first time holding a guitar. They are not bad at it; they simply have not been at it long. The word marks a place on the road, not a level of talent.
可以想成一個人剛站上起點：第一天下水、第一次把吉他抱在手上。他不是「做不好」，只是還沒做多久。這個字標的是路上的位置…更多收起
可以想成一個人剛站上起點：第一天下水、第一次把吉他抱在手上。他不是「做不好」，只是還沒做多久。這個字標的是路上的位置，不是能力的評價——所以它中性、甚至常常是善意的，課程寫 for beginners 是在說「沒學過也可以來」。原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
beginnernoun/bɪˈɡɪnə/
- 1
Someone who is just starting at something, or has only recently started.
- I'm new to learning Finnish: I'm just a beginner.
- 2
Someone who sets something in motion.
- The beginner of the games lit the ceremonial torch.
- 3
entertainmentlifestyletheaterAn actor who is present on stage in the first moments of a play.
- On the stage, the beginners for the first piece had taken their places — the chorus were there, scared but determined, and in the wings waited Harlequin, in the person of Charles Lyall […]
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。