Vocabulary: The 27 most common HOMOPHONES in English

[Whistles] Wow, what a good book.

[口哨]哇，多好的書。

I should buy another one of these.

我應該買其中一個。

What?

什麼?

Oh, hi. James from engVid.

啊，你好。我是engVid的詹姆斯。

I was just looking at my book, here, and it seems E has a question.

我正在看我的書時，看起來E有一個問題。

Let's go take a look.

我們來看看吧。

So, what's that, E?

那是什麼，E？

"I won the race?", "I one the race?" - you don't know the difference?

“I won the race？”，“I one the race？” - 你不知道區別？

Do you know the difference?

你知道這有什麼區別嗎？

Today we're going to work on homophones.

今天我們要開始研究同音異義詞。

I'm going to explain what they are and give you some very common examples that you've

我將解釋它們是什麼，並給你一些非常常見的例子，你可能已經

probably made mistakes with, but I'm going to help you today to clear them up.

犯了錯誤，但我今天會幫助你釐清它們。

You ready?

你準備好了嗎？

Let's go to the board.

我們去看白板。

Oh, I said "homophones", and I know there are some of you out there that are grammar

哦，我說到“homophones”，我知道你們中間有些人是文法

nerds, and you're going to say: "Oh, homophones, homograms, dah, dah."

書呆子，你們會說：“哦，homophones，homographs，答，答。”

I'm going to break it down and say: When we talk about "homo" it means the same; the same.

我要拆開來說：當我們談論“homo”時它意味著相同;一模一樣。

And in this case, a "homograph" is something that is written graphic.

在這種情況下，“homo-graph”是寫成圖形的東西。

It is written like a picture.

它寫得像一幅畫。

And when we say "homophone", I'm sure you have a cellphone, like, you know, cellphone.

當我們說“homo-phone”時，我確定你有一部手機，就像手機一樣。

We call it a "phone" because it's the sound.

我們稱之為“phone”，因為它就是聲音。

With a cellphone, we deal with sounds; and with homographs we deal with what is written.

所以手機處理聲音;而homographs指處理寫下(看到)的東西。

Today I really want to concentrate more on homophones, which are words that are going

今天我真的想更多地關注同音異義詞，這些詞

to sound the same...

聽起來是一樣的...

So, let's take a look: Homophones are words that sound the same, but they are different.

所以，讓我們來看看：同音異義詞聽起來是一樣的，但它們是不同的。

I forgot a period, here.

我忘記那一段，這裡。

And an example would be "bare" and "bear".

一個例子是“bare”和“bear”。

Okay?

好嗎?

Or: "whether" and "weather".

或者：“whether”和“weather”。

And I've had many students ask me: What's the difference.

而且我有很多學生問我：有什麼區別。

They go: "How do you pronounce it?

他們說：“你怎麼發音呢？

I...

我

I know it looks the same or almost the same."

我知道它看起來一樣或幾乎一樣。

And I say: "It sounds the same."

我說：“聽起來一樣。”

They go: "Why?

他們說：“為什麼？

They mean vastly or very different things."

他們的意思是大不相同或者非常不同。”

I go: "Yes, you're right, and I'm going to help you see the difference."

我回覆，“是的，你是對的，我會幫你看看差異。”

Now, the problem with a homophone, of course, is when you say it, you don't know how it's

現在，同音字的問題當然是你說的時候，你不知道它是如何

spelt, and we use the spelling to tell us that it's a different meaning.

拼寫的，我們用拼寫告訴我們這是一個不同的含義。

The secret to that is context, and I'll go through a couple of examples a little later

這個秘訣就是上下文，稍後我將通過幾個例子

on and show what I mean by: If you listen to the context, you will have an idea of what

來說明我的意思：如果你傾聽上下文，你就會明白

they mean.

它們的含義。

As I said: homographs are words that are written the same, but have different meanings.

正如我所說：homographs是相同的詞，但具有不同的含義。

But because I'm not going to go into homographs right now, I'm not going to give you the examples.

但是因為我現在不打算進入homographs，所以我不打算給你舉例。

I'm going to give you the examples for the homophones, here.

我將在這裡給你一些homophones的例子。

And if you notice, I have something that looks like a calculator or, you know, some buttons

如果你注意到，我有一些看起來像計算器的東西，或者你知道，你可以按一些按鈕

you can press on a dial for a phone.

來撥打電話。

And I did that because, in some of these, we can use the homophones to show or illustrate

我這樣做是因為，在其中一些，我們可以使用同音字來顯示或說明

the difference.

差異。

So, let's do the first one, here.

那麼，讓我們在這裡做第一個。

"One" and "won".

“one”和“won”。

If you noticed, E had a problem with: "I won the race?", "I one the race?"

如果你注意到，E有一個問題：“I won the race？”，“I one the race？”

To be honest, once again, it's a homophone; the sound is exactly the same, but the context

說實話，再一次，它是一個同音詞;聲音完全相同，但上下文

will tell us what the difference is.

會告訴我們差異是什麼。

"One" is clearly number one.

one”顯然是一個的意思。

I have one friend - a number.

我有一個朋友 - 一個號碼。

But when I won a race, because it's a competition, I can go: "Oh, it's 'won'."

但是當我贏得一場比賽，因為這是一場比賽，我可以說：“哦，這是'won'。”

That's our first homophone.

這是我們的第一個同音字。

We did number one; let's look at number two.

我們說完第一個例子;讓我們來看看第二個。

Because I'm smart like that, I did "two" and "to".

因為我很聰明，我做了“two”和“to”。

In this case, "two", the number two - you know it?

在這種情況下，“two”，二個 - 你知道嗎？

Right?

對？

One, two, three.

一二三。

We have another "to", this one, here, which can be used both in an infinitive form and

我們在這裡有另一個“to”，這個，可用於不定形式和

a preposition.

介詞。

Examples.

例如。

"I want to buy" is an infinitive form.

“I want to buy”是一種不定形式。

"We're going to the store".

“We’re going to the store”。

Right?

對？

We can use that as a preposition "to"...

可以將它用作介詞“to”

"To" or "from", when we're using it like that.

“To”或“from”。當我們像這樣用時，

And this one I like as well: "too", "t-o-o".

我也喜歡這個：“too”，“t-o-o”。

I say this is what we call there's too many o's or it's excessive in English.

我說這就是我們所說的太多o或者英語中的過多。

Meaning that it's more than you want.

這意味著它比你想要的更多。

An example is: "It's too...

一個例子是：“It’s too...

My coffee is too hot; I cannot drink it."

My coffee is too hot, I cannot drink it。”

Cool?

酷？

All right.

好吧。

That's the number "two".

那是數字“two”。

Notice the homophone?

注意同音字？

They all sound the same.

它們聽起來都一樣。

So, if you're going: "Well, why is he teaching us?"

所以，如果你要去：“well，why is he teaching us？”

It's just so you know, when you see these words, do not change how you say them; the

只有讓你知道，當你看到這些字時，不要改變你原本怎麼

pronunciation is the same, but know when you're writing them or in the sentence you're saying

說的; 你會知道真正的意思當你在寫下或在句子中出現

them...

他們時....

Well, when you're writing it down, because that's what we're really looking at - it should

well, 當你寫下時，我們就看到我們寫了什麼

be written differently for different instances.

不同的詞有不同的寫法。

This is for the number, this is for the preposition or infinitive, and this is for excessive - when

這是指數字，這是指介詞或不定形式，和這是指太多當

something's too much.

這東西太多時

"This costs too much money; more than I want to pay."

這太貴，超出我能付的錢

Cool?

了解嗎?

Now let's go to number three: "your" and "you're".

現在，我們的第三個例子: "your"和"you're"。

These are different.

這些是不同的。

I know a lot of students have a problem; they go: "Teacher, it's the same."

我知道很多學生有問題; 他們說: "老師，他們是一樣的。"

Well, this is possessive.

恩，這是所有格

This is a possessive pronoun: "Your car".

這是所有格代名詞: "Your car"

All right?

沒問題?

"Your house".

"Your house"

Well, when we're looking at this, this is a contraction for "you are".

恩，當我們看這裡，這是一個縮寫"you are"。

"You're looking good today.

"You're looking good today.

You're a nice guy."

You're a nice guy."

Okay?

Okay?

So, we've got a possessive and a contraction, here.

所以我們了解所有格和縮寫，在這裡

Different.

的差別。

In this case: "brake" and "break".

在這個例子: "brake"和"break"。

Some of you may not know what this means, so I'll explain it.

有人可能不懂什麼意思，我將會解釋。

"Brake".

"Brake"。

In your car, you have a brake, which is you press the gas - you're driving; and to slow

在你的車裡有一個煞車。你開車時踩油門讓車前進，當要減慢

the car down, you put your foot on the other one - the other pedal, which is a brake.

車速時，把腳踩在另一踏板上，這就是煞車。

So, if you have a pedal...

所以，如果你有一個踏板...

I don't know if you can see my foot.

我不知道你能不能看到我的腳

I'm pushing...

我在踩下

Pushing the brake.

踩下煞車

Think Flintstones.

想想原始人

You're running your car, and then you need to stop - you put your foot down.

你在開車中，你想停下車 - 所以你放下腳。

"Ennh!"

"啊"

You put on the brakes.

你踩到煞車。

That means to stop.

這就是停止。

While this one, "to break" is like: I broke it.

說到這一個，"to break"就像是: 我破壞了什麼。

You can break an arm, break a glass, break a leg - if you're in the movie industry.

你可以破壞手臂，破壞玻璃，破壞腿 - 如果你在電影行業。

Okay?

好的?

So, they sound the same, once again, but they're written different...

所以，他們聽起來一樣，再一次，但他們的寫法不同…

Differently, so you have to listen to the context.

完全不相同，所以你必須去聽上下文。

"Did you break the glass?", "Put on the brakes.

"你破壞了那玻璃嗎?"，"踩下煞車，

We're driving too fast."

我們開太快了。"

Number three.

第三。

Oh, sorry, that was number six.

喔，對不起，這是第六了。

I'm jumping around, because I'm all over the board.

我跳來跳去，因為我要說整個白板

But let's go to number four: "bear" and "bare".

但讓我們到第四: "bear"和"bare"。

"The bear is in the woods today - doo-doo-doo-doo-doo.

"今天熊在森林裡的 -doo-doo-doo-doo-doo。

Arrr!

Arrr!

Bear."

熊。"

If you speak English and you're wondering about this lesson - I know, but hopefully

如果你說英文而且你覺得這課程奇怪 - 我知道，但希望

that makes you smile because that's, like, an old-time memory of yours.

這能讓你笑，因為那是，就像一個過去你的記憶。

All right?

沒問題?

Okay.

好的。

So, "bear".

所以，"bear"。

Bear is in the woods; it's an animal.

熊是在森林裡的; 它是一種動物。

Now, "bare", like my arms.

現在，"bare"，像是我的手臂。

"Ooo.

"哦。

Rown, rown", means nothing is there; nothing is on it.

喔，喔"，代表那裡什麼都沒有; 沒有東西在上面。

An example: If you go to the refrigerator and there is no food in your refrigerator,

例子: 如果你去冰箱然後沒有食物在裡面，

your refrigerator is bare; it's empty - nothing is there.

你的冰箱就是空的; 它是空的 - 什麼都沒有。

When I go in the shower, I go bare naked; I have no clothes on.

當我進到淋浴間，我光溜溜的; 我沒有穿衣服。

Don't even think about it.

不要去想像。

Stop thinking about me naked.

不要想像我沒穿衣服。

Actually, that might make you sick.

事實上，那會讓你生病。

You should stop immediately.

你應該停止。

But that's "bear" and "bare" sound exactly the same, but context makes them different.

但那是"bear"和"bare"聽起來一樣，但上下文讓你知道差異。

Okay?

好的?

Now, let's go over here, I'll go to five.

現在，讓我們到這裡，我將說第五。

Finally, number five: "weather" and "whether".

終於，第五: "weather"和"whether"。

"Weather", is it sunny?

"weather", 這是陽光天嗎?

Is it raining?

這是下雨天嗎?

"Whether": Whether you like it or not.

"whether": 無論你喜歡或不

Think of "if".

想成"如果"

That's not the best example, I'm not going to go into a long explanation for "whether",

這不是最好的解釋，但我沒有要說太長的解釋對於"whether"，

here, but you can liken it...

在這裡，但你可以想像它…

Or, sorry.

哦，對不起。

You can think it's similar to the word "if".

你可以想成他就像這個字"如果"

"If you like it or not.

"如果你喜歡或不。

Whether you like it or not, we're going..."

無論你喜歡或不，我們將要…"

Sorry.

對不起。

"Whether you like it or not, we're going to go."

"無論你喜歡或不，我們將要去。"

All right?

沒問題?

"Whether I speak too quickly or not, you still have to learn this lesson."

"無論我說太快或不，你仍然必須學習這課程。"

That's why I said sorry; I was going too fast.

這是為什麼我要說對不起，我說得太快了。

But in this case, as I said, context will help you.

但在這裡，就像我說的，上下文可以幫助你。

It doesn't matter if you say: "The weather is nice" or "Whether he helped you or not"

這不是很重要如果你說: "這天氣很好"或"無論他幫助你或不"

- I doesn't matter.

- 都不重要。

But when you write it down...

但當你寫下來時…

Remember we talked about homographs, like when you write something down - that's when

記住我們說過的同形詞，就像當你寫下什麼

it matters because some people will get these confused, and actually there are English people

那才重要，因為有些人會被混淆而且那些人是懂英文的

who write "weather" like this on paper, because they actually don't know that this "whether"

當他們寫下"weather"像這樣在紙上，因為他們真的不知道"whether"

is the correct one.

才是正確的。

Don't be one of those people.

不要變成這種人。

"Its" and "it's".

"its"和"it's"

Yeah, I can understand why that's tough, because in this case, they almost look exactly the

是的，我懂為什麼這個很難，因為在這裡，他們看起來完全

same, so you're going: "What's the difference?"

一樣，所以你將問: "這有什麼不同?"

Well, this one: "its" is a pronoun showing possession, like: "Its.

恩，這個: "its"是代名詞表示所有格，就像是: "他的。

Its.

他的。

Its house."

他的房子。"

It's talking about, let's say an animal or thing - it belongs to them.

這在說，讓我們說一個動物或東西 - it是指他們。

Well, this is a contraction for "it is".

再來，這是一個縮寫字"it is"。

They are not the same at all, so be careful when you're writing or even when you're reading

他們完全不同，所以要小心當你在寫或讀

it.

他的時候。

In this case, when you're reading it, you can clearly see that each one of these words

在這裡，當你讀他時，要你清楚的看到每個字

is very different, but this one is so close you might make the mistake of thinking it's

是很難的，但這個很像你可能會搞錯以為他們

the same when they are not.

是一樣的，但他們並不同。

Okay?

好的?

This is the contraction for: "It is something.

這是縮寫字: "it is東西。

It is happy."

it is開心。"

While, it's: "Its coat", referring to an object.

就是it's: "its 外套"，對應到一個物品。

All right?

好的?

And it belongs that object.

那物品是屬於他的。

Are we okay?

我們都了解嗎?

That's, like, similar to the word we have with "your", up here.

那就類似我們前面說的 "your"

Okay?

好的?

It's possessive.

這是所有格

Don't confuse it.

別搞混了。

Ah, and speaking of possessives and thinking of confusing words: "their", "they're", "there".

說到所有格會搞混的字: "their"，"they're"，"there"。

If you read British novels, you'll hear them go: "There, there.

如果你讀英國小說，你將會聽到他們說: "there,

There, there, there, now.

there, there, there, now.

Be good.

be good。

There, there."

there，there"

No, they're not saying: "Their, they're, there" because they're confused which one to read;

他們不是在說: "Their, they're, there" 因為會搞混讀者。

it's older English.

這是以前的英文。

But we do have a problem, here, because "their" means "belong to": "Their house.

但我們有個問題，這裡，因為"their"指"他們的": "他們的家"

Their coat.

他們的外套

Their country.

他們的國家

Their car".

他們的車

"They're" here, even though it's strange.

"they're"這裡，有點怪

We say: "They're" very quickly - it's a contraction for: "They are".

但我們說: "they're"很快的話 - 他是縮寫字:"they are"。

"They are happy.

"他們是很開心，

They are moving."

"他們是在移動。"

But they sound the same, but they're not.

他們聽起來一樣，但他們不一樣。

It's not possessive; it's: "They are", similar to what we're doing here.

這不是所有格，是"they are"，和我們說的這裡相似。

And then there's this word: "Here or there".

接下來有這個字: "這裡或那裡"。

You're going to say: "James, did you say 'there'?"

你說: "James，你說那裡嗎?"

I'm like: Depends.

我會說: 看情況。

Listen to the context of the sentence.

要看文章的上下文。

"I haven't lived there in 20 years".

"我不住那裡20年了"。

"They're a nice couple.

"有一對很好的情侶，

We went to dinner with them last week".

我們上周和他們吃晚飯"。

"Their house is nice."

"他們的房子很棒"

Context tells you the difference; the sound will not.

上下文告訴你差別，但用聽的不會

Cool?

酷?

All right.

很好。

So, now I'm going to do my final one, which I like a lot.

所以我要去最後一個了，我最喜歡的

Well, I don't.

哦，我不。

It reminds me of my principal from high school, is: "principal" and "principle".

這提醒我關於我的高中校長，是"principal"和"principle"。

In North America, we have the person who's in charge of a high school or a public school,

在北美，負責整個高中或公開學校的那個人，

we call the principal.

我們叫他校長。

I hated my principal in high school, and...

我討厭我的高中校長和…

I'm actually just joking.

我是開玩笑的。

But I thought: Mrs. Sigagne, if you're still alive, you were the best vice principal ever.

但我在想: Sigagne女士，如果你還活著，你是最好的副校長。

We use this word for "principal", like this.

我們用這個字"principal"

Now, if you have moral rules that you follow, we talk about this one: "principle".

現在，如果你有遵守的道德規範，我們稱為"principle"。

"Don't you have any principles?"

"你沒有任何道德規範嗎?"

And that's, like, moral laws, like: "Always tell the truth.

就像是，道德律條"永遠說實話。

Be kind to people not strong or old people.

對人友善，不對老人用暴力。

Older people", because I'm getting old.

老人"，因為我老了。

Okay?

好吧?

"What are your principles?

什麼是你的規範?

What are the things you believe in?"

什麼是你相信的?

Okay?

好的?

So, when we look at this "principal" here and "principle" here, it's: Once again, they

所以，當我們看"principal"和"principle"，再一次，他們

sound the same, but you can clearly see when I write them they're different, and it's only

聽起來一樣，但你可以清楚看到當我寫下時他們有何不同，而且只有

the context - which means it's the way in which someone says it when you're listening

上下文 - 這代表是一個方法當你在聽一個人說話時

will you go: "Ah, he means this 'principal'."

當你說: "他指的是校長。"

Cool?

酷?

All right.

好的

So, I would like to do a little bit more with it.

所以，我想說多點關於這個

We've gone to my special magical calculator, and found out nine different homophones.

透過我的神奇魔術計算機，了解了9個不同的同音異意詞。

Let's see what we can do with them with a little bit of a quiz, and I'll throw in a

接下來看看我們能用他們做些什麼練習，我會列出

little extra for ya.

多一點題目。

You ready?

準備好了?

[Snaps]

[彈指]

As always, after we learn something, I like to give us a little bit of a quiz.

和以前一樣，在我們學習後，我喜歡出一些題目

Don't forget, after you finish watching the video, to go to engVid and actually do the

不要忘記，你看完這影片後，去engVid網站做

quiz we put there for you.

我們放在那裡的題目。

So, let's just see how well you've learned.

所以，讓我們看看你學習了如何。

But before I go to the quiz, I give you a bonus and I'm going to give you a bonus now

但在進入題目前，我現在給你一個獎勵

of three very common homophones, then I'm going to give you some homework that you can

就是3個常見的同音異意詞，然後我會給你一些作業你可以

do when you leave this particular video.

在離開這個影片後做。

But, first, let's look at the homophones.

但首先，讓我們看看同音異意詞

"Hear", "here".

"hear"，"here"

You've heard that before.

你之前聽過

"Did you hear me?

"你有聽過我?"

I need to go here".

我需要去這裡"。

"Here" is an adverb for location.

"here"是一個副詞代表位置。

Remember we talked about: "There and there", like "There and here"?

記得我們說過: "there和there"，就像"there和here"

Well, in this case, "here" - adverb of location.

恩，在這裡，"here" - 副詞代表位置

"I live here."

"我住這裡"

What about "hear"?

那什麼是"hear"?

Oops, I made a mistake.

喔，我搞錯了，

You couldn't have hear it because I wrote it incorrectly, but what I meant to write

你不能用here在這裡因為我寫錯了，我在這裡指的是

was: "hear".

"hear"。

"Are you listening to me?

"你有聽到我說嗎?

Did you hear what I said?"

你有聽到我說嗎?"

So, in this case, we've got an adverb for location and we've got a verb for listening.

所以在這裡，我們有1個副詞指位置和1個動詞指聽見。

Then we've got "than" and "then".

接下來是"than"和"then"，

"Than" is comparative: "He is taller than her.

"than"是比較級: "他比她高"

This is sweeter than that."

這比那個甜。"

But "then" is for time.

但"then"指的是時間。

In this case, the difference is very small.

在這裡，差別是很小的。

For an English person, this is very clear.

對1個懂英文的人，這非常清楚。

"I have known her longer than you have.

"我認識她比你認識的還久

But by then we will go."

但等一下我們將要離開。"

For us, it's very clear, but for some of you guys I know it's a little bit of a homophone.

對我們來說，這很清楚，但對有些人來說這類似於同音異意詞。

Okay? "an" is what's important in "than".

好的? "an"是重點在"than"這個字

If you want to hear the difference, the actual difference, and this "n" sounds like a capital

如果你想聽到差別，這其實可以的，then的"en"聽起來像是

letter: "then".

單字"n". "then"。

And that's the difference in sound.

這就是聽起來的差別。

Most of you don't pick it up, but I just had to let you know.

多數你們沒有注意到，但我必須要讓你知道。

And I called it a homophone, so please, grammar nerds, don't get on me and say: "James, they're

我稱這是同意異意詞，所以文法書呆子，不要找我說"嗨 James，他們

very different."

是不一樣的。"

I'm talking about students who are learning English; they have a difficult time with this,

我在教是正常學英文的學生，他們常常學習這類型的英文有困難

and I want them to know what the differences are so that when they hear these words in

我想讓他們知道那些不同處，當他們聽到這些字

a sentence...

在句子裡出現的時候

Remember we talked about context - when they said: "I finish dinner at 9 o'clock.

記得我們說的上下文 - 當他們說: "我完成晚餐在9點，

I will meet you then", you know, at 10 o'clock or something, they will go: "Okay, that must

在那之後和你碰面"，你知道，在10點左右他們會碰面: "okay，這個是

be the time one, versus: 'This is bigger than that', which is comparative."

關於時間，而另一個: "這個比那個大"，這是比較級。"

Okay?

好的?

So, yes, it's not a perfect homophone, but I'm also look at the problems that most students

所以，是的，這不是最好的同意異意詞，但我也看到這個問題發生在很多同學

hear or have when they listen to words.

聽到文字時。

And this one: "buy", "bye", "by".

換這個: "buy，bye，by"。

I think it's Backstreet Boys: "Bye, bye, bye".

我想到後街男孩的歌: "bye，bye，bye"。

Anyway.

不重要

Go check it out, you know, they have that video where they're all, like: "Bye, bye,

去看看他們的mv，有像這樣跳舞，bye，bye

bye".

bye

In this case, when we say: "buy" - use money to pay for something to get it.

在這裡，當我們說: "buy"。是付錢去買東西。

"I want to buy a pen", for instance.

"我要買一支"，舉例說明

I will pay for it to get it.

我要付錢去得要它。

The next one is "bye" which is a short form for "goodbye".

下一個是"bye"，這是"goodbye"的簡寫

When someone says: "Bye-bye.

當有人說:"bye bye，

I'm leaving.

我要走囉。

Goodbye."

再見。"

And the final one is "by" for a preposition.

最後一個是"by"是介詞。

"You can leave the pen by the desk."

"你可以把筆留在桌上。"

Right?

對吧?

"I got here by bus."

"我搭公車到這裡。"

So these are three very common homophones, so I've given you an extra bonus.

所以這裡的3個常見的同音異意詞，是我給你們的額外獎勵。

And now I would like to go to the board and we're going to do our quiz.

現在我要回到這邊的白板，準備做題目。

You will notice that each sentence has an A or a B, and each one has a homophone, there.

你將看到每個句子都有1個A或B，每句都有同音異意詞。

What I want you to do is...

我要你們做的是…

Because I'm going to read it to you, think about the context of the sentence and figure

因為我要唸給你們聽，想一想句子的上下文

out which one is correct.

並找出那個是正確的。

Because remember: If I say: "weather" or "whether", it really doesn't matter; it's the same.

記住，當我唸: "weather"或"whether"，這裡並不重要，因為音是一樣的。

But now that it's written, can you use the context to understand which one would be the

但現在用寫的，你能用上下文去找出

correct one in a sentence?

正確的字放在句子裡嗎?

Are you ready?

準備好了嗎?

Let's go.

開始吧。

"Mr. E asked me to meet him at the park if the weather/whether was nice."

"E先生要我去見他在公園，如果weather/whether好的話。"

Which one should it be?

那個是對的?

Well, it's a park.

這是公園。

In the park, you usually want to go when it's what?

在公園裡，什麼情況下你通常想去?

Sunny.

好天氣時。

We're talking about "weather" - this one is the correct one.

所以我們在說"天氣" - weather是正確的。

There's no: "if was nice".

這句沒提到: "如果怎樣"。

It was the weather; the actual sun was out, the cloud were out, it's a nice day, it's

這是說天氣; 太陽不大，也沒有烏雲，這是好天氣，這是

very warm, because the weather was nice.

溫暖的，因為這天氣是好的。

Correct.

正確。

Good on you.

幹的好。

Let's try the next one: "I need to by/buy some milk and bread today."

來看下一個: "我需要by/buy一些牛奶和面包在今天。"

Okay.

好的。

Were you saying goodbye to anybody?

你是說再見向某人嗎?

No.

不是。

Were you standing by something?

你是站在那裡因為某件事嗎?

No.

也不是。

You want to "buy" - that means pay.

你想要買"buy"，這裡指的是付錢。

Remember?

記得嗎?

We just did this one over here.

我們剛才做過在這裡。

We talked about pay for something.

我們說過付錢買東西。

"You want to buy some milk and bread."

"你想買一些牛奶和面包。"

Cool.

酷。

Not bad.

還不錯。

You're doing pretty well.

你做的很好。

"Buy".

答案是"buy"

Thought you were going to go for the first one, but you're smarter than that.

我想你不會選第一個，你很聰明的。

Let's do number three: "She told her worker there/they're/their not

來看第3個: "她告訴她的同事there/they're/their不要

open after 9pm."

打開9點過後。"

It's the second time I've fixed something on the board.

這是第二次我寫錯字了

Hmm.

恩…

This is not good.

這是不對的。

Okay.

好的。

Now, let's take a look.

現在我們看一下。

"She told her worker there/they're/their not open after 9pm."

"她告訴她的同事there/they're/their 不要打開9點之後。

This is a tough one because you've got three choices.

這是比較難的因為有3個選擇。

Which one do you think it is?

你覺得是那一個呢?

Good for you.

替你開心。

Remember the contraction?

記得這個縮寫?

"They are not open", so it's B: "They are not open after 9pm."

"她們沒有打開"，所以是B: "她們不要打開9點之後。

We're using the contraction, there.

我們用縮寫，在這裡。

All right?

都了解嗎?

Cool.

酷。

We're doing pretty well.

我們做的很好。

We've got two more to go.

我們還有2個要做。

Let's see what we can do.

看看我們能做些什麼。

"The cat licked it's/its paw after it had eaten dinner."

"這貓舔 it's/its 爪子飯後"

Wow, man, this one's tough because they almost look the same, except for that little...

喔，這個也不容昜，看起來幾乎一樣，除了一點點…

That little apostrophe up there.

一點撇點在那裡。

What would it be?

怎麼做呢?

Well, I'm going to give you a little bit of a hand or a hint; I'm going to help you with

我會給你一點幫忙及提示; 我會幫忙你

something.

用些方式。

"A paw" is...

"爪子"是…

Right?

是嗎?

Because cats have paws.

因為貓在舔。

It's like a hand for a cat, but it looks like this, so the cat is licking its paw, you know.

這就像貓的手，但它看起來像這樣，所以貓在舔它的手。

Yeah, you remember I said "its" as in a pronoun.

是的，你記得我說過 "its"是代名詞。

Right?

是嗎?

Yeah, that's right - it's not the contraction.

是的，是對的 - 這不是縮寫。

"Licked its paw after dinner."

"舔它的(its)爪子在飯後"

Good for you.

替你開心。

And the final one: "It's a matter of principle/principal to always

最後一個: "這是關於principle/principal對於一直

tell the truth."

說實話。"

Was that my high school principal?

這是說我的高中校長嗎?

I don't know.

我不知道。

Let's think about it.

讓我們想一下。

And, once again, Mrs. Sigagne, you were a great vice principal.

再提一次，Sigagne女士，妳是一個偉大的副校長。

I love you.

我愛你。

I hope you're still around.

我希望你仍活著。

"Principle", remember we talked about moral rule or law.

"規範"，記得我們說過的關於道德規範或法規。

Morals.

道德。

Right?

對嗎?

Truth is a moral, that's why.

誠實是一個道德，這是原因。

So it's not the principal of a high school; it's those laws we talked about.

所以，這句不是說學校校長，而是我們之前說的規範。

Well, you know what?

你知道了嗎?

You did pretty well - 5 out of 5.

你們做的非常好 - 5題全對。

Well, some of you.

恩，有些人。

Some of you probably didn't catch it, so then you're going to have to do what?

你們有些人可能沒有完全了解，所以你們能做什麼呢?

Go back to the beginning of the video, look at all of them.

從頭再看一遍這影片。

Some of them are right here, and then go and try this again.

內容都在那裡，並試著做一次題目。

And you know we have a quiz for you to do.

你知道我們還有題目讓你們做。

But before I get to the quiz, I want you to do homework.

但在我給你們題目前，我要你們做作業。

Like I said, I do it when I teach students - homework's important because it helps you

像我說的，我會教學生做題目時提醒重點，這會幫助

get a deeper understanding of what you're learning, so you don't have to keep learning

學生抓到重點並了解正在學習什麼，所以你不用一直學習

the same lessons again, but you can get better and learn even more in the future.

同樣的課程一遍又一遍，但你可以變得更好在未來。

So, in this case, your homework is to find five more examples.

所以，在這裡，你的作業是去找5個其他的例子。

Go do the quiz, and then right there...

去找題目，然後在那裡…

Even at the end of this video, you can leave a comment.

在影片的最後，可以留下你的留言。

And I've actually read some of your comments, and some of you guys have done really well,

事實上我有讀了一些留言，有些非常的好。

you know - following the homework I've given you, you've actually done it.

你知道 - 跟著我給的作業做，而你真的做完。

Congratulations.

恭禧你。

Good on you.

幹得好。

And it's been so good that I notice other students have gone in, and they've commented

這非常好我也有聽過其他同學已做過了，而且也留下留言

about what they've done.

關於他們做了什麼。

So, great, you guys are expanding your English, and I like that.

所以，很好，你們增進了英文能力，我喜歡這樣。

Anyway, this video has gone on long enough, so let me just say this: Go to www.eng, as

無論如何，這影片也夠長了，所以讓我再說一句: 到www.eng 就是指

in English, vid, as in video.com (www.engvid.com) where you can find our quiz, latest videos.

English; vid指video.com (www.engvid.com) 那裡你可以找到題目，最新的影片。

Don't forget to subscribe.

別忘了按訂閱。

Now, when you do, look around - there's going to be a "Subscribe" button.

現在，當你做了，看一下旁邊，有個"訂閱"按鈕。

And there's something, an important thing you must remember, there's a bell - press

邊邊有個鈴鐺，按下去

that bell and you'll get the latest videos, like this one, come right to you when you

那鈴鐺會提醒你當有新的影片時，就像這影片，會通知你，當你

want it.

需要時。

When we put it out, you'll get them; mine and others.

當我們按下，你們會得到它，我和其他人。

Anyway, once again, thank you very much.

好吧，再一次，謝謝你們。

It's been a pleasure.

也是我的榮辛。

I look forward to seeing you soon.

期待很快再看到你們。

Bye, bye, bye.

再見。

Right?

好嗎?

Backstreet Boys?

後街男孩?

No?

不?

Okay.

好吧

Check it out.

Check it out.Check it out.

See you.

再見。