HEAR vs LISTEN Difference, Meaning, Example Sentences | Learn English Vocabulary

In this video, I’m going to talk  about two similar and sometimes  

在这段视频中，我将讨论两个相似且有时

confusing English words ‘hear’ and ‘listen’.

令人困惑的英语单词“hear”和“listen”。

These two words are commonly confused in English,

这两个词在英语中经常被混淆，

but after watching this video you'll have  a good understanding of the difference and when to use these words.

但是观看此视频后，您将很好地理解它们的区别以及何时使用这些词。

Let’s get started.

让我们开始吧。

Let’s start with ‘hear’. It is an irregular verb. 

让我们从“听”开始。它是一个不规则动词。

The past tense is ‘heard’.

过去时态是“听到”。

When you hear something, noise is coming into your ears.

当您听到某些声音时，噪音就会进入您的耳朵。

You are not focused on the noise.

您没有专注于噪音。

When you are walking down the street,

当你走在街上时，

you may hear people talking, you may hear birds,

你可能会听到人们说话，你可能会听到鸟儿，

you may hear noise from the traffic,

你可能会听到交通噪音，

you hear all different noises.

你会听到各种不同的噪音。

Let’s look at some example sentences.

让我们看一些例句。

The first sentence says,

第一句话是：

‘I hear someone knocking on my door.’

“我听到有人敲我的门。”

So the sound of the knocking or the noise of the knocking is coming into your ears,

所以敲击的声音或者敲击的噪音会进入你的耳朵，

so you can hear it.

所以你可以听到它。

The next sentence says,

下一句话是：

‘He heard the thunder last night.’

“他昨晚听到了雷声。”

Thunder is very loud, so again you  will hear the noise of the thunder. 

雷声很大，所以你会再次听到雷声。

Now, I will talk about ‘listen’.

现在，我要谈谈“听”。

It is a regular verb

它是一个规则动词

and the past tense is ‘listened’.

，过去时是“听”。

It is usually followed by the preposition ‘to’.

通常后面接介词“to”。

So you say ‘listen to’.

所以你说“听”。

When you are listening, you are trying to hear something.

当你在听的时候，你是在试图听到一些东西。

You are focused. And you really want to hear something clearly.

你很专注。而且您确实想清楚地听到一些内容。

You pay attention to listen.

你注意听。

Right now, you are listening to me.

现在，你正在听我说话。

Let’s look at some example sentences.

让我们看一些例句。

The first sentence says,

第一句话是：

‘I always listen carefully to what my teacher says.’

“我总是认真听老师说的话。”

In this example, ‘listen’ is just like focusing or paying attention to.

在这个例子中，“听”就像集中注意力或注意。

The next sentence says,

下一句话是：

‘She usually listens to music before bed.’

“她通常在睡觉前听音乐。”

This case also talks about focusing on the music with their ears.

这个案例还谈到了用耳朵专注于音乐。

Now, let's do a checkup.

现在，我们来做个检查。

We need to use ‘listen’ and ‘hear’

我们需要用“听”和“听”

to  fill in the blanks in this sentence.

来填补这句话中的空白。

Take a moment to think about where to  use ‘listen’ and where to use ‘hear’. 

花点时间思考一下在哪里使用“听”以及在哪里使用“听”。

The sentence says,

这句话说，

‘I am _blank_ to their conversation.’

“我对他们的谈话一无所知。”

Which one means to pay  attention to or to focus on? 

哪一个意思是“注意”或“专注”？

That's ‘listen’.

这就是‘听’。

So we need to put ‘listen’ in the first blank.

所以我们需要把“听”放在第一个空白处。

‘I am _blank_ to their conversation.’

“我对他们的谈话一无所知。”

You'll notice it says ‘I am’

你会注意到它说“我是”，

so we need to use the present continuous tense ‘listening’.

所以我们需要使用现在进行时“听”。

‘I am listening to their conversation.’

“我正在听他们的谈话。”

The second part of this sentence says,

这句话的第二部分说，

‘but I  can't _blank_ exactly what they are saying.’

“但我不能_空白_他们所说的到底是什么。”

Maybe it's noisy outside so it's hard to hear. 

可能是外面太吵了，听不清。

Remember, ‘hear’ means to take in the noise with your ears, 

请记住，“听到”的意思是用耳朵接收噪音，

so the correct answer for the second part is

因此第二部分的正确答案是

‘I can't hear exactly what they are saying.’

“我听不清他们到底在说什么”。

Now you know the difference  between ‘hear’ and ‘listen’. 

现在您知道“听到”和“聆听”之间的区别了。

I hope you were listening to my video.

我希望你正在听我的视频。

Did you hear everything clearly?

你听清楚了吗？

Thank you guys so much for watching  and I’ll see you in the next video.

非常感谢大家的观看，我们将在下一个视频中见到您。