Learn the English Heteronym CONTENT with Pronunciation and Practice Sentences

Hello, everyone.

大家好。

My name is Fiona.

我叫菲奥娜。

Today we're going to be looking at these two words.

今天我们就来看看这两个词。

They look the same and sound the same – almost.

它们看起来几乎一样，听起来也几乎一样。

And knowing the difference is really going to help

了解其中的差异确实有助于

your English pronunciation and listening skills.

您的英语发音和听力技巧。

What is the difference?

有什么区别？

Keep watching to find out.

请继续关注以找出答案。

Let's begin.

让我们开始吧。

Okay.

好的。

First time I'm going to say the sentence really quickly so listen well.

第一次我会很快地说出这句话，所以请仔细听。

‘My boss was content with the content.’

“我的老板对内容很满意。”

Let's go one more time but slower.

我们再去一次，但速度要慢一些。

‘My boss was content with the content.’

“我的老板对内容很满意。”

Okay, let's have a look at the sentence.

好，我们来看看这个句子。

‘My boss was content with the content.’

“我的老板对内容很满意。”

What two words go in these two gaps?

这两个空白处该填哪两个词？

Well the answer is, ‘My boss was content with the content.’

答案是，“我的老板对内容很满意。”

They look like the same word.

它们看起来像同一个词。

I know.

我知道。

Oh no but they're two different words.

哦不，但它们是两个不同的词。

And let me tell you why.

让我告诉你原因。

Let's have a look at our two words: content and content

让我们看一下我们的两个单词：content 和 content

They're spelled the same way,

它们的拼写方式相同，

but the pronunciation,

但发音

and the meaning is different. It's a heteronym.

和含义不同。这是一个异名。

What is a heteronym?

什么是异名？

Well it's where you have two words

好吧，就是有两个单词

that are spelled the same way

拼写相同，

but the pronunciations

但发音

and the meanings are different.

和含义不同。

Let's look at our two words in more detail.

让我们更详细地看看这两个词。

Both the meaning and the pronunciation.

无论是意义还是发音。

First is ‘content’.

首先是“内容”。

‘content’ is an adjective.

“内容”是一个形容词。

It means to be happy or satisfied with something.

它的意思是对某事感到高兴或满意。

I have two sentences for you.

我有两句话送给你。

“I'm content with my peaceful life.’

“我对平静的生活感到满意。”

I'm happy with my peaceful life. I'm satisfied.

我对平静的生活很满意。我很满意。

I don't need anything else.

我不需要任何其他东西。

Sentence number two.

第二句话。

‘She is content to stay home Friday night.’

“周五晚上她很乐意呆在家里。”

She's okay with staying home Friday night.

她同意周五晚上呆在家里。

She's happy with that.

她对此很满意。

She doesn't need anything else.

她不需要任何其他东西。

Okay, let's practice pronunciation.

好吧，我们来练习发音吧。

content

内容

content

内容

Let's look at word number two.

让我们看一下第二个词。

‘content’

“内容”

‘content’ is a noun.

“内容”是一个名词。

It means information that is put on the internet or other medium.

它是指放在互联网或其他媒介上的信息。

I have two sentences for you.

我有两句话送给你。

‘Youtubers always have to make new content.’

“YouTube 用户总是需要制作新内容。”

Youtubers have to make new information to put on the internet.

YouTube 用户必须制作新信息才能发布到互联网上。

And sentence number two.

还有第二句话。

‘My video content uses English.’

“我的视频内容使用英语。”

The videos that I make uses English.

我制作的视频使用英语。

Okay, let's practice pronunciation.

好吧，我们来练习发音吧。

Ready?

准备好？

content

内容

content

内容

Now let's go back to our main sentence.

现在让我们回到我们的主要句子。

‘My boss was content with the content.’

“我的老板对内容很满意。”

My boss was content.

我的老板很满意。

He was happy.

他很高兴。

He was satisfied with the content.

他对内容很满意。

With the information that I gave him.

根据我给他的信息。

‘My boss was content with the content.’

“我的老板对内容很满意。”

Now let's practice pronunciation.

现在我们来练习发音。

We're going to go slowly first and then speed up.

我们要先慢慢地走，然后再加速。

Repeat after me.

跟着我重复一遍。

‘My boss was content with the content.’

“我的老板对内容很满意。”

Now like a native speaker.

现在就像一个母语人士一样。

Ready?

准备好？

‘My boss was content with the content.’

“我的老板对内容很满意。”

Good job.

好工作。

Great job today, guys.

今天干得好，伙计们。

You did really well.

你做得非常好。

And we got some awesome practice in pronunciation and listening.

我们在发音和听力方面得到了一些很棒的练习。

If you want to leave a comment, leave one down below.

如果您想发表评论，请在下面留言。

I read all of them.

我读了所有这些。

And I'm always super thankful for my students’ support.

我总是非常感谢我的学生的支持。

I'll see you in the next video.

我们将在下一个视频中见到您。