English Pronunciation: Can vs Can't

Hi, everybody. My name is Esther. 

大家好。我叫埃丝特。

And in this video, we're going to talk  about how to use the word ‘can’ and ‘can't’. 

在本视频中，我们将讨论如何使用“can”和“can't”一词。

mmm, so first of all, let's talk  about the meaning of these words. 

嗯，那么首先我们来谈谈这几个词的含义。

‘can’ means you are able to do something. Maybe because you have the skill or maybe  

“can”意味着你能够做某事。也许是因为您有技能，或者也许是

because your body allows you to do that thing. And ‘can't’ is the opposite, right. 

因为您的身体允许您做那件事。而“不能”则相反，对吧。

You can't do something. You're not able to do  

你不能做某事。你无法做某事，

something because you don't have the skill or your body doesn't allow you to do it. 

因为你没有技能，或者你的身体不允许你这样做。

Okay, let's move on to the pronunciation. How do we pronounce these words correctly? 

好吧，我们继续讲发音。我们如何正确发音这些单词？

Now, I know it's not easy, but I know you if  you keep practicing, you're gonna get better. 

现在，我知道这并不容易，但我知道如果你继续练习，你会变得更好。

Believe me. So let's look at the first one. 

相信我。那么让我们看看第一个。

Now, this one actually sounds like a man's name. can 

现在，这个名字听起来确实像一个男人的名字。 can

can You'll notice,  

can 你会注意到，

it sounds more like an ‘e’ than it does an ‘a’. Again, practice with me. 

它听起来更像是“e”而不是“a”。再次和我一起练习。

can Now, this one is ‘can't’. 

可以 现在，这个是“不能”。

If you look down here, I've  written the word ‘ant’. 

如果你往下看，我写了“蚂蚁”这个词。

‘ant’, with the C in front. So practice with me: 

'ant'，C在前面。所以和我一起练习：

can't can't 

can't can't

Yes, again: can 

是的，再说一遍：can

can’t can 

can't can

can’t Okay, well let's see if  

can't 好吧，让我们看看

you guys can put it in a sentence. I mmm do it. 

你们是否能把它放在一个句子中。我嗯嗯，做吧。

I can do it. I can do it. 

我能做到。我能做到。

I can't do it. I can't do it. 

我做不到。我做不到。

Let's do a couple more practices together. Okay, so let's start practicing  

让我们一起再做一些练习。好的，我们

with the word ‘can’ first. Here are some examples on the board. 

先开始练习“can”这个词。以下是板上的一些示例。

Let's start with the first one. I can swim. 

让我们从第一个开始。我会游泳。

I can swim. I can swim. 

我会游泳。我会游泳。

Make sure you guys are following along. Let's go on to the next one. 

确保你们都跟上。我们继续下一篇。

The next one ‘eat’ right. And let's try it with ‘she’. 

下一个‘吃’对了。让我们用“她”来尝试一下。

She can eat. She can eat. 

她可以吃。她可以吃。

She can eat. Okay, after that is ‘read’. 

她可以吃。好的，接下来是“读”。

And let's use ‘he’. He can read. 

让我们用“他”。他能读书。

He can read. He can read. 

他能读书。他能读书。

After that is ‘drive’. And let's use ‘they’ with that one. 

之后是“驱动”。让我们用“他们”来形容那个人。

They can drive. They can drive. 

他们可以开车。他们可以开车。

They can drive. After that, ‘run’, right. 

他们可以开车。之后，‘跑’，对吧。

‘we’ We can run. 

‘我们’我们可以跑。

We can run. We can run. 

我们可以跑。我们可以跑。

Okay, let's move on to ‘sing’. And let's do ‘you’. 

好吧，我们继续“唱歌”。让我们做“你”。

You can sing. You can sing. 

你能唱歌。你能唱歌。

You can sing. Reminding you that,  

你能唱歌。提醒您，

‘can’, okay it's pronounced ‘ken’. Let's go on to the next one, ‘dance’. 

“can”，好吧，它的发音是“ken”。让我们继续下一个“舞蹈”。

And let's go back up to ‘I’. I can dance. 

让我们回到“我”。我会跳舞。

I can dance. I can dance. 

我会跳舞。我会跳舞。

And the last one ‘speak English’. Right, let's do that with ‘I’ as well because  

最后一个“说英语”。好吧，我们也用“我”来做，因为

I know you want to be able to say this. I can speak English. 

我知道你希望能够这么说。我会说英语。

I can speak English. I can speak English. 

我会说英语。我会说英语。

Alright, let's move on to ‘can't’. Okay, so now we're going to practice with ‘can’t’. 

好吧，让我们继续讨论“不能”。好的，现在我们要练习“can't”。

You can see I've only changed  this by putting a ‘t’ here. 

您可以看到我只是通过在此处添加“t”来更改此设置。

Changing ‘can’ to ‘can't’. So let's practice again. 

将“可以”更改为“不能”。那么我们再练习一下吧。

Make sure you guys are following after me. I can't swim. 

确保你们跟着我。我不会游泳。

I can't swim. I can't swim. 

我不会游泳。我不会游泳。

Let's move on to ‘eat’. She can't eat. 

让我们继续“吃”。她不能吃东西。

Maybe she's full right. She can't eat. 

也许她是完全正确的。她不能吃东西。

She can't eat. Next one is ‘read’. 

她不能吃东西。下一个是“读”。

Let's do ‘he’. He can't read. 

我们来做‘他’吧。他不能读书。

He can't read. He can't read. 

他不能读书。他不能读书。

After that is ‘drive’. And let's use ‘they’. 

之后是“驱动”。让我们使用“他们”。

They can't drive. They can't drive. 

他们不会开车。他们不会开车。

They can't drive. Next one is ‘run’. 

他们不会开车。下一个是“跑”。

Let's use ‘we’. We can't run. 

让我们用“我们”。我们跑不了。

We can't run. We can't run. 

我们跑不了。我们跑不了。

After that.. the next one is ‘sing’. 

之后..下一首是“唱歌”。

Oh ‘you’. You can't sing. 

哦‘你’。你不会唱歌。

You can't sing. You can't sing. 

你不会唱歌。你不会唱歌。

‘dance’ hmm, let's do ‘they’. 

“跳舞”嗯，让我们跳“他们”吧。

They can't dance. They can't dance. 

他们不会跳舞。他们不会跳舞。

They can't dance. And ‘speak English’. 

他们不会跳舞。还有“说英语”。

hmm, let's say ‘You can't speak English’. Well, that's what I'm here to help you with, 

嗯，让我们说“你不会说英语”。好吧，这就是我来这里帮助你的，

but let's practice again. You can't speak English. 

但让我们再练习一下。你不会说英语。

You can't speak English, but again, that's something that  

你不会说英语，但同样，

we're gonna change as we keep practicing. Okay, and let's try a test now. 

随着我们不断练习，这也是我们要改变的事情。好的，现在让我们尝试一下测试。

Okay, so let's try a practice test together. It's not that hard. 

好吧，那么我们一起来尝试一下练习测试吧。这并不难。

All you have to do is listen carefully. And as I read these sentences,  

您所要做的就是仔细聆听。当我读到这些句子时，

you have to see if …. listen and see if I'm  

你必须看看是否……。听听，看看我

using one ‘can’ or two ‘can't’. All right, so I'll do this slowly. 

用的是一个“可以”还是两个“不能”。好吧，那我慢慢做吧。

Let's try it together. The first one. 

我们一起来尝试一下吧。第一个。

Let's do ‘swim’. And let's use ‘I’. 

我们来‘游泳’吧。让我们用“我”。

I can swim. I can swim. 

我会游泳。我会游泳。

Which one do you think I used? Well, if you listen carefully,  

你认为我用的是哪一款？好吧，如果你仔细听的话，

yes I use number one ‘can’. Let's go on to the next one, ‘eat’. 

是的，我用的是第一个“can”。让我们继续下一个“吃”。

And let's try ‘she’. She can eat. 

让我们试试“她”。她可以吃。

She can eat. Yes, I did number one again, ‘can’. 

她可以吃。是的，我又说了第一，“可以”。

After that is ‘read’. And let's use ‘he’. 

之后是“读”。让我们用“他”。

He can't read. He can't read. 

他不能读书。他不能读书。

That was the second one, ‘can't’. How about ‘drive’. 

这是第二个，“不能”。说好的“开车”呢？

Let's use ‘he’ again. He can drive. 

我们再用“他”吧。他会开车。

He can drive. Yes, that was number one. 

他会开车。是的，那是第一。

He can drive. After that, ‘run’. 

他会开车。之后，‘跑’。

Let's use ‘they’. They can't run. 

让我们用“他们”。他们跑不了。

They can't run. Maybe they're too tired right. 

他们跑不了。也许他们太累了对吧。

And I use number two. They can't run. 

我用的是第二个。他们跑不了。

Let's move on to the next one, ‘sing’. We can't sing. 

让我们继续下一个，“唱歌”。我们不会唱歌。

We can't sing. Yes, that was number two, ‘can't’. 

我们不会唱歌。是的，这是第二个，“不能”。

Next is ‘dance’. Let's do ‘dance’. 

接下来是“舞蹈”。我们来‘跳舞’吧。

Again, let's do ‘we’ again. We can't dance. 

再次，让我们再次做“我们”。我们不能跳舞。

We can't dance. Yes, again, I said, ‘can't’, number two. 

我们不能跳舞。是的，我再说一遍，“不能”，第二。

And the last one. You can speak English. 

还有最后一张。你会说英语。

You can speak English. Yes, the last one was ‘can’, number one. 

你会说英语。是的，最后一个是“可以”，第一。

You can speak English. How did you guys do? 

你会说英语。你们做得怎么样？

Well, that's the end of our quiz. I know that it's difficult and it's  

好了，我们的测验到此结束。我知道这很困难并且需要

gonna take a lot of time but you can do it. 

花费很多时间，但你可以做到。

I'll see you guys next time. Bye.

我们下次再见。再见。