Learn the English Heteronym PRESENT 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 two words

今天我们要看看两个对

that will really help your English pronunciation

你的英语发音 和听力技巧

and listening skills.

有很大帮助的 单词。

They look the same,

它们看起来一样，

and they almost sound the same.

而且听起来也几乎一样。

But what's the difference?

但有什么区别呢？

Keep watching to find out what it is.

继续观察以找出它是什么。

Let's begin.

让我们开始。

Are you ready?

你准备好了吗？

I want you to really listen hard,

我希望你认真听，

because this one's tricky.

因为这个很棘手。

First, I'll say the sentence quickly.

首先，我会快速说出这句话。

‘Let's present the present to him.’ Hmm..

“我们把礼物送给他吧。”嗯..

Okay, second time, but slower.

好吧，第二次，但速度较慢。

Really listen.

真的听。

‘Let's present the present to him.’

“我们把礼物送给他吧。”

Okay, I'll show you.

好的，我会告诉你。

‘Let's present the present to him.’

“我们把礼物送给他吧。”

What words go in these two blanks?

这两个空格里该填什么字？

Well, the answer is

好吧，答案是

‘Let's present the present to him.’

“让我们把礼物送给他吧。”

Oh No! They look like the same word.

不好了！它们看起来像同一个词。

Again, It's pronunciation  that's really important here.

再说一次，发音在这里非常重要。

It changes the meaning.

它改变了意义。

Let me explain in more detail.

让我更详细地解释一下。

Let's take a closer look at our two words.

让我们仔细看看我们的两个词。

We have ‘present’ and ‘present’.

我们有“现在”和“现在”。

They're spelt the same way,

它们的拼写方式相同，

but the pronunciation and  the meaning is different.

但发音和含义不同。

It's what we call a ‘Heteronym’.

这就是我们所说的“异名”。

What is a ‘Heteronym’?

什么是“异名”？

It's where two words are spelled the same way,

这是两个单词拼写相同，

but the meaning and the  pronunciation is different.

但含义和发音不同的情况。

Let's look at the meaning and  pronunciation of our first word.

让我们看看第一个单词的含义和发音。

‘present’

“现在”

‘present’ is a verb.

“现在”是一个动词。

It means to give or reward  formally or in a ceremony.

它的意思是正式地或在仪式上给予或奖励。

And I have two sentences to show you.

我有两句话要告诉你。

The first one,

第一个，

‘I like to present awards to my students.’

“我喜欢给我的学生颁奖。”

I like to give my students awards.

我喜欢给我的学生颁奖。

The second sentence,

第二句

‘A celebrity will present the prizes.’

“名人颁奖”。

A celebrity will give you your prize.

名人会给你奖品。

Now repeat after me.

现在跟我重复一遍。

‘present’

'present'

‘present’

'present'

Now let's have a look at our second word,

现在让我们看一下第二个词

‘present’.

“present”。

‘present’ is a noun.

“现在”是一个名词。

It means a gift something  that you give to someone.

它的意思是你送给某人的礼物。

And I have two sentences to show you this.

我有两句话可以向你展示这一点。

‘Thank you for the wonderful present.’

“谢谢你送我这么棒的礼物。”

Thank you for this wonderful gift

感谢您

that you have given me.

送给我这份美妙的礼物。

Number two,

第二，

‘I didn't get a present for my birthday.’

“我没有收到生日礼物。”

I didn't get a gift for my birthday.

我没有收到生日礼物。

No one gave me anything.

没有人给我任何东西。

Okay, let's have a look at pronunciation,

好吧，我们来看看

‘present’.

“present”的发音。

‘present’.

'展示'。

Okay, let's look at our  main sentence one more time.

好吧，让我们再看一遍我们的主要句子。

‘Let's present the present to him.’

“我们把礼物送给他吧。”

Let's ‘present’, let's give,  the ‘present’, the gift, to him.

让我们“礼物”，让我们把“礼物”，礼物，送给他。

Okay, repeat after me.

好，跟着我重复一遍。

We'll go slowly first,

我们会先慢慢地讲，

and then like a native speaker.

然后像母语人士一样讲。

‘Let's present the present to him.’

“我们把礼物送给他吧。”

And faster now.

现在更快了。

‘Let's present the present to him.’

“我们把礼物送给他吧。”

Well done.

做得好。

Great job, guys.

干得好，伙计们。

You got some awesome listening

今天 你进行了一些很棒的听力

and pronunciation practicing today.

和发音练习。

If you want to leave a comment

如果您想发表评论

to let me know what you thought of this video,

让我知道您对此视频的看法，

leave them down below.

请将其留在下面。

And as always,

一如既往，

I’m really, really thankful  for my student support.

我真的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。