9 Common Heteronyms | Master English Vocabulary & Pronunciation

Hello, everyone.

大家好。

My name is Fiona.

我叫菲奥娜。

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

今天我们要来看两个词。

These two words.

这两句话。

They look the same

它们看起来一样

and they almost sound the same,

，听起来也几乎一样，

but they're different.

但它们是不同的。

Keep watching to find out what the difference is

继续观看，找出其中的差异

and to help improve your English pronunciation

，并帮助提高您的英语发音

and English listening skills.

和英语听力技能。

Let's get started.

让我们开始吧。

First I'll say the sentence quickly.

首先我会快速说出这句话。

Really listen.

真的听。

‘I'm close to the door so I'll close it.’

“我离门很近，所以我会把它关上。”

Now again, but slower.

现在又来了，但速度较慢。

‘I'm close to the door so I'll close it.’

“我离门很近，所以我会把它关上。”

Okay let's see the sentence.

好吧，我们看一下句子。

‘I'm close to the door so I'll close it.’

“我离门很近，所以我要把它关上。”

What words go in these two gaps?

这两个空白处该填什么字？

Any ideas?

有什么想法吗？

Well the answer is -

答案是——

‘I'm close to the door so I'll close it.’

“我离门很近，所以我会把它关上。”

You can see that they look the same,

您可以看到它们看起来相同，

but they mean different things.

但含义不同。

Now, let's have a look at our two words.

现在，让我们看看我们的两个词。

We have ‘close’ and ‘close’.

我们有“接近”和“接近”。

They are spelled in the same way,

它们的拼写方式相同，

but they have different meanings

但含义不同

and different pronunciation.

，发音也不同。

It's what we call a heteronym.

这就是我们所说的异名。

What's a heteronym?

什么是异名？

Two words.

两个字。

Same spelling.

拼写相同。

Different meaning.

意义不同。

Different pronunciation.

发音不同。

Okay

好的，

Let's start with the meaning

让我们从

and pronunciation of our first word -

第一个单词的 含义和发音开始 -

‘close’

'close'

‘close’ is an adjective.

'close' 是一个形容词。

It means that something is near to me.

这意味着有东西离我很近。

I have two sentences to help show this.

我有两句话可以帮助说明这一点。

The first one,

第一个，

‘You're standing too close to me.’

“你站得离我太近了。”

The person is too near.

这个人太近了。

They're taking up my room - my space.

他们占用了我的房间——我的空间。

It's a physical distance.

这是物理距离。

You're too close to me.

你离我太近了。

The second sentence isn't a physical distance,

第二句话不是身体上的距离，

but an emotional one.

而是情感上的距离。

‘My mother and I are very close.’

“我和我的母亲非常亲密。”

My mother isn't here right now.

我妈妈现在不在。

We're not physically close,

我们不是身体上的亲近，

we're emotionally close.

而是情感上的亲近。

We have a very good relationship.

我们的关系非常好。

Okay.

好的。

Let's practice pronunciation.

我们来练习发音吧。

The word is ‘close’.

这个词就是‘接近’。

Repeat after me.

跟着我重复一遍。

‘close’

'close'

‘close’

'close'

Now let's look at the meaning

现在让我们看看

and pronunciation of our second word.

第二个单词的含义和发音。

‘close’

“关闭”

‘close’ is a verb.

“关闭”是一个动词。

An action word.

一个动作词。

It means to shut.

就是关闭的意思。

The opposite is to open.

反之就是打开。

I have two sentences to show you this.

我有两句话可以告诉你这一点。

First one,

第一个，

‘Please close the window. I'm cold.’

‘请关上窗户。我很冷。'

I'm asking you to shut the window.

我请你关上窗户。

Sentence number two -

第二句话——

‘I close my eyes before I sleep.’

“我睡觉前闭上眼睛。”

‘I close my eyes before I sleep.’

“我睡觉前会闭上眼睛。”

Now let's have a look at pronunciation.

现在我们来看看发音。

Repeat after me.

跟着我重复一遍。

‘close’

'close'

‘close’

'close'

Now let's have a look at our main sentence.

现在让我们看看我们的主要句子。

‘I'm close to the door so I'll close it.’

“我离门很近，所以我会把它关上。”

We've looked at ‘close’ and ‘close’,

我们已经讨论了“关闭”和“关闭”，

but let's not forget ‘I'm’ and ‘I’ll’.

但我们不要忘记“我是”和“我会”。

I'm close - I'm near to the door so I'll close it.

我很近 - 我靠近门，所以我会关上它。

I'll shut it.

我将其关闭。

I will do it.

我会做。

Okay. Let's practice.

好的。我们来练习一下吧。

I'm gonna say it slowly to start

我会慢慢地说

and then we'll speed up.

，然后我们会加快速度。

‘I'm close to the door so I'll close it’

“我离门很近，所以我会关上它”

‘I'm close to the door so I'll close it’

“我离门很近，所以我会关上它”

Well done.

干得好。

Great job guys.

干得好，伙计们。

You got some awesome English listening

今天 您进行了一些很棒的英语听力

and English pronunciation practice in today.

和英语发音练习。

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's support.

我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。

Hello, everyone.

大家好。

My name is Fiona.

我叫菲奥娜。

Today, we're going to be looking at two words that will really help your English pronunciation

今天，我们将学习两个对您的英语发音

and listening skills.

和听力技巧真正有帮助的单词。

They look the same and they almost sound the same.

它们看起来一样，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 why.

继续观察以找出原因。

Let's get started.

让我们开始吧。

Okay, this one is tricky, so I really want you to listen hard.

好吧，这个问题有点棘手，所以我真的希望你认真听。

Okay?

好的？

I'm going to say the sentence first quickly.

我先快速地说出这句话。

Are you ready?

你准备好了吗？

‘We produce produce at the farm.’

“我们在农场生产农产品。”

Oooh, that one's tough.

哦，那个很难。

I know, I know.

我知道，我知道。

So I'm gonna say it again but slower.

所以我要再说一遍，但速度要慢一些。

Second time.

第二次。

Are you ready?

你准备好了吗？

‘We produce produce at the farm.’

“我们在农场生产农产品。”

Now I'll show you.

现在我将向您展示。

Here's the sentence.

这是这句话。

‘We produce produce at the farm.’

“我们在农场生产农产品。”

What words go in these two gaps?

这两个空白处该填什么字？

Any ideas?

有什么想法吗？

Well, the answer is

嗯，答案是

‘We produce produce at the farm.’

“我们在农场生产农产品。”

They look exactly the same.

他们看起来一模一样。

I know, I know.

我知道，我知道。

But...

但是……

the pronunciation here is really important.

这里的发音真的很重要。

It changes the meaning and  gives you two different words.

它改变了含义并给出了两个不同的词。

So let's find out why.

那么让我们找出原因。

Now let's have a look at our two words.

现在让我们看看我们的两个词。

We have ‘produce’ and ‘produce’.

我们有“生产”和“生产”。

They're spelled the same, 

它们的拼写相同，

but the meaning and the  pronunciation is different.

但含义和发音不同。

It's a heteronym.

这是一个异名。

What is a heteronym?

什么是异名？

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

这两个单词的拼写方式相同，

but the meaning and the  pronunciation is different.

但含义和发音不同。

Let's start with the meaning and pronunciation of our first word.

让我们从第一个单词的含义和发音开始。

‘Produce’.

'生产'。

‘Produce’ is a verb.

“生产”是一个动词。

It means to make something.

意思是做某事。

And I have two sentences to show you.

我有两句话要告诉你。

‘France produces a lot of wine.’

“法国出产大量葡萄酒。”

And ‘Cities produce a lot of trash.’

“城市产生大量垃圾。”

They make a lot of rubbish.

他们制造了很多垃圾。

Now Let's practice pronunciation.

现在我们来练习发音。

‘Produce’

'生产'

‘Produce’

'生产'

Okay, time for word number 2.

好的，是时候讲第二个词了。

‘Produce’.

'生产'。

‘Produce’ is a noun.

“生产”是一个名词。

It means fruits and vegetables.

它的意思是水果和蔬菜。

So you might have the produce section at a market.

所以市场上可能有农产品区。

Again, I have two sentences to show you this.

再次，我有两句话来向您展示这一点。

‘I work at the produce section in the market.’

“我在市场的农产品部门工作。”

‘I work at the produce section in the market.’

“我在市场的农产品部门工作。”

And our second sentence,

我们的第二句话是，

‘They have fresh produce everyday.’

“他们每天都有新鲜农产品。”

‘They have fresh produce everyday.’

“他们每天都有新鲜农产品。”

Ok, let's practice pronunciation.

好啦，我们来练习一下发音吧。

Are you ready?

你准备好了吗？

Repeat after me.

跟着我重复一遍。

‘Produce’

'产生'

‘Produce’

'产生'

Let's go back to our main sentence.

让我们回到我们的主要句子。

‘We produce produce at the farm.’

“我们在农场生产农产品。” 我们

We ‘produce’, we make we grow, ‘produce’, fresh fruits and vegetables,

在农场 “生产”，让我们种植、“生产”新鲜水果和蔬菜

at the farm.

。

Ok, let's practice together.

好吧，我们一起练习吧。

First, we'll go slow.

首先，我们要慢慢来。

‘We produce produce at the farm.’

“我们在农场生产农产品。”

Now faster like a native speaker.

现在像母语人士一样更快。

‘We produce produce at the farm.’

“我们在农场生产农产品。”

Well done.

干得好。

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 listening and pronunciation practicing.

我们进行了一些很棒的听力和发音练习。

Leave a comment down below.

请在下面发表评论。

I read all of them.

我读了所有这些。

And I'm always thankful for my students support.

我始终感谢学生的支持。

I'll see you in the next video.

我们将在下一个视频中见到您。

Hello, everyone.

My name is Fiona.

大家好。

我叫菲奥娜。

Today we're going to be looking at two words

今天我们要看看两个

that will really help your English pronunciation

对你的英语发音和听力技巧有很大帮助的

and listening skills.

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.

让我们开始吧。

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.

哦不！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,

现在让我们看看第二个词，

‘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.

干得好。

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。

Hello, everyone.

大家好。

My name is Fiona.

我叫菲奥娜。

Today we're going to be looking

今天我们就来看看

at these two words.

这两个词。

They’re really going to help your English

它们确实会帮助您提高英语

pronunciation and listening skills.

发音和听力技巧。

They look the same,

它们看起来一样，

but what's the difference?

但有什么区别呢？

Keep watching and find out why.

继续观察并找出原因。

Are you ready?

你准备好了吗？

Let's begin.

让我们开始吧。

First, I'm going to say the sentence quickly.

首先，我要快速地说出这句话。

So listen really hard.

所以真的要认真听。

‘The nurse wound the bandage around the wound.’

“护士把绷带包在伤口上。”

Woo, I told you it was tricky.

哇，我告诉过你这很棘手。

Let me say it again, but slower.

让我再说一遍，但要慢一些。

Are you ready?

你准备好了吗？

‘The nurse wound the bandage around the wound.’

“护士把绷带包在伤口上。”

Okay, here's the sentence.

好啦，这句话就到这里了。

‘The nurse wound the bandage around the wound.’

“护士把绷带包在伤口上。”

What words go in these two blanks?

这两个空格里该填什么字？

Well, the answer is,

嗯，答案是，

‘The nurse wound the bandage around the wound.’

“护士将绷带缠绕在伤口上。”

They look the same,

它们看起来一样，

but they sound different.

但听起来不同。

I know, I know.

我知道，我知道。

Let me explain why the two different words.

让我解释一下为什么这两个词不同。

Okay, let's take a look at these two words.

好吧，我们来看看这两个词。

‘wound’

‘伤’

and ‘wound’.

和‘伤’。

They spell the same way,

它们的拼写方式相同，

but the pronunciation

但发音

and the meaning is different.

和含义不同。

It's a Heteronym.

这是一个异名。

What's the Heteronym?

异名是什么？

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

这是两个单词拼写相同，

but have a different pronunciation,

但发音不同、

and a different meaning.

含义不同的情况。

Let's have a look at the meaning

让我们看一下

and pronunciation of our two words.

这两个词的含义和发音。

First, we have ‘wound’.

首先，我们有“伤口”。

‘wound’ is a verb,

“wound”是一个动词，

it’s past tense of the verb ‘wind’.

它是动词“wind”的过去式。

And ‘wind’ means to turn or coil lots of times.

“wind”的意思是多次转动或盘绕。

I have two sentences to show you this.

我有两句话可以告诉你这一点。

‘Yesterday,’. past tense, already happened.

'昨天，'。过去式，已经发生了。

‘I wound my watch.’

“我给手表上弦了。”

‘Yesterday, I wound my watch.’

“昨天，我给手表上弦了。”

And sentence number two.

还有第二句话。

‘The vine wound around the pole.’

“藤蔓缠绕在杆子上。”

The vine, a plant, wound around the pole.

藤蔓是一种植物，缠绕在杆子上。

Okay, pronunciation.

好的，发音。

Repeat after me.

跟着我重复一遍。

‘wound’

'wound'

‘wound’

'wound'

Let’s look at the word number two.

让我们看看第二个词。

‘wound’.

'伤口'。

‘wound’ is a noun.

“伤口”是一个名词。

It means a cut or a scrape

这意味着割伤或擦伤

something that is bleeding and it hurts.

某物正在流血并且很痛。

I have two sentences to show you this.

我有两句话可以告诉你这一点。

‘The wound on my knee hurts.’

“我膝盖上的伤口很疼。”

The cut or the scrape on my knee is bleeding.

我膝盖上的割伤或擦伤正在流血。

It hurts.

好痛。

‘The wounds on my knee hurts.’

“我膝盖上的伤口很疼。”

And sentence number two.

还有第二句话。

‘Clean the wound before it gets infected.’

“在感染之前清洁伤口。”

Clean the wound.

清洁伤口。

Clean scrape, clean the cut  before it gets infected.

清洁刮伤，在感染之前清洁伤口。

before it gets dirty.

在它变脏之前。

Okay, let's practice pronunciation.

好吧，我们来练习发音吧。

Repeat after me.

跟着我重复一遍。

‘wound’

'wound'

‘wound’

'wound'

Let's go back to the main sentence.

让我们回到主要句子。

‘The nurse wound the bandage around the wound.’

“护士把绷带包在伤口上。”

The Nurse wound,

护士伤口，

she wrapped or coiled,

她把绷带包裹或盘绕

the bandage around my wound.

在我的伤口上。

The cut or scrape.

割伤或刮伤。

‘The nurse wound the bandage around the wound.’

“护士把绷带包在伤口上。”

Okay, repeat after me.

好，跟着我重复一遍。

We’re gonna go slow to start

我们会慢慢开始

and then like a native speaker.

，然后像母语人士一样。

Are you ready?

你准备好了吗？

‘The nurse wound the bandage around the wound.’

“护士把绷带包在伤口上。”

Okay.

好的。

‘The nurse wound the bandage around the wound.’

“护士把绷带包在伤口上。”

Well done.

干得好。

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 listening

，我们进行了一些很棒的听力

and pronunciation practicing.

和发音练习。

Leave a comment down below,

请在下面发表评论，

I read all of them,

我阅读了所有评论，

and I'm always thankful for my student’s support.

并且我始终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。

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.

他们看起来一样。

And they sound the same.

而且它们听起来是一样的。

And knowing the difference

了解其中的差异

is really going to help with your English

确实有助于您的英语

pronunciation and listening.

发音和听力。

Keep watching to find out what it is.

继续观察以找出它是什么。

Are you ready?

你准备好了吗？

Let's begin.

让我们开始吧。

First, I'm going to say the  sentence really quickly,

首先，我会很快地说出这句话，

so I want you to listen closely.

所以我希望你们仔细听。

‘I had to desert my car in the desert.’

“我不得不把车丢在沙漠里。”

Oh that's tough.

哦，这很难。

So I'll slow it down for you.

所以我会为你放慢速度。

‘I had to desert my car in the desert.’

“我不得不把车丢在沙漠里。”

Let's see the sentence.

我们看一下句子。

‘I had to desert my car in the desert.’

“我不得不把车丢在沙漠里。”

What words go in these two blanks?

这两个空格里该填什么字？

Can you guess?

你能猜到吗？

Well the answer is,

答案是，

‘I had to desert my car in the desert.’

“我不得不把车丢在沙漠里。”

Oh no. They look like the same word.

哦不。它们看起来像同一个词。

I know.

我知道。

I know.

But they're two different words.

我知道。

但它们是两个不同的词。

And pronunciation is key here

发音是

for making sure that people can  understand what you're saying.

确保人们能够理解您所说内容的关键。

Let me tell you more.

让我告诉你更多。

Okay let's have a look at our two words.

好吧，让我们看看我们的两个词。

We have 'desert' and 'desert'.

我们有“沙漠”和“沙漠”。

They're spelled the same way,

它们的拼写方式相同，

but the meaning and the  pronunciation is different.

但含义和发音不同。

It's a heteronym.

这是一个异名。

What is a heteronym?

什么是异名？

Well it's where two words are spelled the same way

嗯，就是两个单词拼写相同

but have different pronunciation  and a different meaning.

但发音不同且含义不同的情况。

Okay,

let's look at the meaning and  pronunciation of our two words.

好吧，

让我们看看这两个词的含义和发音。

First, we'll start with ‘dessert’.

首先，我们从“甜点”开始。

‘desert’ is a verb.

“沙漠”是一个动词。

It means to leave or abandon.

意思是离开或放弃。

Everything goes away.

一切都会消失。

I have two sentences to show you this.

我有两句话可以告诉你这一点。

First, ‘Our father deserted our family,’

首先，“我们的父亲抛弃了我们的家庭，”

Sad.

悲伤。

It means that he abandoned the family.

这意味着他抛弃了家庭。

He left the family.

他离开了家人。

And second,

其次，

‘Rain made everyone desert the beach.’

“雨让每个人都离开了海滩。”

The rain came.

雨来了。

And because of the rain, everyone left the beach.

由于下雨，大家都离开了海滩。

No one was on the beach.

海滩上没有人。

The beach had no people.

海滩上没有人。

Okay.

Let's look at pronunciation.

好的。

我们来看看发音。

Repeat after me.

跟着我重复一遍。

‘desert’

'沙漠'

‘desert’

'沙漠'

Our second word is ‘desert’.

我们的第二个词是'沙漠'。

‘desert’ is a noun.

“沙漠”是一个名词。

It means a place that is usually very sandy.

它的意思是通常非常沙质的地方。

Very hot.

很热。

Not a lot of water and not many plants.

水不多，植物也不多。

I have two sentences to show you this in use.

我用两句话来向你展示这个的用法。

First,

首先，

‘This desert has a lot of sand.’

“这片沙漠有很多沙子。”

This place has a lot of sand.

这个地方有很多沙子。

It's a desert.

这是一片沙漠。

It has a lot of sand.

它有很多沙子。

And sentence number two,

第二句话是

‘You will get thirsty walking in the desert.’

“在沙漠中行走你会口渴的。”

‘desert’ doesn't have water  so you will become thirsty.

“沙漠”没有水，所以你会口渴。

You will get thirsty because  there isn't any water.

你会口渴，因为没有水。

Okay pronunciation time.

好的发音时间。

Repeat after me.

跟着我重复一遍。

‘desert’

‘沙漠’

‘desert’

‘沙漠’

We'll go back to our main sentence now.

我们现在回到我们的主要句子。

‘I had to desert my car in the desert.’

“我不得不把车丢在沙漠里。”

I had to desert. I had to leave.

我不得不开小差。我不得不离开。

I had to abandon my car -I  don't know why - in the desert.

我不得不把车丢在沙漠里——我不知道为什么。

In the hot sandy place.

在炎热的沙地里。

Let's practice pronunciation together.

我们一起练习发音吧。

Now I'm going to say it first slowly

现在我要先慢慢地说

and then we'll speed up -

，然后我们会加快速度 -

okay

好吧

‘I had to desert my car in the desert.’

，“我不得不把我的车遗弃在沙漠里。”

‘I had to desert my car in the desert.’

“我不得不把车丢在沙漠里。”

Well done.

干得好。

Great job today, guys.

今天干得好，伙计们。

We got some awesome pronunciation

今天 我们进行了一些很棒的

and listening practice today in English.

英语发音和听力练习。

If you want to leave a comment down below,

如果您想在下面发表评论，

I read every single one.

我会阅读每一条。

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

我始终感谢学生的支持。

I'll see you in the next video.

我们将在下一个视频中见到您。

Hello, everyone.

My name is Fiona.

大家好。

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。

And knowing the difference is really going to help  your English pronunciation and language skills.

了解其中的差异确实有助于您的英语发音和语言技能。

Keep watching to find out what it is.

继续观察以找出它是什么。

Let's begin.

让我们开始吧。

First, I'm going to say the  sentence really quickly.

首先，我要很快地说出这句话。

So you have to listen carefully.

所以你必须仔细听。

Are you ready?

你准备好了吗？

‘The dove dove into the lake.’

“鸽子跳进湖里了。”

Oh-ho, that one's tough, I know.

噢，嗬，那很难，我知道。

So I'll slow down.

所以我会放慢速度。

‘The dove dove into the lake.’

“鸽子跳进湖里了。”

Did you get it?

你收到了吗？

Okay, I'll show you the sentence.

好的，我给你看一下这个句子。

Here we go.

开始了。

‘The dove dove into the lake.’

“鸽子跳进湖里了。”

What two words go in these blanks?

这两个空格里填的是哪两个词？

Well, the answer is,

嗯，答案是：

‘The dove dove into the lake.’

“鸽子潜入湖中。”

They look like the same word. I know, I know.

它们看起来像同一个词。我知道，我知道。

But there are two different words, I promise.

但我保证，有两个不同的词。

Okay, Let's have a look at our  two words a little bit closer.

好吧，让我们仔细看看我们的两个词。

We have ‘dove’ and ‘dove’.

我们有“鸽子”和“鸽子”。

They're spelled the same  way, but the pronunciation 

它们的拼写方式相同，但发音

and the meaning is different.

和含义不同。

It's a Heteronym.

这是一个异名。

What's a Heteronym?

什么是异名？

Well, it's where we have two words that are spelled the same,

嗯，这就是我们有两个拼写相同

but have different meanings and different pronunciations.

但具有不同含义和不同发音的单词。

Let's look at the meaning and pronunciation of our two words.

让我们看看这两个词的含义和发音。

First is ‘dove’.

首先是“鸽子”。

‘dove’ is a noun.

“鸽子”是一个名词。

It's a small white bird, similar to a pigeon.

这是一种白色的小鸟，类似于鸽子。

You might see many in the sky.

你可能会在天空中看到很多。

And I have two sentences to show you this in use.

我用两句话来向你展示这个的用法。

‘I saw a dove fly in the sky.’

“我看到一只鸽子在天上飞翔。”

I saw a dove, a small bird, fly in the sky.

我看到一只鸽子，一只小鸟，在天空中飞翔。

And sentence number two.

还有第二句话。

‘The poor dove flew into the window.’

“可怜的鸽子飞进了窗户。”

Oh dear.

哦亲爱的。

The small bird, white bird, flew into the window.

那只小鸟，白色的鸟，飞进了窗户。

Okay, let's practice pronunciation.

好吧，我们来练习发音吧。

Repeat after me.

跟着我重复一遍。

‘dove’

'dove'

‘dove’

'dove'

Okay, let's look at our second word.

好吧，让我们看看第二个词。

‘dove’ ‘dove’ is a verb.

“鸽子”“鸽子”是一个动词。

It's past tense, so already happened of ‘dive’.

这是过去式，所以“dive”已经发生了。

‘dive’ means to suddenly and  steeply go down into something.

“dive”的意思是突然、陡峭地深入某事物。

Could be the air.

可能是空气。

Sometimes, it's water.

有时，它是水。

Okay, let's have a look at  two sentences to show this.

好吧，让我们看两句话来说明这一点。

Number one.

第一。

‘The airplane dove to avoid hitting the other airplane.’

“飞机俯冲以避免撞到另一架飞机。”

The airplane went down suddenly in the air to avoid hitting another airplane.

飞机在空中突然下降，以避免撞到另一架飞机。

And sentence number two,

第二句是

'She dove into the swimming pool.'

“她跳进了游泳池。”

She jumped steeply into the swimming pool.

她猛地跳进游泳池。

She went down into the water.

她潜入水里。

Okay, let's look at pronunciation.

好吧，我们来看看发音。

Repeat after me.

跟着我重复一遍。

‘dove’

'dove'

‘dove’

'dove'

Now, let's look at our main sentence again.

现在，让我们再看看我们的主要句子。

‘The dove dove into the lake.’

“鸽子跳进湖里了。”

‘The dove, the small white bird, dove, went down steeply, into the lake.’

“那只鸽子，那只白色的小鸟，鸽子，陡峭地下降到湖里。”

‘The dove dove into the lake.’

“鸽子跳进湖里了。”

Okay, let's practice pronunciation together.

好啦，我们一起练习发音吧。

First, we'll go slow.

首先，我们要慢慢来。

Are you ready?

你准备好了吗？

‘The dove dove into the lake.’

“鸽子跳进湖里了。”

Now faster like a native speaker.

现在像母语人士一样更快。

‘The dove dove into the lake.’

“鸽子跳进湖里了。”

Well done.

干得好。

Great job, guys.

干得好，伙计们。

You got some awesome listening and  pronunciation practice in today.

今天你进行了一些很棒的听力和发音练习。

If you want to leave a comment to let  me know what you thought of this video,

如果您想发表评论让我知道您对此视频的看法，

Leave them down below.

请在下面留下评论。

And as always, I'm really really thankful for my students’ support.

一如既往，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！

Hello, everyone.

My name is Fiona.

大家好。

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体上的信息。

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。

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 they almost sound the same.

它们看起来一样，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 language skills.

您的英语发音和语言技能。

Keep watching to find out what it is.

继续观察以找出它是什么。

Let's begin.

让我们开始吧。

First, I'm going to say the  sentence really quickly.

首先，我要很快地说出这句话。

Listen well.

好好听。

‘It took a minute to find the minute crack.’

“花了一分钟才找到那个微小的裂缝。”

Okay, I'll slow down.

好吧，我会放慢速度。

‘It took a minute to find the minute crack.’

“花了一分钟才找到那个微小的裂缝。”

Let's have a look at the sentence.

我们来看看这句话。

‘It took a minute to find the minute crack.’

“花了一分钟才找到那个微小的裂缝。”

What two words go in the blanks here?

这里的空格里填的是哪两个词？

Any ideas?

有什么想法吗？

Well the answer is,

答案是，

‘It took a minute to find the minute crack.’

“花了一分钟才找到这个微小的裂缝。”

Again they look like the same word

它们看起来又像同一个词

but they're two different words.

，但它们是两个不同的词。

Pronunciation here is key.

这里发音是关键。

Let me tell you why.

让我告诉你原因。

Okay, let's have a look at our  two words a little bit closer.

好吧，让我们仔细看看我们的两个词。

We have ‘minute’ and ‘minute’.

我们有“分钟”和“分钟”。

They look the same with the spelling

它们的拼写看起来相同

but the pronunciation

，但发音

and the meanings are different.

和含义不同。

It's a heteronym.

这是一个异名。

What's a heteronym?

什么是异名？

Well it's where you have two words

嗯，就是两个单词

that have the same spelling

的拼写相同，

but the meanings and the  pronunciations are different.

但含义和发音不同。

Okay, let's look at our  two words in closer detail.

好吧，让我们更详细地看看这两个词。

We have the meanings and the pronunciations.

我们有含义和发音。

Word number one is ‘minute’/ˈmɪnɪt/.

第一个词是“分钟”/ˈmɪnɪt/。

‘minute’ is a time noun.

“分钟”是一个时间名词。

It can mean 60 seconds -

它可以表示 60 秒 -

a literal minute or a short amount of time.

一分钟或很短的时间。

Let me show you.

让我告诉你。

Sentence number one.

第一句话。

‘Class ends in a minute.’

“一分钟后就下课了。”

Class ends in one minute - 60 seconds.

课程在一分钟到 60 秒后结束。

That's all the time left.

剩下的时间就这样了。

Sentence number two. ‘Wait a minute.’

第二句话。 '等一下。'

Can you wait a short amount of time, please?

请稍等一下好吗？

‘Wait a minute.’

'等一下。'

Now let's look at pronunciation.

现在我们来看看发音。

Repeat after me.

跟着我重复一遍。

minute

分钟

minute

分钟

Word number two is ‘minute’ /maɪˈnjuːt/.

第二个词是“分钟”/maɪˈnjuːt/。

‘minute’ is an adjective.

“分钟”是形容词。

It describes something small

它描述了一些小事

or something in a lot of detail.

或很多细节。

So you're looking very closely at something.

所以你正在非常仔细地观察某件事。

I have two sentences to show you this.

我有两句话可以告诉你这一点。

Sentence number one.

第一句话。

‘She examined the contract in minute detail.’

“她仔细检查了合同的细节。”

She looked really closely at the contract.

她仔细地看了合同。

She found all of the details.

她找到了所有的细节。

Sentence number two.

第二句话。

‘The baby's hands are minute.’

“宝宝的手很小。”

They're tiny. They're really small.

它们很小。它们真的很小。

The baby has very small hands.

宝宝的手很小。

Okay, let's look at pronunciation.

好吧，我们来看看发音。

Repeat after me.

跟着我重复一遍。

minute

分钟

minute

分钟

Now let's have a look at our main sentence.

现在让我们看看我们的主要句子。

‘It took a minute to find the minute crack.’

“花了一分钟才找到那个微小的裂缝。”

Let's break it down.

让我们来分解一下。

‘It took a minute …’

“花了一分钟……”

It took a short amount of time or 60 seconds ‘ …

花了很短的时间或 60 秒“……

to find the minute crack.’

才找到了微小的裂缝。”

To find the very small crack in my phone screen.

找到我手机屏幕上非常小的裂缝。

Okay. ‘It took a minute to find the minute crack.’

好的。 “花了一分钟才找到那个微小的裂缝。”

Now let's practice pronunciation.

现在我们来练习发音。

We're gonna go slow to start and then speed up.

我们会先慢速开始，然后加速。

Repeat after me.

跟着我重复一遍。

‘It took a minute to find the minute crack.’

“花了一分钟才找到那个微小的裂缝。”

Now like a native speaker.

现在就像一个母语人士一样。

‘It took a minute to find the minute crack.’

“花了一分钟才找到那个微小的裂缝。”

Well done.

干得好。

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 practice in 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 students 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。

Hello, everyone. My name is Fiona. 

大家好。我叫菲奥娜。

Today, we are going to be looking at two  words that will really help with your English 

今天，我们将讨论两个对您的英语

listening and pronunciation skills. You can see that they look the same, 

听力和发音技巧真正有帮助的单词。您可以看到它们看起来相同，

but how do they sound? And what's the difference?

但是它们听起来怎么样？又有什么区别呢？

Keep watching to find out why.

继续观察以找出原因。

Are you ready? Let's begin. 

你准备好了吗？让我们开始吧。

First, I will say the sentence quickly.

首先，我会快速说出这句话。

So really listen well.

所以真的要好好听。

‘I make live videos where I live.’

“我在我住的地方制作现场视频。”

Second time slower.

第二次慢一点。

‘I make live videos where I live.’

“我在我住的地方制作现场视频。”

Okay, let me show you the sentence.

好吧，我给你看一下这句话。

‘I make live videos where I live.’

“我在我住的地方制作现场视频。”

What two words go in the blanks here?

这里的空格里填的是哪两个词？

Can you tell me?

你能告诉我吗？

Well, the answer is

嗯，答案是

‘I make live videos where I live.’

“我在我住的地方制作现场视频。”

I know. I know. They look the same but  

我知道。我知道。它们看起来相同，但

they're two different words. Let me tell you why.

它们是两个不同的词。让我告诉你原因。

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

让我们更详细地看看我们的两个词。

We have ‘live’ and ‘live’.

我们有“生活”和“生活”。

The spelling is the same but the  pronunciation and the meaning is different.

拼写相同，但发音和含义不同。

It's a heteronym.

这是一个异名。

What's a heteronym?

什么是异名？

It's where you have two words,

这是你有两个单词的地方，

where the spelling is the same,

拼写是相同的，

but the meanings and the  pronunciations are different.

但含义和发音不同。

Let's have a look at the meaning and  the pronunciation of our two words. 

让我们看一下这两个词的含义和发音。

I’ll start with ‘live’.

我将从“现场”开始。

‘live’ is an adjective.

“活着”是一个形容词。

It means something that is happening right now.

这意味着现在正在发生的事情。

You can go and see it with your own eyes.

你可以亲自去看看。

Like a broadcast or a concert.

就像广播或音乐会一样。

Here are two sentences to show you this.

这里用两句话来告诉你这一点。

The first one,

第一个，

‘The live debate is happening right now.’

“现场辩论正在进行中。”

The live debate is happening right this second. 

现场辩论正在此时进行。

You can go and watch it. And number two.

你可以去看看。第二。

‘I like watching live streams on the internet.’

“我喜欢在互联网上观看直播。”

I like watching people broadcast  themselves on the internet live  

我喜欢看人们在互联网上现场直播自己的

right now as it's happening. Let's practice pronunciation. 

情况。我们来练习发音吧。

Repeat after me. ‘live’

跟着我重复一遍。 'live'

‘live’

'live'

Our second word is ‘live’.

我们的第二个词是'live'。

‘live’ is a verb.

“活着”是一个动词。

It means to make your home somewhere.

这意味着在某个地方安家。

And I have two sentences to show you this.

我有两句话可以向你展示这一点。

‘I live in America.’

“我住在美国。”

It's where I live. The country where my home is. And sentence number two, 

这是我住的地方。我家所在的国家。第二句话，

‘They live across the street from me.’ I live here - my house. 

“他们住在我的街对面。”我住在这里——我的房子。

They live across the street. Their house is across the street from my house.

他们住在街对面。他们的房子就在我家的街对面。

Okay, let's practice pronunciation.

好吧，我们来练习发音吧。

‘live’

'live'

‘live’

'live'

Now let's go back to our main sentence.

现在让我们回到我们的主要句子。

‘I make live videos where I live.’

“我在我住的地方制作现场视频。”

I make live videos that are happening right now.

我制作正在发生的现场视频。

‘I make live videos where I  live.’ - where my home is.

“我在我住的地方制作现场视频。” - 我的家在哪里。

‘I make live videos where I live.’

“我在我住的地方制作现场视频。”

Okay let's practice pronunciation. We'll go slowly to start, 

好吧，我们来练习发音吧。我们会慢慢开始，

and then we'll speed up like a native speaker.

然后我们会像母语人士一样加快速度。

Repeat after me.

跟着我重复一遍。

‘I make live videos where I live.’ Okay, a little bit faster now.

“我在我住的地方制作现场视频。”好的，现在快一点。

‘I make live videos where I live.’

“我在我住的地方制作现场视频。”

Well done.

干得好。

Great job today, guys.

今天干得好，伙计们。

You had some really great practice in  English listening and pronunciation.

您在英语听力和发音方面进行了一些非常好的练习。

If you want to go and learn some more, then you can check out any of our other videos.

如果您想了解更多信息，可以观看我们的其他视频。

There's some real gems there.

那里有一些真正的宝石。

And 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'll see you in the next one.

我们下一篇见。