Learn the English Heteronym MINUTE 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 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。