How to Pronounce CAN and CAN'T in English | Learn Pronunciation with Esther

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。

也许是因为你有技能

，或者也许是因为你的身体

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

允许你做那件事。

而“不能”则相反，对吧。

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

你不能做某事。

你无法做某事，

因为你没有技能

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

，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.

现在看来，这个名字听起来确实像一个男人的名字。

can

can can

You'll notice, it sounds more like an ‘e’ than it does an ‘a’.

can

你会注意到，它听起来更像是“e”

而不是“a”。

Again, practice with me. can

再次和我一起练习。

Now, this one is ‘can't’. If you look down here, I've written the word

可以

现在，这个是“不能”。

如果你往下看，

我写了“蚂蚁”这个词。

‘ant’. ‘ant’, with the C in front.

'ant'，C在前面。

So practice with me: can't

所以和我一起练习：

can't Yes, again:

can’t

can’t

是的，再说一次：

can can’t

ca

can can’t

n’t

Okay, well let's see if you guys can put it in a sentence.

can’t

can’t

好吧 ，

让我们看看你们是否可以把它放在一个句子中。

I mmm do it. I can do it.

我嗯嗯，做吧。

我能做到。

I can do it. I can't do it.

我能做到。

我做不到。

I can't do it. Let's do a couple more practices together.

我做不到。

让我们一起再做一些练习。

Okay, so let's start practicing with the word ‘can’ first.

好的，

我们先开始练习“can”这个词。

Here are some examples on the board. Let's start with the first one.

以下是板上的一些示例。

让我们从第一个开始。

I can swim. I can swim.

我会游泳。

我会游泳。

I can swim. Make sure you guys are following along.

我会游泳。

确保你们都跟上。

Let's go on to the next one. The next one ‘eat’ right.

我们继续下一篇。

下一个‘吃’对了。

And let's try it with ‘she’. She can eat.

让我们用“她”来尝试一下。

她可以吃。

She can eat. She can eat.

她可以吃。

她可以吃。

Okay, after that is ‘read’. And let's use ‘he’.

好的，

接下来是“读”。

让我们用“他”。

He can read. He can read.

他能读书。

他能读书。

He can read. After that is ‘drive’.

他能读书。

之后是“驱动”。

And let's use ‘they’ with that one. They can drive.

让我们用“他们”来形容那个人。

他们可以开车。

They can drive. They can drive.

他们可以开车。

他们可以开车。

之后，‘跑’，对吧。

After that, ‘run’, right. ‘we’

‘我们’

We can run. We can run.

我们可以跑。

We can run. Okay, let's move on to ‘sing’.

我们可以跑。

我们可以跑。

好吧，我们继续“唱歌”。

让我们做“你”。

And let's do ‘you’. You can sing.

你能唱歌。

You can sing. You can sing.

你能唱歌。

你能唱歌。

Reminding you that, ‘can’, okay it's pronounced ‘ken’.

提醒您，“can”，

好吧，它的发音是“ken”。

Let's go on to the next one, ‘dance’. And let's go back up to ‘I’.

让我们继续下一个“舞蹈”。

让我们回到“我”。

I can dance. I can dance.

我会跳舞。

I can dance. And the last one ‘speak English’.

我会跳舞。

我会跳舞。

最后一个“说英语”。

Right, let's do that with ‘I’ as well because I know you want to be able to say

好吧，

我们也用“我”来做，

因为我知道你希望能够这么说。

this. I can speak English.

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

好吧，

让我们继续讨论“不能”。

好的，现在我们要练习“can't”。

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

您可以看到我只是通过在此处添加“t”来更改此设置。

a ‘t’ here. Changing ‘can’ to ‘can't’.

将“可以”更改为“不能”。

So let's practice again. Make sure you guys are following after me.

那么我们再练习一下吧。

确保你们都跟着我。

I can't swim. I can't swim.

我不会游泳。

我不会游泳。

I can't swim. Let's move on to ‘eat’.

我不会游泳。

让我们继续“吃”。

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

她不能吃东西。

也许她是完全正确的。

She can't eat. She can't eat.

她不能吃东西。

她不能吃东西。

Next one is ‘read’. Let's do ‘he’.

下一个是“读”。

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。

He can't read. After that is ‘drive’.

之后是“驱动”。

And let's use ‘they’. They can't drive.

让我们使用“他们”。

他们不会开车。

They can't drive. They can't drive.

他们不会开车。

他们不会开车。

Next one is ‘run’. Let's use ‘we’.

下一个是“跑”。

让我们用“我们”。

We can't run. We can't run.

我们跑不了。

我们跑不了。

我们跑不了。

We can't run. After that.. the next one is ‘sing’.

之后..

下一首是“唱歌”。

Oh ‘you’. You can't sing.

哦‘你’。

You can't sing. You can't sing.

你不会唱歌。

你不会唱歌。

‘dance’ hmm, let's do ‘they’.

你不会唱歌。

“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 we're gonna

你不会说英语，

但同样，

随着我们不断练习，

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

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, you have to

您所要做的就是仔细聆听。

当我读到这些句子时，

你必须看看是否……。

see if …. listen and see if I'm using one ‘can’

听听，看看我用的是一个“可以”还是两个“不能”。

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

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。我们来‘游泳’吧。

Let's do ‘swim’. And let's use ‘I’.

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, yes I use number

你认为我用的是哪一款？

好吧，如果你仔细听的话，

是的，我用的是第一个“can”。

one ‘can’. Let's go on to the next one, ‘eat’.

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？我们再用“他”吧。

Let's use ‘he’ again. He can drive.

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”。

让我们再次跳“舞”，

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

让我们再次跳“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 gonna

好了，我们的测验到此结束。

我知道这很困难

并且需要花费很多时间

take a lot of time but you can do it.

，但你可以做到。

I'll see you guys next time. Bye.

我们下次再见。

再见。