Learn the English Heteronym LIVE with Pronunciation and Practice Sentences

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  

今天，我们将讨论两个

will really help with your English listening and pronunciation skills. 

对您的英语听力和发音技巧真正有帮助的单词。

You can see that they look the same, but how do they sound? 

您可以看到它们看起来相同，但是它们听起来怎么样？

And what's the difference?

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 they're two different words. 

我知道。我知道。它们看起来相同，但它们是两个不同的词。

Let me tell you why.

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,

这是有两个单词的地方，

where the spelling is the same,

拼写相同，

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. You can go and watch it. 

现场辩论正在此时进行。你可以去看看。

And number two.

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 right now as it's happening. 

我喜欢看人们在互联网上现场直播自己的情况。

Let's practice pronunciation. Repeat after me. 

我们来练习发音吧。跟着我重复一遍。

‘live’

'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. 

这是我住的地方。我家所在的国家。

And sentence number two, ‘They live across the street from me.’ 

第二句话，“他们住在我的街对面。”

I live here - my house. They live across the street. 

我住在这里——我的房子。他们住在街对面。

Their house is across the street from my house.

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。我们会慢慢地开始，

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.’ 

“我在我住的地方制作现场视频。”

Okay, a little bit faster now.

好吧，现在快一点了。

‘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。