CLOSE vs CLOSE Learn the English Heteronym with 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，所以我会把它关上。”

What words go in these two gaps?

这两个空白处该填什么字？

Any ideas?

有任何想法吗？

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，而是

we're emotionally close.

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' 现在让我们看看

Now let's look at the meaning

第二个单词的

and pronunciation of our second word.

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，所以我要把它关上。”

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。让我们来练习。

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。