Close vs Close | Learn English Heteronyms

Hello, everyone. My name is Fiona.

大家好。

我叫菲奥娜。

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

今天我们要来看两个词。

这两句话。

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 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 and English listening skills.

，并帮助提高您的英语发音

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? Any ideas?

这两个空白处该填什么字？

有任何想法吗？

Well the answer is - ‘I'm close to the door so I'll close it.’

答案是——

“我离门很近，所以我会把它关上。”

You can see that they look the same, but they mean different things.

您可以看到它们看起来相同，

但含义不同。

Now, let's have a look at our two words. We have ‘close’ and ‘close’.

现在，让我们看看我们的两个词。

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 and different pronunciation.

但含义不同

，发音也不同。

It's what we call a heteronym.

这就是我们所说的异名。

Now what's a heteronym? Two words.

那么什么是异名呢？

两个字。

Same spelling. Different meaning. Different pronunciation.

拼写相同。

意义不同。

发音不同。

Okay let's start with the meaning and pronunciation of our first word -

好吧， 让

我们从第一个单词的

含义和发音开始 -

‘close’

'close'

‘close’ is an adjective. It means that something is near to me.

'close' 是一个形容词。

这意味着有东西离我很近。

I have two sentences to help show this. The first one,

我有两句话可以帮助说明这一点。

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. It's a physical distance.

他们占用了我的房间——我的空间。

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, we're emotionally close.

我们不是身体上的亲近，而是

情感上的亲近。

We have a very good relationship.

我们的关系非常好。

Okay let's practice pronunciation.

好吧，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' 现在让我们看看

Now let's look at the meaning and pronunciation of our second word.

第二个单词的

含义 和发音。

‘close’

“关闭”

‘close’ is a verb. An action word.

“关闭”是一个动词。

一个动作词。

就是关闭的意思。

It means to shut. 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。'

我请你关上窗户。

I'm asking you to shut the window.

Sentence number two -

第二句话——

“我睡觉前闭上眼睛。”

‘I close my eyes before I sleep.’

‘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'

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. I'll shut it.

我很近 - 我靠近门，所以我会关上它。

我将其关闭。

I will do it.

我会做。

Okay let's practice.

好吧，我们来练习一下。

I'm gonna say it slowly to start and then we'll speed up.

我会慢慢地说，

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。

干得好，伙计们。

Great job guys.

You got some awesome English listening and English pronunciation practice in today.

今天 您进行了一些很棒的英语听力

和英语发音练习。

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.

请将其留在下面。

And, as always, I'm really really thankful for my student's support.

一如既往，

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。