Desert vs Desert | Learn English Heteronyms | Vocabulary and Listening Practice

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.

他们看起来一样。

And they sound the same.

而且它们听起来是一样的。

And knowing the difference is really going to help with your English pronunciation and listening.

了解其中的差异

确实有助于您的英语

发音和听力。

Keep watching to find out what it is.

继续观察以找出它是什么。

Are you ready?

你准备好了吗？

Let's begin.

让我们开始。

First, I'm going to say the sentence really quickly,

首先，我会很快地说出这句话，

so I want you to listen closely.

所以我希望你们仔细听。

‘I had to desert my car in the desert.’

“我不得不把车丢在沙漠里。”

Oh that's tough.

哦，这很难。

So I'll slow it down for you.

所以我会为你放慢速度。

‘I had to desert my car in the desert.’

“我不得不把车丢在沙漠里。”

Let's see the sentence.

我们看一下句子。

‘I had to desert my car in the desert.’

“我不得不把车丢在沙漠里。”

What words go in these two blanks?

这两个空格里该填什么字？

Can you guess?

猜一下？

Well the answer is, ‘I had to desert my car in the desert.’

答案是，

“我不得不把车丢在沙漠里。”

Oh no.

不好了。它们看起来像同一个词。

They look like the same word.

I know.

I know.

我知道。

我知道。

But they're two different words.

但它们是两个不同的词。

And pronunciation is key here for making sure that people can understand what you're saying.

发音是

确保人们能够理解您所说内容的关键。

Let me tell you more.

让我告诉你更多。

Okay let's have a look at our two words.

好吧，让我们看看我们的两个词。

We have 'desert' and 'desert'.

我们有“沙漠”和“沙漠”。

They're spelled the same way, but the meaning and the pronunciation is different.

它们的拼写方式相同，

但含义和发音不同。

It's a heteronym.

这是一个异名。

What is a heteronym?

什么是异名？

Well it's where two words are spelled the same way but have different pronunciation

嗯，就是两个单词拼写相同

但发音不同且含义不同的情况。

and a different meaning.

Okay, let's look at the meaning and pronunciation of our two words.

好吧，

让我们看看这两个词的含义和发音。

First, we'll start with ‘dessert’.

首先，我们从“甜点”开始。

‘desert’ is a verb.

“沙漠”是一个动词。

It means to leave or abandon.

意思是离开或放弃。

Everything goes away.

一切都会消失。

I have two sentences to show you this.

我有两句话可以告诉你这一点。

First, ‘Our father deserted our family,’

首先，“我们的父亲抛弃了我们的家庭，”

Sad.

悲伤。

It means that he abandoned the family.

这意味着他抛弃了家庭。

He left the family.

他离开了家人。

And second,

其次，

‘Rain made everyone desert the beach.’

“雨让每个人都离开了海滩。”

The rain came.

雨来了。

And because of the rain, everyone left the beach.

由于下雨，大家都离开了海滩。

No one was on the beach.

海滩上没有人。

The beach had no people.

海滩上没有人。

Okay.

好的。

Let's look at pronunciation.

我们来看看发音。

Repeat after me.

跟着我重复一遍。

‘desert’ ‘desert’

'沙漠'

'沙漠'

Our second word is ‘desert’.

我们的第二个词是'沙漠'。

‘desert’ is a noun.

“沙漠”是一个名词。

It means a place that is usually very sandy.

它的意思是通常非常沙质的地方。

很热。

Very hot.

Not a lot of water and not many plants.

水不多，植物也不多。

I have two sentences to show you this in use.

我用两句话来向你展示这个的用法。

First,

首先，

‘This desert has a lot of sand.’

“这片沙漠有很多沙子。”

This place has a lot of sand.

这个地方有很多沙子。

It's a desert.

这是一片沙漠。

It has a lot of sand.

它有很多沙子。

And sentence number two,

第二句话是

‘You will get thirsty walking in the desert.’

“在沙漠中行走你会口渴的。”

‘desert’ doesn't have water so you will become thirsty.

“沙漠”没有水，所以你会口渴。

You will get thirsty because there isn't any water.

你会口渴，因为没有水。

Okay pronunciation time.

好的发音时间。

Repeat after me.

跟着我重复一遍。

‘desert’ ‘desert’

'沙漠'

'沙漠'

We'll go back to our main sentence now.

我们现在回到我们的主要句子。

‘I had to desert my car in the desert.’

“我不得不把车丢在沙漠里。”

I had to desert.

我不得不开小差。我不得不离开。

I had to leave.

I had to abandon my car -I don't know why - in the desert.

我不得不把车丢在沙漠里——我不知道为什么。

In the hot sandy place.

在炎热的沙地里。

Let's practice pronunciation together.

我们一起练习发音吧。

Now I'm going to say it first slowly and then we'll speed up - okay

现在我要先慢慢地说

，然后我们会加快速度 -

好吧

‘I had to desert my car in the desert.’

，“我不得不把我的车遗弃在沙漠里。”

‘I had to desert my car in the desert.’

“我不得不把车丢在沙漠里。”

Well done.

做得好。

Great job today, guys.

今天干得好，伙计们。 今天

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

我们进行了一些很棒的

英语发音和听力练习。

If you want to leave a comment down below, I read every single one.

如果您想在下面发表评论，

我会阅读每一条。

And I’m always thankful for my students’ support.

我始终感谢学生的支持。

I'll see you in the next video.

我们将在下一个视频中见到您。