My name is Fiona.

我的名字是菲奧娜。

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

今天，我們要看的是這兩個字。

They look the same and they almost sound the same.

它們看起來一樣，聲音也幾乎一樣。

And knowing the difference is really going to help your English pronunciation and language skills.

而瞭解兩者的區別，真的會對你的英語發音和語言能力有所幫助。

Keep watching to find out what it is.

繼續看下去就知道是什麼了。

Let's begin.

我們開始吧

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

首先，我要說的這句話真的很快。

Listen well.

聽好了。

'It took a minute to find the minute crack.'

'花了一分鐘的時間，才找到一分鐘的裂縫。

Okay, I'll slow down.

好吧，我會慢下來的。

'It took a minute to find the minute crack.'

'花了一分鐘的時間，才找到一分鐘的裂縫。

Let's have a look at the sentence.

我們來看看這句話。

'It took a minute to find the minute crack.'

'花了一分鐘的時間，才找到一分鐘的裂縫。

What two words go in the blanks here?

這裡的空白處有哪兩個字？

Any ideas?

有什麼想法嗎？

Well the answer is, 'It took a minute to find the minute crack.'

好吧，答案是，"花了一分鐘才找到細微的裂縫"。

Again they look like the same word but they're two different words.

同樣看起來像同一個詞，但它們是兩個不同的詞。

Pronunciation here is key.

這裡的發音是關鍵。

Let me tell you why.

讓我告訴你為什麼。

Okay, let's have a look at our two words a little bit closer.

好了，我們再仔細看一下我們的兩個字。

We have 'minute' and 'minute'.

我們有'分'和'分'。

They look the same with the spelling but the pronunciation and the meanings are different.

它們的拼法看起來一樣，但發音和意思卻不一樣。

It's a heteronym.

這是一個異名。

What's a heteronym?

什麼是異名？

Well it's where you have two words that have the same spelling

嗯，這是你有兩個單詞有相同的拼寫。

but the meanings and the pronunciations are different.

但意思和讀音都不一樣。

Okay, let's look at our two words in closer detail.

好了，我們再來仔細看看我們的兩個字。

We have the meanings and the pronunciations.

我們有意思和發音。

Word number one is 'minute'/ˈmɪnɪt/.

單詞一是'分鐘'/ˈmɪnɪt/。

'minute' is a time noun.

'分'是一個時間名詞。

It can mean 60 seconds - a literal minute or a short amount of time.

它可以意味著60秒--字面意義上的一分鐘或短暫的時間。

Let me show you.

讓我給你看看。

Sentence number one.

第一句話：

'Class ends in a minute.'

"還有一分鐘就下課了。

Class ends in one minute - 60 seconds.

1分鐘--60秒後下課。

That's all the time left.

這就是所有的時間了。

Sentence number two.

第二句話：

'Wait a minute.'

'等一下'。

Can you wait a short amount of time, please?

你能不能等一小段時間？

'Wait a minute.'

'等一下'。

Now let's look at pronunciation.

現在我們來看看發音。

Repeat after me.

跟著我說

minute

細微

minute

細微

Word number two is 'minute' /maɪˈnjuːt/.

二號詞是 "分"/maɪnjuːt/。

'minute' is an adjective.

'分'是個形容詞。

It describes something small or something in a lot of detail.

它描述的是一些小事或事情的很多細節。

So you're looking very closely at something.

所以你在仔細觀察一些東西。

I have two sentences to show you this.

我有兩句話可以告訴你。

Sentence number one.

第一句話：

'She examined the contract in minute detail.'

'她詳細地檢查了合同。

She looked really closely at the contract.

她真的仔細看了看合同。

She found all of the details.

她發現了所有的細節。

Sentence number two.

第二句話：

'The baby's hands are minute.'

'寶寶的手是分分鐘的。

They're tiny.

他們是微小的。

They're really small.

他們真的很小。

The baby has very small hands.

寶寶的手很小。

Okay, let's look at pronunciation.

好，我們來看看發音。

Repeat after me.

跟著我說

minute

細微

minute

細微

Now let's have a look at our main sentence.

現在我們來看看我們的主句。

'It took a minute to find the minute crack.'

'花了一分鐘的時間，才找到細徵的裂縫。

Let's break it down.

我們來分析一下。

'It took a minute …' It took a short amount of time or 60 seconds

'花了一分鐘......'花了很短的時間或者60秒

' … to find the minute crack.'

'......找到那條微小的裂縫。

To find the very small crack in my phone screen.

要在我的手機螢幕上找到非常小的裂縫。

Okay.

好吧，我知道了

'It took a minute to find the minute crack.'

'花了一分鐘的時間，才找到細微的裂縫。

Now let's practice pronunciation.

現在我們來練習一下發音。

We're gonna go slow to start and then speed up.

我們先慢慢來，然後再加快。

Repeat after me.

跟著我說

'It took a minute to find the minute crack.'

'花了一分鐘的時間，才找到一分鐘的裂縫。

Now like a native speaker.

現在就像一個本地人一樣。

'It took a minute to find the minute crack.'

'花了一分鐘的時間，才找到細微的裂縫。

Well done.

幹得好

Great job, guys.

幹得好，夥計們。

You got some awesome listening and pronunciation practice in today.

今天你有一些很棒的聽力和發音練習。

If you want to leave a comment to let me know what you thought of this video,

如果你想留言讓我知道你對這個視頻的看法。

leave them down below.

把它們留在下面。

And as always I'm really really thankful for my students support.

而我也一如既往的非常感謝學生的支持。

I'll see you in the next video.

下一個視頻裡見。