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。

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。

So you have to listen carefully.

所以你要仔細聽。

Are you ready?

你準備好了嗎？

'The dove dove into the lake.'

'鴿子潛入湖中'。

Oh-ho, that one's tough, I know.

哦，呵呵，這個很難，我知道。

So I'll slow down.

所以，我會慢下來的。

'The dove dove into the lake.'

'鴿子潛入湖中'。

Did you get it?

你拿到了嗎？

Okay, I'll show you the sentence.

好吧，我給你看看這句話。

Here we go.

我們走吧

'The dove dove into the lake.'

'鴿子潛入湖中'。

What two words go in these blanks?

這些空白處有哪兩個字？

Well, the answer is,

嗯，答案是：

'The dove dove into the lake.'

'鴿子潛入湖中'。

They look like the same word. I know, I know.

他們看起來像同一個詞。我知道，我知道。

But there are two different words, I promise.

但有兩個不同的詞，我保證。

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

好了，讓我們再仔細看看我們的兩個字。

We have 'dove' and 'dove'.

我們有'鴿子'和'鴿子'。

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

它們的拼法是一樣的，但發音和意思是不同的。

It's a Heteronym.

這是一個異名。

What's a Heteronym?

什麼是異名？

Well, it's where we have two words that are spelled the same,

嗯，就是我們有兩個詞的拼法是一樣的。

but have different meanings and different pronunciations.

但卻有著不同的含義和不同的讀音。

Let's look at the meaning and pronunciation of our two words.

我們來看看我們這兩個字的意思和讀音。

First is 'dove'.

首先是'鴿子'。

'dove' is a noun.

'鴿子'是個名詞。

It's a small white bird, similar to a pigeon.

這是一種白色的小鳥，類似鴿子。

You might see many in the sky.

你可能會在天空中看到很多。

And I have two sentences to show you this in use.

而我有兩句話可以告訴你這個用法。

'I saw a dove fly in the sky.'

'我看見一隻鴿子在天空中飛翔'。

I saw a dove, a small bird, fly in the sky.

我看到天空中飛來一隻鴿子，一隻小鳥。

And sentence number two.

還有第二句話。

'The poor dove flew into the window.'

'可憐的鴿子飛進了窗戶。

Oh dear.

哦，親愛的。

The small bird, white bird, flew into the window.

小鳥白鳥，飛進了窗口。

Okay, let's practice pronunciation.

好了，我們來練習一下發音。

Repeat after me.

跟著我說

'dove'

鴿子

'dove'

鴿子

Okay, let's look at our second word.

好吧，讓我們看看我們的第二個詞。

'dove' 'dove' is a verb.

鴿子''鴿子'是一個動詞。

It's past tense, so already happened of 'dive'.

這是過去式，所以已經發生了 "潛水"。

'dive' means to suddenly and steeply go down into something.

'潛水'的意思是突然陡然下潛到某物中去。

Could be the air.

可能是空氣。

Sometimes, it's water.

有時，是水。

Okay, let's have a look at two sentences to show this.

好，我們來看兩句話來說明這個問題。

Number one.

第一。

'The airplane dove to avoid hitting the other airplane.'

'飛機為了避免撞上另一架飛機而俯衝。

The airplane went down suddenly in the air to avoid hitting another airplane.

飛機在空中突然下降，避免撞上另一架飛機。

And sentence number two,

還有第二句話。

'She dove into the swimming pool.'

'她跳進了游泳池。

She jumped steeply into the swimming pool.

她陡然跳進了游泳池。

She went down into the water.

她下到水裡去了。

Okay, let's look at pronunciation.

好，我們來看看發音。

Repeat after me.

跟著我說

'dove' 'dove'

"鴿子" "鴿子

Now, let's look at our main sentence again.

現在，我們再來看看我們的主句。

'The dove dove into the lake.'

'鴿子潛入湖中'。

'The dove, the small white bird, dove, went down steeply, into the lake.'

'鴿子，那隻小白鳥，鴿子，陡然下墜，墜入湖中。

'The dove dove into the lake.'

'鴿子潛入湖中'。

Okay, let's practice pronunciation together.

好，我們一起練習發音。

First, we'll go slow.

首先，我們要慢慢來。

Are you ready?

你準備好了嗎？

'The dove dove into the lake.'

'鴿子潛入湖中'。

Now faster like a native speaker.

現在速度快得像個母語者。

'The dove dove into the lake.'

'鴿子潛入湖中'。

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.

把他們留在下面。

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

而我也一如既往，真的非常感謝同學們的支持。

I'll see you in the next video!

下一個視頻裡見!