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

今天我們要看的是兩個字。

These two words. They look the same and they almost sound the same, 

這兩個詞。看起來一樣，聽起來也差不多。

but they're different. Keep watching to find out what the  

但它們是不同的。請繼續關注，找出

difference is and to help improve your English  pronunciation and English listening skills. 

區別是和幫助提高你的英語發音和英語聽力技能。

Let's get started. First I'll say the sentence quickly. 

我們開始吧。首先，我先把這句話快速說出來。

Really listen. 'I'm close to the door so I'll close it.' 

真的聽。'我離門很近了，所以我把門關上。

Now again, but slower. 'I'm close to the door so I'll close it.' 

現在又來了，不過慢了點。'我離門很近了，所以我把門關上。

Okay let's see the sentence. 'I'm close to the door so I'll close it.' 

好吧，我們來看看這句話。'我離門很近了，所以我把門關上。

What words go in these two gaps? Any ideas? 

這兩個空白處放什麼字？有什麼想法嗎？

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

好吧，答案是--"我離門很近，所以我把門關上"。

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

你可以看到，它們看起來是一樣的，但它們的意思是不同的。

Now, let's have a look at our two words. 

現在，我們來看看我們的兩個字。

We have 'close' and 'close'. They are spelled in the same way, 

我們有'close'和'close'。它們的拼法是一樣的。

but they have different meanings  and different pronunciation. 

但它們有不同的含義和不同的發音。

It's what we call a heteronym. Now what's a heteronym? 

這就是我們所說的異名。什麼是異名？

Two words. Same spelling. 

兩個字。同樣的拼寫。

Different meaning. Different pronunciation. 

不同的意思。發音不同。

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

好的，我們先來看看第一個詞的意思和發音---------。

'close' 'close' is an adjective. 

'近''近'是個形容詞。

It means that something is near to me. I have two sentences to help show this. 

意思是說，有些東西離我很近。我有兩句話可以幫助說明這一點。

The first one, 'You're standing too close to me.' 

第一個，"你站得離我太近了"。

The person is too near. They're taking up my room - my space. 

那個人離我太近了他們佔據了我的房間，我的空間。

It's a physical distance. You're too close to me. 

這是一個物理距離。你離我太近了

The second sentence isn't a physical distance, but an emotional one. 

第二句話不是物理上的距離，而是情感上的距離。

'My mother and I are very close.' My mother isn't here right now. 

"我媽媽和我很親近。我媽媽現在不在這裡。

We're not physically close,  we're emotionally close. 

我們不是身體上的親密，而是情感上的親密。

We have a very good relationship. Okay let's practice pronunciation. 

我們的關係非常好。好，我們來練習發音。

The word is 'close'. Repeat after me. 

這個詞是 "接近"。跟著我說。

'close' 'close' 

'關閉''關閉'。

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

現在我們來看看第二個詞的意思和發音。

'close' 

密切

'close' is a verb. An action word. 

'關閉'是個動詞。一個動作詞。

It means to shut. The opposite is to open. 

它的意思是關閉。反之則是打開。

I have two sentences to show you this. First one, 

我有兩句話可以告訴你。第一句

'Please close the window. I'm cold.' I'm asking you to shut the window. 

'請把窗戶關上。'我好冷我讓你把窗戶關上。

Sentence number two - 'I close my eyes before I sleep.' 

第二句--"我睡覺前會閉上眼睛"。

'I close my eyes before I sleep.' 

'我睡覺前會閉上眼睛'。

Now let's have a look at pronunciation. Repeat after me. 

現在我們來看一下發音。跟著我念

'close' 'close' 

'關閉''關閉'。

Now let's have a look at our main sentence. 'I'm close to the door so I'll close it.' 

現在我們來看看我們的主句。'我離門很近了，所以我就把門關上了'。

We've looked at 'close' and 'close', but let's not forget 'I'm' and 'I'll'. 

我們看了 "接近 "和 "接近"，但別忘了 "我 "和 "我會"。

I am close - I'm near to the door  

我很接近--我離門很近了

so I'll close it. I'll shut it. 

所以我將關閉它。我將關閉它。

I will do it. Okay let's practice. 

我會做到這一點。好吧，讓我們來練習。

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

我先慢慢說，然後我們再加快。

'I'm close to the door so I'll close it' 'I'm close to the door so I'll close it' 

'我離門很近，所以我要關門''我離門很近，所以我要關門'。

Well done. Great job guys. 

做得好偉大的工作的傢伙。

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

今天給大家帶來了一些精彩的英語聽力和英語發音練習。

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. And, as always, I'm really really  

請在下面留言。而且，像往常一樣，我真的真的是。

thankful for my students support. I'll see you in the next video. 

感謝我的學生的支持。我們下期視頻見。

Hello, everyone. My name is Fiona. Today, we're going to be looking at two words 

大家好，我叫菲奧娜。我叫Fiona。今天，我們要看的是兩個詞：

that will really help your English  pronunciation and listening skills. 

這將真正幫助你的英語發音和聽力技能。

They look the same and they almost sound the same. 

它們看起來一樣，聲音也幾乎一樣。

but what's the difference? Keep watching to find out why. 

但有什麼不同呢？繼續看下去就知道原因了。

Let's get started. Okay, this one is tricky,  

我們開始吧好吧，這個是棘手的。

so I really want you to listen hard. okay? I'm going to say the sentence first quickly. 

所以我真的希望你能認真聽，好嗎？我先快速說一句話。

Are you ready? 'We produce produce at the farm.' 

你準備好了嗎？"我們在農場生產。

Oooh, that one's tough. I know, I know. So I'm gonna say it again but slower. second time. 

哦，那一個是艱難的。我知道，我知道。所以我再說一遍，但慢點，第二次。

Are you ready? 'We produce produce at the farm.' 

你準備好了嗎？"我們在農場生產。

Now I'll show you. Here's the sentence. 

現在我給你看。這句話是這樣的

'We produce produce at the farm.' What words go in these two gaps? any ideas? 

'我們在農場生產的產品。這兩處空白處用什麼詞，有什麼想法嗎？

Well, the answer is 'We  produce produce at the farm.' 

好吧，答案是 "我們在農場生產產品"。

They look exactly the same. I know, I know. But the pronunciation here is really important. 

他們看起來一模一樣我知道，我知道。但這裡的發音真的很重要 But the pronunciation here is really important.

it changes the meaning and  gives you two different words. 

它改變了意義，給你兩個不同的詞。

So let's find out why. Now let's have a look at our two words, 

那麼我們就來看看原因吧。現在我們來看看我們的兩個字。

We have 'produce' and 'produce'. They spelled the same, 

我們有'produce'和'produce'。它們的拼寫是一樣的。

but the meaning and the  pronunciation is different. 

但意思和發音卻不同。

It's a 'heteronym'. What is a 'heteronym'? 

這是一個 "異名"。什麼是 "異名"？

It's where the two words are spelled the same way But the meaning and the  

就是兩個字的拼寫方式一樣，但意思和意義卻不一樣。

pronunciation is different. Let's start with the meaning and  

發音不同。我們先從意思和

pronunciation of our first word. 'Produce'. 

我們第一個詞的發音。'生產'。

'Produce' is a verb. it means to make something. And I have two sentences to show you. 

"生產 "是個動詞，意思是製造東西。我有兩個句子給你看。

'France produces a lot of wine.' And 'Cities produce a lot of trash.' 

"法國盛產葡萄酒"城市產生了很多垃圾

They make a lot of rubbish. Now Let's practice pronunciation. 

他們製造了很多垃圾。現在我們來練習一下發音

'Produce' 'Produce' 

"生產""生產"。

Okay, time for what number 2. 'Produce'. 

好了，該說說2號了。"生產"。

'Produce' is a noun. it  means fruits and vegetables. 

'Produce'是一個名詞.它的意思是水果和蔬菜。

So you might have the produce section at a market. Again, I have two sentences to show you this. 

所以你可能在市場上有農產品區。同樣，我有兩句話可以告訴你。

'I work at the produce section in the market.' 'I work at the produce section in the market.' 

"我在市場的農產品區工作。"我在市場的農產品區工作

And our second sentence, 

而我們的第二句話。

'They have fresh produce every day.' 'They have fresh produce every day.' 

"他們每天都有新鮮的產品。"他們每天都有新鮮的農產品。

Ok, let's practice pronunciation. Are you ready? Repeat after me. 

好吧，讓我們來練習發音。你準備好了嗎？跟著我說

'Produce' 'Produce' 

"生產""生產"。

Let's go back to our main sentence. 'We produce produce at the farm.' 

讓我們回到主句。'我們在農場生產農產品。

We 'produce', we make we grow, 'produce', fresh fruits and  

我們 "生產"，我們讓我們成長，"生產"，新鮮的水果和。

vegetables, at the farm. Ok, let's practice together. 

蔬菜，在農場。好，我們一起練習。

First, we'll go slow. 'We produce produce at the farm.' 

首先，我們要慢慢來。'我們在農場生產。

Now faster like a native speaker. 'We produce produce at the farm.' 

現在快得像個本地人。"我們在農場生產。

Well done. Great job today, guys. you did really well. 

幹得好。今天干得不錯，夥計們，你們乾得很好。

And we got some awesome listening and pronunciation practicing. 

而且我們還得到了一些很棒的聽力和發音練習。

Leave a comment down below I read all of them And I'm always thankful for my students support. 

在下面留言我都看了，我一直很感謝學生的支持。

I'll see you in the next video.

下一個視頻裡見。

Hello, everyone. My name is Fiona. 

大家好，我叫菲奧娜。我的名字是菲奧娜。

Today we're going to be looking at two words that will really help your English pronunciation 

今天我們要看的是兩個對你的英語發音有很大幫助的單詞

and listening skills. They look the same, 

和聽力技巧。它們看起來是一樣的。

and they almost sound the same. 

他們幾乎聽起來是一樣的。

But what's the difference? Keep watching to find out what it is. 

但是有什麼不同呢？繼續看下去就知道是什麼了。

Let's begin. Are you ready? 

我們開始吧你準備好了嗎？

I want you to really listen hard, because 

我希望你能認真聽，因為

this one's tricky. First, I'll say the sentence quickly. 

這個就很棘手了。首先，我先把這句話快速說出來。

'Let's present the present to him.' Hmm.. 

"我們把禮物送給他吧。嗯...

Okay, second time, but slower. Really listen. 

好吧，第二次，但慢點。真的聽。

'Let's present the present to him.' Okay, I'll show you. 

"我們把禮物送給他吧。好，我給你看。

'Let's present the present to him.' What words go in these two blanks? 

'我們把禮物送給他吧。這兩個空是什麼詞？

Well, the answer is 'Let's present the present 

好吧，答案是 "讓我們來介紹一下現在的情況

to him.' Oh No! They look like the same word. 

"對他來說。哦，不！他們看起來像同一個詞。

Again, It's pronunciation  that's really important here. 

再說一遍，這裡的發音很重要。

It changes the meaning. Let me explain in more detail. 

它改變了意義。讓我詳細解釋一下。

Let's take a closer look at our two words. We have 'present' and 'present'. 

我們仔細看一下我們的兩個字。我們有 "現 "和 "本"。

They're spelt the same way, but the pronunciation and  

它們的拼寫方式相同，但發音和。

the meaning is different. It's what we call a 'Heteronym'. 

意思就不一樣了。這就是我們所說的 "異名"。

What is a 'Heteronym'? It's where two words are spelled the same way, 

什麼是 "異名"？就是兩個詞的拼寫方式相同。

but the meaning and the  pronunciation is different. 

但意思和發音卻不同。

Let's look at the meaning and pronunciation of our first word. 

我們來看看第一個字的意思和發音。

'present' 'present' is a verb. 

'現''現'是一個動詞。

It means to give or reward  formally or in a ceremony. 

意思是正式地或在儀式上給予或獎勵。

And I have two sentences to show you. The first one, 

我有兩句給你看。第一句：

'I like to present awards to my students.' I like to give my students awards. 

"我喜歡給我的學生頒獎。我喜歡給我的學生頒獎。

The second sentence, 'A celebrity will present the prizes.' 

第二句，'由名人來頒獎'。

A celebrity will give you your prize. Now repeat after me. 

名人會給你獎品的。現在跟著我說

'present' 'present' 

'現在' '現在'

Now let's have a look at our second word, 'present'. 

現在我們來看看我們的第二個詞，"現在"。

'present' is a noun. It means a gift something that you give to 

'禮物'是個名詞。它的意思是一個禮物... ...你給的東西

someone. And I have two sentences to show you this. 

某人。我有兩句話可以告訴你。

'Thank you for the wonderful present.' Thank you for this wonderful gift that you 

'謝謝你送來的美好禮物。"謝謝你送來的這份美好的禮物

have given me. Number two, 

已經給我。二號

'I didn't get a present for my birthday.' I didn't get a gift for my birthday. 

"我的生日沒有收到禮物" "I didn't get a present for my birthday.我的生日沒有收到禮物。

No one gave me anything. Okay, let's have a look at pronunciation, 

沒有人給我任何東西。好，我們來看看發音。

'present'. 'present'. 

目前，目前，

Okay, let's look at our main sentence one more time. 

好了，我們再來看一下我們的主句。

'Let's present the present to him.' Let's 'present', let's give, 

'讓我們把禮物送給他'。讓我們'禮物'，讓我們給。

the 'present', the gift, to him. Okay, repeat after me. 

"禮物"，禮物，給他。好，跟著我說

We'll go slowly first, and  then like a native speaker. 

我們先慢慢來，然後像母語一樣。

'Let's present the present to him.' 

'我們把禮物送給他吧。

And faster now. 'Let's present the present to him.' 

而且現在速度更快。'我們把禮物送給他吧'。

Well done. Great job, guys. 

幹得好偉大的工作，夥計們。

You got some awesome listening and pronunciation practicing today. 

今天你的聽力和發音都練得很不錯。

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. And as always, I'm really, really thankful 

請在下面留言。和往常一樣，我真的，真的很感謝。

for my student support. I'll see you in the next video. 

為我的學生支持。我們下一個視頻中見。

Hello, everyone. My name is Fiona. 

大家好，我叫菲奧娜。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're really going to help your English  pronunciation and listening skills. 

他們真的會幫助你的英語發音和聽力技能。

They look the same, but what's the difference? Keep watching and find out why. 

它們看起來一樣，但有什麼不同呢？繼續觀察，找出原因。

Are you ready? Let's begin. 

你準備好了嗎？開始吧

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

首先，我要快速地說出這句話。所以要認真聽。

'The nurse wound the bandage around the wound.' 

'護士把繃帶纏在傷口上。

Woo, I told you it was tricky. Let me say it again, but slower. 

嗚，我告訴你這是棘手的。讓我再說一遍，但要慢一點。 Let me say it again, but slower.

Are you ready? 'The nurse wound the bandage around the wound.' 

你準備好了嗎？'護士把繃帶纏在傷口上。

Okay, here's the sentence. 'The nurse wound the bandage around the wound.' 

好了，這句話是這樣的。'護士把繃帶纏在傷口上'。

What words go in these two blanks? 

這兩個空是什麼字？

Well, the answer is, 'The nurse  wound the bandage around the wound.' 

好吧，答案是："護士把繃帶纏在傷口上。

They look the same, but they sound different. I know, I know.  

他們看起來一樣，但他們的聲音不同。我知道，我知道。

Let me explain why the two different words. Okay, let's take a look at these two words. 

讓我來解釋一下為什麼會有兩個不同的詞。好，我們來看看這兩個字。

'wound' and 'wound'. They spell the same way, but the  

'傷口'和'傷口'。它們的拼寫方式相同，但是

pronunciation and the meaning is different. It's a Heteronym. 

發音和意思都不一樣。這是一個異名。

What's the Heteronym? It's where two words are spelled the same way, 

什麼是異名？就是兩個字的拼法相同。

but have a different pronunciation,  and a different meaning. 

但有不同的發音，也有不同的含義。

Let's have a 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, we have 'wound'. 'wound' is a verb,  

首先，我們有'傷'。'傷口'是一個動詞。

it's past tense of the verb 'wind'. And 'wind' means to turn or coil lots of times. 

這是動詞 "風 "的過去式。而 "風 "的意思是轉動或捲起許多次。

I have two sentences to show you this. 'Yesterday,'. past tense, already happened. 

我有兩句給你看。'昨天，'.過去式，已經發生了。

'I wound my watch.' 'Yesterday, I wound my watch.' 

"我給我的手錶上了發條。"昨天，我給我的手錶上了發條。

And sentence number two. 'The vine wound around the pole.' 

而第二句話。'藤蔓纏繞著杆子。

The vine, a plant, wound around the pole. Okay, pronunciation. 

藤，是一種植物，纏繞在杆子上。好，發音。

Repeat after me. 'wound' 

跟著我說"傷口

'wound' 

傷口

Let's look at the word number two. 'wound'. 

我們來看看第二個字。"傷口"。

'wound' is a noun. It means a cut or a scrape  

'傷口'是個名詞。它的意思是割傷或擦傷

something that is bleeding and it hurts. I have two sentences to show you this. 

流血的東西，而且很痛。我有兩句話可以告訴你。

'The wound on my knee hurts.' 'The cut or the scrape on my knee  

'我膝蓋上的傷口很痛。'我膝蓋上的傷口或擦傷。

is bleeding.' It hurts. 

"正在流血。疼啊

'The wounds on my knee hurts.' And sentence number two. 

'我膝蓋上的傷口很疼'。還有第二句。

'Clean the wound before it gets infected.' Clean the wound. clean scraped, clean the  

'清潔傷口，免得感染。清理傷口 清理刮傷的傷口，清理

cut before it gets infected. before it gets dirty. 

在它被感染之前，在它被弄髒之前，切斷。

Okay, let's practice pronunciation. Repeat after me. 

好了，我們來練習發音。跟著我念

'wound' 'wound' 

"傷口" "傷口

Let's go back to the main sentence. 'The nurse wound the bandage around the wound.' 

我們再回到主句。'護士把繃帶纏在傷口上'。

The Nurse wound, she wrapped or coiled, the  bandage around my wound to cut or scrape. 

護士傷口，她把繃帶纏在我的傷口上，或盤繞著我的傷口進行切割或刮擦。

'The nurse wound the bandage around the wound.' Okay, repeat after me. 

'護士把繃帶纏在傷口上'。好了，跟著我說一遍。

We're gonna go slow to start  and then like a native speaker. 

我們會慢慢開始，然後像母語一樣。

Are you ready? 'The nurse wound the bandage around the wound.' 

你準備好了嗎？'護士把繃帶纏在傷口上。

Okay. 'The nurse wound the bandage around the wound.' 

好吧，"護士把繃帶纏在了傷口上。

Well done. Great job today, guys. 

幹得好今天干得不錯，夥計們。

You did really well and we got some awesome  listening and pronunciation practicing. 

你做得非常好，我們得到了一些很棒的聽力和發音練習。

Leave a comment down below, I read all of them, and I'm always thankful for my student's support. 

在下面留言，我都看了，我一直很感謝學生的支持。

I'll see you in the next video.

下一個視頻裡見。

Hello, everyone. My name is Fiona. 

大家好，我叫菲奧娜。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 sound the same. 

它們看起來是一樣的聲音也是一樣的

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

而瞭解兩者的區別，對你的英語發音和聽力真的會有很大的幫助。

Keep watching to find out what it is. 

繼續看下去就知道是什麼了。

Are you ready? Let's begin. 

你準備好了嗎？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 I want you to listen closely. 'I had to desert my car in the desert.' 

所以我想讓你仔細聽。"我不得不在沙漠中拋棄我的車

Oh that's tough. So I'll slow it down for you. 

哦，這很難。那我就給你慢點吧。

'I had to desert my car in the desert.' Let's see the sentence. 

'我不得不在沙漠中棄車而去'。我們來看看這句話。

'I had to desert my car in the desert.' What words go in these two blanks? 

'我不得不在沙漠中拋棄我的車。這兩個空是什麼詞？

Can you guess? Well the answer is, 

你能猜到嗎？嗯，答案是：

'I had to desert my car in the desert.' 

'我不得不在沙漠中拋棄我的車。

Oh no. They look like the same word. 

哦，不。他們看起來像同一個詞。

I know. I know. But they're two different words. 

我知道，我知道。I know. I know.但他們是兩個不同的詞。

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

而在這裡，發音是確保人們能夠理解你所說的話的關鍵。