you're going to improve your  pronunciation and learn some new words.

你要改善你的發音，並學習一些新詞。

Today we're going over words that are confusingly  

今天我們要討論的是那些令人困惑的詞彙。

similar in English. This video is dedicated to my  English language learners but everyone is welcome.

類似的英語。這個視頻是獻給我的英語學習者的，但也歡迎大家來觀看。

Yesterday, I was reading a book  with my son. It was this book  

昨天，我和我的兒子一起讀一本書。是這本書

and in it, we were reading about sea creatures.  Specifically this sea creature. And I read “The  

而在其中，我們正在閱讀關於海洋生物的文章。 特別是這個海洋生物。我讀了 "The

sea anemone looks like a flower.”  He stopped me and said, “An enemy?”

海葵看起來像一朵花。" 他攔住我，說："是敵人？"

You see, and anemone and an enemy are very  similar. Just one switch sound. An enemy is  

你看，海葵和敵人是非常相似的。只是一個開關的聲音。敵人是

bad, someone who's hostile. Opposed to someone or  something. So my son was kind of concerned that  

壞的，有敵意的人。反對某人或某事。所以我兒子有點擔心

enemies were in this book. I hope in your life  you only have friends and allies, no enemies.

敵人在這本書中。我希望在你的生活中，你只有朋友和盟友，沒有敵人。

Anemone on the other hand is this thing. And  I got to see some once of the coast of Oregon.  

另一方面，海葵是這種東西。我還看到了俄勒岡州海岸的一些情況。

This is my husband. I'm behind the camera.

這是我的丈夫。我在相機後面。

Hey! He grabbed me a little bit.

嘿！他抓了我一下。

He did?

他有嗎？

He thought I was food.

他認為我是食物。

Oh wow. Weird.

哦，哇。很奇怪。

Let's make a little tongue twister. An enemy,  anemone. An enemy, anemone. An enemy, anemone. An  

我們來做個小繞口令。敵人，海葵。敵人，海葵。敵人，海葵。一個

enemy, anemone. An enemy, anemone. Slow it down  if you need to but this will be a great way to  

敵人，海葵一個敵人，海葵。如果你需要的話，請放慢速度，但這將是一個很好的方式來

practice relaxation with the N sound. See, N is  made just with the front part of the tongue. N.  

練習用N音放鬆。看，N只是用舌頭的前半部分發出的。N.

And some of my students use the  back of their tongue which makes it  

我的一些學生使用他們的舌頭後面，這使得它

sound more like and NG. Ng, ng. They put  tension there. We want the back relaxed,  

聽起來更像是和NG。NG，ng。他們把緊張放在那裡。我們希望後面的人放鬆。

the tongue nice and wide, n, nananana.  Anemone, an enemy, anemone. Okay. Moving on.

the tongue nice and wide, n, nananana. 海葵，一個敵人，海葵。好的。繼續前進。

Now this one, my niece messed up in a  job interview. She was pretty embarrassed.  

現在這個，我的侄女在一次工作面試中搞砸了。她很尷尬。

I asked her about it.

我問了她這個問題。

Emily, tell me about your job interview.

艾米麗，告訴我你的工作面試情況。

I was in a job interview and they asked me,  “When you encounter a problem that you can't fix,  

我在一次工作面試中，他們問我："當你遇到一個你無法解決的問題。

what do you do?” And I said, “Sometimes you just  need to twerk it until you find a solution.”

你是怎麼做的？"我說，"有時你只需要扭動它，直到你找到一個解決方案。"

(Laughing)

(笑)

And you meant

而你的意思是

And I meant sometimes you just need  to tweak it until you find a solution.

而我的意思是，有時你只需要調整它，直到找到一個解決方案。

And they looked at me like  “What is she talking about?”

他們看著我說："她在說什麼？"

So did you not feel totally solid on either of  

那麼，你是否在這兩個方面都沒有感到完全穩固？

those words or you did and just  was like oops, it just happened?

這些話還是你做的，只是像哎呀，它剛剛發生？

I knew I shouldn't say tweak,  

我知道我不應該說調整。

I knew I shouldn't say twerk but tweak  and twerk got confused in my brain.

我知道我不應該說twerk，但tweak和twerk在我的大腦中被混淆了。

Yeah.

是的。

I knew that twerk was wrong but it just  

我知道扭腰是不對的，但它只是

came out and I mixed them up at  that moment under the stress.

出來了，我在那一刻在壓力下把它們混合起來。

Did they say anything?

他們有沒有說什麼？

They sort of looked at each other but,  sort of, just kept on going and ignored it.

他們有點互相看了看，但是，有點，只是繼續往前走，沒有理會它。

Did you get the job?

你得到了這份工作嗎？

I did get a job offer but I said no to it.

我確實收到了一份工作邀請，但我拒絕了。

Okay. So even though you said twerk it in  the job interview you still got the job?

好吧，那麼即使你在面試時說了 "手淫"，你還是得到了那份工作？

I still got the job.

我還是得到了這份工作。

Tweak versus twerk. Tweak means to improve  something by making an adjustment to it. For  

調整與扭動。調整是指通過對某一事物進行調整來改進它。對於

example, if I'm in my studio trying to get  a shot and the lighting isn't quite right,  

例如，如果我在我的工作室裡試圖拍攝一個鏡頭，而燈光又不太合適。

I might say, “We need to tweak the lighting.”  Make minor adjustments. Turn this one up,  

我可能會說，"我們需要調整一下燈光"。 做些小調整。把這個調高。

move this one a little bit. It's not a major  change. Just a little something. A tweak!

把這個人移開一點。這不是一個重大的變化。只是一個小東西。一個調整!

Twerk on the other hand is a dance  that involves jiggling your butt.  

另一方面，Twerk是一種涉及抖動屁股的舞蹈。

I'm going to put a link right here to a video  that has a lot of good examples of twerking.  

我在這裡放一個鏈接，可以看到一個視頻，裡面有很多關於扭腰的好例子。

It's explicit and you will see a lot of  butts in it. Behind, rear-ends. But you can  

它很明確，你會在裡面看到很多屁股。後面的，後面的。但你可以

see why you wouldn't want to talk about  twerking something in a job interview.

明白為什麼你不想在求職面試中談及扭動的東西。

Hopefully, they understood what my niece meant  when she said twerk understood that she meant  

希望他們能理解我侄女說的twerk是什麼意思，理解她是指

tweak. Make a little change. Nothing to do  with your behind. By the way, if you've ever  

調整一下。做點小改變。這與你的屁股沒有關係。順便說一下，如果你曾經

mixed up a word or you find two words really  confusing, put them in the comments below.

如果你把一個詞弄混了，或者你發現有兩個詞真的很混亂，請把它們放在下面的評論中。

Have you ever wondered about the difference  between wonder and wander? Wonder with an o  

你是否曾想過驚歎和徘徊之間的區別？驚奇是指用O

has the uh as in butter vowel. Wonder, wonder. It  means to think. To speculate, to be curious. Hmm,  

有如黃油元音的uh。Wonder, wonder.它意味著思考。推測，好奇。嗯。

I wonder what David is going to make for dinner.  To wander means to go aimlessly, casually.  

我想知道大衛會做什麼晚餐。 徘徊的意思是漫無目的地、隨意地走。

We wandered around the farmer's market for a  while. It can also be something you do with  

我們在農貿市場上閒逛了一會兒。這也可以是你與

your mind. Rachel, are you paying attention?  Sorry, I let my thoughts wander. This means  

你的思想。瑞秋，你注意到了嗎？ 對不起，我讓我的思想走神了。這意味著

I let my thoughts aimlessly take their own  path. My mind wandered. I wasn't focused.  

我讓我的思想漫無目的地走上自己的道路。我的思緒飄忽不定。我沒有集中注意力。

If I wonder what David is making for dinner, I  might wander downstairs to see what he's cooking.  

如果我想知道大衛在做什麼晚餐，我可能會下樓去看看他在做什麼。

I'm going to wander down. I'm not going to rush  down. If I see one of the boys playing in their  

我將在下面徘徊。我不會衝下去。如果我看到一個男孩在他們的房間裡玩耍

room or the living room, I might stop and play  a while. Remember, wandering is to go somewhere  

房間或客廳，我可能會停下來玩一會兒。記住，遊蕩是去某個地方

without rushing, without great purpose. I want to  see what David is cooking but I'm open to being  

不急不躁，沒有很大的目的。我想看看大衛在做什麼，但我願意被

distracted along the way. Wander spelled with  an A, the ah as in father vowel.

一路走來，心煩意亂。Wander的拼法是A，是父親元音的啊。

Wander, wonder.

徘徊，驚歎。

Some example sentences with wander and wonder.

一些帶有wander和wonder的例子句子。

I wonder if she saw my email.

我想知道她是否看到了我的電子郵件。

It's now wonder you're hungry, you haven't eaten all day.

現在你餓了才怪，你已經一天沒吃東西了。

Do you have any plans today? No, I'm just  going to wander about and explore the town.

你今天有什麼計劃嗎？沒有，我只是想到處逛逛，探索一下這個小鎮。

I wonder if you can pass this 5-question quiz.  

我想知道你是否能通過這個5個問題的測驗。

It's a lot easier than the quiz that's coming  later in this video. I'm going to play some  

這比本視頻後面的測驗要簡單得多。我將會播放一些

clips. Tell me based on the pronunciation and  the context if you're hearing wonder or wander.

夾子。根據發音和上下文告訴我，你是聽到了奇蹟還是徘徊。

Do you w*nder what your opponent might be wearing?  

你想知道你的對手可能會穿什麼嗎？

Do you speculate about it? Think about it? Are  you curious about it? That's wonder with an O.

你會猜測它嗎？思考它嗎？你對它感到好奇嗎？那是帶O的奇蹟。

Ed Koch used to w*nder around New York City.

埃德-科赫曾經在紐約市四處遊蕩。

W*nder around.

到處亂跑。

Now, that's a clue. If the next word is around,  this is probably going to be wander with an A.  

現在，這就是一個線索。如果下一個詞在身邊，這可能是要用A來徘徊。

Walk around without a clear direction.

在沒有明確方向的情況下四處走動。

Which made me w*nder, how  often do I really rest at home?

這讓我不禁想到，我到底有多長時間在家裡休息？

Made me w*nder. Made me think about this.

讓我感到震驚。讓我想到了這一點。

Wonder with an O.

奇妙的O。

Visitors can w*nder through  the centuries-old temples.

遊客可以在有數百年曆史的寺廟中徜徉。

W*nder through. Walk through slowly,  experience, move about casually, not rushing.

走過。慢慢走過，體驗，隨意走動，不要著急。

Wander with an a.

徘徊與a。

Relax and let your mind w*nder gives your  subconscious mind time to take up ideas.

放輕鬆，讓你的頭腦清醒一下，讓你的潛意識有時間去接受想法。

Mind. But we're not talking about thinking.  We're talking about letting your mind move  

思想。但我們不是在談論思考。 我們談論的是讓你的思想移動

without direction or objective.  Just letting your mind w*nder.

沒有方向或目標。 只是讓你的頭腦胡思亂想。

That's wander with an a.

那是帶A的流浪。

Okay, this next one, I messed  up recently in writing. Oops.

好吧，接下來這個，我最近在寫作上搞砸了。哎呀。

I mixed up imminent and eminent.

我把即將發生的和即將發生的弄混了。

And there's also immanent pronounced just  like imminent but with a different spelling  

還有immanent的發音與imminent相同，但拼法不同。

and a totally different meaning. How cruel is  that? Pronounced the same, spelled differently,  

和一個完全不同的意義。這有多殘酷？發音相同，拼寫不同。

totally different meanings.

完全不同的含義。

First, let's talk about the first two.

首先，讓我們來談談前兩個問題。

Imminent with the letter I. Starts with  an ih as in sit vowel. Ih, imminent.  

iminent與字母I同音，以ih開頭，如坐元音。Ih, imminent.

And everything else about the  pronunciation is the same as  

而其他關於發音的一切都與

eminent with an e. Imminent means  lightly to occur at any moment.

即將發生的意思是在任何時候都可能發生。

I haven't gotten the Covid vaccine yet, but Philly  has opened it up to anybody, so it's imminent.

我還沒有接種Covid疫苗，但費城已經向任何人開放，所以它即將到來。

I think I'll be getting my phone  call saying it's my turn any day now.

我想我隨時都會接到我的電話，說輪到我了。

We haven't quite finished the project yet but  the delivery is imminent. It's almost done.  

我們還沒有完全完成這個項目，但交付在即。就快完成了。

Imminent. About to happen.

迫在眉睫。即將發生。

Eminent with an e, totally different  meaning. We have the e as in bed vowel.  

帶e的Eminent，意義完全不同。我們的e就像床上的元音。

Eminent. It means distinguished, prominent,  high in station, in other words, important.

傑出。它的意思是傑出的，突出的，地位高的，換句話說，重要的。

She's an eminent local artist.  

她是一位著名的在地藝術家。

People around town know her. Know her  work. She's important and respected.

城裡的人都認識她。知道她的工作。她很重要，受到尊重。

Okay now, Immanent. Spelled differently than  our first word but pronounced the same. I admit,  

現在好了，Immanent。與我們第一個詞的拼寫不同，但發音相同。我承認。

the first two words I've used. This one, I've  never used. It's pretty advanced vocabulary.  

的前兩個詞我已經用過了。這一個，我從來沒有用過。這是很高級的詞彙。

It means inherent. Existing within something.  Respect is immanent in my marriage. Respect  

它的意思是固有的。存在於某物之中。 尊重在我的婚姻中是內在的。尊重

lives within that relationship.  This is a sentence I got online.

生活在這種關係中。 這是我在網上得到的一個句子。

The protection of liberties  is imminent in constitutional  

對自由的保護在憲法中迫在眉睫

arrangements. Protection of liberties.  Rights exist within the constitution.

安排。對自由的保護。 權利存在於憲法之中。

Okay, this quiz is going to be a lot  harder than the wander, wonder quiz.

好吧，這次測驗將比流浪者、奇蹟測驗難得多。

I feel very honored to be with _______  panelists to talk about South Korea.

能與_______ 小組成員一起談論韓國，我感到非常榮幸。

An ________ panelists will be  discussing South Korea.

________ 小組成員將討論韓國問題。

If it's a person, it can't be this imminent, that  means about to happen. That doesn't really work  

如果是一個人，就不可能是這種迫在眉睫的事情，那意味著即將發生。這並不真的有效

with people. But this person is someone respected  and known for his or her knowledge of South Korea.

與人。但這個人是受人尊敬的人，因其對韓國的瞭解而聞名。

Eminent with an e.

以e開頭的著名。

You can't separate _________ and transcendent  nor can you separate mundane and divine.

你不能把_________ 和超越分開，也不能把世俗和神性分開。

Okay, this is the third word, immanent and  its most common use is like this. Related to  

好，這是第三個詞，immanent，它最常見的用法是這樣的。與之相關

religion and philosophy. You can't separate  something that lives within something else.

宗教和哲學。你不能把生活在其他事物中的東西分開。

And instead of the _________ destruction of the  planet, it's a gradual warming over decades.

而不是_________，而是在幾十年內逐漸變暖的地球毀滅。

Comparing ___________ destruction,  something's that about to happen  

比較___________ 破壞，有些事情是即將發生的

with something that will happen slowly over time.

與一些將隨著時間慢慢發生的事情。

This is our first word. Imminent.

這是我們的第一個詞。迫在眉睫。

Two more questions.

還有兩個問題。

Pre-emptive meaning that you see that an attack  is in the works. It's __________ it's mobilized  

先發制人的意思是，你看到攻擊正在進行中。它是__________，它被動員起來了

and you try to strike before  your enemy can strike you.

而你試圖在你的敵人能夠攻擊你之前進行攻擊。

If something is in the works,  that means it's a process that  

如果某事正在進行中，這意味著它是一個過程，而這個過程是

started. The first steps of  the process are already done.  

開始了。這個過程的第一步已經完成。

Therefore, the attack is imminent. It's about  to happen. This is our first word again.

是以，攻擊迫在眉睫。它即將發生。這又是我們的第一個詞。

Robert Cialdini, a great _________  researcher from Arizona state University.

Robert Cialdini，亞利桑那州立大學的一位偉大的_________ 研究人員。

Describing a person here. Important in his  field of study. This one is our second word,  

這裡描述的是一個人。在他的研究領域很重要。這個是我們的第二個詞。

eminent with an e. Let's go over  our three pronunciations again.

eminent有一個e。讓我們再來看看我們的三個發音。

Imminent, eminent, immanent. Say them with me now.

迫在眉睫，迫在眉睫，迫在眉睫。現在和我一起說。

Imminent.

迫在眉睫。

Eminent.

突出的。

Immanent.

瞬息萬變。

Preeminent is word related to our second  word. It means surpassing all others  

Preeminent是與我們第二個詞有關的詞。它意味著超越所有其他人

very distinguished in some way.

在某些方面非常突出。

He is the preeminent demographer for Florida.

他是佛羅里達州最傑出的人口統計學家。

No one in the world knows more about  the population of Florida than he does.

世界上沒有人比他更瞭解佛羅里達的人口情況。

Okay. I wonder if your mind wandered in that  last quiz. If something is hard to understand  

好吧，我想知道在最後一次測驗中你的思維是否遊離了。如果有些東西難以理解

or you find it boring, we sometimes tune  out, stop listening and let our minds wonder.

或者你覺得它很無聊，我們有時會調出聲音，停止聽，讓我們的思想去想。

If your pronunciation of these words isn't  perfect, just twerk them.

如果你對這些詞的發音並不完美，就扭動一下。

Wait, I mean tweak them.  

等等，我是說調整它們。

Goodness!

天啊!

These words are confusing.  What word pairs confuse you?  

這些詞讓人困惑。 哪些詞對讓你感到困惑？

Put them in the comments and keep your learning  going right now with this great video. I make  

把它們放在評論中，現在就用這個偉大的視頻保持你的學習。我做

new videos on the English language every Tuesday  and I'd love to have you back. Don't forget to  

每週二都有關於英語的新視頻，我很希望你能回來。請不要忘記

subscribe and click the notification bell. That's  it and thanks so much for using Rachel's English.

訂閱並點擊通知鈴。就這樣，非常感謝你使用Rachel的英語。