that are spelled the same, that they have  different pronunciations, and different  

拼寫相同，卻有不同的發音，以及不同的

meanings. Our words today are minute which  means 60 seconds and minute which means tiny.

意義。我們今天的詞是分鐘，意思是60秒，而分鐘則是微小的意思。

So to say minute which is the noun, we  are going to start with the n sound.  

是以，要說minute是名詞，我們要從n音開始。

To do this, lips are together, air is moving out  of your nose, then we're going to add that short i  

要做到這一點，嘴脣併攏，空氣從你的鼻子中流出，然後我們要添加那個短的i

sound. To do that my mouth is relatively  relaxed and my tongue is flat and just behind  

聲音。為了做到這一點，我的嘴是相對放鬆的，我的舌頭是平的，就在後面。

my top front teeth. If you tend to  say e you need to, that's the smiling  

我的上門牙。如果你傾向於說你需要的東西，那就是微笑了。

higher vowel e, just relax your lips  and relax your cheeks a little bit  

較高的元音e，只要放鬆你的嘴脣和放鬆你的臉頰一點點

and your tongue will pop down  and will be right in that correct  

你的舌頭就會彈下來，並且會在那個正確的位置上。

spot. Then touch the tip of your tongue to  the back of your top front teeth for that n.  

點。然後將你的舌尖碰觸到你的上門牙後面的那個n。

Air again moves out of your nose. min min min

空氣再次從你的鼻子裡流出來。

Then we're going to end with it again short i  sound. Tongue is just behind your top front teeth  

然後我們要用它再一次短i音結束。舌頭就在你的上門牙後面

and it's relaxed and your cheeks and your  lips are relaxed. And then we're going to  

而且它是放鬆的，你的臉頰和嘴脣是放鬆的。然後我們要

add that t. Touch the tip of your tongue to  the back of your top front teeth. For that  

將舌尖觸及上門牙的背面。對於這個

this is just like the word it. So we're going  to put that all together. minute minute minute.

這就像它這個詞一樣。所以我們要把這些都放在一起。 分分分分。

For minute, which means tiny, that's an adjective,  we are going to start with the word my. Just like  

對於minute，意思是微小的，那是一個形容詞，我們要從my這個詞開始。就像

me, my, and I wrote it as my the word. But if  you're curious it is the long i sound. To make  

我，我的，我把它寫成了我這個詞。但如果你好奇，它是長i音。為了使

that i sound, you're gonna open your mouth  wide, and um in a wide circle shape. Tip of  

發出 "i "的聲音，你要把嘴張大，然後呈寬圓狀。尖端的

the tongue is low, back of the tongue is pulled  high up, and then you're gonna move to a smile. i  

舌頭是低的，舌頭後面拉高，然後你要轉為微笑。

As you do that your tongue is going to move and  it's going to be high and flat in the mouth.

當你這樣做的時候，你的舌頭會移動，它在嘴裡會高而平。

Next we're going to move to a new syllable. To  start that new syllable we're going to start with  

接下來，我們將轉到一個新的音節。為了開始這個新的音節，我們將以

the n sound. Air moves out of the nose, tip of  the tongue is touching the back of the top front  

n的聲音。空氣從鼻腔中流出，舌尖接觸到前上方的背面

teeth, then we're going to add that ew vowel long  vowel made with puckered lips ew. Not many places  

牙齒，然後我們要加上那個用撅起的嘴脣發出的ew元音長聲母ew。沒有多少地方

for your tongue to go it's just sort of flat in  your mouth there. It's not touching anything and  

你的舌頭在你的嘴裡是平的。它沒有接觸到任何東西，而且

then we're going to end with the t. Touch the tip  of the tongue to the back of the top front teeth.

然後，我們將以 "T "結束。將舌尖觸及上門牙的背面。

my newt my newt minute

我的紐特我的紐特分鐘

You're probably hearing a stress  difference. Excellent since you've  

你可能聽到了壓力差異。很好，因為你已經

been watching a lot of these heteronym  lessons. To make the stress in syllables  

一直在看很多這樣的異義詞課程。為了使音節中的重音

different within a word the stressed syllable  must have a longer vowel, be higher in pitch,  

在一個詞中，不同的強調音節必須有一個較長的元音，音調較高。

and be louder. Where the unstressed  syllable is softer, lower in pitch, and  

並且聲音大一些。凡是無重音的音節都比較柔和，音調較低，而且

shorter. We are going to stress syllable number  one in minute, and syllable number two in minute.

更短。我們要強調一分鐘中的第一號音節，以及一分鐘中的第二號音節。

minute minute minute minute minute minute 

分鐘分鐘分鐘分鐘分鐘分鐘分鐘

minute minute minute minute

分鐘 分鐘 分鐘 分鐘

And now for a sentence:  

現在說一句話。

Give me a minute and then I will explain  the minute differences in the sounds.

給我一分鐘時間，然後我將解釋聲音的細微差別。

Give it a try I know people are  going to notice the difference  

試試吧，我知道人們會注意到不同。

and if you found this helpful we'd love  it if you shared us with your friends.  

如果你覺得這篇文章有幫助，我們希望你能與你的朋友分享我們。

If you need help check us out at Tarle  speech or on google play and iTunes.

如果你需要幫助，請在Tarle speech或google play和iTunes上查看我們。

Best of luck and have an amazing  weekend. Thanks so much everyone!

祝您好運，祝您有個愉快的週末。非常感謝大家!