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。

[Content vs Content] They look the same and sound the same – almost.

內容與內容]它們看起來一樣，聽起來也一樣--差不多。

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

而瞭解兩者的區別，真的會對你的英語發音和聽力能力有所幫助。

What is the difference?

有什麼不同？

Keep watching to find out.

繼續看下去就知道了。

Let's begin.

我們開始吧

Okay.

好吧，我知道了

First time I'm going to say the sentence really quickly

第一次我真的很快就會說出這句話的。

so listen well.

所以聽好了。

'My boss was content with the content.'

'我的老闆對這些內容很滿意'。

Let's go one more time but slower.

我們再來一次，但要慢一點。

'My boss was content with the content.'

'我的老闆對這些內容很滿意'。

Okay, let's have a look at the sentence.

好，我們來看看這句話。

'My boss was content with the content.'

'我的老闆對這些內容很滿意'。

What two words go in these two gaps?

在這兩個空白處，有哪兩個字？

Well the answer is, 'My boss was content with the content.'

好吧，答案是："我的老闆對這個內容很滿意"。

They look like the same word.

他們看起來像同一個詞。

I know.

我知道，我知道

Oh no but they're two different words.

哦，不，但它們是兩個不同的詞。

And let me tell you why.

讓我告訴你為什麼。

Let's have a look at our two words: content and content

我們來看看我們的兩個字：內容和內容

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，和意思是不一樣的。

It's a heteronym.

這是一個異名。

What is a heteronym?

什麼是異名？

Well it's where you have two words that are spelled the same way

就是有兩個單詞拼寫相同的地方。

but the pronunciations and the meanings are different.

但讀音和意思都不一樣。

Let's look at our two words in more detail.

我們再來詳細看看我們的兩個字。

Both the meaning and the pronunciation.

既是意思，也是發音。

First is 'content'.

首先是'滿足'。

'content' is an adjective.

'滿足'是一個形容詞。

It means to be happy or satisfied with something.

意思是對某件事情感到高興或滿意。

I have two sentences for you.

我有兩句話要告訴你

“I'm content with my peaceful life.'

"我對自己平靜的生活很滿意'。

I'm happy with my peaceful life.

我很高興我的平靜生活。

I'm satisfied.

我很滿意。

I don't need anything else.

我不需要其他東西。

Sentence number two.

第二句話：

'She is content to stay home Friday night.'

'她滿足於週五晚上呆在家裡。

She's okay with staying home Friday night.

她週五晚上在家待著也沒事。

She's happy with that.

她對此很滿意。

She doesn't need anything else.

她不需要其他東西。

Okay, let's practice pronunciation.

好了，我們來練習一下發音。

content

滿足

content

滿足

Let's look at word number two.

讓我們看看第二個詞。

'content'

內容

'content' is a noun.

'內容'是個名詞。

It means information that is put on the internet or other medium.

是指放在互聯網或其他媒介上的資訊。

I have two sentences for you.

我有兩句話要告訴你

'Youtubers always have to make new content.'

'Youtubers總是要做新的內容'。

Youtubers have to make new information to put on the internet.

悠悠眾生要做出新的資訊放到互聯網上。

And sentence number two.

還有第二句話。

'My video content uses English.'

'我的視頻內容使用英文。

The videos that I make uses English.

我做的視頻用的是英文。

Okay, let's practice pronunciation.

好了，我們來練習一下發音。

Ready?

準備好了嗎？

content

內容

content

內容

Now let's go back to our main sentence.

現在讓我們回到我們的主句。

'My boss was content with the content.'

'我的老闆對這些內容很滿意'。

My boss was content.

我的老闆很滿意。

He was happy.

他很高興。

He was satisfied with the content.

他對這些內容很滿意。

With the information that I gave him.

根據我給他的資訊。

'My boss was content with the content.'

'我的老闆對這些內容很滿意'。

Now let's practice pronunciation.

現在我們來練習一下發音。

We're going to go slowly first and then speed up.

我們要先慢慢走，然後再加快。

Repeat after me.

跟著我說

'My boss was content with the content.'

'我的老闆對這些內容很滿意'。

Now like a native speaker.

現在就像一個本地人一樣。

Ready?

準備好了嗎？

'My boss was content with the content.'

'我的老闆對這些內容很滿意'。

Good job.

做得好

Great job today, guys.

今天干得不錯，夥計們。

You did really well.

你做得很好。

And we got some awesome practice in pronunciation and listening.

而且我們在發音和聽力方面得到了一些很棒的練習。

If you want to leave a comment, leave one down below.

如果你想留言，請在下面留言。

I read all of them.

我都看過了。

And I'm always super thankful for my students' support.

而且我一直超級感謝學生的支持。

I'll see you in the next video.

下一個視頻裡見。