搞懂這些單字，英文不再雞同鴨講
Homonyms
Homonyms are two words that are spelled the same and sound the same but have different meanings. The word “homonym" comes from the prefix “homo-," which means the same, and the suffix “-nym," which means name. Therefore, a homonym is a word that has the same name as another word, meaning that the two words look and sound exactly alike.
同音異義詞是兩個拼寫相同，聽起來相同但含義不同的單詞。 單詞“ homonym”來自前綴“ homo-”（表示相同）和後綴“ -nym”（表示名稱）。 因此，同音異義詞(homonym)，代表兩個單詞的外觀和發音完全相同。
A simple example of a homonym is the word “pen." This can mean both “a holding area for animals" and “a writing instrument." Another example is “book," which can mean “something to read" or “the act of making a reservation." In both cases, the sound and spelling are the same, and only the definition changes.
一個簡單的同音異義詞“ pen”。 這既可以表示“一圈的動物”，又可以表示“書寫工具(筆)”。 另一個例子是“書”，它可以表示“閱讀的東西(輸)”或“預訂”。 在這兩種情況下，發音和拼寫都是相同的，只是意思卻有變化。
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- homonym [ˋhɑmə͵nɪm] 同形同音異義字
- Pole 荷蘭人
- flyer 廣告傳單
收聽節目
《Let’s chat 一起來閒聊》，是個只有聲音的節目，是Christine (台灣) 和Gavin (澳洲) 一起用雙語錄製的，節目更新時間：每個月的第 2 和第 4 個禮拜三(一個月會有兩則)。
一則音頻30分鐘，利用通勤、運動或做家事的時候收聽很剛好
英文的homonym 同形同音異義字，是非母語者比較難掌握的，尤其是book或pen等簡單的單字，其實除了書本、筆以外，還有其他意思。
如果在記憶單字時，沒有全面的理解單字的意思，很可能在口說時發生雞同鴨講，或是聽力時，明明都單字都好像聽得懂，湊在一起就不知道什麼意思的困擾。這次我們挑了幾個跟book和pen一樣看似很簡單，但其實意思有很多種的英文單字來討論，希望你藉由聽我們的討論，加深這些同形同音異義字homonym的印象。
這禮拜的QA是聽眾想問Gavin→koala的叫聲是什麼？
Christine還加碼問Gavin→每個澳洲人都抱過koala嗎？
記得聽到最後的QA單元喔！
以下是我們討論的homonym
Address – to speak to / location
Air – oxygen / a lilting tune
Arm – body part / division of a company
Branch – part of a large business organization / parts of a tree
Band – a musical group / a ring
Bark – a tree’s out layer / the sound a dog makes
Bat – an implement used to hit a ball / a nocturnal flying mammal
Bright – very smart or intelligent / filled with light
Circular – taking the form of a circle / a store advertisement
Current – up to date / flow of water
Die – to cease living / a cube marked with numbers one through six
Express – something done fast / to show your thoughts by using words
Fair – equitable / beautiful
Jag – a sharp, jutted object / a crying spree
Kind – type / caring
Lie – to recline / to tell a falsehood
Match – to pair like items / a stick for making a flame
Mean – average / not nice
Pole – a person from Poland / a piece of metal that holds a flag
Pound – unit of weight / to beat
Right – correct / direction opposite of left
Rock – a genre of music / a stone
Stalk – a part of a plant / to follow or harass someone
Well – in good health / a source for water in the ground
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