See Look Watch都是看，你知道差在哪怎麼用嗎?
see, look, watch這三個字在中文中都翻成「看」，你知道他們的差別嗎? 當你說看電視、看舞台劇、看日出、老師正看著我，這些中文中的「看」字在英文中倒底要用see, look,watch之中的哪一個呢?你能夠很清楚的說出see, look, watch的差別嗎? 除了「看」字之外，listen, hear中文都翻成「聽」，那listen與hear又有什麼差異，聽音樂，你有聽到奇怪的聲音嗎? 又該選哪個字呢? 本文用情境的方式詳細說明see, look, watch, hear, listen的差異並提供相關練習題，希望讀者讀完後在口說會話中用到「看」字和「聽」字時能更精準正確的使用，說出漂亮的英文。
See, Look ,Watch的差別
1.see 是指眼睛打開就可以看到，進入眼簾的，不管我們有沒有留意。
EX: I see many things in this bedroom. I see a bed, a table, and a bookcase.
在這間臥房中我看到很多東西。我看到一張床、一張桌子、和一個書櫃。
EX: Turn the light on, so I can see you. 把燈打開這樣我才看得到你。
2.look是用在集中注意力，有意地去看什麼東西，通常用在短時間去look at注視什麼東西或人
情境1: 在教室中老師發現Eric不專心，老師說Erick看著我 Eric, look at me!
情境2: 一群人去山上看星星，突然一顆流星閃過，其中一個人驚呼 Look! It’s a shooting star!
*Look如果後面有加受詞就要放上介係詞at，如果沒有受詞就不用加at
EX: Look! Look at me!
3.watch 類似look at 也是有意地去看什麼東西，但使用watch時，通常意味某事正在發生或將要發生，我們長時間去watch注視變化的發展的事物watch 通常與TV連用；watch 和 see 都用來討論電視節目和電影。
情境1: 一群學生要去動物觀察動物 You can watch animals at the zoo. 觀察動物通常是長時間的注視，而且動物的動作是會變化的
情境2: 看煙火 We watched the fireworks. 看煙火也是長時間有意地注視某物，且煙火是會變化發展的
情境3: My brother is watching TV. 看電視都是用watch
We watched/saw a good movie last night. 看電影用see或watch都可，see a movie是指去電影院看電影;而watch a movie是在家看電影
4. See V.S. Watch
watch通常是用來表達那些正在發生的經驗，see則是用來表達一個完整的劇，表演、比賽等等
He is watching a football match right now. 他現在正在看足球賽
Did you see the play on Tuesday? 你周二有去看舞台劇嗎?
See Look Watch 練習題:
1.I ______ many people in the department store.
2.I am _________ at the clock. I want to know what time it is now.
3.Jeff spends a lot of time __________ TV. Let’s _________ the news tonight.
4. ________ at the whiteboard. What do you ________?
5. A: Do you _______ the guy over there?
B: No.
A: _________ again.
B: Oh, it’s Ben.
6.When I go to the zoo, I like to ________ koalas and giraffes.
7. We ______________ a great movie on TV last nigh
8.We're going outside to ________at the stars. We couldn't _________ the stars last night because of the clouds.
9.Where are you going to _________ New Year’s Eve fireworks?
答案:
1. see 2.looking 3. watching, watch 4.Look, see 5. see, Look
6. watch 7. watched/ saw 8. look, see 9. watch
Hear, Listen 的差別
hear 是用來表達耳朵不用刻意就可以聽到的聲音，或是聽完一個表演、廣播、演講等等完整的經驗
listen 則是有意地去聽正在進行的聲音，強調有專心的去聽什麼
*Listen如果後面有加受詞就要放上介係詞to，如果沒有受詞就不用加to
EX: Listen! Listen to me!
情境1: 講電話時周遭環境太吵，對方問Can you hear me? 你聽的到我聲音嗎?
情境2: 我走進書店我聽到書店播放的背景音樂
When I walked into the bookstore, I heard its background music.
情境3: 在教室中學生正仔細聆聽老師講課，但同時可以聽到環境中冷氣運轉的生音 The students are listening to
the teacher’s lecture. At the same time, they can hear the sound of the air-conditioner.
情境4:
When my friend arrived, I was listening to a record of Sue playing Beethoven.
當我朋友抵達時我正在聽Sue演奏的貝多芬唱片
I once heard Sue play the Mozart requiem. 我曾經聽Sue彈奏莫札特的安魂曲
hear Listen練習題
1. I’m in my apartment. I’m trying to study. I_______ music from the next apartment. The music is too loud.
2. I’m in my apartment. I’m studying. I have a tape recorder. I’m ________to music. I like to_______to music when I study.
3. What do you________at night in the place where you live?
4. I ______them arguing downstairs, but I didn’t really ______to what they were talking about.
5. I didn’t _____the phone because I was __________to the radio.
6. In a classroom:
Teacher: _______carefully, please.
Student: Can you speak louder? Your voice is very soft. I can’ t _____you very well.
Teacher: Maybe I should get a microphone.
答案:
1. hear 2. listening, listen 3. hear 4. heard, listen
5. hear, listening 6. Listen, hear
參考書目:
Azar, Betty Schrampfer.Basic English Grammar.4th ed. New York: Pearson Education, 2014.
Swan, Michael. Practical English Usage.3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2005
