你知道Listen和Hear的區(qū)別嗎？

在英語中，最常用的表示“聽”的動詞就是listen和hear了。但是你知道為什么它們要被分開使用嗎?比如，你想表達“我愛聽音樂”的意思，就必須說“I like to listen to music”，絕不能說“I like to hear music”。都是通過耳膜去感受聲音，為何listen和hear會不同呢?其實道理很簡單。

第一步，我們先從了解兩個單詞各自的詞義開始：

listen ：to pay attention to what someone is saying or to a sound that you can hear

例：

We listened carefully to the president’s speech.

My lawyer did all the talking, I just sat and listened.

What kind of music do you listen to?

Listen, we really need to sort out our insurance claim this weekend.

這里要注意，listen是不及物動詞，使用時需要跟上介詞。舉個簡單的例子，就是不能說“listen music”，而要說“listen to music”。

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再來看看hear

hear：to know that a sound is being made, using your ears

例：

My grandfather is getting old and can't hear very well.

You'll have to speak up, I can't hear you.

I heard a noise outside.

My grandmother is getting old. She can’t hear very well.

這里也要注意，當hear表示無意識的“聽”時不能用于進行時態(tài)。舉個簡單的例子，就是不能說“I’m hearing you”，而要說“I can hear you”。

在了解了listen和hear各自的意思后，你是否做好準備區(qū)分它們了呢?或許你已經(jīng)察覺了，其實它們的區(qū)別用幾句話就能概括：

There is an important difference between them. Listening describes an intentional activity. When you are listening, you are actively trying to hear something.

You cannot control if you can hear the sound. You can control if you listen to the sound. Your ear will hear the sound, whether you want to or not.

簡單地說，listen特指你“主動獲取”聲音，而hear則是不管你主動還是被動都會“獲取”聲音。

你可以從這些例句中去體會listen和hear的區(qū)別：

His story was so long and boring that I stopped listening, until suddenly I heard my name.

I was listening to the radio when I heard the phone ring.

I’m listening but I can’t hear you!

Listen! Did you hear that? I think I heard a noise.

如果你已經(jīng)將以上這些知識都吸收了，就應(yīng)該可以一分鐘判斷出何時該用listen，何時該用hear了。接下來就是考驗?zāi)愕臅r刻啦， 請速速說出“我聽她說了”，和“我在聽她說話”各自該用哪個動詞?