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Hello, I'm Emma from mmmEnglish!
大家好，我是Emma，来自mmmEnglish！
If you're new, welcome to my English-learning channel!
如果你是新来的话，欢迎来到我的英语学习频道！
If you've been watching for a while and you haven't subscribed yet, go ahead and do it!
如果你已经看了一会，但还没有订阅的话，点关注，不迷路哦!
All you need to do is click the red button down there to keep up-to-date with all of my lessons here.
你需要点击下面的红色按钮，就可以追到我更新的全部课程了。
This lesson today is one that I wanted to make for you and that I needed to make for me!
我今天要讲的这节课，是想讲给你们的，也是讲给我自己的！
And many of the other native English speakers out there, who mess up these words!
还有很多英语母语者，也会搞混这些词汇！
The difference between the word ‘effect‘ and ‘affect‘.
我们要讲的是词汇‘effect’和‘affect’的区别。
They sound almost exactly the same when they're spoken naturally. Effect and affect.
当人们自然地讲这两个词时，它们听起来几乎一样。Effect和affect。
In both words, the stress is on the second syllable
这两个词汇的重音都在第二个音节上，
so the unstressed syllable at the start of each word, it sounds pretty similar,
所以每个单词开头的非重读音节，听起来很相似，
even though they're different vowel letters.
尽管它们是不同的元音字母。
So it's not easy to hear the difference between them when you're listening.
所以你在听这个单词时，很难听出差别。
If I say affect and effect, you can hear the difference.
如果我这样说affect和effect的话，你肯定可以听出差别。
But that's not how these words are spoken naturally.
但在自然发音时，却听不出差别。
And the meaning of these words is also very similar.
它们的意思也很相似。
They both talk about something changing another thing but they are different types of words.
这两个词都表示某物改变了另一件事情，但它们的词性不同。
Effect is usually a noun and affect is usually a verb.
effect通常情况下是名词，而affect通常情况下是动词。
Now I say usually because there are times when affect is a noun and effect is a verb
我说通常情况，是因为有时候affect是名词，而effect是动词，
but most of the time, you'll see effect as a noun and affect as a verb.
但大多数时候，effect会作为名词，而affect会作为动词。
See how confusing these two little words are for us?
你能发现这两个单词对我们来说多么容易混淆吗？
I say us because these two words even confuse me sometimes.
我说的我们，是因为我有时候也会搞混这两个词。
I make this mistake too and many native English speakers make this mistake.
我也会犯这个错误，许多英语母语者也同样会犯这个错误。
Many, many of them and much, much more often than you think!
我们很多人都会犯这个错误，比你想象的要多得多！
And much more often than they think, as well!
我觉得也比他们自己想象的多得多！
So this video is important for all of us.
所以这个视频对我们所有人来说都很重要。
I can tell you with a decent amount of confidence
我可以很自信的告诉你，
that at least half of the native English speakers that I know sometimes make this mistake by accident
我知道至少有一半的英语母语者偶尔会犯这种错误。
but it's really, really common in emails.
但是在电子邮件中，这样的错误真的很常见。
So let's go over all of this together now, starting with affect, the verb.
所以我们现在一起讨论一下，从动词形式的affect开始。
The verb affect means to change something, to influence something or to impact on something.
动词affect意思是，改变某事，影响某事，或对某事产生影响。
So try to remember that the a in affect stands for action so it needs to be a verb.
要记住，affect这个词中的a代表action（动作），所以它必须是动词。
Long flights can affect your blood circulation.
长途飞行会影响你的血液循环。
The weather affected the outcome of the football match.
天气影响了足球比赛的结果。
Her illness will affect her examination results.
她的病会影响她的考试成绩。
So in all of these examples, affect is a verb.
这些例子中，affect是动词。
Effect is a synonym of change and influence.
effect是change（变化）和influence（影响）的同义词。
So one thing is changing or influencing another thing.
意思是一件事在改变或影响另一件事。
My savings – so that's the money that I save – my savings affect where I travel.
我的储蓄，就是我攒的钱，我的储蓄影响我去哪旅行。
When I have a lot of savings, I go abroad for my holidays.
我如果有很多积蓄，我会去国外度假。
When I don't have a lot of savings, I go on short trips near my home, often to visit friends.
我要是没有太多存款，我会在家附近短途旅行，我经常去拜访朋友。
The amount of money that I have saved influences where I go for my holidays.
我攒下钱的多少会影响我去哪旅行。
Okay now effect, the noun.
好的，这个effect是名词。
So this is the experience of the action, the result of the change.
表示行动的经验，改变的结果。
Warm weather always has a positive effect on my mood.
温暖的天气会让心情好。
The community felt the effects of the financial crisis.
社会受到了金融危机的影响。
Have you noticed any effects since you changed your diet?
自从你改变饮食习惯后，你注意到了什么影响吗？
In all of these examples, effect is a noun and you can see that it's a noun from the structure in these sentences.
在这些例子中，effect是名词。你可以通过这些句子的结构发现，它是名词。
Effect is a synonym of result or consequence.
effect是result或者consequence（结果）的同义词。
If something affects you, you will feel the effect of the change.
如果某件事情对你产生了影响（affect you），你会感受到变化的影响（the effect of the change）。
