The use of the verbs See, Look, Watch, Hear and Listen is very specific in most cases and are not normally interchangeable as is the case in other languages. It is therefore important to understand the basis of the use of each of these verbs.
动词See, Look, Watch, Hear 和 Listen的使用在大多数情况下是固定的，也不像其它语言中可替代性那么强。所以理解 这些词的基础使用就非常重要了。
See vs. Look vs. Watch
See is a verb of perception, it is a sense. It is automatic and doesn't require a decision to use this sense. It is associated with things that we can't avoid.
See是一个感知动词，它是一种感官（即人体感受客观事物刺激的器官(眼、耳、鼻、舌、身)或其所具有的功能）。它是自动发生的，不需要下决定来使用这种感官。它与我们不能避免的情形相关联。
Look and Watch are action verbs that require a decision for you to use them. They never happen automatically.
Look和Watch是行为动词，需要作出决定才能look/watch。他们绝不会自动的发生。
Look is used to suggest a direction for your eyes. Usually we use this verb when the things we look at doesn't move.
Look用来对你的目光建议一个方向。通常，当我们看某些不会动的事物时，使用这个动词。
Look - camera, prices, mirror, sky. Look后接相机，价格，镜子，天空。
- Look at this picture.
- I like to look at the stars at night.
Watch is when we talk about concentrating on something, like a movie or sports. Using watch suggests there is a movement involved, so you can use that for TV or movies.
Watch在我们说起要聚焦于某事物时，像电影或体育运动。使用watch暗示包含有动作，所以我们在说起电视或电影时会使用它。
Watch - a movie, a TV program, a football match. Watch后接一场电影，一个电视节目，一场足球赛事。
- I like to sit on the verandah and watch people walk by.
- I watch Friends everyday on TV.
Hear vs. Listen
Hear is another of our senses and so accordingly it is automatic. It does not require a conscious decision.
Hear是另一种形式的感官，所以相应的它是自动发生的。它不需要意识上的决定。
Hear - a noise, a voice, an explosion. Hear后接噪声，声音，爆炸。
- You could hear the explosion from the next suburb.
- Do you hear voices in the night?
Listen is an action verb and you need to make a decision to do it. You can choose if you listen to something or not. For example you can hear somebody talking but you need to listen to them to understand what they are saying.
Listen是一个行为动词，你需要下决定后才能去listen.你能选择是否去听。比如，你可以『hear』某人说话，但你需要去『listen』才能理解其含义。
Listen - music, a speech. Listen后接音乐，演讲。
- I can't listen to anything else you want to say. I'm so tired.
- I didn't want to listen to the President's speech but I didn't have a choice.
编者按：当然你也可以说listen to the voice, 但几乎没人去说listen to the noise, 因为去听噪音几乎是没什么意义的，所以不会有人用心去听。而hear the noise则不一样，这里的hear是被动的接收，没有选择的。
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