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I'm excited for you because in this video, you're gonna perfect one of the main consonant sounds in the American English accent,
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and it's a sound you might not even know about.
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I'm talking about the stop T.
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The trick is, it's actually not a sound.
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There's no sound.
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The air stops, and that's why it's called a stop T, but it's different from leaving the T out.
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And it's easy to hear when we slow it down.
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Listen to this.
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The word is outdoors and it's in slow motion.
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You'll hear two separate distinct parts.
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Outdoors.
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Let's look at the volume of the word.
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outdoors.
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Do you see this blank spot?
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No sound.
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That's the stop of air, the stop T.
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Outdoors.
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Outdoors.
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So if this stop T is no sound, isn't that the same thing as no T?
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And if that's true, what's the difference between fly, which has no T, and flight,
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that ends in a stop T but has all the same sounds.
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By the way, this is the symbol for the stop T in the International Phonetic Alphabet.
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Fly.
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flight They don't sound the same, do they?
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But we're not hearing a tt sound.
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We're not hearing that release flight.
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Flight.
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There's no T, but it sounds different from fly, which has the same sounds but no T.
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Let's compare them again.
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Fly.
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flight fly flight.
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So the difference is in how the sound before the T sounds, in fly.
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Fly.
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Fly.
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Pitch goes up and then it comes back down.
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Fly.
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It sort of tapers off.
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But in the word flight, flight.
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The sound has an abrupt stop.
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It doesn't have that falling or tapering off.
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Flight.
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fly That abrupt stop is the stop T.
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Let's listen to a couple more pairs.
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Sue.
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Sue.
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DAY J How do we make this stop of air and why not make a full 't'?
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T sound.
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The thing about American English is we love smoothness.
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Everything links together in a flow of continuous sound.
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That's one of the characteristics of American English, but tt isn't very smooth.
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It's a stop of air, tt, and a release of air with some energy.
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So the stop T came about where we skip the tt, release part, to make our speech more smooth.
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We stop the air, but then we just go into the next sound without tt, the release.
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Take for example the word fitness.
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fitness -ness F consonant, ih vowel, a stop, fit, Then the end sound.
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fitness.
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Fitness.
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To stop the air, I cut it off in my throat at the vocal cords.
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The tongue can be in position for the T, but it doesn't have to be fit The air is stopped there.
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Ness fitness.
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Fitness.
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Here are a couple more words with the stop T in the middle.
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Hear the stop.
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Then the next sound.
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Outlast.
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partner Shut down.
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When do you make a stop T?
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Most Americans turn a T into a stop T in two cases: when the next sound is a consonant, like in 'shutdown' or 'fitness'.
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Also at the end of a thought group or sentence.
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For example, he's late.
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Late not 'lay'.
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He's late.
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We also make a T a stop T at the end of the word when the next word begins with a consonant, like in the phrase, not now.
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Not now.
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That abrupt stop, that's the stop T.
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Not now.
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With a stop T, you don't hear 't'.
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That crisp, true tea that you hear in, for example, attain.
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Attain.
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A true T has its place, but not in the words we'll study here.
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Now, you'll hear and see a whole bunch of words up close
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and in slow motion with a stop T in the middle.
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Then, there's a section where we're comparing a stop T with a word that's the same but with no T sound, like in fly.
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Flight.
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This is going to help you really understand this sound, but nothing is as helpful as repeating out loud.
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So I really encourage you to do that with both the slow motion and regular paced words.
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Apartment.
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Artful.
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Assortment.
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Atlas.
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Atlas.
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Basketball.
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- Basketball.
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- Bat boy.
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Batboy.
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Batman.
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Batman.
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Bluntly.
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Bluntly.
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Butler.
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Butler.
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Catfish.
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Catfish.
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Catnap.
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Catnap Chutney.
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Chutney.
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Compartment.
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Compartment.
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Countdown.
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Countdown.
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Cutback.
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Cutback.
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Dirtboard.
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Department.
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DIRT BAG.
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DIRT BAG.
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DOUBTFUL.
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Doubtful.
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fitness Fitness.
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flatness Flatness.
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Football.
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Football.
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Footbridge.
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Footbridge.
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fretfully fruitful Hot Ben Hotbed.
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Hotdog.
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Hot dog.
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itself.
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itself.
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Let down.
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Let down.
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Lightweight.
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Meatball.
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Nutmeg Nutmeg.
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Outlast.
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Outlast.
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Outbid.
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Outbid.
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Outbreak.
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Outbreak.
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Outburst.
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Outburst.
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Outdated.
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Outdated.
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Outdone.
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Outdone.
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Outdoors.
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outdoors.
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Outfit.
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outfit.
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Outfox.
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Outfox.
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Outgrow outgrow.
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Outhouse.
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Outhouse.
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Outlier.
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Outlier.
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partly Partly.
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partner Partner.
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pitfall Pitfall.
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fly fly flight, my, might
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my might fall Fall.
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fall Fall Lie.
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light Lie.
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Light.
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Gay.
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Gay.
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Gay.
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Gate.
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Sue, suit, sue.
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Suit.
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away Oh wait.
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Away.
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Oh wait.
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tray trait tray Trait.
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BEY BAY Bay Bait.
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day J.
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Day.
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Date.
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lay lay, lay, late.
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Stay, stay.
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stay, state, Ray, rate, rate.
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Play, plate.
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Play, plate, slay.
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Slay.
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slay slate.
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Bye.
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Bye.
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Thank you buy, bite, sigh, sight.
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sigh Sight.
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cue cue cute. May.
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mate, may, mate.
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No. No. No. No.
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toe toat, flute, flute.
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flu Flute.
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spy, spite, spy, spite.
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row Row.
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row, wrote, right, right, right, be, B B.
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beat Fee feet, feet, feet.
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Moe, moat.
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mow, moat, bow Boat Bow Both.
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He, he.
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He, he.
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Go, goat.
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Go.
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Goat.
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See.
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See.
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C.
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seat.
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Spa.
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SPOT Spa.
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Spot.
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Blow.
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alone.
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blow, bloat, plea, plea, plea, Pleat.
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We.
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we Weep.
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Knee.
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Knee, knee, knee.
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Roo.
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Root.
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Root.
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Root.
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Root.
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All my YouTube channel members get an extra video here.
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It's training stop T at the end of a word like date and fit.
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So if you're a channel member, thank you.
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Using the stop T in your English is going to help you sound more natural when speaking American English.
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Listening and repeating out loud repetition is going to be the key to making that habit and speaking English with ease.
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If you want to train all the sounds and other characteristics like smoothness and linking,
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “American English Pronunciation: The Stop T”. Las palabras que más se repiten: sound, fly, word, flight, fitness. Este vídeo tiene 239 frases y 1115 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 15:10. El hablante habla despacio, unas 74 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. Solo el 75 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| outdoor adjetivo | /aʊtˈdɔː/ | al aire libre, al fresco |
| consonant sustantivo | /ˈkɑn.sə.nənt/ | consonante |
| abrupt adjetivo | /əˈbɹʌpt/ | repentino, súbito |
| outlast verbo | /ˌaʊtˈlæst/ | durar / vivir más que |
| slay verbo | /sleɪ/ | matar, asesinar |
| flute sustantivo | /flu(ː)t/ | flauta, flauta travesera |
| plea sustantivo | /pliː/ | alegato, petición |
| bluntly adverbio | /ˈblʌntli/ | sin ambages / circunloquio |
| catfish sustantivo | /ˈkætfɪʃ/ | bagre, siluro |
| catnap sustantivo | /ˈkætˌnæp/ | siestecita, sueñecito |
| cutback sustantivo | /ˈkʌtbæk/ | recorte, reducción |
| flatness sustantivo | /ˈflætnəs/ | planicidad, planitud |
| footbridge sustantivo | /ˈfʊtˌbɹɪd͡ʒ/ | puente peatonal, pasarela |
| moat sustantivo | /moʊt/ | fosa, foso |
| outburst verbo | /ˌaʊ̯tˈbɝst/ | arranque, arrebato |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| let down verbo | alargar |
| go through verbo | atravesar |
| go up verbo | subir |
| shut down verbo | apagar |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- You'll hear two separate distinct parts.
- Let's look at the volume of the word.
- Do you see this blank spot?
- We're not hearing that release flight.
- Let's listen to a couple more pairs.
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Posibilidad con “might / may” might/may + verbo — algo posible pero no seguro | might not even know · might fall |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos días | I'm talking · we're not hearing · we're comparing |
| Futuro con “going to” be going to + verbo — un plan o algo que se ve venir | gonna perfect · is going to help · is going to be |
| Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicción | You'll hear · we'll study |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 19 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, we're, you're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: catfish /ˈkætfɪʃ/, repetition /ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/, notification /ˌnoʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: characteristic /ˌkæɹ(ə)ktəˈɹɪstɪk/, repetition /ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/, notification /ˌnoʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/, continuous /kənˈtɪn.juː.əs/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: slay /sleɪ/, spite /spaɪt/, skip /skɪp/
- /h/ — una aspiración suave, no la “j”: outhouse /ˈaʊthaʊs/, habit /ˈhæb.ɪt/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como outdoor, consonant, abrupt.
¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?
Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.