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Hey everyone!
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Welcome back to Cindy in Chicago.
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I am Cindy and this is the show where we talk about American culture, real English, and the things nobody quite explains when you are living and working here.
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Today I want to start with a number.
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1 .7 trillion dollars.
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That's the total amount of student loan debt in the United States right now.
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1 .7 trillion.
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That's more than the entire economy of most countries in the world.
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Americans borrowed, mostly when they were 17 or 18 years old, to pay for college.
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Now, here's the question that a lot of people are asking: was it worth it?
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If you've ever wondered whether a college degree is really necessary, whether the cost makes sense, whether there's another way, this episode is for you.
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Today I'll cover three things.
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First, how much college actually costs in America.
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The numbers are important.
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Second, what a college degree actually gives you.
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Because it's not just one thing, it's several things, and some of them are more valuable valuable than others.
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And third, how the picture is changing.
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Because something is shifting right now in how American companies think about degrees.
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And it's worth paying attention to.
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I also want to share my own perspective, because I've been on both sides of this question.
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Is someone who went to college, and is someone who has been involved in hiring decisions?
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And I have some thoughts.
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Let's get into it.
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First, the cost.
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In America, going to college is expensive.
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Very expensive.
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The average cost of one year at a public university, a state school, or a state school, or a state school, or a state school, or a state school funded partly by the government is around $30 ,000 when you include tuition,
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housing, food, and other expenses.
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Tuition is the cost of your classes and education itself.
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At a private university, a school funded by private money, not the government, one year can cost $60 ,000, $70 ,000, sometimes $80 ,000.
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Four years of college?
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Multiply that out.
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Public university, around $120 ,000 total.
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Private university, $250 ,000 or more.
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Students don't pay all of this themselves.
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They use a combination of financial aid, money given by the school or government, and student loans.
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A student loan is money you borrow to pay for college.
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And you pay it back after you graduate with interest.
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Interest means you pay back more than you borrowed.
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The longer it takes to pay back, the more you pay.
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The average American college graduate, the average, starts their working life with $30 ,000 in student loan debt.
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And some people have much, much more.
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This is the context.
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This is why 1 .7 trillion dollars exists.
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Now, what does a college degree actually give you?
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I think about this in four parts.
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Part 1: Knowledge.
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This is the obvious one.
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You go to college, you study a subject, you learn things.
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But here is something honest: a lot of the specific knowledge you learn in college is not directly used in your career.
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The details of a history class, the specific equations from a chemistry course, the novels from a literature seminar...
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most of it does not show up in your complex problem,
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how to write clearly, how to argue for a position using evidence, how to manage your time when no one is telling you what to do every hour.
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These are called transferable skills.
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Skills that transfer, move from one situation to another.
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Knowledge matters, but the transferable skills often matter more.
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Part 2: Credentials.
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A credential is official proof that you have a qualification.
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A college degree is a credential.
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For many is required, not optional, required.
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For other jobs, a degree is expected, not legally required, but the norm.
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Most candidates have one, so not having one puts you at a disadvantage.
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And for some jobs, especially in technology, creative fields, and trades, a degree is becoming less and less necessary.
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We'll come back to this.
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But the credential, the piece of paper, still carries weight in American professional culture.
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It signals something.
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It says this person completed something
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through whether or not that signal is accurate it's still a signal
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that many employers respond to part three network this one is underrated
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and I say this from experience
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when you go to college you spend four years around people your age who are curious ambitious
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and building their lives your classmates become your colleagues your collaborators
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your references your friends the network you build in college the
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relationships can be more valuable than anything you learn in a
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classroom this is especially true at well -known universities with strong alumni networks.
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Alumni are people who graduated from the same school.
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Many universities have alumni networks, communities of former students who help each other with jobs, connections, and opportunities.
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Network is real, and it's one of the things you simply cannot get from an online course or a book.
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Part 4: Time and Experience.
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College gives you four years to figure out who you are before the full weight of adult life hits.
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You can join a theater group, fail a class and recover, have conversations that change how you think.
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This is not nothing.
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This is actually a lot.
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But, and this is important, this time and experience comes at a very high price, and not everyone can afford it.
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And not everyone needs four years of exploration to find their direction.
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Now let's talk about what's changing.
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Because something significant is happening in how American companies think about college
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have started removing the degree requirement from many of their job postings.
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Companies like Google, Apple, IBM, Delta Airlines and others have announced that they will consider candidates without college degrees for certain roles.
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The reason they give is this: a degree does not always predict job performance.
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What predicts job performance is skill.
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And skill can be developed in many ways, not just in a four -year college program.
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There is also a growing movement around what are called trade schools or vocational schools.
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These are schools that teach specific, practical job skills: plumbing, electrical work, welding, medical assisting, computer networking, coding.
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A two -year program at a trade school can cost a fraction of a four -year university degree,
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and the graduates often find work quickly in fields where skilled workers are genuinely needed.
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In America, there has been a long cultural assumption that a four -year college degree is the path to a good life, and that trade work, working with your hands,
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That assumption is being questioned loudly.
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A skilled electrician in Chicago can earn more than many people with college degrees.
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And they didn't take on $30 ,000 of student loan debt to get there.
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Here is my personal take: I went to college.
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I don't regret it.
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The network I built, the way of thinking I developed, the experiences I had, those things shaped me.
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And they've helped me professionally.
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But I've also been involved in hiring.
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And I can tell you honestly, a degree tells me very little about whether someone will be good at the job.
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look for is can this person think clearly can they communicate well do they show up
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and follow through do they keep learning those qualities come from many places college is one of them
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but it's not the only one
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if I were advising someone today especially someone who is uncertain about what they want to study
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or someone who would need to take on a lot of
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debt I would say this a degree is worth it
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when you know why you are getting it when you have a clear direction when the
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What degree is a harder call when you are going because it feels expected, because everyone else is going, because you are not sure what else to do.
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The question is not, "Is college worth it in general?" The question is, "Is college worth it for you, right now, for the specific thing you want to do?" That's a harder question,
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and it deserves a real answer, not just the default assumption that everyone should go.
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Let's do a quick review.
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1. Student loan debt in America totals $1 .7 trillion.
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with $30 ,000 in debt.
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College is expensive and that cost shapes everything.
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Two, a college degree gives you four things: knowledge and transferable skills, a credential, a network, and time and experience.
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Some of these are more valuable than others depending on your path.
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Three, the picture is changing.
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Major companies are dropping degree requirements.
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Trade schools are growing.
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The idea question.
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Four, the right question is not "is college worth it?" The right question is, "is college worth it for me for this specific goal at this specific cost?" Five,
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vocabulary from today.
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Tuition, the cost of education at a university.
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Student -owned, money borrowed to pay for college, paid back after graduation.
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Credential, official proof of a qualification.
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Transferable skills, skills that work across many different jobs and situations.
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Alumni, people who graduated from the same school.
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Trade school, a school that teaches specific job skills, usually in two years or less.
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That's everything for today.
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If this episode made you think about your own education or the system itself, I'd love to hear what came up for you.
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Leave it in the comments.
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And if you are finding these episodes useful, please subscribe.
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New episodes come out every week.
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Next week, I want to talk about the gig economy.
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Driving for a ride share company, delivering food, freelancing online, working on your own terms.
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It sounds like freedom.
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And sometimes it is.
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But T, there is another side that doesn't get talked about as much.
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That's next week on Cindy in Chicago.
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I'll see you then.
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이 B2 수준 말하기 레슨은 영상 “【English Podcast】Is a College Degree Still Worth It? — 4 Things to Consider”을(를) 바탕으로 합니다. 가장 자주 반복되는 단어는 다음과 같습니다: degree, skill, cost, student, network. 이 영상에는 섀도잉할 문장 146개와 단어 1615개가 있습니다. 말하는 구간의 길이는 9:42입니다. 화자는 분당 약 167단어로, 일상 대화에 가까운 자연스러운 속도로 말합니다. 단어의 87%가 영어에서 가장 많이 쓰이는 3,000단어에 속해 어휘가 쉬운 편입니다.
이 영상의 핵심 어휘
영상에서 가장 어려운 단어 15개를 발음, 뜻과 함께 정리했습니다.
| 단어 | 발음 | 뜻 |
|---|---|---|
| alumnus 명사 | /əˈlʌmnəs/ | 남학생 |
| borrow 동사 | /ˈbɑɹ.oʊ/ | 빌리다, 일시적으로 받는 |
| tuition 명사 | /tjuːˈɪʃən/ | 교육 |
| qualification 명사 | /ˌkwɑlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ | 자격 |
| predict 동사 | /pɹɪˈdɪkt/ | 예언하다, 예측하다 |
| classmate 명사 | /ˈklæs.meɪt/ | 동급생, 급우 |
| collaborator 명사 | /kəˈlæbəɹeɪtɚ/ | 합작자, 협력자 |
| electrician 명사 | /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɪʃən/ | 전기 기사, 전공 |
| multiply 동사 | /ˈmʌltɪplaɪ/ | 곱하다 |
| underrated 형용사 | /ʌn.dɚˈɹeɪ.təd/ | 낮게 평가하는 |
| vocational 형용사 | 직업(職業)과 관련된 | |
| disadvantage 명사 | /ˌdɪsədˈvæntɪd͡ʒ/ | 불리 |
| seminar 명사 | /ˈsɛmɪnɑɹ/ | 세미나 |
| loudly 부사 | /ˈlaʊdli/ | 크게 |
| vocabulary 명사 | /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ | 어휘, 어휘력 |
영상에 나오는 구동사
| 단어 | 발음 | 뜻 |
|---|---|---|
| pay back 동사 | /peɪ bæk/ | 갚다 |
| come out 동사 | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | 나오다 |
따라 말해 볼 만한 문장
영상에 나오는 짧고 완결된 문장으로, 일상 대화에서 그대로 쓸 수 있습니다:
- Today I'll cover three things.
- We'll come back to this.
- Let's do a quick review.
이 영상의 문법
화자가 가장 많이 쓰는 문형을 영상 속 실제 표현과 함께 정리했습니다.
| 문형 | 영상 속 표현 |
|---|---|
| 수동태 be + 과거분사 — 누가 하는지보다 무슨 일이 일어나는지에 초점 | has been involved · are called · is required |
| 현재완료 have/has + 과거분사 — 과거의 일이 지금도 관련이 있을 때 | you've ever wondered · I've been · has been involved |
| 관계절 who / which + 절 — 사람이나 사물에 대한 추가 정보 | someone who went · people who graduated · students who help |
주의할 발음
화자는 don't, I'll, I've 같은 축약형과 약화된 형태를 12번 사용합니다. 들리는 대로 짧게 발음하세요.
- “sh”와 “zh” 소리: credential /kɹɪˈdɛnʃəl/, tuition /tjuːˈɪʃən/, assumption /əˈsʌm(p).ʃ(ə)n/, qualification /ˌkwɑlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/, electrician /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɪʃən/
- 긴 단어 — 강세 위치에 주의: qualification /ˌkwɑlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/, collaborator /kəˈlæbəɹeɪtɚ/, electrician /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɪʃən/, underrated /ʌn.dɚˈɹeɪ.təd/, disadvantage /ˌdɪsədˈvæntɪd͡ʒ/
한국어 화자가 어려워하는 소리:
- /f/ — ㅍ(/p/)으로 바꾸지 말고 윗니를 아랫입술에 대기: transferable /trɑːnsˈfɜːrəbl̩/, qualification /ˌkwɑlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/, freelance /ˈfɹiˌlæns/, fraction /ˈfɹæk.ʃən/
- /v/ — ㅂ(/b/)과 구별하기: disadvantage /ˌdɪsədˈvæntɪd͡ʒ/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, advise /ədˈvaɪz/
- /r/과 /l/ 구별하기: credential /kɹɪˈdɛnʃəl/, transferable /trɑːnsˈfɜːrəbl̩/, collaborator /kəˈlæbəɹeɪtɚ/, electrician /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɪʃən/, freelance /ˈfɹiˌlæns/
이 영상으로 연습하는 방법
- 먼저 말하지 않고 영상을 끝까지 듣고 모르는 단어를 적어 둡니다.
- 0.75배속으로 한 문장씩 섀도잉을 시작하고, 익숙해지면 보통 속도로 돌아갑니다.
- 자신의 목소리를 녹음해 원본과 비교하고, alumnus, borrow, tuition 같은 단어에 특히 주의합니다.
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