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Welcome everybody to the Actors Academy.
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So today we're going to be talking about how to do the American accent.
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And specifically this is going to be how to do a general American accent.
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That's how we have to specifically categorize this topic.
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Because there are a lot of different, you may call them accents or dialects, whatever wording you like to use.
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People will interchange them differently.
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But if you're from New York or you're from Texas or you're from California, you're going to sound a little bit different depending on where you're from.
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Today though we're going to be talking about the general American accent.
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This is what people think of most when they think of the American accent.
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This is when you're going and you're watching movies and you're hearing an American.
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This is what you're usually hearing.
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So that's why we call this the general American accent.
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So the first sound that we're going to be starting with are the R sounds.
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And words like car, bar, far.
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We have a strong R sound.
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Far, car, bar.
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Whereas with a British accent, you might go car.
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Where's the car at?
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Or the bar.
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You want to go and hit those R's hard.
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Car, bar, far.
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You're hearing those R sounds.
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But now, if you go overboard with this, of course it's going to sound a little bit weird.
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Car, bar, far.
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You're just going to sound weird.
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With any accent that you're learning, you can go too far.
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You can always bring it back a little bit, but it's always very easy to go too far, especially when you're first learning.
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When you're learning that first, go ahead and make those mistakes.
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That's fine.
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But bring it back.
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Don't just keep going car, bar, far.
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You have to roll into those R's car, bar, far.
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Some people think it helps to think about the R sound being a little bit more back in the throat.
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If that helps you, you can use that.
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But really, hear the sounds.
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Car, bar, far.
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You're basically saying car, and then you're hearing that R sound.
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As if you're just saying R.
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Car, far, bar and then when you don't have those weird pauses like I'm doing, it'll sound like car, far, and bar.
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Same is going to go with our ER sounds.
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So with ER in words, say like better, or father, or mother, we have those ER sounds.
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Father, mother, better.
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With the American accent, you hear those R's.
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It's something that you're going to really notice when it comes to the American accent.
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So it'll be father, mother, not father, mother, ER.
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We hear those R sounds in there, father, mother.
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So if you can get those R's, that'll really start to help you sound a little bit more American because we're really strong when it comes to those R's.
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Again, you can go overboard, though.
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You can go mother, father, better, and that will make you sound like a really weird person.
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So if you want to avoid sounding weird and you just want to sound normal, tone it back a little bit.
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As you're learning these accents and as you're going through, you can decide how strong you want to go, how soft you want to go because you can, you have that ability.
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There are some people who are stronger with their Rs and there are some people here who are lighter with their Rs.
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But in general, you're still gonna hear those Rs in there, whether that be with ARs or ERs.
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So now we're going to be talking about the medial Ts and words like say little.
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When we say little here in America, we change our Ts into Ds.
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If you're a British speaker, there are two things that you would do with those Ts.
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Sometimes you may leave the Ts out.
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You may go little, you may not even hear the Ts.
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Or you go a little bit stronger with the Ts and you go little.
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But in America here, what we do is we change those Ts into to d's, little.
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This of course is not going to apply to all words because there are words that will not change those sounds,
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but for the most part medial t's are going to be changing from t's into d's.
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That's what you're going to be getting most of.
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So the next one we're going to be talking about are the words the and the.
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You spell them the same way but we say them differently depending on the context of what we're talking in.
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Sometimes we may say the animal or sometimes we may say the park.
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When do we use the, when do we use the?
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A good rule of thumb that will really help you with this is thinking the.
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We say the when we have a vowel come afterwards.
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So the animal because a comes next.
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Or as we have a consonant comes next, then it will be the.
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So for example, the park.
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So anytime you're trying to find out when to use the or when to use the, this is the process you have to go through.
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If we say the park, it sounds a little bit weird.
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Where like the park, it doesn't sound right in our ears when we hear it.
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So if you're trying to have an American accent and you say, where is the park?
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People are going to be like, what?
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The park?
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No, it's the park.
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Where is the park?
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The same could also be said a little bit for the word the animal.
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You could go and say the animal.
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It's not as weird, but most likely you're gonna hear us say the animal because it flows more, it rolls off the tongue.
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So a general rule of thumb is make sure if a vowel comes next, you say the.
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If a consonant comes next, you say the.
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So I hope this all makes sense for you guys.
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This is a really quick video in order to have an American accent fast.
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I hope you guys liked this video.
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Make sure you subscribe to the channel so you can be up to date with everything.
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There's always new videos coming out every single week.
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If you're an actor, this channel really helps you out because if you have different accents, this is, I believe it's our fourth one that we've now put out.
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When it comes to accents, the more tools that you have in your pocket, your arsenal when you're an actor, the better that you have a chance of maybe booking a part.
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So hey, if you can do four different accents, well, there may be a role one day where you have to have a different accent
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and you can audition for that part.
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If you just wanna learn an accent for fun and you're not trying to be an actor, just want to know accents well then this is also great for you too.
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I'm also going to be leaving our 10 hour acting master class down in the comment section
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and in the description if you're interested in that if you're an actor and I'll see you guys all next time.
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Thank you guys.
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本課的詞彙與口語要點
這節 B1 級別的口語課以影片“How To Do An American Accent FAST”為素材。 影片中反覆出現的詞有：sound, accent, bar, park, weird。 這段影片共有 100 個句子、1223 個單詞可供跟讀。 講話部分時長為 5:57。 說話人語速較快，每分鐘約 205 個詞，會出現較多連讀和弱讀。 90% 的單詞屬於英語最常用的 3,000 詞，詞彙容易理解。
影片中的重點詞彙
影片中最難的 12 個單詞，附發音和釋義：
| 單詞 | 發音 | 釋義 |
|---|---|---|
| accent 名詞 | /ækˈsɛnt/ | 重音, 腔調 /腔調 |
| consonant 名詞 | /ˈkɑn.sə.nənt/ | 子音, 子音 /子音 |
| vowel 名詞 | /ˈvaʊ.əl/ | 母音, 母音 |
| thumb 名詞 | /ˈθʌm/ | 大拇指, 拇指 |
| depend 動詞 | /dɪˈpɛnd/ | 信任, 信賴 /信賴 |
| categorize 動詞 | /ˈkætɪɡəˌɹaɪz/ | 分類 /分類 |
| audition 名詞 | /ɑˈdɪʃən/ | 試演 /試演 |
| pause 名詞 | /pɔːz/ | 停頓 /停頓, 暫停 /暫停 |
| subscribe 動詞 | /səbˈskɹaɪb/ | 簽署 /簽署 |
| anytime 副詞 | 隨時 /隨時, 任何時候 /任何時候 | |
| throat 名詞 | /ˈθɹoʊt/ | 嗓子, 喉嚨 /喉嚨 |
| arsenal 名詞 | /ˈɑːsənəl/ | 兵工廠 /兵工廠 |
影片中出現的短語動詞
| 單詞 | 發音 | 釋義 |
|---|---|---|
| go through 動詞 | 通過 /通過 | |
| come out 動詞 | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | 出, 出來 /出來 |
| find out 動詞 | 找出, 查明 | |
| go ahead 動詞 | /ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/ | 請便 /請便 |
值得反覆跟讀的句子
影片中簡短而完整的句子，可以直接用在日常對話裡：
- That's how we have to specifically categorize this topic.
- This is what you're usually hearing.
- You're just going to sound weird.
- That's what you're going to be getting most of.
- When do we use the, when do we use the?
影片中的語法
說話人最常用的結構，並附上影片中的原話：
| 結構 | 影片中的用法 |
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| 條件句 if + 從句，will/would + 動詞 — 條件及其結果 | if you can get those R's, that'll really · if you're an actor and I'll see |
| 用 “might / may” 表可能 might/may + 動詞 — 有可能但不確定的事 | may call · might go · may leave |
| 現在進行時 am/is/are + -ing — 此刻或近期正在發生的事 | you're going · you're usually hearing · You're hearing |
| “going to” 表將來 be going to + 動詞 — 計劃或明顯即將發生的事 | we're going to be · is going to be · you're going to sound |
需要注意的發音
說話人用了 51 次縮略和弱讀形式，例如 you're, we're, don't。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。
- “th” 音: thumb /ˈθʌm/, throat /ˈθɹoʊt/
- 長單詞——注意重音位置: differently /ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt.li/, categorize /ˈkætɪɡəˌɹaɪz/
中文母語者容易讀錯的音：
- /v/ — 不要讀成 /w/，上齒輕觸下唇: overboard /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌbɔː(ɹ)d/, vowel /ˈvaʊ.əl/
- 詞尾子音 — 要讀清楚，後面不要加母音: accent /ækˈsɛnt/, consonant /ˈkɑn.sə.nənt/, overboard /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌbɔː(ɹ)d/, depend /dɪˈpɛnd/, categorize /ˈkætɪɡəˌɹaɪz/
- /æ/ — 嘴張大，不要讀成 /e/: accent /ækˈsɛnt/, categorize /ˈkætɪɡəˌɹaɪz/
如何用這段影片練習
- 先完整聽一遍影片，不要開口，記下不認識的單詞。
- 先用 0.75 倍速逐句跟讀，熟練之後再回到正常速度。
- 錄下自己的聲音並與原聲對比，特別注意 accent, consonant, vowel 這類單詞。
什麼是跟讀法？
跟讀法 (Shadowing) 是一種有科學依據的語言學習技巧，最初開發用於專業口譯員的培訓，並由多語言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。這個方法簡單而強大：您在聽英語母語原聲的同時立即大聲重複——就像是一個延遲1-2秒緊跟說話者的影子。與被動聽力或語法練習不同，跟讀法強迫您的大腦和口腔肌肉同時處理並模模擬實的講話模式。研究表明它能顯著提高發音準確性，語調，節奏，連讀，聽力理解和口語流利度——使其成為雅思口語備考和真實英語交流最有效的方法之一。