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This week, I was working with a new student who had one clear goal in mind.
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She wants a convincing British accent.
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Not because she needs it, not because somebody is telling her to, but because she loves it.
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It complements her personality and her life here now in the UK.
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And that's important.
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We all have different reasons for learning an accent, right?
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It's your choice.
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In this lesson, we put accent reduction aside And we decided to focus on the most important components
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that make us sound more British when we speak.
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So today I'm going to give you a very clear plan
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so that after this you can start sounding more British if you want to.
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And number one isn't a sound, it's a question.
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Why?
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Why do you want a convincing British accent?
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If you think it's because you need one to be accepted or you think it's something you must have, stop.
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Trust me, work on clarity first, accent reduction, work on your confidence.
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But if you love the British accent, if it suits your personality, or if you just think, why not, I'll just learn it, then you're in the right place.
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I find my best students who progress the fastest are the ones who are enjoying the experience, who are doing it for fun and because they love it,
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not because they feel like they have to.
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Once you're clear on that, we can move on to step two, which is the first sound.
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It's the R.
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In standard southern British pronunciation or modern RP,
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we don't pronounce the R if it comes at the end of a word or if it's before a consonant sound.
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So for example, we don't say car, we say car.
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We don't say teacher, we say teacher.
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We don't say work, we say work.
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So there's no strong R at the end of words and also no R's being pronounced before consonants.
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Service, work, short, father, doctor.
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This immediately takes away any American from your accent, if you're influenced by American, and you'll instantly start sounding more British.
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It's a key component to the accent.
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However, we do connect our speech with an R.
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So, for example, if we have the word teacher and the next word is is, that next word begins with a vowel.
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So it would become the teacher is.
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We'll use the R to connect to the vowel.
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However, if it's the teacher was, the teacher was.
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We're not going to pronounce the R.
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So remember, the R loves vowels.
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It will always be pronounced when it comes before a vowel sound.
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We have a few key sounds which replace the R and it's good to know them.
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So one of them is the schwa sound, teacher.
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We have the ER sound, like in work, this is a long vowel.
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We have two other long vowels, course, OR and R, car.
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We also have diphthongs, which are two vowels joining together.
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EAR in HEAR and ER in WHERE.
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There is one other diphthong which is UR like in PURE.
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However, in modern RP we just replace this with an OR sound so we'd say PURE.
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Easy.
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Practice pronouncing these sounds and using them to replace the R.
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Sentence!
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The doctor was very clear.
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The doctor was very clear.
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Sound 2 is a sound I actually just mentioned, but it has more layers to it.
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I'm pushing the tip of my tongue down and sliding it back slightly. And that's the sound.
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The throat is more open, and that's what makes it sound so buttery smooth.
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Instead of ask, ask.
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Instead of answer, answer.
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After, after.
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Half, half chance chance dance dance
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and there are more there's a specific list of words
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and they're quite random sentence i can't answer that after class i can't answer that after class
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this next sound is another sound that really replaces us from the americans
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and that sound is is like in not and hot.
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Notice how my lips are rounding slightly.
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In American English, it's a little bit more open, more of an R, like na instead of not.
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So think tighter and more rounded when you pronounce this sound, and nice and short.
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Here are some very common words which can make a big difference.
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Sentence.
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I got a lot of work done.
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I've always said this about this sound.
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It screams British.
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It's a big one, trust me.
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We're heading over to say hi to some consonants now.
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Now this one is very important, especially for that standard Southern RP British accent.
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Pronounce your T's most of the time.
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The main thing I want to say here is Americans, Australians, some other accents, they have this thing called a flap T.
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A flap T is when you pronounce the T a little bit more like a D, so instead of saying better,
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it might sound a bit more like better with this D sound, right?
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Better.
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This D, this flap, ideally this sound wouldn't happen in a modern RP accent
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and we would try to pronounce our T's here.
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And don't listen to those videos where people are saying, all British people say, bottle of water.
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I always have to do that voice when I say bottle of water.
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Yeah, give me a bottle of water, mate.
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Trust me, that's only one kind of area of the UK.
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Most of the time we're pronouncing our T's or doing something different.
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Better, water, city, pretty.
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You can hear that crispiness, the way that T gets pushed out very smoothly.
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City, city, tt.
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It's just a soft breath.
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Sentence, I need to get a lot of work done.
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I need to get a lot of work done.
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I want to be better at writing.
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I want to be better at writing.
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Keep it sharp.
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This sharpness adds structure to the accent and it makes it just sound that little bit more defined.
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On that note, let's talk about the glottal T.
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I just did it there. About.
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About the glottal T.
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This is when we cut the T out of our speech by tightening our vocal cords.
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So instead of saying not with that clean T, I might say not.
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Now I'm not just removing the T and saying no, I am tightening my vocal cords.
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So at the end of that sound, I'm tightening my throat and cutting the sound away.
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This is very, very distinctive to British accents.
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And yes, it does happen in modern RP.
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Not in classic old school RP, but definitely in modern RP,
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so it's something worth considering because it does really honestly create more of a British effect.
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But use it strategically.
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When you're speaking fast and you have those short, boring words, I just did it then, short.
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I didn't say short, I said short.
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So words like not, you could say not.
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A lot, a lot.
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Get, get.
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Right, right.
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Used naturally, this sounds very British, but where people fall into a trap is when they make it sound too obvious.
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Try not much instead of saying not much, instead of not today, not today.
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That man could become that man.
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Have fun and play with it, but only at the end of words ideally for now.
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Know, go and show.
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Oh.
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We're moving between two sounds here.
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Watch my mouth.
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Oh.
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Oh.
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We start in the middle of the mouth and then we glide into more of a round shape at the end.
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Oh.
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There's a very clear movement here between the two sounds.
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Oh.
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Here are some very common words where this sound really matters.
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Don't.
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Go.
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Home.
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No. Open.
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Only.
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Over.
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Sentence.
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I don't know where to go.
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I don't know where to go.
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So just to quickly recap, if you want to sound that little bit more British and to have that effect in your speech,
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even if it's mixed with some of your non-native accent, these are the things that will really help you get going.
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The R.
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Don't pronounce strong R's at the end of words or when they come before consonant sounds.
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The long R sound in those words that are very distinctive like can't, last and fast.
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The rounded O vowel has that very British effect, not hot pot.
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And that glide between a, oo, o in go and no. Again, very British.
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Make sure your T's are nice and clear.
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But don't forget you can glottalise, and I usually recommend at the end of words.
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Maybe not in the middle when we're saying things like bottle of water.
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If you apply these consistently, people will notice that shift in your accent.
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But remember, this is about 50% of the process.
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Sounding natural isn't just about individual sounds.
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It's about stress, rhythm, intonation, and of course some of the sounds which are very strong in your accent which you may need to reduce.
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Which is why I always say accent reduction should be the first thing
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that you look at before you start trying to go all crazy and sound like the queen.
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Take these sounds, practice them slowly and apply them to words you use in your day-to-day life.
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And if you need structured guidance on this
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and support from a professional who's been doing this for more than 10 years now, I do private coaching, I have a course, you can check out my website, the link's in the description below.
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Otherwise, keep practicing and I'll see you next time.
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Again, make sure you're doing all of this for the right reason.
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本課的詞彙與口語要點
這段影片共有 158 個句子、1605 個單詞可供跟讀。 講話部分時長為 10:55。 說話人語速平穩，每分鐘約 147 個詞，很適合跟讀。 85% 的單詞屬於英語最常用的 3,000 詞，其餘的詞建議在練習前先學一下。
影片中的重點詞彙
影片中 15 個值得學習的單詞，附發音和釋義：
| 單詞 | 發音 | 釋義 |
|---|---|---|
| accent 名詞 | /ækˈsɛnt/ | 重音, 腔調 /腔調 |
| pronounce 動詞 | /pɹəˈnaʊns/ | 宣稱 /宣稱, 宣告 |
| reduction 名詞 | /ɹɪˈdʌk.ʃən/ | 還原 /還原, 還原作用 /還原作用 |
| connect 動詞 | /kəˈnɛkt/ | 連線 /連線 |
| component 名詞 | /kəmˈpoʊ.nənt/ | 元件, 部件 |
| throat 名詞 | /ˈθɹoʊt/ | 嗓子, 喉嚨 /喉嚨 |
| convince 動詞 | /kənˈvɪns/ | 說服 /說服 |
| cord 名詞 | /ˈkoɹd/ | 繩 /繩, 繩子 /繩子 |
| sharp 形容詞 | /ʃɑɹp/ | 銳利 /銳利, 尖銳 /尖銳 |
| lesson 名詞 | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | 課業 /課業, -課 /-課 |
| layer 名詞 | /ˈleɪ̯ɚ/ | 層 /層 |
| smooth 形容詞 | /smuːð/ | 平穩 /平穩, 順利 /順利 |
| guidance 名詞 | /ˈɡaɪdəns/ | 指導 /指導 |
| trap 名詞 | /tɹæp/ | 陷阱, 圈套 |
| define 動詞 | /dɪˈfaɪn/ | 界定 |
影片中出現的短語動詞
| 單詞 | 釋義 |
|---|---|
| check out 動詞 | 退房 |
需要注意的發音
說話人用了 38 次縮略和弱讀形式，例如 don't, we're, you're。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。
- “th” 音: throat /ˈθɹoʊt/, smooth /smuːð/, breathe /bɹiːð/, rhythm /ˈɹɪð.əm/, smoothly /ˈsmuːðli/
- “sh” 和 “zh” 音: reduction /ɹɪˈdʌk.ʃən/, sharp /ʃɑɹp/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, intonation /ɪntəˈneɪʃən/, schwa /ʃwɑ/
- 長單詞——注意重音位置: ideally /aɪˈdi.ə.li/, naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, consistently /kənˈsɪstəntli/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, intonation /ɪntəˈneɪʃən/
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。
- 用正常速度逐句跟讀，每句重複到你的節奏與說話人一致為止。
- 錄下自己的聲音並與原聲對比，特別注意 accent, pronounce, reduction 這類單詞。
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 |
|---|---|
| 條件句 if + 從句，will/would + 動詞 — 條件及其結果 | if you just think, why not, I'll just · if you're influenced by American, and you'll instantly · If you apply these consistently, people will notice |
| 定語從句 who / which + 從句 — 補充說明人或事物 | student who had · students who progress · two, which is |
| 被動語態 be + 過去分詞 — 強調發生了什麼，而不是誰做的 | be accepted · being pronounced · be pronounced |
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