跟读练习: American English Connected Reading | Positive Customer Feedback - 通过视频学习英语口语
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Hey, what's up?
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It's Alex.
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In this video, I'd like to talk about the connected sounds in this short text where I'm complimenting some company on their customer service.
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Let's take a look.
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So in this text, it's from the point of view of someone who is calling on the phone.
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Despite that, I'm still going to read it as if I'm speaking normally.
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I noticed that when I talk on the phone sometimes, I speak extra clearly so people have the best chance of understanding me.
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But for this lesson, I'll show you the way that we always talk in natural everyday speech.
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Oh hello, I'm just calling to say.
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Just calling.
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So here I take the t out.
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Just calling.
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There's no t in just here.
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I'm just calling to say. To say.
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To gets reduced a lot when it's a in front of a verb like this.
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Just calling to say I had a really great experience.
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Say I had a.
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Say I.
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We want to connect say I and had a.
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Say I had a.
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Say I had a.
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Really.
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Really.
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You'll find the word really in the dictionary with that pronunciation, e, really, but also sometimes really.
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I tend to say really when I'm speaking quickly.
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I had a really great experience.
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Great experience.
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Here the T turns into a tap.
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Really great experience shopping here earlier.
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Oh, hello.
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I'm just calling to say I had a really great experience shopping here earlier.
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I'm sorry that I didn't get the name of the guy who helped me.
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I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry.
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When I start a sentence with an I sound like this in a short word like I'm, it often gets reduced, and you sometimes just hear the M.
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I'm sorry that I, I'm sorry, I'm sorry that if I start the sentence like that it might sound a little funny, but that's really the shortening of the sound that I do.
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I'm sorry, I'm sorry that I could get reduced.
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I don't want to say that everybody does this all the time, but it certainly happens and you should be prepared for it when you're practicing your listening.
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I'm sorry that I, that I.
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So here that turns into the the vowel gets reduced and the T turns into a tap.
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That I, that I, that I, that I didn't get the name.
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Here we have didn't get and those two T's turn into glottal stops.
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Didn't get, didn't get the name of the guy.
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Here of the turns into a the, a the, name of the, and we connect name with the following word.
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Name of the guy.
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I'm sorry that I didn't get the name of the guy who helped me.
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Here, the ed part of helped basically just disappears.
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It sounds strange when I say it slowly because it's the same as help me.
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There's some weak d sound sometimes.
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Helped me, helped me, helped me.
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I'm sorry that I didn't get the name of the guy who helped me.
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It might have started with m.
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It mighta.
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So I turn might have into mighta.
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Mighta.
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Mighta started with them started with them here we have another
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week ending started with started with with you're kind of connecting the d to the w
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and making that d very very weak it might have started with them
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he was on the taller side he was on the he was on the
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so here was turns into was a very very quick and unstressed.
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He was on the, connect N and TH here.
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On the taller side, taller side, and he had, and he had, side, and he had, side, and he had.
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So I'm connecting that and with side and also he.
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So side and he turns into side knee had side knee.
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Basically we take out the vowel and the d in and.
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Side knee and also the h in he.
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Side knee had any had any had any had any had any had.
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We could use the h in had or we could take it out.
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Both are okay.
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Side knee had glasses.
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Side knee had glasses and a beard.
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And a beard.
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Glasses and a beard.
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We take out the D in and and connect the N-A.
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And glasses and a beard.
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He was on the taller side and he had glasses and a beard.
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Anyway, he was just really patient and friendly.
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Anyway, he was.
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Anyway, he was.
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We take out the H in he and we reduce the vowel in was.
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Anyway, he was just really.
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Anyway, he was just really patient, just really patient, patient, just really patient.
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So take off the T in just and then the T in patient.
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For just, the t is removed it's just just really
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but with the end of patient it turns into a glottal stop patient patient friendly now
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when we connect and a word ending in n
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or a glottal stop after n and the word and we remove the a vowel patient and friendly.
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And we take off the D because we always take off the D in and anyway.
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Patient and friendly.
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Anyway, it was just really patient and friendly.
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And he helped me.
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And he helped me.
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Again, take off the D in helped there.
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And he helped me.
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Take off the H in he and the D in and.
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So, and he helped me make my mind up.
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Make my mind up.
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So here, make my, we want to connect that together.
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Let me help me make my mind up.
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Now that k in make my, that k could be super, super weak.
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And in most of my videos, I don't talk about k weakening because it's very rare.
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But here in this case, I noticed when I was practicing for this video, I actually did reduce the k.
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Make my, make my, my, my.
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It sounds like I'm not saying a k there at all, but I can feel in my throat, I'm making the K shape with my mouth.
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Make my, make my, make my.
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So I'm definitely saying it, but it doesn't come through very clearly in the audio.
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So you should be ready to listen for it when you're practicing your connected reading, listening.
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Make my mind up.
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And he helped me make my mind up about what I wanted.
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About what I.
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About, so that T in about turns into a glottal stop.
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What I, that T, turns into a tap.
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About what I.
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Make my mind up about what I wanted.
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And there was no and there.
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We want to connect that N and TH.
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And there was no, you know, you know.
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This is a filler word and I say it all the time.
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Lots of people say it all the time.
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And it turns into ya know, not you know.
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You know.
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There was no, you know, sales pressure at all.
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Sales pressure at all.
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We want to connect pressure to at all.
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But look at the vowel in at.
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At all turns into at all. At all.
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It's more of an i or an uh sound.
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Pressure at all.
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And the t in at turns into a tap.
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There was no, you know, sales pressure at all.
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Really great experience.
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Really great experience.
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Another tap T for that great, great experience.
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I'd love it if you could.
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I'd love, I'd love that D and L connect together.
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I'd love it if you could, could, could pass, could pass.
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D gets reduced there in could pass.
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If you could pass, could pass, could pass that on to his manager.
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Pass that on to his manager.
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Pass that on, that on.
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So we want to have that tap T there in that on, that on to is, to is.
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So here we take off the H in his.
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To is, to is.
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Pass that on to his manager.
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Thanks so much.
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Thanks so much.
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Here we have the two S sounds connecting.
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Thanks so much.
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Bye.
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Remember, if you like videos like this, you can always check out the links in the comments and in the descriptions below and all my videos.
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In those premium videos, I talk about much longer texts, and I go into a lot more detail, and I even touch on vocabulary and usage and grammar.
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Check them out if you're interested.
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But now, let's get back to this part.
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Now, I'm going to read the same text that we just heard, and I'm going to read it twice.
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First, I'll read it very slowly, but still with all of the connected sounds.
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It's going to sound a little funny, but this will help you practice all the sounds before speeding up.
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Then, the next part will be me speaking at a natural conversational speed.
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Here we go.
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Oh, hello.
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I'm just calling to say I had a really great experience shopping here earlier.
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I'm sorry that I didn't get the name of the guy who helped me.
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It might have started with M.
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He was on the taller side, and he had glasses and a beard.
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Anyway, he was just really patient and friendly, and he helped me make my mind up about what I wanted, and there was no, you know, sales pressure at all.
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Really great experience.
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I'd love it if you could pass that on to his manager.
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Thanks so much.
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Bye.
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All right, here we go with natural speed.
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Oh, hello.
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I'm just calling to say I had a really great experience shopping here earlier.
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I'm sorry that I didn't get the name of the guy who helped me.
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He might have started with them.
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He was on the taller side and he had glasses and a beard.
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Anyway, he was just really patient and friendly, and he helped me make my mind up about what I wanted and there was no you know sales pressure at all.
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Really great experience.
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I'd love it if you could pass that on to his manager.
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Thanks so much.
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Bye.
上下文与背景
在这段影片中，我们的讲者Alex通过电话与公司联系，分享了他对客户服务的积极反馈。这个对话展示了日常交流的自然语音，同时也体现了美式英语的连读特征。学会这样的表达方式，不仅可以提升你的英语口语流利度，还能帮助你在实际交流中更加自信。接下来，让我们深入了解一些重要的短语和发音技巧，以便在练习中更好地运用。
日常交流的五个高频短语
- Just calling to say: 这是一个很常用的开场白，适用于许多电话交流场合。
- I'm sorry that I: 这是一个道歉的表达，通常用来引入后续内容，展现你的礼貌。
- Helped me: 用来感谢对方的帮助，实际会连读成"帮助我"。
- Great experience: 表达对某个经历的积极评价，有助于建立良好的沟通氛围。
- Didn't get the name: 这是在交流中常遇到的问题，表示你没有记住对方的名字。
逐步仿说指南
为了有效地掌握这些表达方式，以下是你可以参考的逐步仿说（shadowing）指导：
- 首先，观看视频并仔细聆听Alex的语音和语调。注意他如何自然地衔接词汇和句子。
- 选择一到两个短语作为练习重点，例如“I'm sorry that I”。重复聆听，并模仿他发音中的细微差别。
- 使用shadowing技术，在听的同时跟读。尽量同步你的发音与Alex的语音，注意连读现象。
- 逐渐提高速度，挑战自己，尽量接近自然对话的流畅度。
- 最后，尝试在日常生活中多加运用这些短语，比如在打电话时练习自我介绍或询问问题。
运用这些技巧，你将在你的shadow speak（影子发言）练习中不断进步。记住，持之以恒的練習会使你的英语水平飞跃提升，千万不要害怕犯错，不断探索和改进。
什么是跟读法？
跟读法 (Shadowing) 是一种有科学依据的语言学习技巧，最初开发用于专业口译员的培训，并由多语言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。这个方法简单而强大：您在听英语母语原声的同时立即大声重复——就像是一个延迟1-2秒紧跟说话者的影子。与被动听力或语法练习不同，跟读法强迫您的大脑和口腔肌肉同时处理并模仿真实的讲话模式。研究表明它能显着提高发音准确性，语调，节奏，连读，听力理解和口语流利度——使其成为雅思口语备考和真实英语交流最有效的方法之一。