跟读练习: American English Pronunciation: Couldn't, wouldn't, shouldn't - 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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Today, let's look at a couple of common English sentences
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that people say all the time in daily life that use the words shouldn't, couldn't, and wouldn't.
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Let's take a look.
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You shouldn't be here.
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You shouldn't be here.
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So here, this T is going to want to disappear or turn into a glottal stop, depending on how fast I talk.
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So listen to this.
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You shouldn't be here.
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Shouldn't be here.
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At that speed, it's turning into a glottal stop.
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Shouldn't, it cuts off in my throat, be here.
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You shouldn't be here.
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But now, if I speak a little faster, it just goes away entirely.
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You shouldn't be here.
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Shouldn't be here.
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You shouldn't be here.
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Next, he shouldn't have said that.
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So here, shouldn't have said that.
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Again, at a lower speed, we go into a glottal stop.
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Shouldn't, cuts off in the throat, shouldn't have said that.
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When I speak a little faster though, something interesting happens.
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It disappears, the T disappears, and then the N goes over the H.
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The V disappears, and we're left with shouldn't.
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He shouldn't.
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He shouldn't have said that.
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Shouldn't.
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Shouldn't have said that.
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He shouldn't have said that.
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Also pay attention here at the end, the D and TH connect together into one sound.
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Not said that, but said that.
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And at the end of the sentence, we have a glottal stop at the end of that.
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He shouldn't have said that.
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He shouldn't have said that.
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Next, I couldn't see it.
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Again, we'll have the same rule.
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Glottal stop at the end of the sentence couldn't see it.
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I couldn't see it.
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And now we have the same rule here again too.
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Fast speech turns it into couldn't see it with no consonant at all,
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but slow speech turns it into a glottal stop at the end.
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Couldn't see it.
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I couldn't see it.
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I couldn't see it.
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Next, why wouldn't I?
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Why wouldn't I?
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So here, if I'm speaking clearly and carefully, I'll say, why wouldn't I?
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Wouldn't I?
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With a T there.
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The difference is that we have a vowel after the T.
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Why wouldn't I?
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But if I speak quickly, it disappears, and there's no glottal stop.
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Why wouldn't I?
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Why wouldn't I?
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Wouldn't I?
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The T completely disappears, and we connect N to I, just like in the phrase, when I.
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When I did that, why wouldn't I?
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Next, why wouldn't you?
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So here, why wouldn't you?
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You might have learned already that a T before a Y turns into a CH.
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Why wouldn't you?
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And that's true.
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I do say this quite a lot.
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Why wouldn't you?
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Why wouldn't you?
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Why wouldn't you?
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But I also hear people say, why wouldn't you?
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Wouldn't you?
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They put a glottal stop here, which follows the same rule, right?
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We have a T turning into a glottal stop before a consonant.
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So why wouldn't you?
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Why wouldn't you?
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But in this case, because we have this special rule with you, words ending in T before you turn into chu.
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So why wouldn't you?
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Why wouldn't you?
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And so you can choose any one of those options.
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Why wouldn't you?
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Why wouldn't you?
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Or why wouldn't you?
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Both sound great to me.
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Last, she couldn't help it.
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She couldn't help it.
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Now, here we had shouldn't have turns into shouldn't, but we're not going to reduce this H in help.
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We're going to keep this as a full sound, and we're not going to reduce it into nothing like we do with the verb have.
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Here, then, T just turns into the same glottal stop we know from the other ones.
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She couldn't help it.
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She couldn't help it.
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And we have the same glottal stop at the end here too.
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She couldn't help it.
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She couldn't help it.
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All right, one last time.
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You shouldn't be here.
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You shouldn't be here.
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He shouldn't have said that.
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He shouldn't have said that.
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I couldn't see it.
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I couldn't see it.
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Why wouldn't I?
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Why wouldn't I?
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Why wouldn't you?
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Why wouldn't you?
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She couldn't help it.
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She couldn't help it.
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Let me know what other phrases you want me to analyze in the next video, and I'll see you there.

为什么通过这个视频练习口语？

在日常对话中，英语表达常常会变得非正式且富有弹性，这正是英语学习者需要关注的地方。通过模仿视频中的语音和语调，您可以更自然地提高英语发音，增强口语流利度。记住，学习口语不仅仅是理解单词的含义，更重要的是掌握其使用的语境和语调。通过.shadow speech 技巧，您能轻松练习和掌握这些句子，从而在真实对话中更加自信。这种模仿练习有助于您捕捉到当地英语口音中的微妙差异，使交流更加顺畅。

语法与表达在语境中的运用

  • 应该不在这里 (You shouldn't be here) - 这是一个常用的建议句型，传达出对某人行为的期望和警告。
  • 不应该说那 (He shouldn't have said that) - 此句强调对过去行为的反思，使用“shouldn't have”表示遗憾或后悔。
  • 我看不见 (I couldn't see it) - 使用“couldn't”来表达能力的缺失，常用于请求或说明状况。
  • 我为什么不呢？ (Why wouldn't I?) - 此句通过疑问形式引导听者思考，增加了对话的互动性。

通过理解这些关键句型，您可以在实际对话中灵活运用，提升自身表达的准确性和自然度。在此过程中，利用.看YouTube学英语 的方式，可以有效吸收和模仿这些表达。

常见发音陷阱

在视频中，您会发现几点发音上的陷阱，例如：

  • Glottal stop (喉塞音) - 当句子快速说出时，例如“应该不在这里”，中间的“T”音会模糊或消失，显得更自然。
  • 连音现象 - 如“说那” (said that) 实际上听起来更像“said that”，使句子更流畅，但在说时需注意。
  • 辅音省略 - 在快速讲话中，一些不重要的辅音可能会被省略，例如“看不见”听起来像“couldn’t see it”。

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