跟读练习: British Pronunciation: The Most Important Sound (Schwa) - 通过视频学习英语口语

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Hello everybody, this is Elliot from ETJ English and welcome to this pronunciation lesson.
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Today we're talking about the most common, the most important, and the most amazing sound in the English language.
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And this is my favourite to teach.
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It's the schwa sound.
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Now, do you know what the schwa sound is?
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Can you use it already?
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If you can, that's okay.
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But when you learn this, all this information is going to be extremely powerful for you to improve your pronunciation,
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to sound more like you've been trained by a native British person
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and you are going to just sound ten times better as an English speaker.
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So without further ado let's start learning the schwa sound, how we use it and when we use it.
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So first of all the schwa sound, uh, it's just uh.
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Now it's a breath out, just follow me one more time.
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So it sounds a little bit weird when we make it on its own, but when we put it in a word, this is when it sounds great and it sounds really British.
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So first of all, on its own, we do use this and this is with the letter A
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when we put it in a sentence
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so for example yesterday i went to a lesson about history
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a lesson a lesson okay yesterday i went to a lesson about history
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did you notice the schwa sound it's on the a a lesson
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but when we say it naturally it becomes a lesson
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so we use it with the word a we can also
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use it with the word of cup of tea cup of tea
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and that's with an of the of becomes a a cup of tea
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so now let's move on to the word for
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and let's say i was asking you what are you doing for christmas this year
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for christmas what are you doing for christmas this year instantly that will make you sound more british so practice.
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Practice makes perfect.
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What are you doing for Christmas?
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Okay let's move on.
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So we're going to move on to when we normally use this in real words, big words, okay?
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Proper words.
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So first of all we'll use the schwa sound with words that are ending in the r sounds.
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So for example when I say better, an American might say better.
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I don't say teacher, I say teacher, teacher.
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The schwa sound is on the R sound at the end of the word.
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Teacher, better.
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Do you kind of understand where I'm coming from now?
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So we can also use it with unstressed weak syllable sounds.
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Police, police.
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Sofa, sofa.
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The A becomes an A, sofa.
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The word about, about about
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so the beginning of the word has now got the schwa
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sound about i had to call the police yesterday i had
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to call the police yesterday any vowel sound we can use this schwa sound
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so let me give you a word with a schwa sound with each vowel
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so first of all again again the a becomes a schwa
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problem problem the e becomes a schwa sound president
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president the i becomes a schwa sound bottom bottom the
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o becomes a schwa sound album album the u becomes a schwa sound and we can also do it with Y.
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For example, the word syringe, which has a Y after it, we can say syringe.
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That's how we say it, syringe.
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When do we use the schwa sound?
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We use it with the R sound at the end of a word.
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We also use it with unstressed weak syllable sounds.
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We also will use it with any vowel sound.
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I know it's a lot to taking is a lot of information
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but it's so simple and all you have to do is practice
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and the best way to practice is with a native speaker who can correct you.
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I luckily am a Skype English teacher.
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I am a professional English and pronunciation teacher.
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I help you learn English and learn British accents so
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if you really really want to get that British accent and get
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that good English sound what you need to do is book
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a Skype English lesson with me in the description box below
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and we can start making you a fluent British sounding English speaker right now
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so go ahead
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and book a lesson thank you very much for watching guys
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it's been a pleasure as always cheers see you all in the next lesson

背景与上下文

在这段视频中，Elliot分享了关于英语发音中最重要的声音——舒音（schwa）的知识。舒音是英语中最常用的声母之一，对于想要提高英语口语水平的学习者来说，掌握舒音至关重要。Elliot解释了舒音的特点，如何在不同的单词中使用舒音，以及它对英语发音的影响。

日常交流中的五个常用短语

  • 一堂课: a lesson - “昨天我去上了一堂关于历史的课。”
  • 一杯茶: a cup of tea - “我想喝一杯茶。”
  • 圣诞节: for Christmas - “你今年圣诞节打算做什么？”
  • 警察: police - “我昨天打电话给警察。”
  • 问题: problem - “这真是一个麻烦的问题。”

逐步模仿指导

要熟练掌握舒音，尤其是在日常交流中，进行步骤性的模仿练习是非常必要的。以下是几个具体的步骤，帮助你在看YouTube学英语时加速学习：

  1. 听音习惯: 首先，反复听Elliot的视频，尤其注意他如何发音舒音。关注每个例子中舒音的发音，尽量模仿他的口吻和节奏。
  2. 重复跟读: 在听的同时，尝试跟随说话。无论是“a lesson”还是“a cup of tea”，不断重读，增强对舒音的敏感度。这个过程也是雅思口语练习的好方法。
  3. 录音对比: 用手机录下自己的朗读，并与视频中的发音进行对比。通过这种方式，你可以清楚地听到自己与原音的差别，从而进一步调整。
  4. 应用自我模仿: 尝试将这些短语融入到你的日常对话中，实践时务必关注舒音的使用。你可以问朋友“你圣诞节有什么安排？” 倾听他们的回答并练习反问。
  5. 持续反思: 定期回顾视频，注意在不同单词中使用舒音的变化，这对提升英语口语练习能力非常有帮助。

通过上述的逐步模仿指导，学习者能够更轻松地掌握舒音。结合shadow speech的方法，你会迅速提高英语发音的准确性和流利度。

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。