跟读练习: Change the ND sound like this in English! - 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, I'd like to talk about one particular rule in American English Connected Speech, then I'll illustrate it using an example from a long conversation that I wrote.
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Let's take a look.
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So the rule is that we drop the D in some words ending in ND before a consonant.
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So we have this word around, around the space, and we can simply take out this D, around the space.
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This is such a natural thing for people to do.
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You hear people do this all the time without even thinking.
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People don't even notice that they're making this pronunciation change.
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Around the space.
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What also happens in this particular example is that the N and the TH connect.
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Normally, an N is made with your tongue behind the front top teeth, but when it's before a TH, it actually goes between your teeth.
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So, around the space, as if that D didn't exist.
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Let's see how it looks in an example.
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So, for this conversation, I've written a short dialogue between a student and an owner of a pottery studio.
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And the student is interested in maybe signing up for a pottery class.
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The student says, oh yeah, like what?
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I was thinking about signing up for like an intro to pottery class.
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Oh yeah, like what?
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What?
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So we take off this T at the end of what here, it turns into a glottal stop.
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Oh yeah, like what?
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I was thinking about, thinking about, when we have ing in a word that has more than one syllable,
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usually a verb with ing at the end, we often delete this ing and just say in instead.
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Thinking, thinking about.
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I was thinking about signing up.
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Thinking about.
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Again, we have a glottal stop instead of the t.
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I was thinking about signing up for like an intro to pottery class.
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Fur, like an.
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So four turns into fur.
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Fur, like an, like an, like an, here like and an connect together and the vowel in and kind of gets reduced.
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For like an intro to pottery class.
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Intro to pottery class.
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We definitely have those.
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We definitely have those.
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Definitely has a glottal stop in the middle.
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We definitely have those.
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Those are on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
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Those are on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
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You see we take out the D before the consonant here.
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Those are on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6.30 to 7.30 p.m.
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From 6.30 to 7.30 p.m.
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To gets reduced into to 6.30 to 7.30 p.m.
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Can you show me around the space?
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Can you show me around the space? Can ya?
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U turns into ya.
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Can you show me around the space?
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Around turns into around the, like we saw in the rule here.
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Can you show me around the space?
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I would be happy to.
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I would be happy to.
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Here would be, we reduce this D here before the B.
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I would be happy to.
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Here's the pottery area.
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Here's the pottery area.
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Pottery area.
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Remember, we have a lot of vowels here and we're going to connect them like this.
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Pottery area.
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We don't want to separate these two words with a glottal stop.
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It's not pottery area.
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It's pottery area.
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Here's the pottery area with the wheels, with the, with the wheels, with the.
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When we connect these two sounds, it's mostly a voiceless th sound with a tiny little voiced one at the end with the,
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with the, with the wheels and the kiln.
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Take off the D here in and.
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And the kiln in the back.
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The wheels and the kiln in the back.
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In the also connects together just like we have around the, in the.
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The kiln in the back.
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A kiln is a special type of oven used in a pottery studio.
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That word isn't very common in everyday speech, but in the context of this conversation, it's an important vocabulary word to know.
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Alright, let's read the whole thing one last time.
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Oh yeah, like what?
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I was thinking about signing up for like an intro to pottery class.
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We definitely have those.
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Those are on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6.30 to 7.30pm.
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Can you show me around the space?
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I would be happy to.
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Here's the pottery area with the wheels and the kiln in the back.
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Alright, if you thought that was interesting, then you might enjoy the full video.
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In the full video, I talk about a much longer conversation, and I examine not only the connected sounds, but also the intonation, the specialized vocabulary,
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and the politeness and formality levels used by each person in the conversation.
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I put the link to the full video in the comments in the description below, so if you're interested, check it out.
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I'll see you there.

背景与语境

在本段视频中，发言者亚历克斯讨论了美式英语中连接语音的一项特定规则。此规则涉及在某些以“ND”结尾的单词前，常常会省去“D”的发音。这种现象在日常对话中非常普遍，几乎无需思考，大家在不知不觉中就会采用这种发音方式。这种口音变化不仅能提升听说能力，还非常适合进行英语口语练习。

日常沟通中的五个常用短语

  • around the space（在空间周围）
  • thinking about（考虑到）
  • signing up for（报名参加）
  • can you show me（你能给我看看吗）
  • definitely have those（肯定有那些）

这些短语涵盖了日常生活中常见的对话场景，可以在与朋友或在课堂中反复使用，以帮助提高英语沟通能力。在进行英语口语练习时，记得关注这些表达的发音细节。

逐步跟读指导

想要在英语学习中有效应对视频中展示的发音挑战，可以按照以下步骤进行shadow speech练习：

  1. 观看视频：专注于视频中的发音变化，尤其是“ND”前面的“D”的省略。
  2. 模仿发音：反复跟读视频中的对话，注意发音的自然连接。例如，观看“can you show me around the space”，注意“around”的发音变化。
  3. 逐句练习：将对话拆分成短句，逐句模仿，记住省略音的地方，例如将“definitely”中的“T”音略去。
  4. 运用到生活中：在与他人沟通时，尝试使用这些短语，强化长期记忆。
  5. 定期复习：定期回放视频，复习短语和发音，帮助巩固记忆，提高英语口语能力。

通过这种shadowing site 的练习方式，学习者能够在实际对话中更自然地运用英语，增强流利度，并提高交流效率。通过看YouTube学英语，我们可以获得更真实的语言输入，有助于提升口语能力。

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。