跟读练习: MASTER the American Accent with 9 Simple Words 🇺🇸 - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
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Let's talk about some words to help you master the American accent.
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Let's talk about some words to help you master the American accent.
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Now, as someone who is learning English as a second language,
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you should never feel like you need to speak with any particular accent.
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The most important thing is that we understand each other.
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However, I know that this topic interests many people.
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We all have different speaking goals,
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and if one of your goals is to try to emulate the American accent and learn more about it,
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then I think this lesson will really help.
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So in general, I'm going to talk about the pronunciation of certain words,
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which falls under the umbrella of the American accent.
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And pronunciation and accent, they're not necessarily the same.
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They're not always interchangeable.
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Pronunciation is how words are pronounced.
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You're just making those sounds.
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Whereas accent is the way in which someone pronounces words,
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and it's influenced by the country or area they come from.
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To give you an example of what I'm talking about,
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let's look at our first word, to.
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This is a very common and useful word and the word to actually has two different pronunciations,
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a strong form and a weak form.
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The strong form to sounds just like the number to.
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The weak form is when the word is unstressed,
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it's gonna get reduced and the vowel sounds gonna change and it's gonna sound more like it has a schwa sound, to.
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It's much softer.
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This is what I'm talking about when changing to to to is more about accent reduction.
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Because to is really a function word.
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These are words that are not really emphasized.
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Because function words are words that have a grammatical purpose.
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And Americans often reduce function words in everyday speech.
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In other words, they often say function words more quietly and quickly.
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And that is why to may often get reduced and sound like to.
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Let's look at the following in practice.
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I'm going to the mall.
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Can you hear that weak form?
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I'll say it slowly.
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I'm going to the mall.
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Now I want you to practice.
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Say it with me.
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I'm going to the mall.
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Here's another one.
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Now let's say it together.
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So, hopefully it was easy for you to identify and hear that weaker,
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unstressed t, not only when I was saying it,
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but when listening to those videos as well.
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So, I just want you to be mindful and understand that this occurs.
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It's not something that you have to start using.
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You could practice this if you want to.
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And I think shadowing is a great way to do that and trying to say something in the exact same way.
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Because this is not really something that you'll just be able to turn on and off.
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It may take a little bit of time
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if you would like to reduce your accent and start using some of these weaker,
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unstressed words and sounds.
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Now, if you would like to improve your English skills,
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build your vocabulary, improve your speaking fluency,
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please subscribe to the channel, turn on notifications.
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That way I can become your teacher.
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My name is Wes.
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The channel is Interactive English.
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It's all about trying to help you reach your fluency goals.
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Let's continue with another very common word that I'm sure you use quite often,
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and that is for.
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Except I'm not really going to pronounce it for.
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Again, when it's unstressed, the word's going to get reduced.
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That vowel sound's going to change from for to fur.
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So, for, that or, it's a low back vowel.
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You can really feel it coming from the back of your mouth.
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For, to a fur.
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It's much softer.
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It is going to sound more like a front vowel and very similar to fur,
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except in that case, the vowel sound's going to be a little longer.
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But let's practice with this question right here.
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What are you going to do for dinner?
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Can you hear that softer sound?
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And it does get reduced.
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What are you gonna do for dinner?
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So, uh, what are you guys doing for dinner tonight?
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So what do you think we should do for dinner?
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This pronunciation is easy for me.
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I hope it's easy for you.
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Again, listen to how the word is unstressed.
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Easy for you.
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Easy for M, not for me.
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You make it easy for me,
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I'll make it easy for you.
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And we can practice with some tricky sentences.
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So repeat after me.
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I have four brushes for my four cats because they have a lot of fur.
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Let's say that one more time.
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I have four brushes for my four cats because they have a lot of fur.
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And now give this next one a try.
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We waited for the bus for four hours.
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Once again, we waited for the bus for four hours.
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And yeah, that can be a little tricky,
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especially with that for four hours, for four hours.
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But this is something you will definitely hear in spoken English and people are going to reduce for to fur.
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The next word is one that I really enjoy, water.
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Okay, so there are two things that I want to focus on.
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The flap T and the final R.
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So the flap T is a really distinct part of the American accent.
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This is when the T is going to sound like a soft D.
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And it often occurs when the T comes between two vowel sounds and is part of an unstressed syllable.
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So here are some words,
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and just repeat after me and try to use that flap T.
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Water.
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City.
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Political.
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Meeting.
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Quality.
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Critical.
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All of those words have T's that I would pronounce as a flap T.
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Now the final R is something else that Americans often pronounce when the R comes at the end of a word.
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So again, just repeat after me,
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really pronounce that R, and I'll probably emphasize it a little bit.
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Water.
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Car.
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Weather.
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Chair.
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Now, if we want to practice with other words that are just like water,
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that have a flap T and final R,
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we can use these words right here.
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Again, repeat after me.
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Better.
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Voter.
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Later.
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Butter.
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Writer.
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These are great words to practice both of those things,
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the flap T and final R.
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Mountain.
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This word is all about the glottal T or glottal stop.
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So what is that?
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This is when you stop the flow of air through the glottis in your throat.
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So the sound is coming from down here.
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And you can practice a glottal stop with uh-oh, uh-oh.
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The glottal stop is coming after uh and before oh.
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You can really feel the tightness in your throat when you say uh-oh, uh-oh.
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Now, with the American accent,
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when the T is followed by an N sound,
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it may get pronounced as a glottal T,
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like in the word mountain.
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So, see if you can hear the difference when I say the word with a true T and a glottal T.
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Mountain.
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Mountain.
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Versus mountain.
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Mountain.
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One thing that I want to point out is that this is not a fixed rule.
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that any T that's followed by an n sound is going to be pronounced as a glottal T.
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If you are living in the U.S or you visit the U.S.,
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you may hear both.
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So here are some examples of the word mountain.
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I'm going to keep pronouncing it with a glottal T.
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But here are some examples of it being pronounced with more of a true T.
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Yeah, and the mountains, they're not like mountains on Earth.
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And now I want you to listen for that glottal stop.
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Oh, that sounds fun.
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I'm mountain biking on Sunday and Montage Mountain.
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But because we're talking about the American accent,
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I want to practice with some words.
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And I want you to try to use a glottal T because I think a lot of people do this.
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I actually do it all the time.
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So I'm going to do this to get you thinking about that tightness in your throat.
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But let's say these words.
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Repeat after me.
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Mountain.
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Kitten.
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Written.
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Gotten.
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bitten.
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Those last three were actually the past participle of those verbs and whenever,
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you know, you say the past participle of,
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well, quite a few different verbs,
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you may use a glottal T.
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So let's practice with this sentence and there,
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of course, there are many glottal stops when saying this.
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I have written a story about a kitten that walked up a mountain and was bitten by by a spider.
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So I want you to repeat after me and we're gonna say the sentence in chunks.
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I have written a story about a kitten that walked up a mountain and was bitten by a spider.
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So when saying that sentence with many of those words,
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you should feel that tightness in your throat with those glottal stops.
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Mountain.
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The next word, center.
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Easy enough to pronounce, but I would like to point out that when the T follows an n- sound,
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it may elide.
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Elision is when sounds or syllables get removed.
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You don't really hear that T when I say center.
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Wanted.
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interview, 20, entertain.
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In each of those words,
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you don't hear that T because it elides.
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Once again, this is not an established rule.
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I'm just trying to share with you how I think most people will say this word, center.
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You may hear somebody say it with the T, center.
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Either one, just listen.
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But we all know you put your biggest talent front and center.
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Oh, I'll be there.
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Front and center.
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I would like to point out that when the T follows an N sound,
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but it comes at the beginning of a stressed syllable,
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then you will pronounce it as more of a true T in words like internship or anticipate or intensive.
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If you would like to practice,
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then start with the words that I have already showed you.
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And again, they're pretty common and we can do so with this sentence.
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I was watching an entertaining interview with 20 people who all wanted to be the center of attention.
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Say it with me.
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I was watching an entertaining interview with 20 people who all wanted to be the center of attention.
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Excellent.
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Let's practice this word right here, can.
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And I want to start with the vowel sound,
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because this is also a difference between British and American English,
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because you're going to pronounce the vowel sound differently.
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And I will make some comparisons between those two English varieties,
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because I think when people are learning the language,
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these are the two varieties that most people reference.
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So in the U.S., can't,
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and in the U.K., can't.
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Can't, can't.
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We can't do that.
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You can't do this.
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I can't just do that.
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What?
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We can't do that.
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Now, so many people tell me they struggle with this word,
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not only when listening and trying to identify the word,
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but also when speaking and trying to say it.
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And I think probably one of the more challenging things about this word is the NT,
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that consonant cluster at the end.
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The final NT, consonant cluster,
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your tongue is actually going to be curled down and the tip is going to be behind your bottom front teeth.
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Can't.
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and we're really going to end with a glottal stop.
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And we can practice this with the word ant,
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which is really the last three letters in the word can.
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So who the hell are you?
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I'm Ant-Man.
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Ant-Man?
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What, you haven't heard of me?
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Can't.
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Can't.
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It's an incredibly common word,
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and it can be a little tricky,
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which is why I thought it deserved a little attention.
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But let's practice, and we can even review some of the other things we've talked about with this short sentence right here.
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Just repeat after me.
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I can't find any water in town,
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so I have to go to the mountain.
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Good job.
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Now, I want to practice this word, schedule.
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I have already told you that we're going to practice some of the differences between American English and British English.
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We did that with the previous word.
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That vowel sound is different when pronouncing can't versus con.
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And there are many other words that are pronounced differently when comparing American English versus British English.
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And it's important to know some of these words,
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especially if you are trying to emulate the American accent.
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So let's play a little game.
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I'm going to give you a word.
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I'm going to say both pronunciations,
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and then I just want you to think about,
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well, which one is the American pronunciation.
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So here's your first one,
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and I think you know it because I've already said the word.
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You have schedule versus schedule.
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And in the U.S., people are going to say schedule.
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Here's the next one.
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Advertisement, advertisement.
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In the United States, people are going to say advertisement.
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Here's another one.
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Zebra, Zebra.
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I am going to say Zebra.
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How about this word?
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Dynasty, Dynasty.
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I hope that you chose dynasty as the US pronunciation because that is correct.
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Now you get the idea.
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There are many words that are pronounced differently between American and British English.
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I just want to get you thinking about some of these pronunciation differences.
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So if this is something you want to practice,
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just be aware of this,
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the words that we just looked at,
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as well as these words right here.
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I'll give you a moment to look at them
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but we need to move on
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so let's move on to our next word entrepreneur this is one of many words
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that have been borrowed from french and the pronunciation is the same ish
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but not really the pronunciation is really an americanized version of
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this french word i'll let you listen to the difference entrepreneur entrepreneur they're kind of close
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but if you are a french speaker then you need to be careful and understand that these words have been Americanized.
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Here are some other words that have been borrowed from French,
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and I want you to think about what they have in common.
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Fiance, connoisseur, café, sorbet.
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Just listening to me say those words,
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perhaps you notice that the stressed syllable is at the end.
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And in English, this is something that is not very common,
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and perhaps even a little bit of a hint that the word has been borrowed from French.
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But I often hear second language speakers make a slight pronunciation mistake with some of these words that have been borrowed,
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because they end up stressing the wrong syllable,
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instead of that final syllable.
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Something to keep in mind whenever words are borrowed from other languages,
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they may sound similar, but not always the same.
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Just food for thought.
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And then we have a fun and very long word, which is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
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And it's silly, but the reason I chose this is to get you thinking about rhythm
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and flow and trying to develop that rhythm and flow.
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Because English is a stress time language.
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It's a language where the stressed syllables are said at approximately regular intervals,
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and the unstressed words or syllables are shortened in order to fit that rhythm.
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So here is a very short and simple sentence,
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three different intervals, and then as I add to the sentence,
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those intervals are going to stay the same.
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Cats chase mice.
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The cats chase mice.
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The cats chase the mice.
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The cats will chase the mice.
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And as I'm saying this,
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you can hear those stressed words and syllables,
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and it does sound a little musical.
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And again, it's really a good example of English as a stress time language.
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Now, let's go back to our ridiculously long word.
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And we can say this word,
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keeping in mind those stressed intervals.
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In total, the word has 14 syllables,
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and I'll say it again,
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and I want you to think about that stress.
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Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
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I could even clap and say it again,
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and every time I clap,
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that is a stress sound.
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Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
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So let's break it apart into those different intervals.
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You can see the stress,
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and now I want you to practice this word with me.
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Ready?
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Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
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Let's try it one more time.
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Again, we're developing that rhythm and flow.
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It's gonna sound a little bit like a song.
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Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
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Excellent.
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This is something that you can practice because when it comes to speaking with an American accent,
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well, rhythm and flow are a part of that.
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And I think it's useful to practice and develop your speaking skills.
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And you could really do this with any sentence,
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like the very first one that we practice with.
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I'm going to the mall later.
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I'm going to the mall later.
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And you can really hear that rhythm and flow if I want to emphasize it just like this.
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Okay.
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Of course, people aren't going to speak that way,
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but it does help you hear that melody and that rhythm and flow.
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So, that's all I have for you in this lesson.
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You can practice on your own with these different words.
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If you enjoyed the lesson and learned something new,
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you can let me know by hitting that like button.
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As always, thank you so much for watching,
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and I will see you next time.
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So long.
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关键词汇与短语
- to - 这个常用词有强读和弱读两个发音。
- 弱读形式 - 在口语中，功能词如“to”通常会被轻声说出，使其听起来像“tə”。
- 发音 - 单词的音节和声调的发出方式。
- 口音 - 说话者因地域而异的发音风格。
- 功能词 - 这类词在句中有语法作用，但通常不强调。
- 影子跟读 - 一种模仿他人发音的方法，是提高口语的有效技巧。
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可以反复播放视频片段，跟随发音进行模仿，尤其是在听到弱读和轻声的部分。通过这种方式，您将对美式口音的特征有更深入的理解。记得在练习中，自信地说出每个词。逐渐地，您会发现自己的口语能力提升，适应不同的发音和口音。
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