每日口說挑戰十個讓你大開眼界的迪士尼公主秘密 (10 Secrets About Disney Princesses That Will Blow Your Mind)

"Venture outside your comfort zone. The rewards are worth it." -Rapunzel

Hello Voicetubers, it's your new host Tera. Familiar with the quote I just said? Right, today we’re heading over to Disney world, where dreams, imagination, and magic happen. With the start of Mickey Mouse cartoons, Disney has become a childhood icon universally. Ever since snow white and the seven dwarfs as the first princess-related movie was introduced to the public in 1937, more and more Disney princesses with diverse races, skin colors, and characters exist, and these works have soon become a hit after being released. It also seems that there is always a princess right dwelling in every little girls’ mind, as we can always see many little Anna(s) and little Elsa(s) when it comes to costume parties. Although I was not a big fan of Disney princesses, I still have my favorite one. Well, before discussing this, let’s first take a look at today’s featured sentence.

Featured sentence: Interestingly enough, this famous song almost didn't make it into the original animated film, and the story behind this is pretty bizarre.
有趣的是這首受歡迎的歌幾乎沒有出現在原版的動畫裡，背後的故事很詭異。

I’ll say it slowly again.

Interestingly enough, this famous song almost didn't make it into the original animated film, and the story behind this is pretty bizarre.

Tips:
Interestingly: it only contains four syllables, although you might see a "e" after the third letter "t", the "e" basically is not pronounced separately. So, it should be "in-teres-ting-ly", but not "in-te-res-ting-ly". Again, "in-teres-ting-ly".

Make it: There is a "linking" between "make" and "it". As a result, we would not say "make it" but "make it".

Bizarre: Two syllables, and the stress is on the second one, "Bizarre". Also, most people tend to ignore the "r" in many words. Remember to precisely pronounce the "r" as in "bizarre" if you’re speaking American English.

Original: Since the "o" in the first syllable is an unstressed vowel, we would pronounce the letter "o" as /ə/, again, o-ri-gi-nal.

Animated: Some suggestions on this word would be, first, the "t" in the final syllable, it would sound a little bit like "d". Second, remember to pronounce the long vowel precisely. A-ni-ma-ted.

Vocabulary:
Interestingly (adv.) KK [ˋɪntrəstɪŋlɪ] IPA /ˈɪn.trəs.tɪŋ.li/
def: as a matter of interest
有趣地
He passed all of the advanced courses but for the introductory one, interestingly, he failed.
他通過了全部的進階課程，有趣的是，入門課程卻被當了。

Original (adj.) KK [əˋrɪdʒən!] IPA /əˈrɪdʒ.ən.əl/
def: not secondary, derivative, or imitative
最初的、原本的、有獨創性的
I handed in a copy to my teacher and kept the original hand-written report myself.
我繳交了副本給我的老師，原來的手寫報吿我自己留著。

Bizarre (adj.) KK [bɪˋzɑr] IPA /bɪˈzɑːr/
奇異的、怪誕的
def. odd, extravagant, or eccentric in style or mode
E.g. I totally can’t understand the bizarre patterns on her dress.
我完全不能理解她洋裝上奇異的圖騰。

Outro:
Among all the Disney princesses, Tiana, Aurora, Merida…just to name a few, I love Rapunzel the best for the reason that she is not afraid of pursuing her dreams. Moreover, she is brave and craves knowledge. She also has a great sense of curiosity. With all of these characters, she indeed succeeds in escaping the tower, or you can say, jumping out of the comfort zone. Although some people argue that Disney has objectified and devalued women and body types by building the prototype of a princess – you know, long slim neck, impossibly thin waist, and an long hour crying waiting for a prince to rescue them, so on and so forth – Disney princess movies are no doubt a massive success that all these princess elements can be seen everywhere in the world. While everyone recognizes them, little people know that there are actually lots of fun facts about Disney princesses. Go and check them out if interested.

Alright, we're all wrapped up. Be sure to get your recordings ready, and tell me who is your favorite Disney princess of all time by leaving a comment below. This is Tera from Voicetube. See you next time.

Interestingly enough, this famous song almost didn't make it into the original animated film, and the story behind this is pretty bizarre.

Interestingly enough, this famous song almost didn’t make it into the original animated film, and the story behind this is pretty bizarre.

Interestingly enough, this famous song almost didn’t make it into the original animated film, and the story behind this is pretty bizarre.

Interestingly enough, this famous song almost didn’t make it into the original animated film, and the story behind this is pretty bizarre.