每日口說挑戰看電影必吃！帶你了解爆米花的歷史 (Why do we eat popcorn at the movies? - Andrew Smith)

Hi, everyone, this is Susan; welcome to today’s Pronunciation Challenge. When was the last time you went to the movies without having some popcorn? Even if you don’t eat popcorn, it’s almost impossible to be in the movie theater and see no one eating popcorn, right? How did popcorn become a must when it comes to watching movies? Before you rush off to the video to find out more, let's take a look at today's sentence and its pronunciation tips.

Sentence
An ear of teosinte originally yielded somewhere between 5 and 12 small kernels, each with a hard shell called a pericarp.

Pronunciation Tips
1. teosinte (the pronunciation of the vowels)
2. yielded (the pronunciation of yiel)
3. kernels (the pronunciation of er and e)
4. pericarp (the pronunciation of the vowels)
5. an ear of; with a; called a (linking sounds)

Vocabulary
1. yield (v.) 產出 KK [jild] IPA /jiːld/
to supply or produce something positive
Eg. Months of great weather is guaranteed to yield a good harvest.
接連數月的好天氣保證會產出好的收穫。

Why do you think popcorn is so popular at the movies? When do you think this practice started? Why not check out the video? But don't forget to record the sentence first, and I'll see you in the next episode!

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An ear of teosinte originally yielded somewhere between 5 and 12 small kernels, each with a hard shell called a pericarp.

An ear of teosinte originally yielded somewhere between 5 and 12 small kernels, each with a hard shell called a pericarp.