Hello. My name is Emma, and in today's video, I am going to teach you about some pronunciation

哈囉。我的名字是艾瑪，而在今天的影片中，我要教你一些你常會犯的

情態副詞

mistakes that you're probably making. So, if you look beside me, I have a bunch of words.

發音錯誤。所以，如果你看到我身旁，我寫了一串單字在那。

These are some of the most commonly mispronounced words in English by English... By students

這些是一些英國人最常見被錯誤發音的英文字...尤其是

who are learning English. So today, I'm going to teach you

正在學習英文的學生。今天，我要教你的是

我們如何正確的發出這些字的音。

So, the title of this video is "Silent Syllables". All of these words have a silent syllable

所以，這部影片的主題是"無聲音節"。這些字中都有一個無聲音節

in them. Now, you may be wondering: "What is a syllable?" Well, a syllable is usually

在裡面。現在，你也許會想說："音節是什麼？"這個嘛，一個音節通常是

a vowel sound, sometimes it can also be a consonant-vowel sound. So, if that's a little

一個母音音，有時候也可以是一個聲母韻母音。好，如果這讓人有點

bit confusing, let's look at some examples.

感到混淆，我們先來看幾個例子。

Here is the word "cat". It has one syllable. If I clap my hand, "cat". Okay? Now, compare

這個字是"貓"。它只有一個音節。像我這樣拍一下我的手，"貓"。可以嗎？現在，

this to the word "student", which has two syllables. Compare this to the word "beautiful",

跟"學生"這個字來做比較，它具有兩個音節。相較於"漂亮的"這個字，

which has three, and we have here the word "incredible" which has four. Okay? So each

有三個音節，而我們這裡有"不可思議"這個字，具有四個音節。好嗎？所以這裡

of these has a different number of syllables. You'll also notice that the length of the

每個字的音節數量都不相同。你也會注意到這些字的長度

word is different. "Incredible" is longer than "beautiful", "beautiful" is longer than

也都是不同的。"不可思議"這個字長度比"漂亮的"要長，"漂亮的"又比

"student", and "student" is longer than "cat". Okay?

"學生"長，而"學生"又比"貓"長。可以嗎？

So, a silent syllable is a syllable that people believe we're supposed to pronounce, but we

好，一個無聲音節就是人們所相信其實應該要發音，但我們

don't actually pronounce it. Let's start with this one, because this is the most common

實際上並沒有發的音節。我們從這裡開始，因為這是在我的課堂中

mistake I hear in my classrooms. Many students pronounce this word as "com-for-ta-ble", they

最常見錯誤。許多學生對"舒服的"這個字的發音為"com-for-ta-ble"，他們

believe it has four syllables. This is not true. I want you to listen carefully to how

相信這個字有四個音節。這是不對的。我要你仔細聽我

I pronounce this word: "comfterble", "comfortable". How many syllables did you hear? "Comfortable".

如何發："comfterble"，"comfortable"。你聽到幾個音節呢？Comfortable

If you said three syllables, you are correct. So we do not pronounce "com-for-ta-ble", mm-mm,

如果你說是三個音節的話，你是正確的。所以我們不念成"com-for-ta-ble"，不對

we say: "comfterble". Okay? So if I wrote this how it's almost pronounced,

我們念成："comfterble"。可以？我寫下它近似的讀音表示。

it almost looks like: "comfterble". Okay?

它幾乎可以念成："comfterble"。好嗎？

The next word that I hear a lot of students making a mistake with... This is one of my

下一個我常聽見學生們會犯錯的字是...這是我

favourite types of food, I hear a lot of students say: "choc-o-late", where they pronounce this

最愛的食物種類之一，我常聽到學生們會念成："choc-o-late"，他們會把這裡的

"o". In English, we don't pronounce that. We usually say... So we don't say "choc-o-late",

"o"音發出來。但英文中，我們不這樣發音。我們通常會講...我們不會說"choc-o-late"，

which is three syllables; we actually say: "choclate", "chocolate", "chocolate". How

也就是發成三個音節；我們實際上念成："choclate"，"chocolate"，"chocolate"。這

many syllables does that have? If you said

裡頭有幾個音節呢？如果你唸作

two, you are correct. It's almost like this

兩個音節的話，你就是正確的。這幾乎像是

"o" doesn't exist. So I want you to repeat after me: "chocolate", "comfortable". Okay, good.

這裡的"o"不存在一樣。所以我要你跟著我念："chocolate"，"comfortable"。好的，很棒。

Now, the next sound, or... The next word many students mispronounce is this one. First off,

現在，下一個發音，或...下一個大多數學生會犯發音上的錯誤的字是這個。首先，

they often miss... Mispronounce the "v" sound, which is "veg", "vegetable". Many students

他們常常會漏掉...發錯這個"v"音，也就是"veg"，"vegetable"。許多學生會

say: "veg-e-ta-ble". Okay? So many students think it has four... Four syllables, but in

讀成："veg-e-ta-ble"。很多學生會以為這個字有四個...四個音節，但事實上

fact, it doesn't. Tell me: How many sounds does this have: "vegetable", "vegetable"?

，它不是的。告訴我：這個字有幾個音在裡頭："vegetable"，"vegetable"？

So I'm actually going to start writing this. "Comfortable" has two, "chocolate" has two.

所以我其實要開始這樣標記。"comfortable"有兩個音節，"chocolate"有兩個音節。

"Comfortable"... Sorry, "comfortable" has three. Okay?

"comfortable"...對不起，"comfortable"有三個音節。好嗎？

The next word is another word a lot of students make a mistake with, similar to "chocolate",

下個大多數學生常常誤讀的字跟"chocolate"的形式類似，

we have here an "o". We don't pronounce this "o". Okay? So many students say "brocc-o-li",

可以看到這裡有的"o"。我們不發這個"o"的音。好嗎？很多學生會念成"brocc-o-li"，

but we don't say "broccoli", we say: "broccli". Okay? So, in this case, it only has two syllables:

但我們不唸作"broccoli"，我們念："beoccli"。可以嗎？好，在這個例子中，就只有兩個音節：

Okay? And we will go over these one more time at the end of the video.

可以嗎？我們會在影片最後再複習一次。

Okay, very common word here, how many syllables do you think it has? If you said:

好的，這個非常常見的字，你認為有幾個音節呢？你若說：

you are correct, it has three syllables. Many students say: "in-ter-est-ing". "That is very interesting."

就是對的，有三個音節。許多學生會念成："in-ter-est-ing"。"這個非常有趣。"

We don't say it like that. We say: "in-trest-ing". Okay? "In-trest-ing",

我們不會這樣念。我們念："in-trest-ing"。好嗎？。"in-trest-ing"，

Okay, another very common word... Okay, I've used the Canadian/British spelling. If you're

好的，另一個很常見的字是...好的，我用的是加拿大式英文的拼法。如果你

an American or an... A speaker of American English, there will be no "u" here. How many

是個美國人或一個...說美式英文的人，這裡你可能不會拼出"u"來。你認為

Okay? Let's say it together: "Favourite", "favourite".

了解嗎？我們一起念："favourite"，"favourite"。

How many did you hear? If you said: "fav-rite",

你聽見幾個？你若說："fav-rite"，

and you heard two syllables, you are correct.

且你聽見兩個音節，你是對的。

We do not say: "fav-our-ite", mm-mm, we say: "fav-rite". Okay?

我們不會說："fav-our-ite"，嗯-嗯，我們念："fav-rite"。可以嗎？

Okay, here's another one a lot of students make mistakes with, many students will say:

好的，這有另一個學生常會犯錯的字，許多學生會唸作：

"temp-er-a-ture", but we don't say it this way. I want you to listen carefully, and choose:

"temp-er-a-ture"，但我們通常不這麼念。我要你仔細聽清楚，然後選出：

How many syllables are there in this word?

"Tem-pra-ture", "temperature". "Tem-pra-ture".

"tem-pra-ture"，"temperature"。"tem-pra-ture"。

Okay, so there are three syllables in this one.

Okay? We have this word... Again, these are all very common words. A lot of students will

可以嗎？我們看這個字...再看一次，這全都是很常見的字彙。很多很多學生會

say: "ev-er-y-one". They think it has four syllables. Now, I want you to listen to me

唸作："ev-er-y-one"。他們覺得這有四個音節。現在我要你聽我念

and tell me: How many syllables do you hear?

然後告訴我：你聽見幾個音節？

"ev-ry-one"，"everyone"，"ev-ry-one"。

If you said three, you are correct. Okay?

你若說三個，你就是對的。明白嗎？

And finally, we have two more. A lot of students will say this as: "nat-ur-all-y", but we don't

而最後，還有兩個字。大多數學生會唸作："nat-ur-all-y"，但我們不

pronounce it that way. Listen carefully to how I say it.

這樣發音。字細聽我怎麼讀這個字。

"nat-ral-ly"，"naturally"，"naturally"，

And the last one, similar to "chocolate", many students say: "soph-o-more", but it's

還有最後一個，跟"chocolate"類似，許多學生念："soph-o-more"，但它不是

So it's almost like this "o", we don't pronounce. It's a

所以幾乎像是這裡的"o"音我們不會發出來。這是個

silent sound. "Sophomore". It has two syllables.

無聲音節。"sophomore"。有兩個音節。

Okay, so let's do this very slowly. I want you to repeat each of these words after me.

好的，我們很緩慢的進行。我要你跟著我重複念每一個字。

And you can say it slow, and then start making it a little bit faster. Okay? So let's start

你可以慢慢的說，然後再慢慢加快。可以嗎？所以，我們重頭來

over here, and we will work our way across. "Naturally". Repeat after me: "naturally",

過一遍，然後一路往下進行。"naturally"。跟著我念："naturally"，

"sophomore"，"sophomore"，"sophomre"。

Okay, good. Okay? Okay, this one, I really

好的，很棒。可以嗎？好的，接下來的這個，我真的

want you to practice: "comfortable", "comfterble", "comfortable",

希望你練習念："comfortable"，"comfterble"，"comfortable"，

"那張椅子坐起來很舒服。"可以嗎？

Okay? Now, again, my favourite food - very important you pronounce this correctly:

可以嗎？現在，再一次，我最愛的食物 - 把這個字發音正確很重要：

"chocolate", "choclate", "chocolate". Okay.

"chocolate"，"choclate"，"chocolate"。好的。

好嗎？所以，同樣地，三個音節。

"broccoli"。好，再一次，跟著我念：

Okay. Repeat after me, please: "intresting", "in-trest-ing",

好的。請跟著我念："intresting"，"in-trest-ing"，

This one: "temprature", "temprature", "temprature".

這個："temprature"，"temprature"，"tempratire"。

And finally: "evryone", "everyone", "everyone". Okay.

而最後："evryone"，"everyone"，"everyone"。好的。

And there you have it, 10 words we often make pronunciation mistakes with when we are learning

而你就學會了，10個在我們學習英文過程中常犯發音錯誤的

So I invite you to check out our website at www.engvid.com. There you can

我邀請你到我們的網站 www.engvid.com來看看。你可以

do a quiz where you can actually practice syllables and practice counting how many each

在網站中做有關於音節發音和計算單字有多少個

of these have. So, I invite you to come check out that website,

音節的小測驗。所以，我邀請你來看看我們的網站喔，

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