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Hello, I'm John Russell.
你好,我是 John Russell。
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Some consonants sounds in American English remind me of mathematics.
美式英語中的一些子音讓我想起了數學。
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Specifically addition, I'll explain.
具體的部分,我會解釋。
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When I was young, I learned how to add numbers.
小時候,我學會了加法。
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For example, one plus one equals two.
例如,一加一等於二。
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There are consonants sounds that are like this.
有一些子音也是像這樣的。
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They're sometimes called affricates.
他們有時被稱為塞擦音。
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Affricates are made up of a stop sound, followed by a fricative sound.
塞擦音是由塞音及摩擦音組合而成的。
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Another way to say this is stop sound, plus fricative sound equals affricate.
另一種講法就是:塞音加上摩擦音等於塞擦音。
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There are two of these complex consonant sounds in English.
在英文中有兩個很複雜的子音。
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They are 'ch' as in chicken and 'j' as in judge.
它們是 chicken (雞) 的 「ch」及 judge (法官) 的「j」。
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Let's explore the 'ch' sound.
讓我們來探討一下「ch」這個音。
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It starts with a stop sound as in 't' and then moves to a fricative sound 'sh'.
它以「t」的塞音為始,然後轉為「sh」的摩擦音。
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When you add the two sounds together, you get 'ch'. Similarly, the 'j' sound starts with the stop sound 'd' and then moves to a fricative sound 'ge', 'j' .
當你把這兩個聲音加在一起,你會得到「ch」的音,同樣地,「j」的音以「d」的塞音為始,然後轉為「ge」的摩擦音,形成「j」的音。
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These complex consonants sounds are difficult for speakers of many languages.
這些複雜的子音對於許多使用其他語言的人來說很困難。
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Vietnamese speakers, for example, might replace an affricate sound, such as 'ch' with a fricative sound such as 'sh'.
例如,講越南語的人會將像是「ch」之類的塞擦音講成像是「sh」之類的摩擦音。
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The result is that a word like 'much' might sound more like 'mush'.
結果就是,「much」這樣的詞聽起來可能更像「mush」。
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Speakers of other languages might use complex consonants sounds from their own languages while speaking English,
說其他語言的人在講英語時可能會使用他們自己語言中複雜的子音,
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For example, Korean speakers might use something like a 'dz' sound –
例如,韓國人在說英語時可能會使用類似「za」的音,
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a complex consonant sound that does not exist in English.
在英文中是不存在的複雜子音。
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They might use this sound in place of a 'z' sound.
他們可能會用這個音來代替「z」的音。
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The result is that a word such as 'zebra' or 'zoo' sounds like 'dzebra' or the 'dzoo'.
其結果是,「zebra (斑馬) 」或「zoo (動物園)」等詞,聽起來會「dzebra」或是「dzoo」。
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The solution for all of these issues is for you to pay careful attention to complex consonant sounds.
解決這些問題的方法就是你要仔細注意複雜的子音。
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Remember, there are only two of them in English.
記得,在英語中只有這兩個。
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Time spent mastering these sounds will be of great value to you.
花時間長或這些音對你來說會很有幫助。
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That's all for today.
今天就到這裡。
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Keep up the good work.
繼續加油。