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"What's new?" Has anyone ever said that to you before? And you don't understand what
"What's new?" 有人這樣問過你嗎? 而你不知道他們是什麼意思?
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they've said to you? "What's new?" New York. New Jersey. No, "what's new?" is another way
"What's new?" 紐約,紐澤西。
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of saying, "Hello. How are you?"
"What's new?" 是另一個說「嗨,近來好嗎?」 的說法
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And my name's Ronnie. Today, I'm going to teach you about the letter "N", written like
我叫做Ronnie,今天我要來教大家"N"這個字母。
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this in the capital. Hah! Where's my marker gone? It's disappeared. Written in the smaller
這個字就是n的大寫。我的麥克筆呢? 他不見了。
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sense, it is like this "n."
而小寫,則是這樣寫的。
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So, a lot of people have difficulty pronouncing the letter "N". This lesson is for Rick. Rick,
那許多人在發"N"這個 音上面有問題。這堂課是特別為Rick開的。
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you typed in a beautiful comment and said, "Ronnie, I cannot pronounce the letter "N"
Rick,你曾經在留言中說過,"Ronnie,我無法正確的發"N"這個音。你可以幫幫我嗎?"
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properly. Can you help me?" And I said, "Sure, Rick." This lesson's for you.
我說"當然可以啊,Rick." 這堂課是特別為你開的。
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Today's lesson is "n" as in "knew" Hah! What's this? What is a dirty little "k" doing here
今天的課程是"knew" 裡面的字母"n" 。這是什麼? 這個小k怎麼會出現在"n"前面?
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in front of the "n"? Did you know that in English, if you have the "kn" like this, the
你知道嗎,如果"kn"出現在英文裡面
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"k" - shhh -- is silent. So this word "knew" is the exact same pronunciation, as this word
這個"k" -噓噓噓 --是不發音的。所以"knew"的發音,
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"new". Shocking, I know.
跟"new" 一模一樣。 很令人震驚吧,我懂。
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So if I take my magic red marker, and all of a sudden, this will make sense to you,
如過我把我的魔法紅色麥克筆,然後就這麼一剎那,這對你來說不再是任何問題,
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with the "kn" sound, the delightful little "k," you don't say it, it's silent. Don't
"kn"這個音,這個可愛的小"k",你不需要把它發出音來,它是不發音的。
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say it. Don't ever say it like "canoe"; "canoe" is like the boat that you row. Mm-mm, so when
千萬別把它發出音來。 千萬別把他唸成"canoe"; "canoe" 是一種你划的船(獨木舟)。
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we say this word it's the exact same word, as this word, "knew" - "new"
所以當我們念"knew"這個字,它的發音跟"new"一樣。
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Now when you want to say the "n" word! Hah! The "n-word" -- I would never say that. What
那當你想要說"n"這個字! 哈! The "n-word" --我永遠不會這樣說。
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you want to do is you want to put your tongue, huh, at the top of your mouth. And it has
你要做的事情是把你的舌頭,放在你的上顎。
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to be spread across your mouth and hitting the back of your teeth. So, your whole tongue
它必須橫跨你的口腔並且頂到你的門牙後面。
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is going to cover all of the top of your mouth, and you're going to press your tongue up and
你的舌頭會覆蓋住你整個口腔的上面,接下來你可以把你的舌頭往上頂
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go "n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n".
然後就可以發出 "n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n".
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The "n-n-n-n-n-n" sound is voiced. That means if you put your hands here, it vibrates. So,
當你發出"n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n",這時把手放在喉嚨上,喉嚨會震動。
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if you go "n-n-n-n-n", "n-n-n-n-n", it's easily confused with the "m-m-m-m-m", with the "M"
而"n-n-n-n-n"又很容易被人跟"m-m-m-m-m"混淆
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sound. The difference, "n-n-n-n-n", is that your mouth is open and your tongue is all
他們的差異是,當你發出"n-n-n-n-n"這個音,你的嘴巴是張開的
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the way up, pressed against the top of your mouth for the "N".
而且你的舌頭是往上頂的,頂住你的上顎以發出"N"。
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With the "M" sound, your mouth is closed. Your mouth is closed, "m-m-m-m-m", and your
而發出"M"這個音時,你的嘴巴是閉起來的
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tongue is in the middle of your mouth. So, "n-n-n-n-n" and "m-m-m-m-m"; so now you have
而且你的舌頭會位在你口腔的正中央。"n-n-n-n-n" 跟"m-m-m-m-m"
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the "n-n-n-n-n" pronunciation, that's cool.
現在你會"n-n-n-n-n"的發音了。
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This word again, because it's a "k" and an "n" together, and a "w." What's happened here?
那我們再次回到這個字,因為"k"跟"n"是連在一起的,加上一個w。發生了什麼事?
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English is strange. This word is actually the exact same word as "no." So the difference
英文很妙,這個字的發音跟"NO"其實一樣。
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in meaning - you guys might know the difference; "know" means to understand. And this "no"
所以他們的差異其實是在意義上-你們可能已經知道他們的不同了; "know"代表知道
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means negative. So, "I know" the spelling is like this. But, "no" there're no silent letters.
而"NO"是否定的意思。所以"I know"的拼法是這樣的,而"NO"裡面沒有不發音的字母。
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This word "knew" is the past tense of "know." So you can say, "I knew that, Ronnie." This
"knew"是"know"的過去式。所以你可以說 "I knew that, Ronnie"。
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word "new" means it's not old. Okay, so "new" is the opposite of old.
"new"的意思是它不是舊的,所以 "new"是舊的的相反。
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We're going to go on to some other "n" words to help you study your pronunciation. So with
我們現在要來學習其他有 "n"的詞彙以練習發音。
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your tongue at the roof of your mouth you say "n-n-never", "n-n-never". Then you have
將舌頭頂在上顎的頂端,你可以說"n-n-never","n-n-never"。
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the word "n-n-now", "now". It rhymes with the word "cow" - now, cow "n-never", "now".
那你也能說出 "n-n-now"了, "now"。 "now"跟"cow"押韻-now, cow。 "n-never", "now"。
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The magic twist, sometimes you want to twist your neck and it makes a cracking sound. This
神奇的旋轉,有時候你會想將你的脖子扭成一束,而那會發出咖咖聲。
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part of your body is called your "neck". Sometimes you have a sore "neck" because you're watching
你身體的這一部份叫做"脖子"。你的脖子有時候會感到疼痛是因為你看太多YouTube影片了。
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too many YouTube videos. It's all right. Just give it a crack, and you'll be fine, and "neck".
沒關係,就試試看吧,你不會有事的。
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And the word "night" there's also another "kn" spelling for this. It is exactly the
"neck" 跟"night" ,"kn"也能和這兩個字做搭配。他們的發音一模一樣,
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same pronunciation, but this word "knight" means an old warrior that rode around on horseback.
但"knight"的意思是古代騎在馬背上的武士
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So, you will see medieval knights or Knights of the Round Table, if you're into knighting.
如果你對騎士感興趣,你會聯想到騎士或是圓桌武士。
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The pronunciation is the same. The meaning is different. So you have to be very confused
他們的發音一樣,但意義卻不同。你一定又被"kn"混淆了吧
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about this "kn" thing, again, so a "knight" is basically a warrior from the olden times,
"knight"基本上是指古時候的騎士
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and "night" is the opposite of day.
而"night"是白天的相反
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There's another exception. If you go to the beautiful land of America or in some places
但是有一個例外,如果你到美國或加拿大
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in Canada, and I'm sure the UK, you might see a word like this. And you go "'nite."
我也很確定英國也有,你會看到這個字"'nite"。
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Oh, hah! Oh, oh, oh, hold on. That makes sense. The spelling makes sense there. Sometimes
等一下,這很有道哩,拼法在這裡是有邏輯的。
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Americans do it well.
美國人有時候做得比較好。
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This word is the exact same word as this one. They just don't mess around with all the extra
這兩個字基本上是一模一樣的,它們只是不會跟其他字母搞混在一起。
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letters. So, this word is the same as this word "night". A difference in American and
所以"nite"跟"night"是一模一樣的。美式拼法跟應是拼法的其中一個差別是,
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British spelling. If you go to fast food restaurants or a lot of advertising, even in Canada you
如果你到一間速食餐廳或看到一些廣告,甚至是在加拿大,
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will see this word written [informally].
你也會看到這個字(不正式的)
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There's one more I'd like to teach you, "knot" and "not." This "knot" again, the "k" is silent.
還有一個東西我想教你,, "knot" 跟 "not"。 再一次的,"knot"的"k"是不發音的。
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And it has the exact pronunciation as don't do it, "not." This "knot" is when you tie
而它的發音跟意思是不要那樣做的 "not"是一樣的。"knot"打結的意思,
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something together, doodle-loodle-loodle-loo, like your shoe, you make a "knot".
打個結在你的鞋子上,就是"knot"。
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This "not" is again, a negative sentence saying, "I am not going to do that knot." Hm, so sometimes
而"not",再一次的,也是個否定句,"我是不會去打結的"。
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they may appear in the same sentence. If you knew this already, but you need some refreshment,
他們有時候會出現在同一個句子。如果你早就知道了,你需要一些飲料,
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have a beer. If you'd like to know more about the "n-n-n-n-n" pronunciation, try it now,
去喝杯啤酒吧。如果你想在知道更多關於"n-n-n-n-n"的發音,現在試試看吧,
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"un-n-n-n-n-til next time, goodbye.
下次見囉,掰掰。