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Hello everyone, and welcome back
大家好,歡迎再次收看
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to English with Lucy.
「跟著露西學英文」
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Today, I've got a pronunciation video for you.
今天,我們為你準備的是有關於發音的影片
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I'm going to teach you how to pronounce
我要教你們十個容易唸錯的
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ten commonly mispronounced girls' names.
女生名字的正確發音
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So I've got ten of the most popular names
我準備了十個在英國
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in the UK that are commonly mispronounced.
最常唸錯的的名字
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So if you have any of these names yourself,
如果你的名字剛好是其中之一
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you're going to have to say it a million times
你可能會在電話中
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on the phone, spell it out for people,
要拼讀給別人聽、更正別人的錯誤
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correct people.
而需要唸上無數次
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Sometimes you might get so bored of it
如果有一天你不再需更正別人的錯誤
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that you don't even bother correcting people any more.
也許你反而會覺得無聊
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So let me know if you have this name
如果你剛好和我舉例的同名
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and how you deal with people mispronouncing it all the time.
請告訴我當別人唸錯的時候你是如何處理的
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Now some of these are mispronounced because
有些名字會念錯的原因
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there are various different ways of pronouncing them.
是因為有不同的唸法
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So I will go through those and if I miss any out,
我將把所有名字都念一遍,如果有錯
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comment down below.
請在下面留言告訴我
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So this video is a pronunciation lesson.
這是部發音教學的影片
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If you want to improve your speaking
如果你想進一步提升
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and pronunciation even further,
你的口說和發音
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a great alternative to reading books
除了閱讀書籍以外另一個很好的方式
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is listening to audiobooks.
是聽有聲書
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And you can read the book at the same time as listening.
你可以在看書的同時
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And you can hear how the words are pronounced.
聽到每個字的正確發音
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You can get 30 days for free on Audible.
在 Audible 有聲書網站你可以有 30 天的免費試用
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That's a whole free audiobook of your choosing.
你有一堆的有聲書可以選
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The link is in the description box
我推薦了一些有聲書
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along with some of my audiobook recommendations
連接網址在描述框裡
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if you want to learn the British English accent.
以上提供給想學英式發音的人
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And I've got some recommendations for American as well.
此外我也推薦了一些美式發音的有聲書
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Let's get started with the lesson.
讓我們開始今天的課程吧
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The first one is this one.
第一個名字是這個
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So the official pronunciation of this name is Siobhan,
正式的唸法是 /ʃɪˈvɔːn/ Shi-vawn
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but obviously you can name your baby whatever
當然,你可以給你的小孩
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you want to name it.
取任何名字
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So if you want to call it Siobhan, that is absolutely fine.
你如果要叫他 Siovhan,自然沒有問題
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It's a lovely name as well.
這也是個很美的名字
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I think I actually had more Siobhans in my year
在我那個年代在學校都唸 Siovhan
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at school than I did Siobhans.
而不唸 Siobhan
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Yeah, you can call it what you want,
雖然,你怎麼唸都行
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but commonly mispronounced, so be careful.
但是這個名字是很容易唸錯的,所以要注意一點
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The next one is a gorgeous name.
下一個是很美的名字
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I absolutely love this name.
我很喜歡這個名字
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It is this one.
就是這個
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And the S is silent.
它的 S 是不發音 (無聲) 的
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And this causes some confusion.
這會造成一些困擾
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It should be Isla.
應該唸 /ˈaɪlə/ EYE-lə
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Isla.
EYE-lə
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I think I just love any name with like the I sound in it.
要有發 I 音的任何名字我都喜歡
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I think it's so beautiful.
我覺得很美
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Isla.
EYE-lə
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Now the next one is actually a combination of
接下來這個名字其實是把兩個名字擺在一起
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two names.
當成一組
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And this is mispronounced purely because
它們會被唸錯的原因純粹是
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people misread it.
大家看錯了
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So we've got Kristin and Kirstin.
我們要唸的是 Kristin 和 Kirstin
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Kristin, Kirstin.
Kristin 和 Kirstin
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But yes, a number of times I've emailed
對,有幾次我發電郵給
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someone called Kristin, and I've greeted them as Kirstin.
名叫 Kristin 的人,但是我卻稱呼她 Kirstin
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And it gets a bit embarrassing.
這讓我有點冏
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So yeah, be extra, extra careful over
所以請對這兩個名字特別、特別小心
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Kristin and Kirstin
Kristin 和 Kirstin
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Number four, there is no right or wrong with this one.
第四個,這個名字有兩種唸法
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You can say Eva, or you can say Eva.
你可以唸 Ee-vah 或 Ay-vah
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The best thing to do is just ask.
想要唸對最好的方法就是直接問對方
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Number five, much like Eva or Eva
第五個,有點像 Ee-vah 或 Ay-vah 一樣
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is Kyra or Kyra.
唸 Kye-ruh 或 Kir-uh 都行
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With this particular spelling, it could be either or.
這個名字滿特別的,兩種唸法都行
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It could be either Kyra or Kyra.
Kye-ruh 或 Kir-uh
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But with other spellings,
與其他的名字相較
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it could be a little bit more clear.
它的分別還算比較清楚的
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The next one, another one where you really should just ask.
下一個,這也是個你最好先問清楚再唸的名字
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Is it Mia or is it Mia?
這個名字該唸 Mee-ah 或是 My-ah?
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Who knows.
鬼知道
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Ask the poor person.
只有問可憐的當事人了
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The next one is confusing
下一個名字的發音是很困惑的
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purely because it has three vowels in a row.
純粹是因為它有三個母音連在一起
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Oh my God.
噢老天
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It should be pronounced Gaia, Gaia.
它應該唸 Guy-ah
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But I'm pretty sure there will be someone in the world
但我很肯定這個世界上一定有些人會唸做
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that calls it Gaia.
Gay-ah
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Actually on that line of thought,
事實上
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one of my school teachers was actually called Gay,
我真的有一個老師叫做 Gay
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which comes from the meaning happy.
這個名字本來的意思是快樂
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But yeah, bit of a shame, actually.
但是有點可惜
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It's not a name that I hear so frequently nowadays.
這個名字現今已不常見
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Next one.
下一個
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Anything containing "Lee" spelled like this.
任何名字裡有 Lee 的發音會拼成 Leigh
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So it could Leigh on its own.
可能只是單獨的 Leigh
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It could be Ashleigh.
也可能是 Ashleigh
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People who have this in their name
名字裡有這個字的人
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frequently complain of being called "lay" or Ash "lay",
經常抱怨被會被唸成 lay 或 Ashlay
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et cetera.
之類的
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Next, we have this one.
接下來是這個
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Now obviously it depends on the parent.
這個名字很顯然是依照父母的決定
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This one should actually be Kaia
這個名字是 Kaia
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like in Mya.
類似 Mya 的唸法
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Some people might pronounce it by saying Kaia.
有些人可能會唸成 Kei-ya
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And the last one is this one.
最後一個是這個
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Again it depends on the parent.
這個名字也是照爸媽的決定
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It could be Layla, or it could be Layla.
它可以唸成 Lei-la,或是 Lai-la
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I personally prefer Layla because it's got that
我個人比較喜歡 Lai-la,因為裡面有
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I sound in it, which I think is so beautiful.
/ai/ 的音,我覺得很美
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Right, guys.
就這樣了
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That's it for today's video.
這就是今天的影片
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I hope you enjoyed it.
希望你會喜歡
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And I hope you learned something.
我也希望你在學習上有所收穫
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Those were ten popular girls' names
這十個女生名字
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that are commonly mispronounced.
經常會被唸錯
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Comment below if you have a name that is often
如果你的名字常被人唸錯
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said or spelled incorrectly.
請在底下留言
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Don't forget to connect with me on all of my social media.
別忘了追蹤我所有的社群媒體
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I have my Facebook.
我有 Facebook
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I have my Instagram.
我有 Instagram
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And I have my Twitter.
我有 Twitter
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And I will see you soon for another lesson.
下堂課再見了