Name: 學習英語。美式口音訓練-3輔音群輕鬆學!| 瑞秋英語 (Learning English: AMERICAN ACCENT TRAINING—3 Consonant Clusters Made Easy! | Rachel’s English)
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I've gotten a lot of questions from you about ending consonant clusters.

In American English, there are lots of  combinations of consonant sounds

that can be challenging for non-native speakers.

In this video, we're going to talk about  three of these combinations:

words that end in SKS, STS, and SPS, like  risks, tests, and wasps.

The tricky thing about these  combinations of consonant sounds

is how native speakers handle the stop  consonant in the middle of S consonants.

In words like tests, dusts, we use a stop T.

we'll very quickly stop the airflow for a  moment, and then release right back into the second S.

When this happens very Quickly, it can be difficult to hear.

Let's examine one of the words in detail  to get a better sense of this.

This word starts with a light L consonant sound, ll,

tip of the tongue is lifted up and making  contact behind the upper teeth.

Lahh-- Then the AH as in bat vowel so the tip of the tongue goes down behind the bottom front teeth.

The jaw drops open and the back of the tongue lifts.

Then we close the jaw and the teeth  come together for the S.

The tongue tip is just behind the teeth and  it can point up or down.

Then we make a quick stop of the air,  interrupting the S, this is the T.

So you stop the airflow but you might also  move your tongue.

For example, my tongue presses against  the roof of the mouth.

It's not actually the tip that moves but the  front top of the tongue just behind the tip.

The tip stays in place, this is for the S,

while this other part of the tongue lifts to  the roof of the mouth then comes back down.

The air keeps going after the tongue comes back down, mouth is already in position for the S, so the S happens.

So I lift the tongue, cut off the airflow, bring it back down,

everything else is the same, so I'm going  right into the S sound again.

Practice this with me, holding out an S,  stopping the air in the middle.

When the K consonant is between the two s constants,

everything is the same except we move  the back of the tongue.

The front of the tongue is in position for the S.

Then the back of the tongue lifts and that cuts off the airflow, and it touches the soft palate.

if you haven't moved the front of your mouth,

then you're in position to make the S and just let the air flow through that.

Here, you can see, the thing that moves to  cut off the airflow, it's the lips.

When you close your lips, it cuts off the airflow.

Then when you release the lips, just let the air go through, don't move anything else in your mouth

and you're already in position for that S.

It's just one long S while we close the lips  throughout, making an SPS sound.

Now of course in the cluster, you'll just  close your lips once.

I'll say each word and this ending several  times and I'll wait each time for you to repeat it.

The only way to master a sound  combination is to do it many times.

There are some risks you'll have to take.

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