It's another month.

又是一個月。

It's time for another.

是時候再來一次了。

Ask E T.

問E T。

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Let's get straight into those questions, so I'd expect most of you know this by now.

我們直接進入這些問題，估計現在大部分人都知道了。

But every month I do something called Ask E T.

但每個月我都會做一些叫 "問E T "的事情。

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Where I post a picture on instagram.

我在instagram上發了一張照片的地方。

Everybody comments on it, asking me questions.

大家都在評論，問我問題。

Toe answer in a video on Duh.

嘟嘟的視頻中回答。

Of course, we've done that this week, and now I have lots of great questions.

當然，這周我們已經做了，現在我有很多好問題。

Toe answer.

趾回答。

I don't want to waste any time, so we're going to get straight into it right away.

我不想浪費任何時間，所以我們現在就直接進入正題。

Let's start with question number one.

我們先從問題一說起。

This is a really simple question, but it's actually really, really important.

這是一個非常簡單的問題，但其實真的非常重要。

How do we pronounce on do this Now I know why I've been asked this because when natives talk fast, sometimes words become relaxed.

do this怎麼發音 現在我知道為什麼有人問我這個問題了，因為本地人說話快的時候，有時候話會變得很輕鬆。

We have this thing in English called function words.

我們英語裡有這個東西叫函數詞。

I talk about them, Aled, the time in my pronunciation course, and I talk about them all the time.

我在我的發音課程中一直在講他們，阿萊德，我一直在講他們。

On this channel, Words like Andi can have a week relaxed form.

在這個管道上，像安迪這樣的詞可以有一週的放鬆形式。

So instead of saying Hi, my name's Elliott.

所以，與其說嗨，我的名字是埃利奧特。

This is my friend John on.

這是我的朋友約翰在。

This is my friend John.

這是我的朋友約翰。

I would probably say Hi, My name's Elliott and this is my friend John and this and this.

我可能會說嗨，我的名字叫埃利奧特，這是我的朋友約翰，這個和這個。

So my name's Elliott and this is my friend John.

所以，我的名字是埃利奧特，這是我的朋友約翰。

What's happening is Andi is becoming a new and so what's happening is we're missing the at the beginning of and and it's becoming a Schwann sounder sound.

發生的事情是Andi正在成為一個新的，所以發生的事情是我們錯過了在開始的和它成為一個Schwann靈魂的聲音。

We're also missing the d a.

我們還缺少D A。

The end of Andi.

安迪的結局。

So it's becoming on this on this.

所以就變成了在這個上在這個上。

The D is dropping to make it easier to pronounce the T h at the beginning of this.

D的下降是為了讓這個開頭的T h更容易發音。

But also, we're dropping the app at the beginning because usually when words have a weak form, a way that we say them faster nine times out of 10 that way will be with the vowel being changed to a Schwab sound.

但是也是，我們在一開始就放棄了這個應用，因為通常當單詞的形式比較弱的時候，我們說的比較快的一種方式，10次有9次會用元音改成施瓦布音。

The reason why is because the Schwab sound is the easiest sound to make tongue just relaxed in the middle of the mouth.

為什麼呢，因為施瓦布音是最簡單的聲音，舌頭只要放鬆在口腔中間就可以了。

And this is my friend John.

這是我的朋友約翰

So one more time.

所以再來一次。

Hi, I'm Elliot on This is my friend John.

嗨，我是艾略特，這是我的朋友約翰。

I guess that would be relevant if I actually had any friends.

如果我真的有朋友的話，我想這是有關係的。

Another great question I had was Elliot.

我還有一個很好的問題是艾略特。

How do I pronounce this word?

這個詞怎麼念？

So the reason why I was asked.

所以，之所以問我。

This is because the stress placement can be different.

這是因為應力的位置可以不同。

Generally, we have a British way of pronouncing it, stressing it on a particular syllable on an American way of pronouncing it with a stress on a different syllable.

一般來說，我們有一種英式的發音方式，在一個特定的音節上強調它的美式發音方式，在不同的音節上強調。

So let me just tell you the British form, because I don't want to damage your ears with my dreadful American accent.

所以，讓我告訴你英國的形式， 因為我不想破壞你的耳朵 與我可怕的美國口音。

So it would be advertisement advertisement.

所以會是廣告宣傳。

The stress is on vour.

壓力在你身上。

We have advertise Mont.

我們有廣告蒙。

The stress primary stress is on vour advertisement.

壓力主要強調的是我們的廣告。

So take that tone up slightly on vour tone rises.

所以，在你的語氣上升的時候，把這個語氣稍微提高一下。

It becomes a bit more pronounced and just a bit stronger on that particular syllable.

它變得更明顯一些，只是在那個特殊的音節上更強一些。

And there you go.

你去那裡。

That's how we stress syllable advertisement.

我們就是這樣強調音節廣告的。

This word is also great for learning some of the trickiest sounds in English.

這個單詞也是學習英語中一些最棘手的音的好幫手。

We have the Schwab sound, which happens twice.

我們有施瓦布的聲音，發生兩次。

Blood ver tous mint hunt.

鮮血染紅了我們的薄荷獵。

So it's happening twice.

所以它發生了兩次。

The Schwab sound on Remember, the Schwab is really important to practice.

施瓦布的聲音就記住了，施瓦布的練習真的很重要。

We also have the er sound in this word, which is one of the most difficult sounds for non natives to pronounce on the vertical on.

我們這個詞中還有er音，這是非本地人在豎上最難發的音之一。

Then the vowel sound tous This it sound is another one of the most difficult sounds for non natives to pronounce.

然後是元音tous 這個it音是另一個非本地人最難發的音之一。

So it's in fact, a great word to just break down and practice all of the sounds in it.

所以，這其實是一個很好的詞，只要把裡面的音都拆開來練習就可以了。

Give it a try, do it slowly and then get faster.

試一試，慢慢做，然後再快一點。

But in response to your question advertisement, the stresses on vour Americans do it differently.

但針對你的問題廣告，對vour美國人的壓力做了不同。

They pronounce it differently, but we're British English channel.

他們發音不同，但我們是英國英語頻道。

So we're focusing on British, English, southern, British, English.

所以，我們的重點是英倫、英倫、南方、英倫、英倫。

If we have to be precise, my British, English, if we have to be even more precise for the really sensitive people that watch this video and get offended difference between very Andi.

如果我們必須要精確，我的英國人，英語，如果我們必須要更精確的真正敏感的人，看這個視頻，並得到很安迪之間的冒犯差異。

Very so.

是的

The main difference is, of course, the two vowel sounds.

當然，最主要的區別是兩個元音。

We have the air on the air.

我們有空氣的空氣。

Okay, there, there, That there.

好吧，有，有，那有。

So firstly, very.

所以首先，很。

It just has the X sound very also has the ETS sound, but it has another vowel attached to it, which is a Schwab sound.

它只是有X音很也有ETS音，但它還附加了另一個元音，就是施瓦布音。

So in very it's there, very.

所以在很它是有的，很。

We have air air, so imagine you're doing an a sound and then you cut it out with a Schwab air Watch my mouth air.

我們有空氣空氣，所以想象一下你在做一個聲音，然後你用施瓦布空氣看我的嘴空氣把它切出來。

Very, very so very short.

非常，非常非常的短。

Vow fast.

誓言快。

Very compared to vary.

很相比於不同。

Another thing to know is this sound in vary the air and joining together.

另一件事要知道的是，這個聲音在不同的空氣和加入一起。

This is called a diff thought.

這就叫異想天開。

We have a few of these in English and they are two vowels combined together and they create one vowel air.

在英語中，我們有這樣幾種，它們是兩個元音組合在一起，就會形成一個元音空氣。

Is this one Onda?

這個是歐達嗎？

Uh, it's really important that we understand the length off a diff thong is kind of in between short vowel and a long vowel.

呃，這真的很重要，我們要明白，長度關閉diff thong是一種在短元音和長元音之間。

So make sure you're kind of making this sound a little bit longer than very Listen to me.

所以要確保你的聲音有點長，比很聽我說。

And the length Very, very, very quick, very bit longer.

而長度非常，非常，非常快，非常長一點。

Right.

好吧，我知道了

There you go.

這就對了

Very, very.

非常，非常。

On a more personal question.

關於一個更私人的問題。

Elliot, are you learning any languages At the moment?

艾略特，你現在在學什麼語言嗎？

My problem in life is I always start learning a language and then I get bored and give up, probably because I work so much that I'm always working and I don't really have much time to learn languages.

我在生活中的問題是，我總是開始學語文，然後就會感到厭煩而放棄，可能是因為我的工作太多，我總是在工作，我真的沒有太多的時間來學習語文。

I'm trying to learn Spanish.

我正在努力學習西班牙語。

I'm not very diligent with it, but I'm hoping that I can be in the future.

雖說我不是很勤快，但我希望以後能做到。

I'm just gonna keep trying to work hard.

我只是要繼續努力工作。

The reason why I'm learning Spanish is because I go to Spain a lot It's very country that's very close to the UK, so it's easy to travel there.

我之所以要學習西班牙語，是因為我經常去西班牙它是非常國家，離英國很近，所以去那裡旅遊很方便。

Andi Yeah, I spend lots of time there, so Ah, yeah, hopefully, one day I'll be able to have a Spanish conversation with someone, but I can speak a bit of French.

安迪 是的，我花了很多時間在那裡，所以啊，是的，希望有一天我能夠與人進行西班牙語對話，但我會說一點法語。

That's probably my best language.

這可能是我最好的語言。

I hope in the future that I could be fluent in, uh, everything that would be useful, especially for my job.

我希望在未來，我可以精通，呃，一切有用的東西，尤其是對我的工作。

So this question was the most hearted, the most loved on my instagram.

所以這個問題是我的instagram上最心動，最喜歡的問題。

Somebody who asked this was obviously very popular with from asking this question.

有人問這個問題，顯然是非常受歡迎的，從問這個問題。

And it was, Can a non native who's learned the American accent in school changed their accent to a British accent on?

還有就是，一個在學校學過美國口音的非本地人，能不能把口音改成英國口音呢？

The truth is, yes, you can, but it depends on you.

事實上，是的，你可以，但這取決於你。

It depends how hard you work.

這取決於你的努力程度。

It depends how much you want it.

這要看你有多想要。

It depends on just about everything.

這幾乎取決於一切。

Um, we can change an accent.

嗯，我們可以改變一個口音。

I could start learning the American accent doing muscle memory training on.

我可以開始學習美國口音做肌肉記憶訓練上。

Eventually I would start teaching my muscles to change.

最後我會開始教我的肌肉改變。

It takes a long time, but with the right training, for example, if you join my course, it can happen faster.

這需要很長的時間，但如果有正確的培訓，例如，如果你加入我的課程，它可以更快地實現。

You know you're never going to be 100% but we can get you into the 90 to 95% area eventually after some time off repetition Practice muscle memory training.

你知道你永遠不可能做到100%，但我們可以讓你在休息一段時間的重複訓練後，最終進入90到95%的區域練習肌肉記憶訓練。

It's a process of elimination.

這是一個淘汰的過程。

So at the moment you're pronouncing sounds this way the American Slash, non native way.

所以此刻你的發音是這樣的美式斜線，非本土方式。

We need to learn what sounds are very obviously American, what things you're doing, which are very obviously American, for example, pronouncing her at the end of words very American thing.

我們需要學習什麼聲音是非常明顯的美國人，你在做什麼事情，這是非常明顯的美國人，比如說，在單詞的最後念她非常美國的事情。

Pronouncing the AAT sound as are like ah LA rather than a lot learning to remove those things and replace them with something new.

發音AAT的聲音為都像啊LA，而不是很多學習去掉這些東西，換上新的東西。

And with repetition and time, it will eventually kind of change.

而隨著重複和時間的推移，最終會有種改變。

Remember that an accent is making sounds naturally without thinking about making the sounds.

記住，口音就是自然而然地發出聲音，而不去想發出聲音。

You just maketh, um, onda, uh, to start doing that.

你只是讓，嗯，昂達，呃，開始做。

It requires lots of repetition and practice on.

這需要大量的重複和練習上。

I love this question.

我喜歡這個問題。

Elliot.

艾略特

How can I sound more friendly with my intonation?

怎樣才能讓我的語氣聽起來更親切？

It's quite a simple answer, actually, and is one of the first things I teach my students who joined my course because lots of my students talk with what we call a falling tone a lot of the time, or just a monotone, where the tone doesn't really go up or down.

其實這是一個很簡單的答案，也是我教給加入我課程的學生的第一件事，因為我的很多學生在說話的時候，很多時候都是用我們所說的落音，或者只是單音，音調並沒有真正的上升或者下降。

This in English in native English isn't particularly friendly.

這在英語母語的英語中並不是特別友好。

I mean, it is there's nothing bad about it, but it can have quite a boring kind of flat effect.

我的意思是，它是沒有什麼不好的，但它可以有相當無聊的一種平面效果。

Now if we start raising the tone a bit more, you heard me.

現在，如果我們開始提高語氣一點，你聽到了。

Then if we start raising the tone, I'm not just saying if we start raising the tone, I'm saying, If we start raising the tone a bit more, what's going to happen is we're going to create more of an approachable, friendly sound to our voice.

那麼如果我們開始提高語氣，我不只是說如果我們開始提高語氣，我是說，如果我們開始提高語氣多一點，會發生的是我們會創造出更多的平易近人，友好的聲音。

So my answer to you really is just start raising your tone a bit more.

所以我給你的答案真的是開始提高你的語調就好了。

Be more playful with your intonation.

在語調上要多加玩味。

And there's a particular tone called the up down tone.

而且有一種特殊的音調，叫上調下調。

None of my students really do this.

我的學生沒有一個真正做到這一點。

When they first joined my course on the sound, essentially, all the tone is essentially Mm.

當他們第一次加入我的聲音課程時，基本上，所有的音色基本上都是嗯。

So it's up, down on this is used a lot to show emotion, so whether it's positive or negative emotion, for example, if somebody said to me, Hi, Elliot, You all right?

所以它的上、下在這個上面是用了很多來表現情緒的，所以不管是正面的還是負面的情緒，比如說，如果有人對我說，嗨，艾略特，你還好嗎？

I could say, Yeah, I'm great.

我可以說，是的，我很好。

So, yeah, what's happening there is.

所以，是的，那裡發生的事情是。

I'm raising the tone up in the word and then I'm bringing it back down.

我在字裡行間把音調提高，然後又把音調降下來。

I'm essentially singing a little bit on that word.

我基本上是在這個詞上唱一下。

Yeah, yeah.

是啊，是啊。

What that does is it creates a friendly, happy atmosphere.

這樣做的目的是營造一種友好、快樂的氛圍。

In my opinion, happiness is friendliness.

在我看來，幸福就是友善。

So if you want to sound more friendly, try and sound mawr happy to sound more happy, raise your tone a bit mawr or do the up down kind of bouncy tones.

所以，如果你想聽起來更友好，就試著讓自己聽起來更快樂，把音調提高一點毛毛雨，或者做上下那種有彈性的音調。

The more we do this, the more approachable, happy and friendly we will sound.

越是這樣，我們聽起來就越是親切、快樂、友好。

And that's it.

就是這樣。

Those are my answers to your questions this month.

這些就是我對你這個月問題的回答。

Remember, I'll be doing another Ask E.

記住，我會再做一次 "問E"。

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D.

J next month in August, so make sure you hit the subscribe button on Do Follow Me on Instagram If you want to send me mawr questions, don't forget I have a podcast If you need some listening practice.

J下個月在8月，所以請確保你打訂閱按鈕上做關注我在Instagram上如果你想給我maowr問題，不要忘了我有一個播客如果你需要一些聽力練習。

And of course, if you want me to be your teacher and you want me to help you directly, then you conjoined my pronunciation course at e.

當然，如果你想讓我做你的老師，你想讓我直接幫助你，那你就在e公司連帶我的發音課程。

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J english dot com鏈接在下面的描述框中上。

We can start changing your accent right now faster than it would be if you were learning alone.

我們現在就可以開始改變你的口音，比你一個人學習要快。

Especially so thanks very much for watching guys.

尤其是這樣非常感謝大家的觀看。

It's been a pleasure as always on that.

這是一個很高興一如既往的上。

I will see you next time.

下次見。

Bye.

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