hardest thing to teach and to learn, and that makes it kind of frustrating.

最難教和最難學的東西，這讓人有點沮喪。

But today, we're talking about placement, we're taking it apart, we're going there.

但今天，我們說的是安置，我們要把它拆開，我們要去那裡。

Today, I'm working with a student and you're going to see the tips and tricks that I give

今天，我和一個學生一起工作，你要看到我給的技巧和訣竅。

her to lower her placement.

她降低她的位置。

Now, I've been teaching pronunciation for years, and in the past month, I've learned

現在，我教了多年的發音，在過去的一個月裡，我學到了

something that's totally new even to me, and that's another tip to help lower placement.

的東西，是完全新的，甚至對我來說，這是另一個提示，以幫助降低放置。

The other night, I was filming a video and it reminded me of a live class that I taught

前幾天晚上，我拍了一個視頻，它讓我想起了我教過的一個直播課。

a couple months ago, and I went bam in my mind, I realized it.

幾個月前，我心裡咣噹一聲，我意識到了。

No, I wasn't filming it, I was editing it, and as I was right here focusing on the reduction

不，我沒有拍攝它，我正在編輯它， 而當我在這裡專注於減少。

of the word was, I realized reductions help lower placement.

的詞是，我意識到裁員有助於降低安置。

So we're going to see an excerpt from a live class where I started to get it.

所以我們要看一個直播課的節選，我開始懂了。

I'm teaching a woman named Karen, she's Dutch, she has very good English, but we're working

我在教一個叫凱倫的女人，她是荷蘭人，她的英語很好，但我們在工作。

on placement, and also on reductions.

關於安置，也關於減少。

If the word placement is completely new to you, it basically means where in the body

如果你對 "放置 "這個詞完全陌生，它的基本意思是指在身體的什麼地方。

the voice vibrates.

聲音震動。

In American English, we have a low placement.

在美式英語中，我們的地位很低。

Aahhh.

Aahhh.

And other languages have a higher placement often more here, aaah, aaah, but our core

而其他語言在這裡的地位往往更高，啊啊啊，但我們的核

feeling uhhh is lower and that has to do with the neck and the pitch.

感覺uhhh是較低的，這與脖子和音高有關。

-Okay, so you know what vocal cords, you've heard that term?

-好吧，你知道什麼是聲帶，你聽說過這個詞嗎？

-Yes, yes.

-是的，是的。

- Yes, okay, so we have these two mucousy membranes.

- 是的，好的，所以我們有這兩層粘膜。

The air blows up, they vibrate, and that's what makes ah, a sound.

空氣吹起來，它們就會震動，這才會發出啊，聲音。

And we can't change that; that's involuntary.

而我們無法改變，那是不自願的。

But what we can change is the voice box around it, and pushing it forward, pulling it back,

但我們能改變的是周圍的語音信箱，並把它往前推，往後拉。

lifting it up, lifting it down, and then that affects the shape of the inside of our neck.

上提，下提，然後就會影響到我們脖子裡面的形狀。

And other languages, each language has its own specific neck shape, how we hold our muscles

而其他語言，每一種語言都有自己特定的頸部形狀，我們如何保持我們的肌肉。

to produce the core sound.

以產生核心聲音。

And in American English, I think that most students need to focus on opening and lowering,

而在美式英語中，我認為大部分學生需要注重開闊和降低。

and that changes the shape of the neck in a way that brings the formants down which

這改變了頸部的形狀，從而使頸部的能量下降

makes everything sound placed lower.

使得一切聲音都放得比較低。

If you're watching this and you're thinking, I want to learn more about that, the anatomy

如果你在看這個，你在想，我想了解更多關於，解剖學的知識

of the voice, what can affect placement, check out my video, the number one accent trick.

的聲音，什麼會影響到位置，請看我的視頻，頭號口音技巧。

We go so deep on anatomy and placement and something called formants which can affect

我們在解剖學和位置上做了很深入的研究，還有一種叫做 "formants "的東西，它可以影響到我們的生活

the sound.

的聲音。

Our vocal cords and our voice box, if it starts to lift up, or

我們的聲帶和我們的聲帶盒，如果它開始抬起來，或

push forward, or pull back, which it might when we're tense, or when we're feeling nervous,

向前推，或向後拉，當我們緊張時，或當我們感到緊張時，它可能會這樣做。

that that is going to negatively impact the overall sound.

那是會對整體聲音產生負面影響的。

And, for some people, it makes it sound really nasal and high, and for other people it's

而且，對於一些人來說，它使它聽起來真的 鼻腔和高，而對於其他人來說，它是。

more subtle, like for you it makes it sound more proper in a way that's a little old fashioned.

更加微妙，就像對你來說，這讓它聽起來更合適的方式，這是一個有點老式的。

Again, not negative, but just sort of different than the way an American would probably present.

同樣，也不是消極的，只是和美國人可能會呈現的方式有點不同。

An American would speak with a lower pitch, and they would have those

美國人說話的音調會低一些，他們會有那些。

lower vibrations.

較低的振動。

Okay, to sound more natural speaking English, you want lower placement.

好吧，為了讓英語口語聽起來更自然，你要降低位置。

How do we get that?

我們如何獲得？

Tip one is actually lower your pitch.

技巧一是其實降低你的音調。

Hi, my name is Karen, hi, hi, and then try lowering It, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, my name is

嗨，我的名字是凱倫，嗨，嗨，然後嘗試降低它，嗨，嗨，嗨，嗨，嗨，我的名字是。

Karen, and just See, with lowering the pitch, What that feels like.

凱倫，看看降低音調後是什麼感覺？

Probably the lower you go, hi, my name is Karen, hi.

可能你走的越低，嗨，我叫凱倫，嗨。

Obviously you're not going to speak there, but you should go there and practice to see

顯然，你不會在那裡說話，但你應該去那裡練習，看看。

and sense what is changing in your throat.

並感知你喉嚨裡的變化。

And what you'll find, the lower you go, is that you have to really feel like your throat

你會發現，你越往下走，你就越要感覺到你的喉嚨

is getting wide, and that's sort of the feeling that you want even when you're not speaking

越來越寬，這就是你想要的那種感覺，即使你不說話的時候

that low.

那麼低。

so you can pretend, you can play with speaking really low, to sort of discover what that

所以，你可以假裝，你可以玩 與說話真的很低， 排序發現什麼是

does to your throat, and then try to keep that open feeling as you bring your pitch

喉嚨，然後嘗試保持這種開放的感覺，因為你把你的音調。

up to something that's a little bit more natural.

到的東西，這是一個有點更自然。

One question I get asked a lot is when I practice my throat starts to hurt, is that okay?

有一個問題我經常被問到，就是我練功的時候喉嚨開始疼，可以嗎？

Someone is saying, "Does it hurt when you lower your pitch?"

有人說："你降低音調的時候會不會很疼？"

It doesn't, and it shouldn't, but if it hurts when

它不，它不應該，但如果它的傷害，當

you lower it really low, that's okay, you're only going to do it for a second just to feel

你把它降得很低，沒關係，你只需要做一秒鐘，只是為了感覺到

what that is.

那是什麼？

But definitely, as you play Karen, do sense strain, because strain, I think, is a sign

但是當你扮演凱倫的時候 肯定會感覺到緊張 因為我覺得緊張是一個標誌

of a lifting of the voice box, and we want the opposite.

的解除語音信箱，而我們要的是相反的。

We want a lowering, opening, so if you ever find, ah, my

我們想要一個降低，開口，所以，如果你曾經發現，啊，我的。

Throat is getting really sore, or my neck, or my tongue, you know, your tongue, the base

喉嚨變得非常疼痛，或我的脖子，或我的舌頭，你知道，你的舌頭，底部。

of your tongue, is attached here to your neck.

你的舌頭，在這裡連接到你的脖子。

And if you're ever feeling fatigued, that's a sign that, okay, stop, take a break, shake

如果你感到疲憊，那就是一個信號，好吧，停下來，休息一下，搖搖。

it out.

它了。

So if you're having neck pain, take a break, try to think open and low, and relax a little

所以，如果你的頸部疼痛，可以休息一下，試著想開點、低點，稍微放鬆一下。

bit.

位。

Now, let's start working with Karen on reductions.

現在，讓我們開始與凱倫合作，減少。

And I run a business that Helps people sell more.

我經營著一家幫助人們銷售更多的企業。

- Okay, so, and I run a business, beautiful, but a little bit of that formality, and.

- 好吧，所以，和我做生意，漂亮，但有點那個形式，和。

Let's try, well, let's try to reduce that.

讓我們嘗試，好吧，讓我們嘗試減少。

And I run a business, and I run, and I run, so i'm going to have you Bring in that reduction,

我是做生意的，我也是做生意的，我也是做生意的 所以我要讓你把那筆錢拿過來。

and I run, and i'm going to have you bring down the pitch, and I run a business.

我經營，我將有你帶下來的球場， 我經營的生意。

And I run a business.

我還經營著一家公司。

Right, let's just see what happens if you bring it lower.

好吧，我們就看看如果你把它降低會發生什麼。

And I run a business.

我還經營著一家公司。

And I run a business.

我還經營著一家公司。

Right, you know, so the one you just did before that sounded pretty good, but the placement

對了，你知道，所以你剛才做的那個之前，聽起來還不錯，但位置。

still felt high and then when you brought it down more, it didn't seem like too much,

還是覺得很高，然後當你把它更多的時候，它似乎並沒有太多。

and then the feeling was that sort of American chest feeling.

然後感覺就是那種美國人的胸懷。

And I run a business.

我還經營著一家公司。

And I run a business, and I run a business.

我經營著一家企業，我也經營著一家企業。

So we're doing a reduction, we're bringing in a reduction that she wasn't doing and we're

是以，我們正在做的減少，我們帶來的減少，她沒有這樣做，我們是。

also playing with lowering the pitch.

也玩起了降低音調。

Right, and I love that, and I run a business.

對，我喜歡這樣，我也是做生意的。

Take it down way lower than you know it should be.

把它降到比你知道的更低的方式。

And, actually, this is something that will be fun for you to do.

而實際上，這對你來說是一件很有趣的事情。

Take one phrase like this, and then record yourself doing all sorts of different things

以這樣的一句話，然後記錄自己做的各種不同的事情。

with it.

與它。

And, when you're going back and listening, and be like, "ah, I love that one", and then

當你回過頭來聽的時候，會覺得 "啊，我喜歡這首歌"，然後...

play it, imitate it, play it, imitate it, play it, imitate it.

玩吧，模仿吧，玩吧，模仿吧，玩吧，模仿吧。

And then these are just things that can help unlock that feeling, and the thing about the

然後這些只是可以幫助解開這種感覺的東西，而關於

feeling is, once we find that, that affects everything that you say ever, you know, so like working on

感覺是，一旦我們發現，這將影響一切 你說過，你知道，所以像工作上的

placement can really just transform everything about how you speak and for other people out

安置可以真的只是改變一切關於你如何說話，併為其他人了。

there who have more varied issues, finding a better placement can often help sounds in

有誰有更多的不同的問題，找到一個更好的位置，往往可以幫助的聲音，在這裡。

a way that working on just the sound doesn't even make sense, but working on the core concept

僅僅在聲音上下功夫是沒有意義的，但在核心概念上下功夫則是有意義的

of the placement transforms the sound in a way that, just working on the sound, you never

擺放的位置改變了聲音的方式，只是工作的聲音，你從來沒有。

could've gotten there.

可能已經到了那裡。

And so I always find that really interesting, and I really ask my students do that.

所以我一直覺得這很有趣，我真的要求我的學生這樣做。

So you lower your pitch, your fundamental frequency, to find a lower placement.

所以你要降低你的音調，你的基本頻率，找一個比較低的位置。

You also relax and open up your neck and throat and if you want more on that, watch my one

你還可以放鬆和打開你的脖子和喉嚨，如果你想了解更多，請看我的一個。

accent trick video.

口音技巧視頻。

Then also bringing in reductions is something that can help with placement.

那麼也帶來了減量，是可以幫助安置的。

I found for my students thinking about lowering placement and letting go of tension in the

我發現對於學生來說，思考降低位置，放開緊張的情緒，在

neck can be pretty confusing and hard to actually do.

頸部可以是相當混亂的，很難真正做到。

But reductions, these are something concrete that you can do instead of saying aaand, say

但是，還原，這些都是具體的東西，你可以做，而不是說aaand，說

and.

和：

Instead of saying thaaat, say that.

與其說Thaaat，不如說那。

Now, if you don't know that much about reductions, I have a full playlist that goes over what

現在，如果你不知道那麼多關於減少，我有一個完整的播放列表，介紹了什麼是

the reductions are in American English.

刪減的是美式英語。

If you're looking to train more, check out my academy, I have hundreds of audio files

如果你想得到更多的訓練，可以去我的學院看看，我有幾百個音頻文件。

to go with each concept that you learn so you're not just learning it with your head

來配合你所學的每一個概念，這樣你就不會只用腦子去學了。

but you're training it into your body.

但你在訓練它進入你的身體。

And of course, my academy is also where I have live classes once a month like when I

當然，我的學院也是我每個月都有一次直播課，比如當我

taught Karen.

教凱倫。

In this next clip, I'm going to work with Karen on the reduction of the word that.

在接下來的這個片段中，我將和凱倫一起研究that這個詞的還原。

It becomes that, with a schwa instead of the AA vowel and a stop T depending on the sound

變成了這樣，用分音符代替AA元音，並根據音的不同，用T休止符來代替

that comes next.

那接下來。

I'm gonna say that helps people, And then you repeat it back That helps people.

我想說這能幫助人們，然後你再重複一遍 "能幫助人們"。

- That helps people

- 這有助於人們

- That helps people

- 這有助於人們

- That helps people

- 這有助於人們

- Okay, so one thing, Let's do the reduction.

- 好了，有一件事，我們來做還原。

It's not that, but it's TH, that helps people.

不是這樣，而是TH，能幫助人們。

- Yeah, okay, that helps people.

- 是的，好的，這能幫助人們。

- Right, that helps people.

- 對，這對人有幫助。

- That helps people.

- 這有助於人們。

- Yeah, loved that.

- 是啊，很喜歡。

So, also for everyone else that's listening and noticing, so she had and, I made her do

所以，也是為了讓大家都能聽到和注意到，所以她有和，我讓她做了。

that reduction.

這種減少。

We had that, I made her do that reduction.

我們有，我讓她做了那個減法。

You guys have probably noticed so many of the reductions involved, changing something

你們可能已經注意到了這麼多涉及到的減少，改變一些東西

to the schwa.

到分音符。

And the schwa has a lower feeling, and so by also taking these words that aren't reduced,

而分音符有降低的感覺，所以通過也把這些沒有降低的字。

like to, and reducing them to ta, and this kind of thing, we're changing these things

喜歡，並把它們還原成ta，這種東西，我們在改變這些東西。

to a sound that naturally feels lower too, which will help with the overall placement

的聲音，自然也會讓人覺得低沉，這將有助於整體的放置

feeling lower.

感覺更低。

And it's not something I had really noticed when you were talking, although it makes sense

你說話的時候我還真沒注意到這一點，雖然這很有道理。

now when I was sensing formality.

現在當我感覺到形式。

A lack of reductions also creates a sense of formality, in sort of an old fashioned

缺少還原也會造成一種形式感，在某種程度上是一種老式的

way.

辦法。

So that's something, Karen, that you could also do when you record yourself and you're

所以，這一點，凱倫，你也可以做 當你記錄自己，你是誰？

listening to yourself, is be listening for, am I doing reductions?

傾聽自己的聲音，是在傾聽，我是否在做減法？

'Cause your rhythm is fine, right?

因為你的節奏很好，對吧？

And you were saying that, that, that, but I actually wanted th, th, th, so that's another

你說，那，那，但我其實想th，th，th，所以這是另一個。

thing I would say.

我想說的事情。

I gotta say I was really excited to find this new trick that reductions affect placement.

不得不說，我發現這個新招數真的很興奮，減量影響放置。

I'm always looking for new tips to give students especially with something that's as hard to

我一直在尋找新的技巧給學生，特別是對一些很難的東西，如

teach and understand as placement.

教和理解為安置。

Here's another student that I worked with in that same live class, and placement came

這是我在同一個直播課上合作的另一個學生，安置來了。

up again.

又起來了。

And here, we're talking about it as it relates to a particular vowel, the UH as in butter

而在這裡，我們討論的是它與一個特殊元音的關係，黃油中的UH。

vowel, and you can only get the right quality for that vowel if you do have a low placement.

元音，只有當你的位置確實很低時，你才能獲得該元音的正確品質。

You know there's one sound I Wrote only down only one word But I heard it a couple Times

你知道有一種聲音，我只寫下了一個字，但我聽過幾次。

that I wanted to tweak With you and this sound Relates to placement so fully.

我想和你一起調整這個聲音，這個聲音與位置有關，所以完全。

And it's the uh as in butter sound.

而且是黃油的聲音。

And it was in this word...

就在這個詞裡...

- Bummed.

- 無賴

- Yeah, let me hear you say it longer like holding out the vowel, bu-mm-ed.

- 是啊，讓我聽你說長一點，就像把元音拿出來，bu-mm-ed。

- Bu-mm-ed.

- Bu -mm -ed。

- Okay yeah, I actually I like that a lot.

- 好吧，是的，我其實我很喜歡這樣。

When you were talking it was a little bit higher, bum bum.

你說話的時候是高了一點，笨笨的。

- I remember it.

- 我記得。

- Yeah, bummed I'm so bummed.

- 是啊，無賴的我太無賴了。

That's difference in placement.

這就是放置的不同。

The thing that makes that sound different is placement bummed is a very low placement

讓人聽起來不一樣的是，安置無賴是一個很低的安置。

things have to really open.

事情要真正打開。

And if you have a good uh vowel, like it seems like you do

如果你有一個很好的uh元音， 像它看起來像你做的。

When you're imitating and thinking about it.

當你在模仿和思考的時候。

That's a really good core place to go, when you're thinking about your placement u-uh

這是一個非常好的核心地方，當你考慮到你的安置u -uh

bummed.

悶悶不樂。

I'm really bummed.

我真的很無賴。

And then as you do it and you build a sentence on it, you try to maintain

然後，當你這樣做，你建立一個句子在它，你試圖保持

That connection that feeling.

那種聯繫，那種感覺。

Let me hear you say, u-uh.

讓我聽到你說，u -uh。

- U-uh - Right.

- 對

- U-uuh, do it again.

- U -uuh，再來一次。

- U-uuh.

- U -uuh.

- Yeah, I like it at the end the quality changes a little bit.

- 是的，我喜歡它在最後的品質變化一點點。

Let me see if I can imitate it.

讓我看看能不能模仿一下。

Uu-uuh, I don't think I really did.

我不認為我真的做了。

Uh, uh, uh, so it seemed felt to me like at the end

呃，呃，呃，所以它似乎感覺到我喜歡在年底

It was a little bit more like uh, instead of u-uh.

是有點像呃，而不是u -uh。

Uh, uh do you hear a difference?

呃，呃... ...你聽到有什麼不同嗎？

- Yeah, I hear it.

- 是的，我聽到了。

- The one is like, it's like

- 那個人就像，它就像

There's this really deep lagoon or something.

有一個很深的瀉湖什麼的。

U-uh, and the other one it's much more shallow.

呃呃，而另一個它就更淺顯了。

And the one that we want is the deep lagoon.

而我們要的是深海湖。

We want the feeling that there's a lot of space down here, not that it's shallow or

我們要的是一種感覺，就是這裡有很多空間，而不是說這裡很淺，也不是說這裡有很多空間。

gets cut off, Uhh, uhh, butter.

被切斷， 呃，呃，黃油。

Bummed.

無賴

There's this really deep lagoon or something.

有一個很深的瀉湖什麼的。

Uhhh. And the other one, it's much more shallow.

呃...而另一個，則要淺得多。

Uhh bummed.

呃，無賴。

-Bummed.

-掃興。

Right. Bummer.

好吧，我知道了Bummer。