These words we would call minimal pairs.

這些詞我們稱之為最小對。

The only difference between the two words are these two vowel sounds and F.

這兩個詞唯一的區別就是這兩個元音和F。

Today we are going to clear up the difference between A and F the tongue position, the mouth shape.

今天我們就來明確一下A和F的舌位、口型的區別。

We're going to compare some minimal pairs words which sound similar, and we're going to put them into sentences and you'll be able to communicate with people more confidently when you speak English.

我們要比較一些聽起來相似的最小對詞，我們要把它們放在句子裡，你在說英語的時候就能更自信地與人交流。

Hi, by the way, I forgot to say I'm Elliot from E.

嗨，順便說一下，我忘了說我是E區的Elliot。

T.

T.

J.

J.

English.

英文。

I'm a British pronunciation coach.

我是一名英式發音教練。

I teach modern received pronunciation, very common accent in the south of England.

我教的是現代接收的發音，在英格蘭南部很常見的口音。

If you like my accent, that's the accent I teach.

如果你喜歡我的口音，那就是我教的口音。

But remember, there are many other accents available.

但請記住，還有很多其他的口音可以使用。

The main thing to remember is that both of these sounds of what we would call front or frontal short vowels, meaning the sounds are produced in the front of the mouth.

主要要記住的是，這兩個音的我們稱之為前音或前短元音，也就是說聲音是在嘴的前面產生的。

The tongue is more at the front of the mouth, and they're short, so they're not long like or are there short?

舌頭更多的是在嘴的前面，而且它們很短，所以它們不是長的像還是有短的？

They do sound kind of similar to many non native speakers, and this is how words like and can sometimes be pronounced as end.

他們的聲音確實和很多非母語人士有點相似，這就是像和字有時可以讀成尾音的原因。

So we will start with the sound, which is the easier of the two sounds for this sound.

所以我們先從這個聲音開始，這個聲音是兩個聲音中比較容易的。

You just need your tongue near the front of your mouth.

你只需要把舌頭靠近你的嘴前。

It's not all the way at the top, and it's not all the way at the bottom.

在上邊不是一路，在下邊也不是一路。

It's a half open, half closed mouth, so the tongue is not too high.

是半開半合的嘴，所以舌頭不會太高。

Not too low.

不要太低。

Uh huh.

嗯哼。

You see, there's a tiny spread of the lips, but don't focus on that too much.

你看，嘴脣有一個小小的擴散，但不要太關注這個。

Focus more on just keeping your tongue kind of in the middle, slightly upper area of your mouth.

多關注一下，只是讓你的舌頭種在口腔的中間、稍上區域。

Your tongue should be below your top teeth, so don't let them get too close, or else it will become more of like a sound.

舌頭應該在上牙的下方，所以不要讓它們靠得太近，否則會變得更像聲音。

We wanted to be an F end.

我們想做一個F端。

Send mend friend.

送補朋友。

Let's just try a sentence.

我們就試著說一句話。

Please send your friend my best regards.

請代我向你的朋友問好。

Please send your friend my best regards.

請代我向你的朋友問好。

And now, when things get tricky, we're going to compare this sound with ah for this sound.

而現在，當事情變得棘手的時候，我們要把這個聲音和啊這個聲音進行比較。

The tongue is a bit lower in the mouth So I want you to focus on just pushing it down a bit more And this will cause the chin to drop the mouth to open a bit more.

舌頭在嘴裡的位置比較低，所以我想讓你集中精力把舌頭再往下推一點，這樣就會使下巴往下掉，嘴巴再張開一點。

So we have the sound.

所以我們有聲音。

We were just studying f And now lower the tongue slightly and open the mouth a bit more.

我們剛才在學習f 而現在把舌頭稍微放低，嘴巴再張開一點。

The other thing I want you to do is slightly spread the cheeks a bit more.

我希望你做的另一件事就是稍微把臉頰再張開一點。

Smile just a little bit more for this sound.

為了這個聲音，多笑一下吧。

Uh huh.

嗯哼。

Ah.

啊。

So look at my mouth and watch the difference.

所以，看我的嘴，看我的嘴，看我的嘴，看我的嘴，看我的嘴的不同。

Uh, my mouth is just generally a little bit more open for the at sound, so the key is sound The tongue is a bit higher More in the middle of the mouth.

呃，我的嘴只是一般來說，在聲音上要張大一點，所以關鍵是聲音 舌頭要高一點 更在嘴的中間。

The at sound We push the tongue all the way down, open the mouth a bit more and spread the cheeks a bit more.

在聲音上我們把舌頭一直往下推，嘴巴再張開一點，臉頰再張開一點。

Ah Ah.

啊啊。

So in words like and hand man sand fan.

所以在文字上喜歡和手人沙迷。

Firstly, just practice going.

首先，就是練習去。

Uh huh.

嗯哼。

Uh ah.

嗯啊。

Make sure you're making a very clear difference between the two.

確保你在兩者之間有非常明確的區別。

Let's try it the opposite way around now.

我們現在就反過來試試。

Mhm.

嗯

Yeah.

是啊。

Ah, so now what we're going to do is compare some words, which sounds similar minimal pairs, and I know it will make you feel like a baby, and it's quite annoying.

啊，所以現在我們要做的是比較一些單詞，這聽起來相似的最小對，我知道這會讓你覺得像個嬰兒，而且很煩。

But a great way to practice is just by doing the consonant before and practicing the two different sounds.

但一個很好的練習方法就是在前面做輔音，練習兩個不同的音。

For example, mah mah mah meh meh meh Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt, Sat, sat say it really does help warm you up and it gets the muscle memory working.

Let's start with the most common mistakes students of my course make.

先說說我的課程學生最常犯的錯誤。

And the funny thing is, most of my students don't even know that they are making this mistake and and and, uh and, uh and end end.

而有趣的是，我的大部分學生甚至不知道他們正在犯這個錯誤，而且，呃，呃，最後結束。

And don't forget to try the opposite way around hod so we could go.

不要忘了嘗試相反的方式圍繞hod，所以我們可以去。

Ha ha ha!

哈哈哈！

Uh, had head head had head.

呃，頭有頭有頭。

Remember, the mouth is a bit more open for the ah ha Had Matt met, Matt met Bad bed, Bad bed, back, back the bad bed.

記住，嘴張得更大一點啊哈曾馬特遇到了，馬特遇到了壞床，壞床，背，背壞床。

Sad set.

傷心的一套。

Ah, sad, said Sasa.

啊，傷心了，莎莎說。

Sexy.

性感的。

Sad, said lad.

小夥子說，很傷心。

Lead lad, Lead bat bets that bet.

領頭的小夥子，領頭的蝙蝠賭那一注。

And finally, for today sand.

最後，今天的沙子。

Send Sasha Sand set send, and if you're struggling, remember to go back to the basics.

送沙沙集送，如果你很苦惱，記得回到基礎。

Remember the mouth shape, he said.

他說，記住口型。

he was sad about his sore head.

他為自己的頭疼而難過。

He said he was sad about his sore head.

他說他很難過，因為他的頭很痛。

Matt met a lad who led him home.

馬特遇到了一個小夥子，他領著他回家。

Matt met a lad who led him home.

馬特遇到了一個小夥子，他領著他回家。

I bet there is a bad bat in your bed.

我敢打賭，你的床上一定有一隻壞蝙蝠。

I bet there is a bad bat in your bed.

我敢打賭，你的床上一定有一隻壞蝙蝠。

Please send me some sand beforehand.

請事先送我一些沙子。

Please send me some sand beforehand.

請事先送我一些沙子。

Traditionally, the at sound is placed with the short vowels, but many people do argue that it can sometimes be a little bit of a long vowel.

傳統上，at音是和短元音放在一起的，但很多人確實認為它有時可以有點長元音的意思。

So don't be worried if you pronounce that that sounds a little bit long.

所以，如果你發音那聽起來有點長，也不要擔心。

Sometimes it's okay, and it's not a problem.

有時候還好，也沒有什麼問題。

Remember, a lesson is always the beginning with pronunciation.

記住，一節課的開始永遠是發音。

It's muscular.

它的肌肉。

Were training your muscles.

正在訓練你的肌肉。

So now it's all about the practice.

所以現在就是要修行。

You do the training you do for your tongue in your mouth to put these into your natural speech.

你在嘴裡做舌頭的訓練，把這些放到你的自然語言中去。

Just practicing some sentences is great, but you need to be consciously thinking about these sounds now everything you do every time you open your mouth, think about how you're pronouncing these two sounds and always make sure you're getting the difference and help each other out guys write in the comments some other minimal pairs with AP and Air, so we can create a nice big list for other people to add and practice together.

只是練習一些句子是很好的，但你需要有意識地思考這些聲音，現在你做的每一件事，每一次張嘴的時候，都要想一想這兩個音是怎麼發音的，並時刻確保你得到了區別，互相幫助，夥計們在評論中寫一些其他最小的AP和Air的對子，這樣我們就可以創建一個很好的大名單，供其他人添加，一起練習。

And please let me know if you'd like me to do more lessons on minimal pairs.

如果你想讓我做更多關於最小對的課程，請告訴我。

There are so many in English, and I see students who join my course struggle with this, but they can be fixed.

在英語中，有很多人，我看到加入我課程的學生都很苦惱，但他們可以解決這個問題。

It's a process of muscle memory and training.

這是一個肌肉記憶和訓練的過程。

Don't forget, we can work together.

別忘了，我們可以一起努力。

If you'd like me to train, you, reduce your accent or maybe work towards a British accent.

如果你想讓我訓練你，你，減少你的口音，或者可能會向英國口音努力。

I can help you with that.

我可以幫你。

I am a British pronunciation teacher, and you can join my course at E.

我是一名英式發音老師，你可以在E家參加我的課程。

T j english dot com, which includes both recorded content for you to practice, but also the ability to contact me by voice message on WhatsApp whenever you want, so that I can give you feedback advice.

T j english dot com，其中既包括錄製的內容供你練習，也可以隨時用WhatsApp語音留言聯繫我，讓我給你反饋建議。

We can also have some conversation practice, so it's great.

我們還可以進行一些對話練習，所以很好。

And please, if you enjoyed this video, don't forget to give me a thumbs up.

如果你喜歡這個視頻，請不要忘記給我豎起大拇指。

Subscribe If you haven't already.

如果您還沒有訂閱。

I guess I'll see you next time.

我想我下次會看到你。

Cheers, guys.

乾杯，夥計們。