and so smoothly while still being clear. Two news  hosts. One doctor, whose being interviewed and  

並在清晰的同時如此順利。兩個新聞主持人。一位醫生，其正在接受採訪和

we are going to study their beautiful voices to  find tips that can help you with English fluency.

我們要學習他們優美的聲音，尋找可以幫助你提高英語流利程度的技巧。

Let's start right off with  Gayle King's first sentence.

我們先從蓋爾-金的第一句話說起。

This morning we're looking at increased screen  time during the pandemic is affecting our vision.

今天早上我們就來看看流行病期間增加的螢幕時間對我們的視力有什麼影響。

Increased screen time. So, right  away she's giving us an example  

增加了螢幕時間。所以，馬上她就給我們舉了一個例子。

of one of the main points that Americans do  for smoothness changing T pronunciations. In  

的要點之一，美國人為了順利改變T的發音。在

this case, the ED ending of increased is  a T sound. Increased. Increased, tt.  

這種情況下，ed的ed結尾是T音。increased.increased，tt。

But she said increased screen time with  no T. Listen. I'll slow that down for you.

但她說增加螢幕時間，沒有T，聽。我給你放慢速度。

No T, no ED ending. One of the rules of  pronunciation of T is that we often drop the  

沒有T，沒有ED結尾。T的發音規則之一是，我們經常會把

sound between two other consonants. In this  case, S and S. So the past tense, increased  

音在另外兩個輔音之間。在這種情況下，S和S.所以過去式，增加了

sounds just like the present tense increase  because we dropped the T. And we'll hear T  

聽起來就像現在時態的增加，因為我們去掉了T，我們會聽到T。

pronunciations dropped or changed all the time.  Why? Let's look at the pronunciation of T. T,  

發音一直在下降或改變。 為什麼這麼說呢？我們來看看T.T.的發音。

a stop of air, a release, it's a sharp sound.  But the character of American English has a lot  

一停氣，一放氣，這是一個尖銳的聲音。 但美式英語的特點有很多

of smoothness. No sharp points. We value  linking and smoothness from word to word.  

的光滑度。沒有尖銳的地方。我們重視字與字之間的聯繫和流暢性。

So by dropping the T here, it's a smoother  link. With the T, increased screen time.  

所以在這裡放棄了T，就能更順暢的鏈接。有了T，增加了螢幕時間。

Increased screen time. Not that smooth. Let's  drop the T. Increase screen time. More smooth.  

增加了螢幕時間。沒那麼順利。讓我們放下T，增加螢幕時間。更加流暢。

More sloppy, more lazy, more drunk sounding. Maybe  that's what it feels like to you if your native  

更加的馬虎，更加的懶惰，更加的醉生夢死。也許這就是你的感覺，如果你的母語是什麼？

language is very sharp and clear. Embracing this  sloppiness can help you find your American voice  

語言非常犀利和清晰。擁抱這種馬虎，可以幫助你找到自己的美國聲音。

as you speak English. You know, the rules for how  Americans pronounce ED endings are actually pretty  

因為你說的是英語。你知道，美國人對ED尾音的發音規則其實是非常的

complicated. I'll put a link to the playlist that  covers that topic in the video description. Let's  

複雜。我會在視頻描述中放一個鏈接到涵蓋該主題的播放列表。讓我們

listen to Gayle again. But first, if you like  this video or you're learning something new,  

再聽聽蓋爾的聲音。但首先，如果你喜歡這個視頻，或者你正在學習新的東西。

please like and subscribe with notifications,  continue your studies with me every Tuesday.

請點贊並訂閱通知，每週二與我繼續學習。

No T in increased. Just in time. It's  important that as you study a tip like this,  

沒有T在增加。正好趕上了。重要的是，當你學習這樣的技巧時。

you also practice it. We're going to  play it again. Twice in slow motion,  

你也練習一下吧。我們要再玩一次。兩次慢動作。

say it with her the second time. Then twice at  regular pace, say it her out loud the second time.

第二遍和她一起說。然後以固定的速度說兩遍，第二遍大聲說給她聽。

This morning we're looking at how increased screen time during the pandemic is affecting our vision--

今天早上我們來看看大流行期間增加的螢幕時間是如何影響我們的視力的--。

Let's keep going.

我們繼續走吧

Since this pandemic first hit the average screen  

自從這種流行病首次登陸普通熒屏後

time per person has spiked more  than thirteen hours a day that's a lot.

每人每天的時間已經飆升到了十三小時以上，這是一個很大。

One of the ways thirteen is  different from thirty is the T.  

十三與三十的區別之一是T。

Thirteen. That's a true like what Gayle did.

13歲這是一個真實的像蓋爾所做的。

Thirteen

十三

Thirteen. She did first syllable stress,  thirteen. You'll hear it both ways. Thirteen  

十三。她做了第一個音節重音，13。你會聽到它的兩種方式。十三

and thirteen. Thirty always has first  syllable stress and always has a flap T.

和十三。三十總是有第一音節重音，而且總是有一個翻轉的T。

Let's keep going.

我們繼續走吧

According to Eyesafe Nielsen estimates  of 60 percent of people in one recent  

根據Eyesafe尼爾森的估計，在最近的一次調查中，60%的人。

survey say they were worried about  how this will affect their eyes.

調查表示，他們擔心這會影響他們的眼睛。

Affect their eyes. Looking at the text, what  do you notice about the T in affect? It comes  

影響他們的眼睛。看了這篇課文，你注意到T在影響什麼？它是這樣來的

between two other consonant sounds. The K  sound before it and the TH sound after it.  

在另外兩個輔音之間。前面是K音，後面是TH音。

The T may have been dropped, was it? Let's listen.

T可能被掉包了，是嗎？讓我們來聽聽。

affect their--

影響他們 --

Affect their. No T. Affect their eyes.  Try that with me. Affect their eyes.  

影響他們的。沒有T，影響他們的眼睛。 嘗試與我。影響他們的眼睛。

Affect their eyes. Let's keep going.

影響他們的眼睛。讓我們繼續前進。

Doctors also say they're seeing uptick in  vision issues like dry eye yup, I got that.  

醫生還說，他們看到乾眼症等視力問題的上升，對，我明白了。

Doctor Christopher Starr, he  was an ophthalmologist said,  

醫生克里斯托弗-斯塔，他是一名眼科醫生說。

while Cornell medical in,  medicine rather in New York.

而康奈爾醫學在，醫學而是在紐約。

Did you hear how she corrected herself?  She misspoke, she corrected it and then  

你聽到她是如何糾正自己的嗎？ 她說錯話了，她糾正了，然後...

she said rather. So the word she meant  wasn't medical rather it was medicine.

她說寧可。所以她說的這個詞不是醫而是藥。

While Cornell medical in,  medicine rather in New York.

雖然康奈爾醫學在，醫學而是在紐約。

Let's keep going.

我們繼續走吧

Joins us with some solutions and whether he  thinks products like blue-like glasses can help.  

和我們一起探討一些解決方案，以及他是否認為像藍色眼鏡這樣的產品可以幫助我們。

Good morning to you doctor, good to see you.

醫生您好，很高興見到您。

What a nice greeting she gave him.

她給他的問候真好。

Good morning to you doctor, good to see you.

醫生您好，很高興見到您。

Let's talk about that phrase “Good to see you”.  This is a phrase I use quite a lot when I spend  

我們來談談那句 "很高興見到你"。 這句話我經常用，當我花了

times with friends or family. It's so good  to see you. Do you see we have one letter T  

與朋友或家人的時間。見到你真好。你看我們有一個字母T

here in the word “to”? To is a word that reduces  and that means we change a sound. We almost always  

這裡的 "至 "字？To是一個減字，也就是我們換個音。我們幾乎總是

change the vowel to the schwa and sometimes,  we change the true T to a flap T. The flap  

把元音改成分音，有時，我們把真T改成瓣T。

T sounds like the D in American English. The D  between vowels. So here it comes after a D and  

T聽起來像美式英語中的D。元音之間的D。所以這裡它是在D和

guess what? She just attaches the schwa to good.  Goodto, goodto, good to see you. Take a listen.

你猜怎麼著？她只是在 "好 "上加了個 "休 "字。 Goodto, goodto, 很高興見到你.聽聽看

good to see you.

很高興見到你。

Now since this is a common phrase, let's  practice it. You'll hear it in slow motion twice,  

既然這是一句常見的話，那我們就來練習一下。你會用慢動作聽兩遍。

say it out loud the second time. Sing that song.  

第二次大聲說出來。唱那首歌。

Good to see you. Then you'll hear it at regular  pace twice, say it with her the second time.

很高興見到你。那你就按正常的節奏聽兩遍，第二遍和她一起說。

Let's keep going.

我們繼續走吧

Hi Gayle, how are you?

嗨，蓋爾，你好嗎？

I'm alright with my dry eyes sitting up here but a  

我坐在這裡，眼睛乾澀還好，但是... ...

lot of people are looking at  their screens more than ever.

很多人比以往任何時候都要多看螢幕。

A lot of. This three-word phrase is very common.  The T comes between two vowels and pretty much  

很多的。這個三個字的短語很常見。 T出現在兩個元音之間，幾乎是

all the time, a native speaker will make this  a flap T. You won't hear a true T. A lot of,  

所有的時候，一個母語的人都會把這句話說成是翻版T，你不會聽到一個真正的T。很多的。

a lot of. It's a flap T linking,  smoothing things out. A lot of.  

很多的。是瓣T聯動，順勢而為。很多的。

A lot of. You can say that V sound or not.  A lot of or a lot of. She drops the V,  

很多的。你可以說V音或不。 很多還是很多。她掉了V。

that's a reduction and of is a word that we  usually reduce. A lot of. A lot of. That phrase  

這是一個減少和of是一個詞，我們通常減少。很多的。A lot of.這句話

begins and ends with a schwa. You want  it to be as fast and simple as possible.  

以分音符開始和結束。你希望它儘可能的快速和簡單。

A, a. A lot of. A lot of. Let's listen  to just that in slow motion a few times.

A，A，很多。很多的。讓我們聽聽就在慢動作中聽幾遍。

And now let's hear it at regular pace.

現在讓我們以正常的速度來聽聽。

Changing that T, smoothing  out English. Let's keep going.

把那個T改了，把英語磨平了。讓我們繼續前進。

Can you explain why it's such a bad, why  it's bad for your eyesight to begin with?

你能不能解釋一下為什麼會這樣，為什麼一開始就對視力不好？

Yeah, it's multifactorial. We call it the  “Computer Vision Syndrome”. And it uh,  it combines--

是的，這是多因素的，我們稱之為 "計算機視覺綜合症"。我們稱之為 "計算機視覺綜合症" We call it the "Computer Vision Syndrome".而它，呃，它結合了...

It combines. We've studied a drop T, a flap T  and now Dr. Starr is giving us an example of  

它結合了。我們已經研究了一個跌落式T型車，一個翻轉式T型車 現在斯塔爾博士給我們舉了一個例子。

another way we change the T, the true T sound.  It's a stop T. For this we stop the air. It.  

另一種方法我們改變T，真正的T音。 這是一個停止的T，為此我們停止空氣。它。

But we skipped that T release. Instead,  we're going to the next word. So there's  

但我們跳過了那個T的發佈。相反，我們要去下一個詞。所以這裡是

really a quick stop of air and that's the  stop T. That's not actually a sound rather  

真的是空氣的快速停頓，那是停頓的T，其實那不是聲音，而是

it's an abrupt stop of sound. It combines.  It combines. Let's look back at that stop.  

這是一個突然停止的聲音。它結合了。 它結合了。讓我們回顧一下那個停頓。

Here, I slowed down the clip to  just twenty five percent and you  

在這裡，我放慢了剪輯，只有25％，你

can see the volume of the voice below.  Let's just listen to this clip once.

可以看到下面的聲音的音量。 我們就聽一次這個片段。

This gap here is the stop T. Let's take just this  part here and listen to it by itself so we can see  

這裡的這個缺口就是停T，我們只把這裡的這部分單獨聽一下，就可以看到

is it really silent, is there  really a stop of air of sound.  

是否真的無聲無息，是否真的有聲音的空氣停止。

So I've isolated just that  spot let's listen to it.  

所以我把那個地方隔離出來了，我們來聽聽。

Sort of strange isn't it? It's just the room noise  really. He hasn't really engaged his voice here.  

有點奇怪，不是嗎？這只是房間的噪音，真的。他還沒有真正參與他的聲音在這裡。

Let's go back to the original clip.  

讓我們回到最初的片段。

There's another spot over here where we see  something similar and guess what that is. It's  

這裡還有一個地方，我們看到了類似的東西，你猜是什麼。這是...

the B on combines, combines, bb, B is also a  stop consonant. Let's listen to this phrase again.

combines、combins、bb、B上的B也是停頓輔音。我們再來聽聽這句話。

So it becomes ihh, ihh.  

所以就變成了ihh，ihh。

And then a little stop of air, and then the next  word. So, true True T, tt, Flap T, [flap] drop  

然後氣停一下，再下一字。所以，真真T，tt，瓣T，[瓣]落。

T and now stop T. These are our four T  sounds. Let's listen again to this stop.

T，現在是T停，這是我們的四個T音。我們再來聽一下這個停頓。

It combines--

它結合了...

Actually there's one more kind of  T. Let's see if we can find it.

其實還有一種T，看看能不能找到。

Both eyes strain from just staring at the  computers which are right in front of you.

兩隻眼睛只盯著眼前的電腦，都很緊張。

Okay there we had it. Eye strain. When  we have a T followed by R like in train,  

好了，我們有它。眼睛疲勞。當我們有一個T後面的R像在火車上。

try or in this case, strain. It's  pretty common for that T to become a CH.  

嘗試或在這種情況下，應變。該T成為CH是很常見的。

S-CH-rain. Strain. It's not very strong  but it's not a T, a T either. T,t, train.  

S-CH-雨。淥。雖然不是很強，但也不是T，T。T，t，火車。

It's more common to hear ch, ch  train.. It's light. C h,ch, strain.  

更常見的是聽到ch，ch火車。是輕。C h,ch,應變。

We're going to listen to just strain in slow  motion. You won't hear T but you will hear CH.

我們要聽的只是慢動作的應變。你不會聽到T，但你會聽到CH。

strain--

應變

So when do you do a true T? T. Let's  keep listening and I'll tell you.

那麼什麼時候做真T呢？T，我們繼續聽下去，我會告訴你。

For all those hours as you  said thirteen hours of more,  

對於這些小時，如你所說的13個小時以上。

but it also when we're on the computers,  when we're staring and fatiguing our eyes--

但它也當我們在電腦上， 當我們盯著和疲勞我們的眼睛 --

There were several true Ts there. Thirteen  hours with a true, ttt teen. Thirteen.  

那裡有幾個真T。十三個小時，和一個真正的，tt的少年在一起。十三小時。

Also fatiguing, tt, fatiguing. In these  cases, the T sound begins a stressed syllable.  

也有fatiguing，tt，fatiguing。在這些情況下，t音是強調音節的開始。

Thirteen, fatigue. So a T that starts a stressed  syllable is a true T. Unless it's part of the  

十三、疲勞。所以，以強調音節開頭的T是真T。除非它是

TR cluster then it's probably a CH. Fatigue.  Fatiguing. A T is usually a stop T when it's at  

TR集群，那麼它可能是一個CH。疲勞。 疲勞。T通常是一個停止的T，當它在

the end of a thought group or followed by another  consonant. For example “It combines “or “what”?  

思想組的末尾，或後面再加一個輔音。例如 "它結合了 "或 "什麼"？

End of the thought group stop T. A T is  usually a flap T between vowels like 'a lot of'  [flap]

思組句尾T，A T通常是元音之間的翻轉T，如'很多'[翻轉] 。

a lot of. But not if that starts a stressed  syllable. Look a t fatiguing. The T sound there  

很多的。但如果是強調的音節開始就不行了。看一個t疲勞。那裡的T音

is between two vowels but it starts  a stressed syllable so it's a true T.  

是在兩個元音之間，但它開始一個強調的音節，所以它是一個真正的T。

A T is also a flap T after an R before  a vowel like in party. Rarara, party.  

T也是在元音前的R後面的一個翻轉T，就像party裡的一樣。Rarara, party.

A T is often dropped between two other consonants  like “Affect their”, affect their eyes and there's  

A T經常被丟在另外兩個輔音之間，比如 "影響他們的"，影響他們的眼睛，還有就是

also one other time where we often drop the T.  We're going to skip ahead to find an example.

也是我們經常丟掉T的一個時候，我們要跳到前面去找一個例子。

Uh taking breaks we recommend  every twenty minutes or so.

呃休息一下，我們建議每二十分鐘左右。

Twenty. Dropping the T after N, that's  a common pronunciation. Internet,  

二十。在N後面去掉T，這是一個常見的發音。互聯網上。

twenty, I want another. Internet. Drop T. Twenty.  Drop T. I want another. Drop T. The doctor said  

二十，我想再。互聯網。滴滴T，二十。 滴T，我還要一個。掉T，醫生說

twenty several times. Sometimes a true T but  most of the time it's dropped. Let's listen.

二十幾次。有時是個真T，但大多數時候是丟掉的。我們來聽一下。

Uh taking breaks we recommend every twenty  minutes or so. Take a break, look away,  

我們建議每隔二十分鐘左右休息一次。休息一下，看一下。

look into the distance at an object that's twenty  feet away of further. Looking out the window  

向遠處看去，看的是20英尺以外的物體。向窗外望去

is actually perfect for twenty seconds or more.  That's what we used to call the 20-20-20 Rule--

其實是完美的二十秒或更多。 這就是我們過去所說的20 -20 -20規則 --

There's another broadcaster in on this interview.  Let's hear what he's doing with his Ts.

還有一個廣播員在接受採訪。 讓我們來聽聽他和他的Ts在做什麼。

It can be a really hard to take a break from this.

這可真是一個難以割捨的問題。

Hard to take a break. Hard to. This is just  like when Gayle said good to, good to see you.  

很難休息。很難。這就像蓋爾說 "好"，"很高興見到你 "一樣。

Hard to, hard to take a break. Taking the word to,  making it just the schwa, attaching it to a word  

難，難於休息。把to這個詞，弄成只是分音符，附在一個詞上。

that ends with a D. Hard to. Hard to. Say that  with me. Hard to, hard to. Hard to take a break.

以D結尾的，很難。很難。和我一起說。很難，很難。很難休息。

It can be a really hard to take a break from this.

這可真是一個難以割捨的問題。

Oh you know, I thought of  

哦，你知道，我想到了

one other time we usually have a  true T. When it's part of a cluster.

還有一次我們通常有一個真正的T。當它是一個集群的一部分。

Looking at a window is actually perfect.

看著窗外，其實是完美的。

Perfect. Perfect, ttt. True T release. But you  know what? If that links in to another word that  

完美的。完美，ttt。真正的T釋放。但你知道嗎？如果這鏈接到另一個詞，

starts with a consonant like 'It's the perfect  place'. then we'll usually drop the T because it  

開頭是輔音，比如'It's the perfect place'.那麼我們通常會去掉T，因為它是

comes between two consonants. Perfect place, no T.  Or at the end of a thought group “It's perfect!”.  

在兩個輔音之間出現。完美的地方，沒有T，或者在一個思維組的最後 "太完美了！"。

A true T release. Are you feeling confused? The  more you study spoken English, now that you know  

真正的T型釋放。你是不是覺得很迷茫？越是學習英語口語，現在你知道了

the rules, the more you'll notice this and the  more natural it become for you to do this. Now  

規則，你就會越發注意到這一點，你就會越發自然地去做這件事。現在

where going to skip around in the interview.  If you want to watch the full interview,  

凡是要在採訪中跳來跳去。 如果你想看完整的採訪，

I'll put a link to that in the video description.  But we'll skip around here for a short quiz. I'll  

我會在視頻描述中放一個鏈接。 但我們會跳過這裡進行一個簡短的測驗。我將

play a snippet and I'll highlight in red the  T to listen for. You tell me if it's a true T,  

播放一個片段，我會用紅色標出要聽的T。你告訴我這是不是一個真正的T。

flap T, stop T or if it's dropped.  You'll hear each example three times.

扇動T，停止T或如果它的下降。 每個例子你都會聽三遍。

Eight blinks. Eight blinks.  That's a stop T. Listen again.

八個眨眼。八次眨眼 這是一個停止的T，再聽。

Try this one:

試試這個。

Did you hear T? I did. That's a true T.  A T at the end of the word at the end  

你聽到T的聲音了嗎？聽到了這是一個真正的T。 一個T在單詞的結尾處，在結尾處。

of a thought group, that could also  been a stop T. But he did a true T.

的思想團體，這也可以是一個停止T，但他做了一個真正的T。

What about this one?

這個呢？

Computer [flap]. Computer,  flap T. T between vowel sounds,  

電腦[瓣]。電腦，翻板T，元音間的T。

doesn't starts a stressed syllable, that's a flap.

不開始一個強調的音節，這是一個瓣。

This next one is tricky. You'll  be listening for three Ts.

下一個是棘手的。你要聽三個 "T"。

Irritated. Irritated. The first T  is a true T because of this mark.  

惱火。惱怒的。第一個T是真T，因為有這個標記。

This is the mark of secondary stress.  Stressed syllable even if it's secondary  

這就是次重音的標誌。 受力音節即使是次重音

stress that will be a true T. But the  second sound there, T between vowels,  

強調，將是一個真正的T。但那裡的第二個音，元音之間的T。

not starting a stressed syllable, that's a  flap T. Same with gritty. Irritated and gritty.

不以強調的音節為開頭，那是一個翻轉的T，和gritty一樣。惱怒的和粗暴的。

By changing so many ttt, sharp true Ts were  able to smooth out the sound of English.  

通過改變這麼多tt，尖銳的真T能夠將英語的聲音變得順暢。

In coming weeks and months, we're going to  study more ways to smooth out your speech  

在未來的幾周和幾個月裡，我們將研究更多的方法來使你的語言更流暢。

to sound more natural and fluent when speaking  English. Keep your learning going now with this  

以使你在說英語時聽起來更自然、更流利。讓您的學習繼續下去，現在與這個

video and be sure you subscribe and have  notifications turned on for the channel  

視頻，並確保您訂閱並打開了該頻道的通知。

so you'll know when something new is coming your  way. Also, be sure to check out my online school  

所以你會知道什麼時候有新的東西來你的方式。此外，一定要檢查出我的網上學校。

at rachelsenglishacademy.com to train your  body and your voice for more comfortable  

在 rachelsenglishacademy.com 訓練你的身體和你的聲音，讓你更舒服。

English speaking. That's it and thanks  so much for using Rachel's English.

英語口語。就這樣，非常感謝大家使用瑞秋英語。