The sounds th /ð/ and /z/.

聲音th/ð/和/z/。

So the 'th' sound and a 'z' sound.

是以，'th'音和'z'音。

I know they sound very similar but they are actually quite different.

我知道它們聽起來非常相似，但它們實際上是完全不同的。

And they are very important sounds in English so I want you to be able to pronounce them

它們在英語中是非常重要的聲音，所以我希望你們能夠讀出這些聲音

correctly.

正確。

Let's take two example words.

讓我們舉兩個例子詞。

The first word I have is the word 'then'.

我的第一個詞是 "然後"。

Can you hear the th sound? 'then'

你能聽到th的聲音嗎？'然後

The second word is 'zen'.

第二個詞是'禪宗'。

Can you hear the sound 'z'?

你能聽到 "z "這個音嗎？

'zen' So 'then' and 'zen'.

'禪'所以'然後'和'禪'。

I know this may sound complicated because they sound similar but they are different,

我知道這聽起來可能很複雜，因為它們聽起來很相似，但它們是不同的。

guys.

夥計們。

And if you practice with me, by the end of this video, you will be able to pronounce

如果你和我一起練習，在這段視頻結束時，你將能夠念出

them.

他們。

So let's get started.

是以，讓我們開始吧。

Before we learn about the consonant sounds 'th' /ð/ and zed /z/ in English,

在我們學習英語中的輔音 "th"/ð/和zed/z/之前。

you should always know about the I.P.A spelling, guys.

你應該總是知道I.P.A的拼寫，夥計們。

This is very useful.

這非常有用。

And you can also watch how I move my mouth and please always try to repeat after me - it's

你也可以看我如何移動我的嘴，請總是試著跟著我重複--這就是

very important.

非常重要。

You can do it.

你可以做到這一點。

Let's do it together.

讓我們一起做吧。

Let's first learn how to produce the 'th' /ð/ sound in English.

我們先來學習如何在英語中發出 "th"/ð/的聲音。

But this 'th' is voiced.

但這個 "th "是有聲音的。

So you are going to use your voice You're going to use…

所以你要用你的聲音 你要用...

um… you're going to feel a vibration in your throat, okay.

嗯......你會感覺到喉嚨裡有震動，好的。

And what you're going to do is you're going to put your tongue between your teeth and

你要做的是將你的舌頭放在你的牙齒之間，然後

you're not going to push out some air.

你不打算推出一些空氣。

What you're going to do, is you're going to create a vibration with your tongue.

你要做的是，你要用你的舌頭創造一種振動。

So your tongue has to vibrate, /ð/.

所以你的舌頭要振動，/ð/。

Okay.

好的。

Please watch my mouth and repeat after me.

請注意我的嘴，跟著我重複。

/ð/ /ð/

/ð/ /ð/

/ð/ Let's practice with the word 'then'.

/ð/ 我們來練習一下 "然後 "這個詞。

Please repeat after me.

請跟我重複。

'then' 'then'

'然後''然後

'then' Good.

'然後'好。

Let's now move on to the /z/ sound.

現在讓我們來看看/z/的聲音。

So this is voiced.

所以這是有聲音的。

You are going to use your voice and feel a vibration in your throat.

你要用你的聲音，在你的喉嚨裡感受到一種振動。

You're going to put your tongue against your bottom teeth and you're going to make it vibrate.

你要把你的舌頭放在你的下牙上，你要讓它振動。

Use your tongue.

用你的舌頭。

Just make a sound so, /z/.

只要發出一個聲音，所以，/z/。

Okay.

好的。

Please repeat after me.

請跟我重複。

/z/ /z/

/z/ /z/

/z/ Let's practice with the word 'zen'.

/z/ 讓我們用 "禪 "這個詞來練習。

Please repeat after me.

請跟我重複。

'zen' 'zen'

'禪''禪'。

'zen' Good.

'禪'好。

Let's now practice with minimal pairs.

現在讓我們用最小的配對來練習。

These words, that have very similar sounds, but they are quite different actually.

這些詞，有非常相似的聲音，但它們實際上是完全不同的。

And they're very good if you really want to hear the difference.

如果你真的想聽出其中的差別，它們是非常好的。

But first let's focus on the sounds.

但首先讓我們關注一下聲音。

Please watch how I move my mouth and repeat after me.

請看我如何移動我的嘴，跟著我重複。

First, the 'th' sound.

首先，"th "的發音。

/ð/ /ð/

/ð/ /ð/

/ð/ And now the /z/ sound.

/ð/ 現在是/z/的聲音。

Please repeat after me.

請跟我重複。

/z/ /z/

/z/ /z/

/z/ Let's now do both.

/z/ 現在讓我們同時進行。

Repeat after me, guys.

跟著我重複，夥計們。

/ð/ /z/

/ð/ /z/

/ð/ /z/

/ð/ /z/

/ð/ /z/

/ð/ /z/

Let's now practice with our words.

現在讓我們用我們的語言進行練習。

Please repeat after me.

請跟我重複。

'then' 'zen'

'然後' '禪'

'then' 'zen'

'然後' '禪'

'then' 'zen'

'然後' '禪'

Excellent, guys.

好極了，夥計們。

Well, guys.

好吧，夥計們。

It's now time to go through minimal pairs together.

現在是時候一起看一下最小的配對。

Please watch how I move my mouth and repeat after me.

請看我如何移動我的嘴，跟著我重複。

Let's go.

我們走吧。

bathe bays

沐浴海灣

breathe breeze

微風呼吸

clothe close

收工

clothing closing

關閉服裝

lathe laze

車床拉茲

loathe lows

厭惡谷底

scythe size

鐮刀尺寸

seethe sees

璽璽看到

sheathe she's

出鞘的她

soothed sues

安撫起訴

then zen

那就禪宗吧

with whiz

與奇才

Excellent, guys.

好極了，夥計們。

Okay, guys.

好了，夥計們。

Let's now practice with sentences containing these consonant sounds.

現在我們來練習一下含有這些輔音的句子。

The first sentence: 'Sue's voice soothes me.'

第一句話："蘇的聲音撫慰了我。

Please repeat after me.

請跟我重複。

'Sue's voice soothes me.'

'蘇的聲音撫慰著我。

And finally: 'The clothing store is closing.'

最後："服裝店要關門了。

Please repeat after me.

請跟我重複。

'The clothing store is closing.'

'服裝店要關門了。

Good job.

幹得好。

Let's move on.

讓我們繼續前進。

Let's now move on to listening practice.

現在讓我們繼續進行聽力練習。

I'm now going to show you two words.

我現在要給你們看兩個字。

I will say one of the two words, and I want you to listen very carefully and

我將說這兩個詞中的一個，我希望你們非常仔細地聽，並且

to tell me if this word is, 'a)' or 'b)'

告訴我這個詞是'a)'還是'b)'

Let's get started.

讓我們開始吧。

Let's start with our first two words.

讓我們從我們的前兩個詞開始。

Now which one do I say?

現在我說哪一個呢？

Word 'a' or word 'b'?

詞'a'還是詞'b'？

Listen.

聽。

'whiz' One more time.

'嗚嗚'再來一次。

'whiz' Is it 'a' or is it 'b'?

'whiz'是'a'還是'b'？

It's 'b' guys, 'whiz'.

是'b'的傢伙，'whiz'。

'a' is 'with'.

'a'是'與'。

Listen to me.

聽我說。

'lathe' 'lathe'

'車床' '車床'

It's 'a' guys, 'lathe'.

是 "a"，夥計們，"車床"。

'b' is 'laze'.

'b'是'laze'。

'scythe' 'scythe'

'scythe' 'scythe's

It's 'a', 'scythe'.

是'a'，'scythe'。

'b' is 'size'.

'b'是'大小'。

'lows' 'lows'

'低點''低點'。

Answer 'b' is correct, 'lows'.

答案'b'是正確的，'lows'。

'a' is 'loathe'.

'a'是'loathe'。

'close' 'close'

'關閉''關閉'

'b' of course, 'close'.

當然是'b'，'關閉'。

'a' is 'clothe'.

'a'是'clothe'。

Listen to me, guys.

聽我說，夥計們。

'soothe' 'soothe'

'安撫''安撫'。

It's answer 'a', 'soothe'.

它的答案是'a'，'舒緩'。

'b' is pronounced 'sues'.

'b'讀作'sues'。

'teasing' 'teasing'

'挑逗''挑逗'。

It's 'b', 'teasing'.

是'b'，'挑逗'。

'a' is 'teething'.

'a'是'出牙'。

'breeze' 'breeze'

'微風''微風'。

Which one is it?

是哪一個呢？

It's 'b', 'breeze'.

是'b'，'breeze'。

'a' is 'breathe'.

'a'是'呼吸'。

Listen to me very carefully.

請仔細聽我說。

'closing' 'closing'

'關閉''關閉'

It's 'b', 'closing'.

是'b'，'關閉'。

'a' is 'clothing'.

'a'是'服裝'。

And finally.

最後。

'sheathe' 'sheathe'

劍鞘""劍鞘"。

Of course guys it's 'a', 'sheathe'.

當然，夥計們，是'a'，'sheathe'。

'b' would be 'she's'.

b'將是'她的'。

Great practice, guys.

偉大的實踐，夥計們。

You now have a better understanding of the two consonant sounds /ð/ and /z/ in English.

你現在對英語中的兩個輔音/ð/和/z/有了更好的瞭解。

Keep practicing.

繼續練習。

It takes a lot of practice to be able to master these sounds but you can do it.

要想掌握這些聲音，需要大量的練習，但你可以做到。

So keep practicing.

所以要繼續練習。

Train your ear as well to hear the different sounds in English.

也要訓練你的耳朵，以聽到英語的不同聲音。

And obviously watch my other pronunciation videos.

顯然，還要看我的其他發音視頻。

I promise you they will help you improve your skills.

我向你保證，他們將幫助你提高你的技能。

See you next time.

下一次見。

Thank you so much for watching, guys.

非常感謝你們的觀看，夥計們。

If you've liked it, show me your support, click 'like', subscribe to the channel,

如果你喜歡它，請向我表示支持，點擊 "喜歡"，訂閱這個頻道。

put your comments below, and share this video.

把你的評論放在下面，並分享這個視頻。

See you.

見你。