constantly hear “what?” “Excuse me?” or “what did  you say?” Today I'm going to show you how I work  

不斷聽到 "什麼？""打擾一下？"或 "你說什麼？"今天，我將向你展示我是如何工作的

with my students who are speaking English as a  foreign language on how to be 100% understandable.

我的學生把英語作為一種外語，我和他們一起討論如何做到100%的理解。

I'm going to show you a clip of me working  with a student. Working with him, I said,  

我給你們看一個我和一個學生一起工作的片段。和他一起工作，我說。

if you do this, you go from 85% understandable to  100% understandable. It has to do with linking,  

如果你這樣做，你就會從85%的理解變成100%的理解。這與鏈接有關。

that's smoothness between words, and longer  stressed syllables with a bigger pitch change.

這就是詞與詞之間的流暢性，以及音調變化較大的長強調音節。

Okay. Uh, well, it's, it's very interesting.  Because, uhm, I'm an accountant.

好的。呃，嗯，這，這非常有趣。 因為，呃，我是個會計。

Okay, hold on. I didn't actually, it  took, I had to think. I had to say. Wait,  

好吧，等一下。其實我沒有，花了，我不得不思考。我不得不說。等等。

what did he say? What you said was,  'It's very interesting,' is that right?

他說了什麼？你說的是，'這很有趣'，是這樣嗎？

Ah, Yeah.

啊，是的。

Okay. So, my mind did not hear 'very,' it  took me a second. I had to think. Wait,  

好吧，那麼，我的頭腦沒有聽到 "非常"，我花了一秒鐘。我不得不去想。等等。

'what did he say?' Oh, he said 'very.' And,  the reason for that was, it's very interesting.  

'他說了什麼？哦，他說'非常'。而且，原因是，這非常有趣。

I need, it's ve-ry, not 'It's very,' it's  very, I need more of that clarity of your  

我需要，是ve-ry，不是'It's very，'It's very，我需要更多你的那種清晰的感覺。

stressed syllables. That's how my mind goes,  oh, very, it's very, if I hear, it's very,  

強調的音節。我的頭腦就是這樣，哦，非常，是非常，如果我聽到，就是非常。

it's very interesting. It's really hard for me  to get that. It's all too flat. I need those,  

這是非常有趣的。對我來說，這真的很難得到。這一切都太平淡了。我需要這些。

boom, boom, boom. It's very interesting. Because  you know, even if all of your sounds were right,  

轟隆隆，轟隆隆，轟隆隆。這非常有趣。因為你知道，即使你所有的聲音都是正確的。

which they were. You had /v/, you had /ɛ/, you  had /r/, you had /i/. You had all the sounds.  

其中，他們是。你有/v/，你有/ɛ/，你有/r/，你有/i/。你有所有的聲音。

But I didn't have the rhythm that I needed  to immediately recognize the word. So,  

但我沒有立即認出這個詞所需的節奏。所以。

I had to think about it a little bit. I had  to sort it out. What did he say? He said,  

我不得不稍微考慮一下。我必須把它整理出來。他說了什麼？他說。

it's very interesting. And this is something  that I want all my students to know and I  

這非常有趣。這是我希望我所有的學生都知道的事情，我

think you probably do. The sounds are only  part of it. You have to also give me the  

我想你可能會這樣做。聲音只是其中的一部分。你還必須給我

rhythm that I'm expecting or it gets harder to  understand. Okay, so, it's very. Just say that.

我期待的節奏，否則會越來越難理解。好的，所以，這很。就這麼說吧。

Okay. It's very interesting.

好吧，這很有意思。

Okay, just it's very, not interesting. We're  going to, we'll deal with that later. it's very.

好的，只是它非常，沒有意思。我們要，我們以後再處理這個問題。它非常。

Okay, It's very.

好吧，這很。

M-hmm. Now, let me just hear you say ve.

M-hmm.現在，讓我聽到你說ve。

Ve.

Ve.

It's a v though...

這是個V，雖然...

Yeah.

是的。

I know, that's, the Spanish.  It's like, it's all the same.

我知道，那是，西班牙人。 這就像，都是一樣的。

Yeah. It's, it's tricky.

是的，這，這是很棘手的。

It's Ve.

它是Ve。

Ver.

虛線。

Very.

非常。

Yes, exactly. I needed a little bit more opening  in your mouth. It was a little bit ver. Very.

是的，沒錯。我需要在你的嘴裡多開一點。這是一個有點ver。非常。

Very.

非常。

Right. That, that's, those sounds are a  little bit more clear to me. It's very.

對。那，那是，那些聲音對我來說更清晰一點。這是很。

It's very.

這是非常。

Yes. Good. It's very.

是的。很好。這是很。

It's very.

這是非常。

Yes. So, now I understand it right away. The  first time I didn't. It's very, it's very. Ohh,  

是的，所以，現在我馬上就明白了。第一次我沒有。這是非常，這是非常。哦。

that's kind of hard. It's very. Okay,  now we're going to take, interesting.

這有點難。這是很的。好了，現在我們要採取，有趣。

It's very interesting.

這非常有趣。

Okay, that's better. It's very interesting. So now  I have, uh-ahhh, and the first time it was sort of  

好了，這就好了。這非常有趣。所以，現在我有，呃--啊，第一次是那種

it's very interesting. I got a little bit on /ɛ/.  But now we're, we're, I'm getting more of that  

這很有趣。我在/ɛ/上得到了一點兒。 但現在我們，我們，我得到了更多的那個

pitch modulation, that clarity and this is exactly  what I work on with Spanish speakers often,  

音調的調製，這種清晰度，這正是我經常和講西班牙語的人一起工作的內容。

is give me more contrast. Stretch out your  long syllables. Give me that melody. Okay.

是給我更多的對比。拉長你的長音節。給我那個旋律。好的。

The first time I heard 'very', I had to try to  figure out what he was saying. But when he said  

我第一次聽到'非常'，我不得不努力弄清楚他在說什麼。但是當他說

it VER-y, with that clear, long stressed syllable,  the up-down melody, I understood it right away  

它的VER-Y，清晰的長強調音節，上下的旋律，我立刻就明白了。

without having to think. I want to show you  another time I didn't understand him, and we talk  

不需要思考。我想給你看另一次我不理解他的時候，我們的談話

about a way to practice to help him naturally add  more smoothness and pitch change to his English.

關於練習的方法，以幫助他自然地增加英語的流暢性和音調變化。

We have deadlines for companies and then June.

我們有公司的最後期限，然後是6月。

Okay, deadlines was hard  for me to understand. I only  

好吧，最後期限對我來說很難理解。我只

understood after you said it and I figured  out what you must have said. Not because I  

在你說了之後，我明白了你一定是在說什麼。不是因為我

understood it. Deadlines, deadlines...  That's easy for me to catch. Deadlines,  

理解它。最後期限，最後期限... 這對我來說很容易抓住。最後期限。

that's easy for me to catch, right? So deadlines,  it's a noun, it's the, the focus of what you're  

這對我來說很容易抓住，對嗎？是以，截止日期，它是一個名詞，它是，你所要做的事情的重點

talking about. Businesses have deadlines  in March, right? What month did you say?

談論的是。企業在三月有截止日期，對嗎？你說是哪個月？

Deadlines?

最後期限？

What month do they have deadlines?

他們哪個月有最後期限？

Ahh, Okay. Yeah, in March, in March.

啊，好的。 是的，在三月，在三月。

Okay. So, businesses have deadlines in  March. If those are the most important  

好吧，那麼，企業在3月份有最後期限。如果這些是最重要的

things that you're trying to tell me, right? If  you just said business and March then I'm like,  

你想告訴我的事情，對嗎？如果你只是說業務和三月，那麼我就會說。

well, what happens in March, but if  you say deadline, then I get it. So,  

好吧，三月會發生什麼，但如果你說最後期限，那我就明白了。那麼。

because that's one of, those most  important words that's why it needs  

因為這是最重要的一個詞，這就是為什麼它需要

that length. Businesses have deadlines  in March, let me hear you do that.

那個長度。企業在3月有最後期限，讓我聽到你這樣做。

Business have deadlines in March.

企業在3月份有截止日期。

Right? Exactly. And I can tell it feels  a little bit, like effort to do that and  

對嗎？沒錯。而且我可以告訴你，這樣做感覺有點像努力，而且

the more you do it, the easier I think it will  become. Businesses have deadlines in March. And,  

你做得越多，我想它就越容易。企業在3月份有最後期限。還有。

I have worked with so many students where they  actually use their arm when they're practicing,  

我曾與許多學生合作，他們在練習時確實使用了自己的手臂。

on their stressed syllables. It helps that body  connection, it helps them remember to go higher  

在他們的強調音節上。這有助於身體的連接，幫助他們記住走得更高。

than they want to. And, it also helps them not be  choppy with it or with effort. Right? It's like,  

比他們想的要好。而且，這也有助於他們不至於在這方面或在努力方面出現波折。對嗎？這就像。

the hand kind of guides them. So, don't be  afraid, to use your hand, when you're practicing.

手是引導他們的。是以，不要害怕，在你練習時使用你的手。

Okay, got you. Yeah, it's ah, it's,  it's more intonation is ah, intention.

好的，明白了。是的，它是啊，它是，它是更多的音調是啊，意圖。

Exactly.

正是如此。

Intention with the conversation? Yeah.

與談話的意圖？是的。

Right.

對。

I love how he talks about the intention of  speaking with this new technique in mind. You  

我喜歡他談及用這種新技術說話的意圖。你

may be wondering about this guy. He's a student  in my Academy and once a month I do live classes  

可能想知道這個人的情況。他是我學院的學生，每個月我都會做一次現場課程。

where I work with students, and record them with  their permission. Everyone else in the Academy can  

在我與學生一起工作的地方，並在他們的許可下記錄他們。學院的其他所有人都可以

attend the live class, watch, and ask questions.  All classes are recorded and put in the Academy so  

參加現場課程，觀看，並提出問題。 所有的課程都被錄製下來並放在學院裡，所以

when students join, right away they can go to that  course, search on their own native language, and  

當學生加入時，他們可以立即進入該課程，搜索他們自己的母語，並且

watch all the clips of me working with students  from their same language background. It's really  

觀看我與來自同一語言背景的學生合作的所有片段。這真的是

helpful for students on their journey towards  more natural and easy-to-understand English.  

對學生在邁向更自然和更容易理解的英語的道路上有幫助。

If you have any questions about the Academy  please post them here or shoot us an email,  

如果你有任何關於學院的問題，請在這裡發表，或向我們發送電子郵件。

or simply visit RachelsEnglishAcademy.com. Now  here we talk about this change in the voice,  

或直接訪問RachelsEnglishAcademy.com。現在我們在這裡談一談這種聲音的變化。

these characteristics about English that make English clear and natural,  

這些關於英語的特點使英語變得清晰和自然。

but might feel strange if your  native language isn't English.

但如果你的母語不是英語，可能會感到奇怪。

Yesterday was one of those days,  that I have to, sort things out.

昨天是其中的一天，我必須把事情整理好。

Okay, hold on. And yesterday, I needed  a little bit more there. And yesterday,  

好的，等一下。而昨天，我在那裡需要多一點。還有昨天。

was one of those days. The one was  good. Yes-- I need a little bit  

是那些日子中的一個。那個人很好。是的--我需要一點兒

more length there. And yesterday was  one of those days. Let me hear that.

更多的長度在那裡。而昨天就是其中的一天。讓我聽聽。

And yesterday, one, yesterday...

而昨天，一，昨天...

So, let's hear the whole phrase,  and yesterday was one of those days.

是以，讓我們聽聽這句話的全部內容，昨天就是這樣一個日子。

And yesterday, uh one. And  yesterday was one of those days.

而昨天，呃，一個。而昨天是其中的一天。

Right, exactly, one of those days.  Okay, what? What happened yesterday?

對，沒錯，就是這樣的一個日子。 好吧，什麼？昨天發生了什麼？

Well, it was one of those days that  all my clients called me and try to  

嗯，那是我所有的客戶都給我打電話的日子之一，並試圖

get their results as soon as  possible. So, yeah, it was...

儘快得到他們的結果。所以，是的，這是...

Okay, that was pretty good.

好吧，那是相當好的。

It was very busy.

它非常繁忙。

It's very busy. Okay, so, all my clients called  me. A little bit more, So, where all my clients  

非常忙。好吧，那麼，我所有的客戶都給我打電話。再來一點，那麼，我所有的客戶在哪裡？

called me-- That's a little unclear. Where all  my clients called me. That's more clear. So,  

叫我--這有點不清楚。我所有的客戶都給我打電話。那就更清楚了。那麼。

you can have the one up and then  everything come down. But I, I just,  

你可以讓一個人站起來，然後一切都下來。但我，我只是。

I want that up to be higher.  And all my clients called me.

我希望這個漲幅能更高。 而我所有的客戶都給我打電話。

Okay, and all my clients called me.

好的，我所有的客戶都給我打電話。

Yeah, I totally get it. That's very clear to me.  So, it's sort of just freeing yourself up. To  

是的，我完全明白。這對我來說非常清楚。 所以，這只是把自己解放出來。為了

like, take your range and make it bigger. You  know, we want you maxing that out because it,  

就像，把你的範圍，使它更大。你知道，我們想讓你把它擴大，因為它。

just for a native speaker listening, it makes  it so much clearer. Now, I think if you and I  

只是對於一個講母語的人來說，聽起來會更清晰。現在，我想如果你和我

were talking, and I was not an accent teacher and  I was just listening to what you were saying? I  

而我不是口音老師，我只是在聽你說什麼？I

would understand most of what you were saying.  I might have to ask you a couple of times.  

會理解你所說的大部分內容。 我可能要問你幾遍。

Uhm, but if you just make  your pitch modulations higher,  

呃，但如果你只是讓你的音調變高。

I would probably always understand.  Everything you were saying.

我可能總是會理解。 你所說的一切。

Your way is clear, okay thank you, yeah.

你的路很清楚，好的，謝謝你，是的。

And that's a big difference guys. If all he has  to do is make his high syllables higher. Which,  

而這是一個很大的區別，夥計們。如果他所要做的就是讓他的高音節更高。其中。

will in turn make them a little bit longer.  That's the only change he has to do.  

將反過來使它們變得更長一點。 這是他唯一要做的改變。

To go from being like eighty-five percent  understandable to probably a hundred  

從百分之八十五的理解到可能是百分之百的理解。

percent understandable. And, it feels weird  because your language doesn't have that. So,  

百分之百可以理解。而且，這感覺很奇怪，因為你的語言沒有這個功能。所以。

it feels uncomfortable to do this. It's like if  this is my language and all of a sudden I had to  

這樣做感覺很不舒服。這就像如果這是我的語言，突然間我不得不

do this. This would feel very uncomfortable to  me. So, I understand. But we just have to give  

這樣做。這對我來說會感到非常不舒服。所以，我理解。但我們只是要給

ourselves that mental permission. You don't  sound weird, you know, you sound clearer.

我們自己的這種心理許可。你聽起來並不奇怪，你知道，你聽起來更清晰。

Okay, thank you. Yeah.

好的，謝謝你。是的。

So, all your clients called you? Now, I  want you to really exaggerate, do something.

那麼，你的所有客戶都給你打電話了？現在，我想讓你真的誇張點，做一些事情。

Exaggerate, yeah.

誇大其詞，是的。

Make it too much. I'll tell you if it's too much.

做得太多了。我會告訴你是否太多。

Yeah, becau-- because you know, this is,  

是的，因為...因為你知道，這是。

this is the thing. Sometimes for some reason,  I don't want to tell you alright? Because,  

這就是問題所在。有時由於某些原因，我不想告訴你，好嗎？因為。

I don't want to sound weird. But at the  same time now, we realize that I need it.

我不想聽起來很奇怪。但同時現在，我們意識到，我需要它。

Exactly, and I think that's such a good  lesson for everyone. It sounds weird,  

正是如此，我認為這對每個人來說都是一個很好的教訓。這聽起來很奇怪。

because we don't use, we're not used to doing it.  So, we kind of shy away from it. Right? But it's,  

因為我們不使用，我們不習慣這樣做。 所以，我們對它有點畏縮。對嗎？但它是。

it's actually what would be clearer. So, even  though it's not your habit, breaking that habit  

它實際上是會更清楚的。所以，儘管這不是你的習慣，但打破這種習慣

can feel strange. Which is what holds some  people back from doing it, right? So, I'm here  

可以感覺很奇怪。這就是阻礙一些人做這件事的原因，對嗎？所以，我在這裡

to give you the feedback, that it doesn't sound  strange. And, that I want you to do it. Okay.

來給你反饋，這聽起來並不奇怪。而且，我希望你能做到這一點。好的。

Yeah, for sure, yeah, thank you.

是的，當然，是的，謝謝你。

For sure, did you guys hear that? For sure, for  sure. Exactly. Give me some more of that height.

可以肯定的是，你們聽到了嗎？肯定的，肯定的。沒錯。再給我一些這樣的高度。

He doesn't want to sound weird. And for some  students, this is the number one reason they're  

他不想聽起來很奇怪。而對於一些學生來說，這是他們的頭號原因。

hard to understand. Because they want to be  comfortable, they speak English with the habits  

難以理解。因為他們想讓自己舒服，所以他們說英語的習慣是

of their own native language rather than really  embracing the characteristics of English. And  

他們自己的母語，而不是真正擁抱英語的特點。而且

I get that. It's like trying on and developing  a completely different voice. And it's hard to  

我明白這一點。這就像在嘗試和發展一種完全不同的聲音。而這很難

break habits. Even though this student gets it,  and wants to do it, it just takes some reminding.

打破習慣。儘管這個學生明白了，也想這麼做，只是需要一些提醒。

let's take that phrase, 'It isn't clear,'  and I want to hear. 'It isn't clear.'  

讓我們把這句話，'它不清楚，'我想聽。'它不清楚。

So, I want to hear even more pitch change.  Not clear, but clear, it isn't clear.

所以，我想聽到更多的音調變化。 不清楚，但很清楚，這不清楚。

It isn't clear.

這一點並不清楚。

Right? Exactly. We want that kind of pitch  change on, not every stressed syllable. But,  

對嗎？沒錯。我們要的是這種音高變化，而不是每個強調的音節。但是。

to emphasize, if it's, if it's, all  too much the same. It becomes kind  

來強調，如果它是，如果它是，所有太多相同的。它變得有點

of flat and it's a little bit hard to  pick out those stressed words and to  

平坦的，而且有點難以挑出那些強調的詞和

get that clarity. I just said to get that  clarity. So, my voice went geeet. It wasn't  

獲得這種清晰度。我只是說要獲得這種清晰度。所以，我的聲音變得很刺耳。這不是

ge, but get. More of that pitch change from  eve... to go, even higher and then even lower.

ge，但得到。更多的是那種從前夕開始的音高變化......去，甚至更高，然後更低。

This student's native language is Spanish,  but really the smoothness, the pitch change,  

這個學生的母語是西班牙語，但真正的流暢性，音調變化。

and the rhythm is something that I work  on with every single one of my students.

和節奏是我與我的每一個學生一起工作的東西。

and I've noticed that my Spanish speakers,  sometimes it's all ta, ta, ta, ta, ta, ta,  

我注意到，我的西班牙語使用者，有時都是嗒，嗒，嗒，嗒，嗒，嗒。

ta. It's really fast and staccato, and I have to  get them to stretch out the stressed syllables a  

ta。它真的很快，而且是錯落有致的，我必須讓他們把重讀音節拉長。

little bit. And, on the phrase, 'I'm not sure,'  I heard from you a little bit, 'I'm not sure,'  

一點點。而且，關於 "我不確定 "這句話，我從你那裡聽到了一點，"我不確定，

sure. But I would definitely want, 'I'm not sure.'  'I'm not sure.' Like it's all part of this wave.  

確定。但我肯定會想，'我不確定。 '我不確定。好像這都是這個浪潮的一部分。

I'm not sure. Versus, I'm not sure. Uh-uhhh-uh.  That constant flow of sound with nothing breaking  

我不確定。胥，我不確定。呃--呃--呃。 那不斷流動的聲音，沒有任何斷裂

it up. And, a little bit more length on the  stressed word. So, can I hear you just say 'Sure?'

它了。而且，在強調的詞上再加一點長度。所以，我可以聽到你說'當然'嗎？

Sure.

當然。

Sure.

當然。

Right, I want to get you to even exaggerate  your melody change a little bit more. Sure.

對了，我想讓你甚至把你的旋律變化再誇張一點。當然。

Sure.

當然。

Right, I think bring your tongue  a little bit more forward. Sure.

對，我想把你的舌頭再往前一點。當然。

Sure.

當然。

Good, does that feel weird?

很好，這感覺很奇怪嗎？

Uhm, a little bit, yeah.

呃，有一點，是的。

A little bit. Yeah, when people, when I  ask people to change their pitch more,  

有一點。是的，當人們，當我要求人們更多地改變他們的音調。

sometimes, it feels really, like,  pretend. Like a cartoon or something.

有時，感覺真的，就像，假裝的。就像卡通片或其他東西。

We just keep going with that  clarity. It might feel like  

我們就在這種清晰的狀態下繼續前進。它可能感覺到

too much pitch change, but it's just right.

太多的音高變化，但這是恰到好處的。

Well, I'm an accountant and, and I've been  working in taxes.   

好吧，我是一名會計，而且，我一直在從事稅收工作。

Okay, now hold on. So, I've been working in taxes. I just want a  little bit more of the I--'ve been working in.

好的，現在等一下。所以，我一直在稅收方面工作。我只是想多瞭解一點我--一直在工作的情況。

I've been working in.

我一直在工作中。

Yes, that, that's clear to me Dad-da-da-da. I  think, I think the main thing to think about is  

是的，那，那對我來說很清楚，爸爸--達--達--達。我想，我想主要要考慮的是

higher pitches and your stressed syllables, that's  going to force you to take a little bit more time,  

高音和你的強調音節，這將迫使你花更多的時間。

bring it up and out a little bit. Otherwise, it's  too much within the same range, and it's a little  

把它帶起來，再帶出去一點。否則，在同一範圍內，它太多了，而且有點

bit harder for my ear to get. So, rather than  coming here. You're going to going all the way  

對我的耳朵來說有點難。所以，與其說是來這裡。你要一路走下去

up here, for those stressed syllables. I've  been working on, I've been working in taxes.  

在這裡，對於那些強調的音節。我一直在努力，我一直在從事稅收工作。

I've been working in taxes. Yes, that is cleaner,  clearer. Okay, so think about that as you keep  

我一直在從事稅收工作。是的，那是更乾淨，更清晰。好的，所以在你繼續思考這個問題時

talking, think about, a little uncomfortable.  It's going to feel weird to go up that high.

說話，想一想，有點不舒服。 上到那麼高的地方，會感覺很奇怪。

I just want to shout-out this student, Andres.  I feel that everyone who lets me work with them  

我只想大聲喊出這個學生，安德烈。 我覺得每個讓我和他們一起工作的人

like this, in the public eye, is so brave.  They know I'm going to stop them and say,  

像這樣，在公眾面前，是非常勇敢的。 他們知道我會阻止他們並說。

“that isn't clear.” And they let me work with them  in this way because they're ready for real change  

"這並不清楚。"他們讓我以這種方式與他們一起工作，因為他們已經準備好進行真正的改變。

and they're willing to be vulnerable to help other  students also, who are watching, who are learning.