In this English lesson, I'll show you seven things that you can do to improve your English pronunciation.

在這堂英語課上，我將告訴各位可以改善英語發音的七件事。

Tip number one, you should do some warm-up activities.

技巧一：你應該做點暖嗓活動。

I'm not sure if any of you are singers, but singers will often warm up their voice before they sing in front of people.

我不知道各位之中是否有歌手，但歌手們往往會在人前唱歌前暖嗓。

These same techniques can be very good to help you develop the right muscles and motion of your mouth to make English sounds.

這些相同的技巧可以很好地幫你發展正確發音的肌肉和口部動作。

I actually do warm-ups before I do my livestream on Fridays.

我其實每週五直播前，都會暖嗓。

I don't sing during my livestream, but I want my voice to be ready.

我不會在直播期間唱歌，但我想要嗓子準備就緒。

You can do something like this.

你可以做類似這樣的事。

You can go e-e-e, e-e-e; oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh; ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah.

你可以說：e-e-e，e-e-e、oh-oh-oh，oh-oh-oh、ah-ah-ah，ah-ah-ah。

Sorry; it sounds a little silly.

抱歉，這聽起來有點傻。

You might wanna do this where someone can't see you.

你大概會想在沒人看到你的地方做這件事。

And you might wanna practice your consonants as well.

你或許也想練習你的子音。

T-T-T, P-P-P, Th-Th-Th.

T-T-T、P-P-P、Th-Th-Th。

If you do this regularly, it will help you develop the right muscles in order to make the right English sounds.

如果你規律地這樣做，它將會協助你鍛鍊發出正確英語因的肌肉。

Tip number two, make a video of yourself speaking English.

技巧二：錄製自己講英文的影片。

The best way to do this would be to find a video of someone else speaking English and then record yourself saying the same things as the person in the video.

做這件事的最好方式是，找一部他人講英文的影片，然後錄製自己說出給那個人一樣的話。

Then you can compare the two videos.

然後你可以比較兩部影片。

You can look at how the person in the original video makes the sounds; you can look at how they form the sounds with their mouth.

你可以看看原始影片中的人是怎麼利用嘴巴發出聲音。

And then you can watch your video and see if you're making the same shapes with your mouth when you try to say the same things.

接著你可以看自己的影片，看看自己說同樣事情時，嘴巴是否有一樣的嘴型。

So, tip number two, make a video of yourself speaking English.

所以技巧二是，拍攝自己講英文的影片。

And it's best to find someone else in a video speaking English and copy them and then compare the two.

最好找一部他人講英文的影片，然後比較兩者。

And then try to correct how you're forming each sound with your mouth.

接著試著矯正自己發出每個聲音的嘴型。

Again, this might look a little silly, but it's a very good tip.

一樣的，這看起來可能有點傻，但它是很好的技巧。

Tip number three, record yourself.

技巧三：錄自己的發音。

This might sound a little bit like tip number two, but I want you to only record the audio this time.

這聽起來跟技巧二可能有點像，但我這次只要你錄音聲音的部分。

Again, find a recording of someone speaking English and try to record yourself saying the same thing.

同樣的，找到一個說英語者的錄音並試著錄下自己說同樣的話。

Then listen to it and compare it to the original.

接著再聆聽並跟原版做比較。

And in this situation, don't do it right away.

在這個情境下，不要馬上這麼做。

Record yourself and listen to it the next day or listen to it a few days later.

錄下自己的聲音後，隔天或隔幾天後再聆聽。

Have you ever noticed that when you hear yourself on a recording, you don't always sound like yourself?

你有沒有注意到，當聽到自己的錄音時，你聽起來總不像自己？

This can really help.

這真的可以有幫助。

This can help you to identify the things that you've said wrong and it can help you correct them.

這可以幫助你辨識自己自己說錯的字詞，然後幫助你矯正它們。

Tip number four, act out an English scene with a friend.

技巧四：跟朋友演繹英語場景。

So, this one, of course, requires a friend, and it requires that you have a script or that you've written down what you've heard in a TV show.

當然了，這個技巧需要一位朋有，也需要有個劇本或是你在電視節目中聽到的手寫內容。

So, find a scene in one of your favorite TV shows and write down what the two people are saying to each other.

所以說，從你喜愛的電視節目中找出一幕，然後寫下兩個角色跟對方所說的內容。

Then find a friend who's also learning English and reenact what you saw.

然後找一位同樣在學英文的朋友，重新演繹你所看到的。

So, you have the original recording that you can listen to later.

那麼，你也會有可以稍後聆聽的原版錄音。

You have a friend that you can practice with and, hopefully, this makes the practice more fun.

你有一個可以一起練習的朋友，希望這可以讓練習更有趣。

And then you can correct each other.

然後你們可以互相糾正。

It will help you to mimic an actual English conversation.

這將有助於你模仿實際的英語對話。

So, tip number four,

所以說，第四個技巧是：

find a friend, find a script, or write down the words that two people say in a TV show, and then practice it with a friend.

找一個朋友、找一份劇本或寫下電視節目中兩個人的對話，然後和朋友一起練習。

Tip number five, read out loud.

技巧五：大聲朗讀。

I cannot stress this enough.

這我再多強調都不為過。

It is very important when you are learning English to take the time to read out loud every once in a while.

在學習英文時，三不五時花點時間大聲朗讀是很重要的。

When you read out loud, you don't have to think about what you're going to say.

當你大聲朗讀時，不需要考慮自己接下來要說什麼。

You already have it on the page in front of you.

你要說的內容都已經在眼前的頁面上了。

And if you're reading anyways because you enjoy reading in English, why not take the time every once in a while to read out loud?

如果你本來就因為喜歡英文閱讀而看書，何不偶爾花點時間大聲朗讀呢？

When you read out loud, you practice using all of the muscles that you would use to speak English in a normal conversation.

當你大聲朗讀時，你會練習運用在正常英語對話中會使用的所有肌肉。

So, whenever you're reading a book, whenever you're reading the news on a computer or on your phone, take some time to read out loud.

所以說，每當你在讀一本書或在電腦或手機上閱讀新聞時，花點時間大聲朗的。

Tip number six, sing along.

技巧六：跟唱。

Out loud, like, not quietly.

大聲地唱，不是靜靜地。

Whenever you listen to an English song, sing out loud and sing loudly.

每當你聽英文歌曲時，大聲地跟著唱歌。

You'll probably wanna do this when there are no other people around, but sing out loud.

你大概會想在四下無人時這麼做，但大聲唱吧。

When you sing, you use a lot more force than when you just talk.

當你唱歌時，你運用的力量會比你單純說話時更多。

When you sing, you tend to over pronounce and overemphasize words, and this can be a really good thing.

當你唱歌時，會傾向過度發音、過度強調字詞，而這可能是很好的事情。

So, find a song.

所以，找一首歌。

Learn the lyrics to the song, learn the words to the song.

學會這首歌的所有歌詞。

And take some time to sing it out loud every once in a while.

然後花點時間爾偶大聲唱這首歌。

Maybe choose a song for the week and plan to sing that song out loud four or five times as the week goes by.

或許你可以每週選一首歌，計劃在一週期間大聲唱個四、五次。

So, tip number six, find a good song, sing that song out loud, sing it with gusto.

所以說，第六個技巧是，找一首好歌、大聲唱出那首歌、熱情地演唱。

That's an English word, but I wonder what language it originally came from.

gusto 是一個英文字，但我想知道它的來源是哪一個語言。

It means to sing with a lot of joy and a lot of energy.

它的意思是，投注很多歡樂與能量到唱歌之中。

Tip number seven, the last tip, practice shadowing.

技巧七：最後一個技巧是，練習跟讀。

I'm going to explain this technique again⏤I've explained it in other videos as well.

我會再解釋一次這個技巧，我在其它影片中也解釋過。

Shadowing is when you find an English recording⏤you find a recording of someone speaking English, or a video⏤

跟讀的意思是，當你找到一個英語錄音後（你可以找一個人說英文的音檔或影片），

you play part of it, and you hit pause, and then you say what the person has just said in the video or in the recording.

你可以播放一小段、按下暫停，然後重複影片或音檔中那個人剛剛說過的話。

You can do this with my videos; some people do this with my videos on my second channel.

你可以利用我的影片練習，有些人會用我第二個頻道的影片練習。

They'll write out what I've said and then they will shadow what I've said in each video.

他們會寫下我所說的話，然後跟讀我在每部影片中說過的話。

But you don't have to use my videos.

但你不一定要用我的影片。

Find any video on YouTube where someone is speaking English clearly.

找到 YouTube 上任何一部清楚說英文的人的影片。

Hit play, listen, hit pause, say what they've said, and then hit play again.

點擊播放、聆聽、按下暫停、重複那個人說過的話，然後再按下播放。

And keep doing that until you get to the end of the video.

持續這麼做到影片的結尾。

Shadowing is a great technique for improving your English pronunciation.

跟讀是改善英語發音的絕佳技巧。

Well, hey, thanks so much for watching this English lesson where I gave you seven tips, seven things that you can do to improve your English pronunciation.

嘿，感謝各位觀看這部英語教學影片，我在當中給了各位改善英語發音的七個技巧。

I hope they work for you.

我希望它們對你有用。

Try at least one of them⏤if not all of them⏤and see if your pronunciation does improve.

如果不全部嘗試，也至少試其中一個，看看你的發音是否確實進步。

Remember, if this is your first time here, don't forget to click that red subscribe button.

記住，如果這是你第一次來到這裡，別問計點擊那個紅色的訂閱鍵。

Gimme a thumbs up, leave a comment, and, again, if you have some extra time, why don't you stick around and watch another English lesson?

幫我點讚、留言，然後如果你有點額外的時間，何不再看看另一部英語學習教學影片呢？