From espressoEnglish.net you might be able to recognize a British accent or an American accent.

在espressoEnglish.net你可以了解英式口音和美式口音

But do you know the details of the pronunciation differences?

但你知道這些發音在哪些細節是不同的嗎？

This lesson will teach you some of the major differences between British and American English.

這個課程即將教你一些主要的英式英文和美式英文的發音差別

Although there are some variations depending on what region of the country the speakers from

雖然來自不同區域的人們還是會有其他不同的發音

British and American English have some differences

英式和美式英文在某些字的重音

in the stress of certain words. Listen to the pronunciation.

有些不同。聽聽看以下的發音

First the British English and then the American English.

第一個念的是英式，第二個是美式

adult adult

成年人

ballet ballet

芭蕾舞

brochure brochure

小本子

garage garage

車庫

vaccine vaccine

疫苗

advertisement advertisement

廣告

hospitable hospitable

好客的

Some words ending in ''i'', ''l'', ''e'' are also different.

有一些以i、l、e結尾的字發音也不同

agile agile

靈活的

fertile fertile

肥沃的

hostile hostile

有敵意的

mobile mobile

移動的

versatile versatile

多功能的

The sound of the letter ''a'' is also different in some words

字母a的發音在一些字裡也不同

where the British pronounce it ''a'' and the Americans pronounce it ''a''.

英式發音''a''，美式發音''a''

listen to the differences.

聽聽看不同

bath bath

洗澡

laugh laugh

笑

class class

課程

chance chance

機會

ask ask

詢問

after after

之後

can't can't

不會

example example

例如

The sound of the letter ''r'' is also a little bit different.

字母r的發音也有點不同

The ''r'' is pronounced stronger in American English.

r的發音在美式英文中會比較強

Listen to the differences.

來聽聽看差別

hard hard

困難的

were were

會(過去式)

ear ear

耳朵

pure pure

純潔的

more more

更多

chair chair

椅子

bar bar

酒吧

Words ending in ''ization'' are also pronounced differently.

以ization結尾的字發音也會不一樣

civilization civilization

文明

organization organization

組織

authorization authorization

授權

globalization globalization

全球化

The verb form of all these words

這些字的動詞

''n'' and ''i'' in both British

n和i，在英式

and American English is pronounced globalize, but

和美式英文都是globalize的發音

British English continues this same pronunciation

但英式英文保持了一樣的發音

in the noun form globalization

在名詞globalization

and American English changes the sound

美式英文改變了發音

the letter ''i'' globalization

在i，變成globalization

Finally the ''t'' sound in the middle of the word can be different

最後，在字中間的''t''發音

in British and American English in this situation

在英式和美式英文也不同

Americans often pronounce the letter ''t'' like

美式英文會將t的發音

a quick ''d'' sound. Listen to the difference.

發成像短促的d。聽聽看不同

better better

更好的

water water

水

hated hated

恨

writing writing

寫

bottom bottom

底部

native native

本地的

artificial artificial

人工的

notice notice

注意

If you want to improve your pronunciation and spoken English in the next 30 days,

如果你想要改善、加強你的英文發音，並且在30天內學會說英文

register for the American English pronunciation course.

報名我們的美語發音課程

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