Name: 你的口音是否影響了你的工作？ (Is your accent holding you back at work?)
Uploaded: 2025-07-17T09:39:49.000Z
Duration: 33 min 24 s

你的口音是否影響了你的工作？

I've lived in a country where I didn't speak the language natively and I know it's frustrating to have English speaking barriers get in your way.

我曾在一個母語不是英語的國家生活過，我知道英語口語的障礙會讓人很沮喪。

I want to help everyone who feels ineffective speaking English, who feels like their accent is keeping promotions and advancement out of their reach when they have to speak English at work.

我想幫助每一個覺得自己說英語不流利的人，每一個覺得自己的口音讓自己在工作中不得不說英語時無法升職加薪的人。

When people think we're hard to understand, they pay less attention to us.

當人們認為我們難以理解時，他們就會減少對我們的關注。

The perceptions of how we present when speaking are important.

我們在發言時的表現方式非常重要。

I have a background in opera singing and I've been teaching the American accent to non-native speakers for over 20 years.

我有歌劇演唱背景，20 多年來一直在教非母語人士學習美式口音。

Scan this QR code or go to rachelsenglish.com slash free to get my free course, The Top Three Ways to Master the American Accent.

掃描此二維碼或訪問 rachelsenglish.com slash free 獲取我的免費課程《掌握美式口音的三大方法》。

It will give you totally new ideas on how to get the sound you've always wanted.

它將給你帶來全新的想法，讓你獲得夢寐以求的音效。

Today, we're going to look at a couple of sounds that can get confused and can make it much harder to understand somebody speaking English.

今天，我們來看看幾個容易混淆的音，它們會讓人更難聽懂別人說英語。

I'm thinking especially of my Japanese students, but this also applies to my students from China, Thailand, Vietnam, South Korea, and other countries.

我特別想到了我的日本學生，但這也適用於我來自中國、泰國、越南、韓國和其他國家的學生。

Today, we're going to solve this problem for you.

今天，我們將為您解決這個問題。

One of my students from Rachel's English Academy, which is my online school for mastering the American accent, sent me her biggest need with her accent.

瑞秋英語學院是我的掌握美國口音的在線學校，我的一位學生向我提出了她在口音方面的最大需求。

You can learn more about the academy at rachelsenglishacademy.com or following the link in the video description.

您可以訪問 rachelsenglishacademy.com 或通過視頻描述中的鏈接瞭解更多關於該學院的資訊。

For Emi and everyone like Emi, I have good news.

對於惠美和所有像惠美一樣的人來說，我有一個好消息。

Your R and L sounds alone aren't that big of a problem.

把它們混在一起才是問題所在。

So, we'll clarify them a bit and then we'll talk about how to train and check the words that are the most difficult for you and anyone else with this problem.

是以，我們將對它們進行一些澄清，然後再談談如何訓練和檢查那些對你和其他有此問題的人來說最難的單詞。

First, it always helps to clarify a sound by holding it out.

首先，用 "憋 "的方式澄清聲音總是有幫助的。

The mouth position for these, pretty different, right?

Here, we compare R at the beginning of a word and L at the beginning of a word.

在這裡，我們比較單詞開頭的 R 和單詞開頭的 L。

The corners of the lips come in which flare the lips for the R.

脣角內收，使嘴脣外撇，以示 R。

For R, the tip of the tongue pulls back so it's not touching anything.

對於 R 來說，舌尖向後拉，這樣就不會碰到任何東西。

For L, it lifts to the roof of the mouth or comes between the teeth, like in this image.

對於 L 來說，它會升到口腔頂部或出現在牙齒之間，如圖所示。

Close your eyes and go back and forth between the two.

閉上眼睛，在兩者之間來回切換。

This will help you focus in on the mouth position.

這將有助於你集中注意力於嘴巴的位置。

Here's a clip from a live class from Rachel's English Academy where I'm working with the students on clarifying these two sounds.

下面是 Rachel's English Academy 現場教學的一個片段，我正在和學生們一起澄清這兩個音。

He's working on the phrase, I'm an early riser.

他正在琢磨 "我是個早起的人 "這句話。

An early riser is someone who likes to wake up early and get their day started.

早起的人喜歡早早起床，開始新的一天。

We've got an R and an L and I need to help him clarify the two sounds.

我們有一個 R 和一個 L，我需要幫他弄清這兩個音。

So, let me hear you say, I'm an, I'm an, I'm an, I'm an, Exactly.

所以，讓我聽到你說，我是一個，我是一個，我是一個，我是一個，沒錯。

And I just want to hear the next sound, which is, I'm an er.

我只想聽到下一個聲音，那就是，我是一個呃。

My tongue tip is pulling back a little bit.

He wanted to say, oh, lifting the tongue tip up.

We need the R, where the tongue tip pulls just slightly back.

我們需要的是 "R"，即舌尖稍稍向後。

When you're working with a tricky word or phrase, try to bring it down to just one syllable or sound.

在處理棘手的單詞或短語時，儘量將其簡化為一個音節或一個音。

But I don't even want to talk about that.

I just want to focus on one little thing at a time.

I don't want to work on two different problems at once.

我不想同時處理兩個不同的問題。

I want to focus in on one thing and fix it before moving on to the next.

我想集中精力做好一件事，解決了它再繼續下一件事。

This is how we improve in Rachel's English Academy.

這就是我們在瑞秋英語學校的進步方式。

So, sometimes it sounds sort of in the throat, and this last time it didn't.

所以，有時聲音聽起來有點像在喉嚨裡，而上次卻不是。

It sounded more here, and I liked that better.

它在這裡聽起來更有味道，我更喜歡這種感覺。

Now, let's put it back with I'm an, I'm an er.

現在，讓我們把它放回 "我是一個"，"我是一個呃"。

As he starts getting this R sound to become more clear, we link it back into the sentence.

當他開始越來越清晰地發出這個 R 音時，我們再把它連接到句子中。