of the word ‘girl’.

的 "女孩 "一詞。

This is a really tough word, and I get a lot of requests for it. Like other difficult words,

這是一個非常難懂的詞，我收到很多要求。就像其他難懂的詞一樣。

world, and curl, for example, it’s hard because it has an R followed by a dark L.

世界，而捲曲，例如，它很難，因為它有一個R，然後是一個黑暗的L。

So let’s go sound by sound and figure out how to say this word.

那麼，我們就來逐音逐字地想一想這個字怎麼說。

First, this is a one syllable word and it’s a content word, so it will be stressed and

首先，這是一個單音節詞，是一個內容詞，所以會強調和

have a vocal shape like this. Uhhh. Try that, just on ‘uh’, uhhh. In this word in particular,

有這樣的聲形。呃啊。試試，就在'呃'上，呃啊。特別是在這個字上。

because of the Dark L, focusing on the shape of the voice will help your pronunciation.

因為暗L的緣故，關注聲音的形狀會對你的發音有所幫助。

Uh, uh.

呃，呃。

We start with the G consonant, gg. Make the G by lifting the back of the tongue to the

我們從G輔音gg開始。抬起舌尖後方的舌尖來發G音

soft palate, gg, and engage the voice, gg, gg. Girr-. Now we have the UR vowel followed

軟顎，gg，並參與聲音，gg，gg。Girr-。現在，我們有UR元音，然後是

by R. Two symbols in IPA, but just one sound. The R sound. Grr, gr. So it’s just like

由R，IPA中的兩個符號，但只有一個音。R的音。Grr, gr.所以它就像...

a GR consonant cluster, like in ‘great’, or ‘grow’. Grr, grr. To move from G to

一個GR輔音群，像 "偉大"，或 "成長"。Grr, grr.從G調到

R, the front and back of the tongue move at the same time. The back of the tongue was

R，舌頭的前部和後部同時移動。舌頭的背面是

here and the tip was here for the G: gg. Gr. To make the R we release the back of the tongue,

在這裡，尖端在這裡的G：gg。Gr.為了使R，我們放開舌後部。

and at the same time we pull the tip of the tongue up. It doesn’t touch anything. If

同時我們把舌尖往上拉。它不會碰到任何東西。如果

you want to focus on something, focus on the tip of the tongue. Think of it as doing this.

你想專注於某件事情，就專注於舌尖。想象一下這樣做。

So now the middle part touches the roof of the mouth lightly, rr, rr, back here. And

所以現在中間部分輕觸嘴頂，rr，rr，回到這裡。然後

you should be able to hold that sound out, grr.

你應該能夠保持這個聲音了，GRR。

Let’s practice just those first sounds with the right shape: grrrr. So the pitch of the

我們只練那幾個形體正確的第一個音：嘎嘎嘎。所以音高的

voice needs to go down. Grr. Ok, now the Dark L. First, how does it fit into the

聲音需要下去。Grr。好了，現在說說暗L，首先，它是如何融入到。

shape? Your voice is coming down in pitch. The Dark L should just fit into that line.

形狀？你的聲音音調變低了。暗L應該剛好適合那條線。

It’s also going to come down in pitch. And, because it’s at the end of the curve, some

它的間距也會下降。而且，因為是在曲線的末端，所以有的人

of the energy of the voice is gone. Listen to just the dark L, uhl [3x].

的能量的聲音了。只聽暗L，uhl【3x】。

How to make it. The tongue can be in two different positions. It can either come back down, so

如何製作。舌頭可以有兩種不同的位置。它既可以回落，所以

it’s touching the back of the bottom front teeth. Or, the tongue tip can come up to the

舌尖接觸到了下前牙的後方。或者，舌尖可以上移到...

roof of the mouth. The middle part is no longer touching the roof of the mouth. It’s also

嘴頂。中間部分已經不接觸嘴頂了。它也是

down. The part that really matters is the back of the tongue. It shifts back, uhl, uhl.

下。真正重要的部分是舌頭的後面。它向後移動，呃，呃。

It’s still low. Uhl, uhl. Because of the back part of the tongue, we get this strange,

它仍然很低。Uhl, uhl.因為舌頭後面的部分，我們得到這個奇怪的。

dark sound, uhl. Does it feel strange? That’s okay. If it’s new to you, it should definitely

黑暗的聲音，烏爾。是不是感覺很奇怪？沒關係的。如果它是新的給你，它應該絕對。

feel strange. If you only pay attention to the front part of the tongue, what the tip

感到奇怪。如果你只注意舌頭的前半部分，舌尖是什麼

is doing, you can never get the right sound for the Dark L. Focus on the back.

正在做，你永遠無法獲得合適的聲音的暗L，專注於後面。

Let’s just try transitioning from the R to the Dark L. Rrrlll. Rrrlll. And now the

讓我們試試從R到暗L的過渡。 Rrrlll。Rrrlll.現在...

whole word, but do it slowly. And use your hand, it can’t hurt. Girl, girl, girl.

整個單詞，但要慢慢做。用你的手，它不能傷害。女孩，女孩，女孩。

There it is, you’ve got it. Practice it slowly, with your hand, lots of times. Practice

就是這樣，你已經學會了。用手慢慢地練習，多多地練習。練習

it in sentences. This is a tough word, and you’re going to get really good at it if

它在句子中。這是一個很難的單詞，你會得到真正的好，如果

you practice.

你練習。

Now let’s look at it up close in and slow motion.

現在讓我們用慢動作近距離觀察它。

Can you tell that the tongue has started to pull back and up here? It’s not forward.

你能看出舌頭開始往後拉，往上拉嗎？這不是向前。

For the L, I flip my tongue tip to the roof of the mouth. And then back down at the end

L的時候，我把舌尖翻到嘴頂。然後在最後再向下

of the word. Let’s watch that again.

的話。我們再看一遍。

If there’s a word or phrase you’d like help pronouncing, please put it in the comments

如果有一個單詞或短語需要幫助發音，請把它放在評論中。

below.

下面是：

Also, I’m very excited to tell you that my book is now on sale. If you liked this

另外，我非常興奮地告訴大家，我的書現在正在銷售。如果你喜歡這本書

video, there’s a lot more to learn about American English pronunciation, and my book

視頻，還有很多關於美式英語發音的知識，以及我的書。

will help you step by step. You can get it by clicking here, or in the description below.

會幫助你一步步的完成。你可以通過點擊這裡，或者在下面的描述中獲得它。

That’s it, and thanks so much for using Rachel’s English.

就這樣，非常感謝你使用瑞秋英語。