some differences in American English and British English pronunciation.

我們要來看看一些美式英文和英式英文發音的不同處

In order to do that, I've teamed up with my American colleague Rachel,

為了要討論這個課程，我們和美國同事Rachel合作

who is going to introduce herself to you now.

Rachel現在要來跟你們介紹她自己

I'm Rachel and I have a YouTube channel called 'Rachel's English'.

我是Rachel，我有一個YouTube的頻道叫做Rachel's English

My channel focuses on American English pronunciation.

我的頻道主要在探討美式英文的發音

There are videos that go over the specific mouth proposition for each sound,

那裡有一些前幾個月的影片，是在探討發音

videos that focus on the rhythm of American English, linking,

也有探討美式英文的節奏、字的連結

and videos that show you how to listen to the characteristics of American English.

還有告訴你怎麼聽出美式英文的特色

There are over two hundred and fifty videos with two added each week. I hope

我的頻道有超過250部影片，而且每週會有兩部新影片

you'll check them out.

希望你們都能去看看

Thank you Rachel.

謝謝妳Rachel

Okay, I will be focusing on the differences between consonants

好，我們現在要來討論子音的不同

'r' and 't'

r和t

and also some very common words that are pronounced differently in American English and British English.

還有一些非常常見，但是在美式英文和英式英文卻發音不同的字

Rachel will be focusing on the differences between some vowel sounds.

Rachel會著重在母音之間的不同

Let's start with the letter 'r'.

讓我們從r開始

When the letter 'r' is in the initial position of a word or in the middle of a word,

當r在字首或字中間時

there isn't a huge difference between the way Americans or British people

在美式和英式之間的發音沒有很大的差別

pronounce it. However,

然而

listen to me saying

聽我念接下來的四個字

the following four words and then listen to Rachel saying them.

然後再聽Rachel念

Now, when the letter 'r'

現在，當r

is in the middle position

在中間的位置

in a monosyllabic word and after a vowel,

是在母音之後的單音節字

in British English

在英式英文

we tend to drop it.

我們通常會跳過它不發音

We also drop the letter 'r' at the end of words in British English,

在英式英文我們通常也會把在字尾的r跳過

whereas in American English, there is no difference.

在美式英文這也沒有不同

Now, I'd like you to listen to me saying the following words

現在，我要你聽我念下面的單字

and then listen to Rachel saying the same word immediately.

然後再馬上聽Rachel念

Right then, let's move on to the letter 't'.

現在，讓我們從t開始

In standard British English,

在標準的英式英文

the letter 't' is always pronounced as a /t/,

t通常發/t/的音

whether it is at the beginning of a word, in the middle of a word or

不論它是在字首、字中或

at the end of a word;

字尾

whether it's a stressed syllable or unstressed syllable.

不論它是在重音音節還是非重音音節

For example, listen to these four words.

例如，聽聽看這四個字

However, in American English

然而，美式英文

they tend to

他們傾向

drop the 't' in the final position.

在字尾處跳過t不發音

So, now listen to Rachel saying these four words.

所以，現在聽Rachel念這四個字

Now, listen to her

現在，再聽她

saying the words 'what' and 'cut' again.

念一次what和cut

Now, in American English, when the letter 't'

美式英文，當t

is in the middle position in a word,

在字中的時候

it sometimes changes to a soft (d).

有時候會念成微弱的d

This happens

這也發生在

either when it's between two vowels

t在兩個母音中間時

or

或

when it's between an 'r' and a vowel.

當它在r和母音中間時

So, now listen to how I pronounce the following words,

現在聽聽我怎麼念接下來這幾個字

and immediately to how Rachel pronounces them.

然後馬上再聽Rachel怎麼念

And finally, in American English,

最後，在美式英文中

the letter 't' is sometimes dropped after an 'n'.

在n後面t常常會跳過不發音

For example,

例如

in British English, we would say:

在英式英文中我們會念

Now, listen to how Rachel pronounces them.

現在聽聽Rachel怎麼發音

Okay, that's all for the consonants 'r' and 't'.

子音r跟t就到這裡了

Now we're going to look at some very common words in English, that are

現在我們要來看看英文中一些常見的字

pronounced quite differently in British English and American English.

在英式和美式英文中發音很不同

So, I'm going to say them and then you listen to how Rachel says.

我會念一遍，你們再聽Rachel念一遍

Well, I hope you've enjoyed this part of the lesson.

我希望你們喜歡這個課程

To continue this lesson with Rachel, click here.

想要繼續和Rachel學習發音的課程，請點這裡

She will be telling you about the differences in vowel sounds.

她會教你們母音發音的不同

If you want to subscribe to our channel, click here.

如果你想要訂閱我們的頻道，請點這裡

And if you want to subscribe to Rachel's Channel, click here.

如果你想要訂閱Rachel的頻道，請點這裡

Thank you for watching. I look forward to seeing you in our next video.

謝謝你的收看，期待在下次的影片看到你喔

Bye now!

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