And today, I want to show you how improving your intonation in English can help your pronunciation

而今天，我想告訴大家，如何提高英語的語調可以幫助你的發音

become much better.

變得好很多。

Hey, guys, teacher Prix here to help you talk to anyone anywhere anytime in English.

嘿，夥計們，Prix老師在這裡幫你用英語隨時隨地和任何人對話。

So, today I will give you my top 3 ideas to help you improve your intonation.

那麼，今天我就給大家講講我的三大理念，幫助大家提高自己的音準。

These ideas combined will help you get very very good results.

這些想法結合起來，會幫助你獲得非常好的效果。

But remember, results take time, dedication and consistency.

但請記住，結果是需要時間、投入和一致性的。

But here we go, number 1, work on your word stress.

但是我們開始了，第一，鍛鍊你的單詞壓力。

What’s that?

那是什麼？

Guys, every word in English has a stress.

夥計們，英語中的每個單詞都有重音。

What’s this Priscila?

這是什麼，普里西拉？

What’s a stress?

什麼是壓力？

It is a strong syllable, a strong part.

這是一個強勢的音節，強勢的部分。

This part is stronger than the others, ok?

這個部分比其他部分強，好嗎？

Stressing, pronouncing this strong part correctly will help you not only improve pronunciation

強調，正確發音這個強音部分，不僅能幫助你提高發音水準

but intonation as well.

但語氣也是如此。

And this is one problem I see many non-native speakers having when they are speaking words

而這也是我看到很多非母語人士在說單詞時的一個問題。

in English.

用英語。

Let’s see some words.

讓我們來看看一些文字。

Plastic.

塑膠的

Here the stressed syllable is PLAS, plastic.

這裡強調的音節是PLAS，塑膠。

PhoTOgraphy.

PhoTOgraphy。

It is not “pho”, it is no gra, it is “to”, photography.

不是 "普"，不是格拉，是 "至"，攝影。

Now, if you look at the word “photo”, it is “pho”, it is not “to” because

現在看 "照 "字，是 "照 "字，不是 "照 "字，因為。

if is “to” then you would say phoTO and it is not.

如果是 "到"，那麼你會說phoTO，而不是。

PHOto.

PHOto.

DeCIDE.

DeCIDE.

“CIDE” is my stressed syllable.

"CIDE "是我強調的音節。

OK, Priscila, now that I know this stressed syllable thing, how do I improve that?

好了，普里西拉，現在我知道了這個強調音節的事情，我怎麼改進呢？

Listen and repeat and you can use dictionaries Oxford Cambridge.

聽著聽著就可以用牛津劍橋的字典了。

There are so many dictionaries online today that will show you where the stressed syllable

今天網上有這麼多的字典，會告訴你強調的音節在哪裡。

is and that guys is how you get closer to having a better and better pronunciation closer

是，夥計們是如何讓你接近有一個更好的和更好的發音接近。

to a native speaker.

對母語人士來說。

Idea number 2: work on your sentence stress.

思路二：在句子的強調上下功夫。

Now that you have understood the word stress, we need to analyze the sentence stress as

現在大家已經理解了重音這個詞，我們需要分析句子的重音為

well.

好吧

And in English we also have ups and downs, strong and weak when we are making a sentence

而在英語中，我們在造句時也有起伏、強弱之分

and this is also a big difficulty many non-native speakers have.

而這也是很多非母語人士的一大難題。

So how do you analyze how to use your intonation in a sentence, in a full sentence.

那麼如何分析如何在一句話中，在一個完整的句子中使用你的語氣。

Let’s see a phrase.

我們來看一句話。

She bought a new dress.

她買了一件新衣服。

Here my important words are buy and new dress.

在這裡我重要的詞是買和新衣服。

Therefore I need to make them stronger when I am speaking to someone, when I am making

是以，我需要在對人說話的時候，讓他們變得更強大，當我在做。

a sentence and why do I do that, because these are my content words.

一句話，為什麼要這麼做，因為這些都是我的內容詞。

And what’s a content word.

那什麼是內容詞呢。

It is a word that is very important for the listener to listen, it is a key word and you

這個詞對於聽眾來說是非常重要的，它是一個關鍵詞，而你

need to emphasize this word because it is important in your message.

需要強調這個詞，因為它在你的資訊中很重要。

Therefore, this word will be stronger than the other words.

所以，這個詞會比其他詞更強。

The other words will be weaker and this key word will be stronger.

其他詞會弱一些，這個關鍵詞會強一些。

Now in a phrase you can have several content words, so you need to know when to go up and

現在在一個短語中，你可以有好幾個內容詞，所以你要知道什麼時候上和。

when to go down.

什麼時候下去。

What’s a content word?

什麼是內容詞？

Verbs action verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs, wh questions,w ords that indicate negative,

動詞動作動詞，名詞，形容詞，副詞，wh題，表示否定的詞。

all these words are content words.

這些詞都是內容詞。

Another example, my name is Priscila.

再舉個例子，我叫普里西拉。

In this case, name and Priscila are content words.

在這種情況下，name和Priscila是內容詞。

My and verb to be are not so important in this message, therefore they are weaker.

我的和動詞to be在這個資訊中並不那麼重要，是以它們比較弱。

My name, my name, my, it is not so strong, it is weak.

我的名字，我的名字，我的，它不是那麼強大，它是弱小的。

Now, in order for you to improve your sentence stress you need to work on your word stress,

現在，為了讓你提高句子的壓力，你需要在單詞壓力上下功夫。

which is my first idea.

這是我的第一個想法。

That’s why you have to do these exercises together, combine them, work on the sentences,

所以你要把這些練習一起做，結合起來，鍛鍊句子。

work on the words individually and then on the sentences.

先單獨練習單詞，再練習句子。

Idea, oops, idea number 3 shadowing.

想法，哎呀，想法3號影子。

I’ve already made a video talking about imitation, imitating native speakers, here

我已經做了一個視頻，說的是模仿，模仿母語者，在這裡。

is the link, take a look.

是鏈接，看一看。

But I didn’t say shadowing, I didn’t refer to it as shadowing which is basically what

但我沒有說影子，我沒有說是影子，這基本上就是

shadowing is when you imitate someone.

影子是當你模仿別人。

And this, guys, will help you put into practice these two top ideas I gave you previously

而這一點，各位，將幫助你把我之前給你的這兩個最重要的想法付諸實踐。

word stress and sentence stress are things that native speakers do all the time when

單詞重音和句子重音是母語人士經常做的事情，當

they are speaking English, I’m doing this now.

他們說的是英語，我現在正在做這個。

So, for you to improve that,if you want to have a better intonation, nothing better than

所以，對於你來說，如果你想有一個更好的音調，沒有什麼比這更好的了。

imitating the people who speak English, who are native speakers.

模仿說英語的人，他們的母語是英語。

My advice for you in this case, choose actors or actresses or people you like that speak

在這種情況下，我給你的建議是，選擇演員或你喜歡的人，說的是

clearly, alright?

很明顯，好嗎？

Because we know that there are some native speakers that do not speak so clearly, it

因為我們知道，有一些母語的人說得不是那麼清楚，它

is not clear when they speak it is difficult to understand.

他們說話時不清楚，很難理解。

So, try to listen to native speakers that have a very clear English and these are the

所以，儘量聽那些英語非常清晰的母語人士的聲音，這些都是

people you want to imitate, these are the people you want to pay attention at, to listen

你想模仿的人，這些人是你想關注的人，聽的人

to and you will see this stress, strong weak, the pronunciation , the correct pronunciation,

到，你就會看到這個重音，強弱，讀音 ，正確的讀音。

the correct intonation, the correct stress in the words.

正確的語氣，正確的詞語中的重音。

I still do this exercise, I do this exercise on a regular basis because that is how you

我仍然做這個練習，我定期做這個練習，因為這是你如何

are going to improve your speaking techniques, your intonation and your pronunciation

要提高你的口語技巧，你的語調和你的發音。

So, I would like to give you an example of shadowing.

所以，我想給大家舉一個影子的例子。

I picked a small part of an episode of a TV show I like.

我選了一集我喜歡的電視劇中的一小部分。

I like to watch Supernatural.

我喜歡看《超自然》。

I will try to imitate Dean Winchester, that’s my favorite character in this show and I will

我會努力模仿迪恩-溫徹斯特，這是我最喜歡的角色在這個節目中，我會。

try to imitate, to do what he is doing and this is the shadowing technique and you will

試著去模仿，去做他正在做的事情，這就是影子技術，你將會。

see that he stresses words some words are weaker than others and this is how you improve

看他強調的詞有些詞比其他詞要弱，這就是你的改進方法。

and I will have to read ok because I couldn’t memorize his lines, I, if I were an actress

我必須讀好，因為我不能記住他的臺詞，我，如果我是一個女演員

I would be a horrible one because I wouldn’t be able to memorize anything.

我會是一個可怕的人，因為我什麼都背不下來。

Here is the thing, uh Chuck and I mean no disrespect, ah, I’m guessing you came back

事情是這樣的，查克，我沒有不尊重你的意思，我猜你是回來了。

to help with the darkness and that’s great, ah, that’s you know, it is fantastic, ah

幫助與黑暗，這是偉大的，啊，這是你知道的，這是夢幻般的，啊。

but you’ve been gone, ah, a long long time.

但你已經走了，啊，很長很長一段時間。

So, I tried to do a reasonable job, ok?

所以，我努力做一個合理的工作，好嗎？

And this is basically how you do shadowing and it takes time, alright?

而這基本上就是你做影子的方法，需要時間，好嗎？

But the most important, my key here is work on your intonation and I’m sure you will

但最重要的，我這裡的關鍵是鍛鍊你的音準，我相信你會的

improve.

改善。

And to work on your intonation is not just “listen and repeat”, pay attention at

而鍛鍊自己的語調，不僅僅是 "聽、重複"，要注意在

what you’re listening and what you’re repeating, alright?

你在聽什麼，你在重複什麼，好嗎？

Pay attention at the stressed syllable, pay attention at the content words in your sentence,

注意強調的音節，注意句子中的內容詞。

what are the key words in your phrase?

你這句話的關鍵詞是什麼？

That’s how you improve your intonation.

這樣才能提高自己的音準。

That’s how you become a better English speaker.

這就是你如何成為一個更好的英語演講者。

I hope you like this video.

我希望你喜歡這個視頻。

Don’t forget to click like and subscribe.

不要忘記點擊喜歡和訂閱。

Thanks guys and I’ll see you next time.

謝謝大家，我們下次再見。