word OF.

字。

OF is a preposition, and prepositions are function words. Function words are the words

OF 是介詞，介詞是功能詞。功能詞是指

that will generally be unstressed in a sentence. In this particular case, the word may also

在句子中一般為非重音。在這種特殊情況下，該詞也可以

reduce, which means that one of the sounds will be changed or be dropped. The word 'of'

reduce"，意思是改變或放棄其中一個音。單詞 'of&#39；

on its own, outside of the context of a sentence, will be pronounced with the UH as in BUTTER

在脫離句子語境的情況下，將用 "UH "發音，如 "BUTTER "中的 "UH"。

vowel and the V consonant. A word of caution to Spanish speakers: many of you will want

元音和 V 輔音。請講西班牙語的人注意：很多人都希望

to make a B instead of a V. As you practice, watch yourself in a mirror. Of, vv, you should

練習時，請對著鏡子觀察自己。你應該

be able to see some of your top teeth. Of, the bottom lip vibrates against the top teeth.

能看到上牙的一些部分。其中，下嘴脣與上牙齒會產生振動。

Ob, ob, if you see your lips close, it's incorrect; it's a B. Of.

Ob, ob, if you see your lips close, it's incorrect; it's a B. Of.

When we reduce this word, we may drop the consonant altogether. When we use OF in a sentence,

當我們減少這個單詞時，可以完全去掉輔音。當我們在句子中使用 OF 時、

we'll want to use the schwa, so, less jaw drop, and it will be very fast. If the next

我們希望使用單音，這樣，下巴就不會掉下來，而且速度也會很快。如果下一個

word begins with a consonant, you can drop the V as well. If the next word begins with

單詞以輔音開頭，也可以去掉 V。如果下一個單詞以

a vowel or diphthong, you'll want to keep the V sound. Then you'll have the case of

在元音或雙元音中，您需要保留 V 音。那麼就會出現

an ending consonant and a beginning vowel, so the V can help you link the two words together.

一個結尾輔音和一個開頭元音，是以 V 可以幫助您將兩個單詞連接在一起。

Let's look at some examples. It's one of my favorites. Here, I've dropped the V. OF is

讓我們來看幾個例子。這是我的最愛之一。在這裡，我去掉了 V。

simply the schwa. Uh, uh, uh-my, uh-my, it's one of my, it's one of my favorites.

只是單音呃，呃，呃--我的，呃--我的，這是我的，這是我的最愛之一。

Another example: A lot of offices have the same policy. Here, the word after OF begins

再舉一個例子：很多辦公室都有同樣的政策。這裡，"OF "後面的單詞開頭是

with a vowel, so I'm not going to drop the V. I'm going to use it to link the word 'of'

所以我不會去掉 V，而是用它來連接 'of&#39 這個詞；

and 'office'. When we have a word that ends in a consonant, when the next word begins

和 'office'。當我們有一個單詞以輔音結尾時，當下一個單詞以

with a vowel or diphthong, it's a great opportunity to link. So, we think of the ending V actually

與元音或雙元音連接，是連接的絕佳機會。是以，我們認為結尾 V 實際上是

as beginning the next word. So instead of 'offices', we'll have 'voffices', 'uh-voffices',

作為下一個單詞的開頭。是以，我們可以用 'office'、'uh-voffices'來代替 'office'、

of offices. Linking will help smooth out your speech and prevent it from being choppy. Very

的辦公室。鏈接有助於使您的發言更加流暢，避免語無倫次。非常

important in American English. Of offices, a lot of offices. A lot of offices.

在美式英語中很重要。辦公室，很多辦公室。很多辦公室。

It's part of a bigger plan. Again, the next word begins with a vowel. I'm going to link

這是一個更大計劃的一部分。同樣，下一個詞以元音開頭。我要鏈接

with the V sound, vv, vv. Of a, of a. It's part of a bigger plan. It's one of the best

這是一個更大計劃的一部分。這是最好的

videos I've seen. Here the next word begins with a consonant, so I can drop the V if I

我看過的視頻在這裡，下一個單詞是以輔音開頭的，所以我可以去掉 V，如果我

want. Uh-the, uh-the, one of the, one of the, It's one of the best videos I've seen.

想看這是我看過最棒的視頻之一

Now let's look at OF THEM. This set of words can be reduced two different ways. The word

現在讓我們來看看 OF THEM。這組詞語可以用兩種不同的方式來簡化。單詞

THEM can be reduced to the schwa/M sound, dropping the TH.

THEM 可以簡化為 schwa/M 音，去掉 TH。

So, we can drop the TH of THEM. That means we'll want to keep the V of OF, because the

是以，我們可以去掉 THEM 的 TH。這意味著我們要保留 OF 的 V，因為

next word begins with a vowel, the schwa: uh-vm. A lot of them are good. But, let's

下一個單詞以元音開頭，即 schwa：uh-vm。很多都不錯但是，讓我們

say we don't drop the TH. Then we can drop the V. A lot of them thought that. uh-them,

如果我們不放棄TH，就可以放棄V很多人都這麼想

uh-them, a lot of them thought that. I think in most cases I would drop the TH and keep

很多人都是這麼想的。我想在大多數情況下，我會放棄 TH，保留

the V. But, this just goes to show there isn't any one right way to deal with reductions

但是，這恰恰說明，沒有任何一種正確的方法可以處理減刑問題。

in a sentence.

在一句話中

I hope this helps you understand the reduction of 'of'. Practice: make a video of you saying

希望這能幫助你理解'of'的縮寫。練習：錄製一段你說

a few sentences with of, and post it on YouTube as a video response to this video. I can't

的幾句話，並將其作為對這段視頻的迴應發佈到 YouTube 上。我不能

wait to watch.

等待觀看。

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

就是這樣，非常感謝你使用瑞秋的英語。