Name: How to Understand Native English Speakers - Improve English Listening
Uploaded: 2018-04-30T04:46:51.000Z
Duration: 14 min 45 s

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In this lesson, you can learn how to understand
native speakers in English.

在本課中，你可以學習如何理解
以英語為母語的人。

Many English learners find it difficult to
understand native speakers, even after years

許多英語學習者發現很難
多年來一直在聽懂母語

This can be frustrating and demotivating!

However, there are some simple things you
can do to improve your English listening and

然而，有一些簡單的事情，你
可以做什麼來提高你的英語聽力和

make it easier to understand native English
speakers.

讓英語母語者更容易理解
發言人：

In this lesson, you'll see five simple tips
you can use to understand native English speakers

在本課中，你將看到五個簡單的技巧
你可以用它來理解母語為英語的人

Would you say this sentence with the contraction?

All of these sentences can be contracted.

Would you pronounce the contractions, or not?

Think about it, and be honest—it's not
a test!

仔細想想，說實話，這不是
試探

Many English learners don't use enough contractions
when they speak.

許多英語學習者使用的收縮詞不夠多。
他們說話時。

They use the full form, for example he has
instead of he's.

他們使用完整的形式，例如他有
而不是他的。

If you don't use contractions when you speak,
it will be difficult to understand them when

如果你說話時不使用收縮語。
一時難明

Native speakers almost always use contractions
when they're speaking.

母語使用者幾乎總是使用收縮詞
當他們在說話的時候。

If you find it difficult to understand contractions,
you'll always have problems when you're

如果你覺得很難理解收縮。
患得患失

Very simple: use contractions more in your
speech.

很簡單：在你的生活中多用收縮詞。
講話。

To do this, choose a simple topic—for example,
your family—and record yourself speaking

要做到這一點，選擇一個簡單的主題--例如。
你的家人，並記錄你自己的發言

Listen to the recording and try to find any
places where you could have used contractions,

聽聽這段錄音，試著找到任何
你可以用收縮詞的地方。

Then, repeat the exercise, and try to use
more contractions.

然後，重複練習，並嘗試使用
更多的收縮。

If you use contractions yourself, it'll
become easier to understand them.

如果你自己使用收縮劑，就會...
變得更容易理解它們。

Here's a simple question in English which
is often difficult for English learners to

這裡有一道簡單的英語題，它
對於英語學習者來說，往往很難

What are you doing
Why do so many people find it difficult to

你在做什麼？
為什麼很多人覺得很難

First of all, the letter 't' in the word
what is usually not pronounced.

首先，單詞中的字母 "t"。
通常不發音的東西。

It changes to a /d/ sound, or it's reduced
to a glottal 'stop' 't'.

它變成了/d/的聲音，或者它被減少了。
到喉頭的 "停""t"。

Secondly, the word are is not pronounced /ɑː/.

其次，are這個詞的發音不是/ɑː/。

它的變化是一個非常短的聲音。/ə/.

Next, the word you is not pronounced /jʊː/.

其次，you這個詞的發音不是/jʊː/。

It also becomes a very short sound: /jə/.

Finally, the words are not pronounced with
spaces in between.

最後，這些詞的發音不與
之間的空間。

The whole question is pronounced like one
long word.

整個問題的發音是這樣的
長話。

Of course, if you think are should be pronounced
/ɑː/, and you should be pronounced /jʊː/,

當然，如果你認為are應該發音為
/ɑː/，而你的發音應該是/jʊː/。

And of course, you probably won't understand
the natural pronunciation:

當然，你可能也不會明白。
的自然發音。

Weak forms are words which have a different
pronunciation in a sentence.

弱化形式是指有不同
在句子中的發音。

Learning about weak forms can show you that
there is some logic to English pronunciation,

學習弱化形式可以告訴你
英語發音有一定的邏輯性。

Don't think about what you read in your
English textbook.

不要去想你在你的書中讀到的東西
英語課本。

Listen to how people pronounce words and sentences
in real life.

聽聽人們對單詞和句子的發音。
在現實生活中。

You'll realize that there's a big difference
between textbook English and natural English.

你會意識到，這兩者之間有很大的區別。
教科書英語和自然英語之間。

Another good exercise here is dictation: choose
something to listen to, like a podcast or

這裡還有一個很好的練習是聽寫：選擇
聽的東西，比如播客或

a YouTube video, which is not too difficult.

Listen to one minute, and try to write down
everything you hear.

聽一分鐘，並嘗試寫下
你聽到的一切。

This way, you can train yourself to follow
native English speech.

這樣，你可以訓練自己按照
母語英語語音。

If you're an average English student, you
said that the missing word is are.

如果你是一個普通的英語學生，你
說，缺一不可的是都。

That's the correct answer, but it's also
not the best answer.

這是正確的答案，但也是
不是最好的答案。

How can the correct answer not be the best
answer?

正確答案怎麼可能不是最好的
回答？

Actually, the best answer is that there are
no words missing.

其實，最好的答案是，有
沒有缺字。

In spoken English, you don't need to say
are.

在英語口語中，你不需要說... ...
是：

In fact, you can make the question even shorter
and just say,

其實，你可以把問題做得更短些
而只是說。

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