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  • In this video, I'm going to look at the differences between a British and an American accent.

    在這個影片中,我將探討英國口音和美國口音之間的差異。

  • Of course there are many British accents and there are many American accents,

    當然,英國有很多種口音,美國也有很多種口音,

  • but I'm going to show you some of the major accent differences between them.

    但我將向你展示它們之間的一些主要口音差異。

  • So let's start!

    開始吧!

  • Linguists give vowels names to make it easier to talk about them.

    語言學家給母音起名字,以便更容易談論它們。

  • The LOT vowel sound describes the vowel in words like "job," "politics," and "not."

    "LOT"母音聲音描述了單詞中的母音,例如"job"、"politics"和"not"。

  • When British speakers say this vowel, their lips might be slightly rounded.

    當英國講者發出這個母音時,他們的嘴唇可能會稍微圓潤。

  • But Americans use a different vowel sound and their lips will be more open.

    但美國人使用不同的母音聲音,他們的嘴唇會更開。

  • The BATH vowel describes the vowel sound in words like "behalf," "passed," and "path."

    "BATH"母音描述了單詞中的母音聲音,例如"behalf"、"passed"和"path"。

  • British speakersespecially those in the south of Englandwill use a more back vowel sound here.

    英國人,特別是南部的,會在這裡使用更後部的母音聲音。

  • But Americans will tend to use a more front vowel sound.

    但美國人通常會使用更前部的母音聲音。

  • The words "water," "authority," and "fighting" have a T in the middle.

    單詞"water"、"authority"和"fighting"中有一個T。

  • Brits will tend to pronounce a T sound here.

    英國人在這裡通常會發出T的聲音。

  • But Americans will use a tap.

    但美國人會輕輕帶過。

  • This may sound like a short D sound or even an R sound if you're a non-native speaker of English

    對於非英語母語的人來說,這可能聽起來像是一個短的D聲音,甚至是一個R聲音。

  • The word "yod" describes a /j/ sound.

    "yod"這個詞形容了一個/j/的聲音。

  • In the word "new", Brits will tend to pronounce a /j/ sound here.

    在單詞"new"中,英國人通常會在這裡發出/j/的聲音。

  • But Americans don't – they've dropped the yod.

    但美國人不會 - 他們省略了這個/j/的聲音。

  • In Britain, this word can be pronounced with a /dj/ sound, but it's also commonly pronounced with a /dʒ/ sound.

    在英國,這個詞可以發音成/dj/的聲音,但也常常以/dʒ/的聲音發音。

  • This change from /dj/ to /dʒ/ is called yod-coalescence.

    從/dj/到/dʒ/的這種變化被稱為yod融合。

  • You can hear Theresa May use the /dʒ/ pronunciation.

    你可以聽到德蕾莎·梅伊使用/dʒ/的發音。

  • But Donald Trump just uses a /d/ sound here.

    但唐納·川普在這裡使用的是/d/的聲音。

  • In the words "shared," "hardand "work," most Brits will not pronounce the R sound, but most Americans will.

    在單詞"shared"、"hard"和"work"中,大多數英國人不會發音R的聲音,但大多數美國人會。

  • Donald Trump grew up in New York.

    唐納·川普在紐約長大。

  • In traditional New York accents, the letter R is only pronounced in certain positions.

    在傳統的紐約口音中,字母R只在某些位置發音。

  • But nowadays the situation is more complicated.

    但現在情況更加複雜。

  • With New Yorkers sometimes pronouncing the R and sometimes not.

    紐約人有時會發音R,有時則不會。

  • This is what Donald Trump does in his speech.

    這就是唐納·川普在他的演講中說的。

  • Sometimes he pronounces the R and sometimes not.

    有時他會發音R,有時則不會。

  • But for the purposes of this video, it's important to state that most Americans will always pronounce the letter R.

    但在這個影片中,重要的是要說明,大多數美國人通常會發音字母R。

  • I'm going to finish with an interesting aspect of Donald Trump's accent that's particular to New York - rather than American accents in general.

    我將以唐納·川普的口音中一個特別的紐約特色作為結尾,而不是一般的美國口音。

  • For me, the words "human," "huge," and "humourbegin with a /hjuː/ sound, but in New York accents, the H is dropped, and we're left with /juː/.

    對我來說,單詞"human"、"huge"和"humour"以/hjuː/的聲音開始,但在紐約口音中,H被省略掉,剩下/juː/的聲音。

  • Listen to Theresa May pronounce the H in "human."

    聽德蕾莎·梅伊發單詞"human"時會發音H。

  • And now listen to Donald Trump who doesn't pronounce the H.

    現在聽聽唐納·川普,他不會發H的音。

  • These are just some of the differences between a British and an American accent.

    這些只是英國口音和美國口音之間的一些差異。

  • If you've enjoyed this video, then please like it, and share it with your English-speaking friends

    如果你喜歡這個影片,請點贊並分享給你的講英語的朋友。

  • If you're a non-native English speaker and you want to improve your pronunciation, then take my online English pronunciation course.

    如果你是非英語母語的人,想要改進你的發音,那麼參加我的線上英語發音課程吧。

  • Click the link underneath the video to find out more

    點擊影片下方的連結以獲取更多信息。

In this video, I'm going to look at the differences between a British and an American accent.

在這個影片中,我將探討英國口音和美國口音之間的差異。

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