Name: 如何理解英語中的快速語音--提高英語理解能力。 (How to Understand Fast Speech in English - Improve English Comprehension)
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In this lesson, you can learn how to understand fast speech.

You'll see how to understand fast English speakers more easily.

You'll also get a simple, step-by-step plan to improve your ability to understand fast

Before we start, you should take a look at our website: Oxford Online English dot com.

You can use our free English lessons to practise, including many listening lessons.

You can also take online classes to improve your English with our professional teachers.

But now, let's see one of the most useful things you can do if you want to understand

Imagine a situation: you're going to the airport to meet someone who's arriving.

You've never met this person before, but you have a photo.

The photo does not look *anything* like the person you're supposed to meet.

Will you be able to recognise this person?

There's a similar connection between understanding spoken language and pronunciation.

If you don't know how to pronounce words and sentences correctly, then you won't

More specifically, if you don't know about the features of native English pronunciation,

then you'll find it difficult to understand any natural speech.

So, what are these 'features' of native English pronunciation?

Let's look at an example: 'That house looks smaller from the outside.'

'That house looks smaller from the outside.'

Even in this short sentence, a lot is happening.

First, the 't' at the end of 'that' is generally not fully pronounced.

In British English, it would be reduced to a glottal 't', which means that you start

pronouncing a /t/ sound, but you never fully release it.

In American English, the /t/ might also be softened to a /d/ sound.

In fact, all of the words are linked, so that the whole sentence is pronounced as one sound.

'From' is pronounced weakly, so you say /frəm/ and not /frɒm/.

The last two words—'the outside'—are linked by adding a /j/ sound in the middle:

There are many pronunciation points to be aware of here.

We won't go into more detail, because we've covered many of these points in other videos.

However, here's the main point: if you don't know about these pronunciation features, you'll

struggle to understand *any* English speech.

You might feel like all speech is “too fast”.

Actually, the speed might not be the problem.

Connected, fluent speech can sound much faster if you're not aware of these pronunciation

You don't need to be able to use these pronunciation features perfectly, but you should know about

them and be able to use them at least sometimes.

Then, you'll find it much easier to understand native English at any speed.

The most important points are weak forms, linking, stress, and schwa sounds.

There are others, but if you have a good understanding of these four pronunciation topics, your listening

Check out our pronunciation videos for more details on these points.

If you want to go into more depth, we can recommend the Pronunciation in Use series

You can find links in the video description.

Working on your pronunciation is the most useful way to improve your ability to understand

fast English speech, but what else should you think about?

There's a proverb in English: you have to learn to walk before you can learn to run.

In the same way, many English learners who say they can't understand fast speech also

have problems understanding slower speech.

We hope it's obvious that if you can't understand slower speech well, then you'll

However, many English learners realise that they have difficulties understanding fast

speech, but don't realise that they also have problems with slower speech.

First, you need to test your ability to understand slower speech.

One: you need a video or audio file which is not too easy and not too difficult.

English textbooks often have listening exercises which are carefully designed for a specific

If you don't know where to find good listening materials, then use English textbooks as a

We also have many listening lessons on our website: Oxford Online English dot com.

Two: you need a way to control the playback speed.

You can use a YouTube video, where you can use the speed controls to set the playback

Or, you can use VLC media player, which has speed controls, so you can play something

at 90 per cent speed, 80 per cent, and so on.

VLC is probably better, because you can control the playback speed more precisely.

By the way, if you have other suggestions for tools to listen at variable speeds, let

Three: you need an accurate transcript of the audio or video.

For example, you could use a YouTube video which has subtitles, or a song where you have

Be careful with YouTube subtitles, as many of them are automatically generated, and these

Your goal is to test how well you understand slow speech.

Adjust the playback speed until it feels easy to you.

Listen to a few sentences to get warmed up.

Next, pause the playback at the end of a sentence.

Listen to the next sentence, pause the playback, then write the sentence down.

If you're using a song, then work in lines instead of sentences.

At this stage, you need to be really strict with yourself.

Double check what you've written against the transcript.

Count your mistakes: every missing word is one mistake, every wrong word is one mistake,

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