10 Ways to Improve Your English Pronunciation

Hi.

I’m Vanessa from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com.

Are you ready to improve your pronunciation?

Let’s do it.

Has someone ever asked you to repeat yourself
because they couldn’t understand you?

People have said that to me before, too.

And do you know what?

It’s okay if someone asks you to repeat yourself
because that means that they actually care

about what you’re saying.

They didn’t just nod and smile.

No, they actually wanted to hear what you
had to say.

But it’s also important to be able to speak
as naturally as possible.

This will help other people to understand
you easily and you’re going to be able to

understand other people easily.

A whole new world will open up to you when
your pronunciation improves.

Today I’d like to share with you 10 ways to
improve your English pronunciation.

Because this is a pronunciation lesson, I
want you to be active.

Please say the sample sentences out loud,
exercise your speaking muscles, and really

use it so that you can remember them.

All right.

Let’s get started with tip number one.

Number one is shadowing.

This is absolutely the best tip to improve
your pronunciation.

This means that you’re repeating directly
after a native English speaker.

You could repeat after every word or you could
listen to a full sentence and then repeat,

which will help with your intonation.

There are different ways to shadow, but this
is a great tip and we’re going to be practicing

it throughout this lesson.

So let’s get started with the sample sentence.

I can’t believe that it’s already May.

I can’t believe that it’s already May.

How can you imitate this sentence?

Well, first, at the beginning, I can’t.

Do you notice that the T here is stopped?

This is called a stopped T, which means that
your tongue is going to be at the top of your

mouth making that T shape, but you’re not
going to let a puff of air through.

I can’t.

I can’t.

And then we have a great word, believe.

Believe that.

This word has an A, but what does it sound
like?

That.

That.

It kind of sounds like an E sound.

Eh, eh.

That.

And that T is going to be stopped just like
in our first word, can’t.

Can’t.

I can’t believe that it’s already May.

Try to say that sentence with me.

I can’t believe that it’s already May.

I can’t believe that it’s already May.

Great pronunciation practice.

We’re going to be talking about a lot of these
tips throughout today’s lesson, so let’s go

on to number two.

Number two, practice phrases or full sentences.

We just talked about two contractions, can’t
and it’s.

But if you had just separated those from the
sentence and just practiced can’t, it’s, well,

it’s not going to be as natural because you
hardly ever say just those words by themselves.

Instead, when put them in a full phrase or
in a full sentence, it’s going to help you

link things together naturally.

Whenever I give feedback to my students in
the Fearless Fluency Club and they send me

a pronunciation clip and I give them some
feedback back, I always include a full challenge

sentence.

This is going to help them with individual
sounds.

But also, the linking between all of those
sounds, it’s just more realistic.

So let’s practice it.

It’s probably going to rain today.

It’s probably going to rain today.

What about this word probably?

Well, in fast English, we’re going to cut
out that middle sound and just have two syllables.

It’s prob-ly.

Sometimes when native speakers are speaking
slower they’ll add that middle syllable, probably.

There’s two accurate ways to say this.

But when we’re speaking quickly, cut it out.

So try to say it with me.

It’s prob-ly.

It’s prob-ly.

Then the next two words, going to, link together
to create a wonderful natural reduction gonna.

It’s probably gonna.

It’s probably gonna.

The word to changes to uh.

Just uh.

It’s probably gonna rain today.

It’s probably gonna rain today.

What’s happening here with the word today?

Do you hear an ooh sound when I say it?

Today.

Today.

Nope.

It’s just the T sound before day.

So you’re going to say this word quickly.

T’day.

T’day.

Let’s put that full sentence together.

It’s prob-ly gonna rain t’day.

It’s prob-ly gonna rain t’day.

It’s prob-ly gonna rain t’day.

If you had taken just the word probably or
probably out of this sentence and practiced

it, it’s okay, but it’s much better to practice
a full phrase or a full sentence like you

just did.

Okay.

Let’s go on to tip number three.

Number three, practice intonation and word
stress.

If your individual sounds like T-H, or R,
or your vowels are accurate but you’re stressing

the wrong words or the wrong syllables in
a sentence, it can be really tough for native

speakers to understand you so make sure that
you have the same rhythm and the same flow

that native speakers do.

Let’s practice that in a sentence.

Let’s say that you just took a test and your
friend said, “Wow!

That was so easy.”

You might say, “I thought it was a hard test.”

I thought it was a hard test.

Which words am I emphasizing here?

I thought it was a hard test.

I’m emphasizing I and hard test.

Why did I emphasize I in this sentence?

Well, you’re wanting to kind of make a comparison
between your ideas and your friend’s ideas.

Your friend said, “That was an easy test,”
so you’re comparing, well, I, on the other

hand, your opinion, but on my opinion, in
my opinion, I thought it was a hard test.

The word hard and test are also going to be
emphasized, and the mental part is just linked

together.

Let’s practice.

I thought it was a hard test.

I thought it was a hard test.

I thought it was a hard test.

Do you see how word emphasis here will help
you to be able to speak naturally and also

other people to understand you?

I hope so.

To practice more word stress and sentence
intonation, I recommend checking out this

lesson I made up here called Accent Reduction
Class where we’re going to talk about that

a little bit more in detail.

All right.

Let’s go to tip number four.

Tip number four is learn which key sounds
are the most difficult for you.

This is going to depend on your native language.

Difficult sounds for Arabic speakers are going
to be different than difficult sounds for

French speakers.

I’ve heard a lot of Vietnamese students cut
off the end of words or Spanish speakers cut

off a P sound and add a B instead.

So this is my recommendation.

You can just search on YouTube pronunciation
tips for Hindi speakers, pronunciation tips

for Spanish speakers.

Add your native language there and there’s
probably going to be a video on YouTube specifically

for speakers of your native language and they’ll
focus on the sounds that are difficult because

of your language background, and that’s going
to be different for everyone depending on

what your native language is.

There’s obviously some sounds that are tough
for everyone, like THs or Rs, but it’s great

to know which key sounds are really difficult
for you.

Tip number five, learn specifics for linking
and reduction.

Some English teachers might disagree with
me, but I feel like when you have some basic

tools in your pronunciation toolbox you’ll
be able to use them more effectively.

The important thing is this, don’t overwhelm
yourself with pronunciation rules because

it’s going to probably stop you from speaking.

It’s going to lower your confidence.

But if you know some basic ideas about English
linking, English reductions, it’s going to

help you to be able to speak more naturally.

So let’s practice with a little sample sentence.

I used to go to work every day.

I used to go to work every day.

At the beginning of the sentence, we have
a great common reduction with the words use

to.

I use to.

The word to is just changing to … I used
to.

I used to.

And then the next two words go to.

Go to.

What’s that sound do you hear in there?

Is it to?

No.

The word to is changing to da.

Da.

Go da.

Go da.

I usta go da.

There are plenty of ways to reduce the word
to in English.

You saw two of them right here.

But in this situation, especially with the
word go, the next word to changes to duh.

I usta go da.

I usta go da work every day.

What’s a sound that’s cut off in the middle
of that word?

Ev’ry.

Ev’ry.

There’s just two parts every.

That middle vowel is cut out.

Usually in fast conversation we don’t say
every with that er sound really clear.

Instead, every.

Every, every, every.

So let’s put that whole sentence together
and try to say it with me.

I used to go to work every day.

I used to go to work every day.

I used to go to work every day.

There are plenty of specific pronunciation
tools that you can learn, so make sure to

check out my pronunciation playlist up here
with all of my pronunciation lessons so that

you can add some tools to your toolbox.

All right.

Let’s go to the next tip.

Number six, practice challenge words.

What are challenge words?

Challenge words are words that usually make
you trip up.

That word trip up means they make you hesitate
often.

And some of those words might be probably,
or probably, like we talked about, thorough,

world comfortable.

These are common words that make English speakers
trip up.

So I recommend checking out this video I made
up here called How to Pronounce 106 Difficult

English Words just to get started to practice
some of those commonly difficult words.

But, let’s practice this sentence together
right now.

The girl went through her work.

The girl went through her work.

The words girl, through, and work often trip
up English learners so let’s try to break

them down quickly.

The girl.

There’s two parts to this word, … and … The
girl.

Girl.

The girl went through.

Make sure you have a nice T-H.

Your tongue is between your teeth and there’s
a stream of air coming out.

Through.

I think it’s tricky because there’s an R directly
after TH, but that’s okay.

We can practice it together.

The sound of this word is exactly the same
as she threw a ball.

This is through with a different spelling
and a different meaning, but the same pronunciation.

The girl went through her work.

Work.

Work.

There’s an O in this word, but instead it
sounds like W-E-R-K.

Work work.

Make sure that that R is strong.

Work.

Work.

Let’s put all of this together.

The girl went through her work.

The girl went through her work.

The girl went through her work.

Whew.

That’s a good challenge sentence.

All right.

Let’s go onto the next tip.

Number seven, practice tongue twisters.

What are tongue twisters?

Well, they’re a challenging kind of crazy
sentence that uses some commonly difficult

sounds.

If you know which sounds are the most difficult
for you, like we talked about in tip number

four, you can practice some tongue twisters
that focus on those sounds.

A few years ago, I made a video that included
some tongue twisters with common sounds that

are tough for English learners, like TH, R,
L, T, and some vowels.

If you’d like to check out that full tongue
twister video, you can check it out up here,

but let’s practice one right now.

He threw three free throws.

He threw three free throws.

He threw three free throws.

So here we have the difference between TH
and an F sound.

Let’s practice the TH first.

He threw.

Just like we talked about, the girl went through
her work.

Same word, same pronunciation.

Well, not the same word, but the same pronunciation.

He threw.

Your tongue is between your teeth and there’s
a nice stream of air.

He threw three free throws.

So let’s just focus on those TH sounds here.

He threw three throws.

Then, if we add in the word free, look what’s
happening with my teeth.

Free.

Free.

My top teeth are coming onto my bottom lip
and there’s some stream of air coming through.

Free.

Free.

Let’s practice this full sentence all together.

He threw three free throws.

He threw three free throws.

So when you say that F sound, make sure that
your tongue is not visible and just your teeth

are on your bottom lip.

He threw three free throws.

He threw three free throws.

He threw three free throws.

He threw three free throws.

Whew.

It’s a good challenge.

All right.

Let’s go on to the next tip.

Tip number eight is to study IPA: IPA is the
International Phonetic Alphabet.

Some students find the IPA, the International
Phonetic Alphabet, extremely helpful and some

students just don’t like to use it at all.

But like I mentioned, it could be just one
more tool in your pronunciation toolbox.

So if this is something that you find useful,
go ahead and use it.

Personally, I haven’t used this in my pronunciation
lessons here on my YouTube channel.

That’s just my personal preference.

But every day is a good day for new beginnings,
so let’s practice it a little bit right now.

This Thursday her father will throw those
teeth.

Kind of a crazy sentence.

But you can see from this sentence that there
are two different ways to pronounce TH.

This Thursday her father will throw those
teeth.

There is a voiced way to say the T-H and an
unvoiced way.

This, father, those is the voiced way to say
T-H.

Listen to when I say those words.

This, father, those.

My voice is being used.

But what about when I say the unvoiced words?

Thursday, throw, teeth.

Instead, this TH is just a stream of air coming
out.

It’s not voice.

All you hear is some air.

And you can see that these are represented
by two different symbols in the IPA.

So if you want to read those sentences and
then see the IPA that goes with them, you

can realize, “Oh, okay, so the word this and
teeth both have a TH but they’re pronounced

in different ways.”

In my opinion, IPA can be useful if you often
look up words in the dictionary because after

the word, you’re going to see the dictionary
definition but also how to pronounce the word

using IPA symbols.

So if you often use a dictionary to help you
with pronunciation, then IPA could be useful

for you.

Like I said, it’s not for everyone, but it
could be a useful tool.

All right.

Let’s go to the next tip.

Number nine, test yourself with voice texting.

This can be a little bit fun.

If you have Siri on your phone or even if
you don’t, you can just try to write a text

message using the voice option.

Try to say something into your phone and see
if it can accurately understand what you said.

If not, then maybe there’s some sounds that
you need to improve.

But, this is a fun way to test yourself using
technology.

My final tip, number 10, is to record yourself
and then compare it to a native speaker.

I know that no one likes to hear their voice
recorded.

It’s just weird.

But it’s time to get out of your comfort zone
and try something new.

When you listen to your own voice and then
you immediately hear a native speaker say

the exact same thing, it’s a good way to understand
how your speaking is different.

You can almost become your own teacher because
you can realize, “Oh, I said this word like

this, but she said it like that,” and you
can know that that word is specifically difficult

for you.

Are you ready to try this right now?

Get out of your comfort zone.

You can do it.

I’m going to read some of the sample sentences
that we used during today’s lesson.

I’m going to read it one time, and then I
want you to shadow and say it yourself.

I’m going to pause.

I want you to say it.

And then I’m going to say the sentence again
so that you can compare it to how I spoke.

To go to the next level, you can record this
whole practice.

Record my sentence, and then your practice,
and then my sentence again.

That way you can see how it’s different or
maybe how it’s similar.

Are you ready?

Let’s go.

I can’t believe that it’s already May.

I can’t believe that it’s already May.

It’s probably going to rain today.

It’s probably going to rain today.

I thought it was a hard test.

I thought it was a hard test.

I used to go to work every day.

I used to go to work every day.

The girl went through her work.

The girl went through her work.

He threw three free throws.

He threw three free throws.

This Thursday her father will throw those
teeth.

This Thursday her father will throw those
teeth.

How did you do?

Feel free to use any of the videos on my channel
to shadow, record yourself, and compare it.

It’s a great way to improve your pronunciation.

And now I have a question for you.

Which sounds are the most difficult in English?

Let me know what you think.

I’m interested to see what you have to say.

And I’ll see you again next Friday for a new
lesson here on my YouTube channel.

Bye.

The next step is to download my free e-book,
5 Steps to Becoming a Confident English Speaker.

You’ll learn what you need to do to speak
confidently and fluently.

Don’t forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel
for more free lessons.

Thanks so much.

Bye.

你好。

我是来自 SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com 的 Vanessa。

你准备好提高你的发音了吗?

我们开始做吧。

有没有人
因为听不懂你而要求你重复一遍?

人们以前也这样对我说过。

你知道吗?

如果有人让你重复你自己,这没关系,
因为这意味着他们实际上

在乎你在说什么。

他们不只是点头和微笑。

不,他们实际上想听听
你要说什么。

但尽可能自然地说话也很重要

这将有助于其他人轻松理解
您,并且您将能够

轻松理解其他人。

当您的发音提高时,一个全新的世界将为您打开

今天我想和大家分享10个
提高英语发音的方法。

因为这是一堂发音课,所以我
希望你积极一点。

请大声说出例句,
锻炼你的口语肌肉,并真正

使用它,这样你才能记住它们。

好的。

让我们从技巧一开始。

第一个是阴影。

这绝对是提高发音的最佳技巧

这意味着您直接
在以英语为母语的人之后重复。

你可以在每个单词后重复,或者你可以
听一个完整的句子然后重复,

这将有助于你的语调。

有不同的阴影方式,但这
是一个很好的技巧,我们将

在本课中练习它。

那么让我们从例句开始吧。

我不敢相信已经是五月了。

我不敢相信已经是五月了。

你怎么能模仿这句话?

嗯,首先,一开始,我不能。

你注意到这里的 T 停止了吗?

这被称为停止 T,这意味着
你的舌头将在

嘴巴的顶部形成 T 形,但你
不会让一股空气通过。

我不能。

我不能。

然后我们有一个很棒的词,相信。

相信。

这个词有一个A,但它听起来
像什么?

那。

那。

听起来有点像E音。

诶,诶。

那。

就像我们的第一个词一样,T 将被停止
,不能。

不能。

我不敢相信已经是五月了。

试着跟我说那句话。

我不敢相信已经是五月了。

我不敢相信已经是五月了。

很棒的发音练习。

在今天的课程中,我们将讨论很多这些技巧,所以让我们

继续第二点。

第二,练习短语或完整的句子。

我们刚刚谈到了两次宫缩,can’t
和 it’s。

但如果你只是将这些词从句子中分离出来,
然后练习 can’t,那么,

它就不会那么自然了,因为你
几乎不会自己说这些词。

相反,当把它们放在一个完整的短语
或一个完整的句子中时,它会帮助你

自然地将事物联系在一起。

每当我给
Fearless Fluency Club 的学生反馈,他们给我发了

一个发音片段,我给他们一些
反馈时,我总是包含一个完整的挑战

句。

这将帮助他们处理个人
声音。

而且,所有这些
声音之间的联系更加真实。

所以让我们练习一下。

今天大概要下雨了。

今天大概要下雨了。

这个词大概怎么样?

好吧,在快速英语中,我们
将去掉中间的声音,只剩下两个音节。

很有可能。

有时,当母语人士说话
速度较慢时,他们可能会添加中间音节。

有两种准确的说法。

但是当我们说得很快时,就把它停掉。

所以试着和我说。

很有可能。

很有可能。

然后接下来的两个字,going to,链接在一起
,创造出美妙的自然还原going。

应该会吧

应该会吧

单词 to 变为 uh。

只是呃。

今天应该会下雨吧。

今天应该会下雨吧。

今天这个词在这里发生了什么?

当我说这句话时,你听到“哦”的声音吗?

今天。

今天。

不。

这只是前一天的T音。

所以你要快速说出这个词。

天。

天。

让我们把完整的句子放在一起。

今天可能会下雨。

今天可能会下雨。

今天可能会下雨。

如果你只是从这个句子中提取了“可能”或“
可能”这个词并练习

它,那没关系,但最好像刚才那样练习
一个完整的短语或一个完整的句子

好的。

让我们继续提示第三个。

第三,练习语调和单词
重音。

如果您的个人听起来像 TH 或 R,
或者您的元音是准确的,但您

在句子中强调错误的单词或错误的音节
,那么母语人士可能

很难理解您,所以请确保
您有相同的 节奏和以

母语为母语的人所做的相同的流程。

让我们用一句话来练习。

假设您刚参加了一次考试,而您的
朋友说:“哇!

这太容易了。”

你可能会说,“我认为这是一个艰难的考验。”

我以为这是一个艰难的考验。

我在这里强调哪些词?

我以为这是一个艰难的考验。

我强调我和艰苦的测试。

为什么我在这句话中强调我?

好吧,你想
在你的想法和你朋友的想法之间进行比较。

你的朋友说,“那是一个简单的测试,”
所以你在比较,好吧,

另一方面,我,你的意见,但在我看来,在
我看来,我认为这是一个艰难的测试。

硬和测试这个词也将被
强调,而精神部分只是联系

在一起的。

让我们来练习。

我以为这是一个艰难的考验。

我以为这是一个艰难的考验。

我以为这是一个艰难的考验。

您是否看到这里的单词强调将如何帮助
您能够自然地说话以及

其他人理解您?

但愿如此。

为了练习更多的单词重音和句子
语调,我建议查看

我在这里编写的名为 Accent Reduction
Class 的课程,我们将在其中

更详细地讨论这一点。

好的。

让我们来看第四条小贴士。

技巧四是了解哪些键音
对您来说最困难。

这将取决于您的母语。

对于说阿拉伯语的人来说
,难听的声音与说法语的人听的难听的声音是不同的

我听说很多越南学生
把词尾删掉,或者说西班牙语的人

把 P 音删掉,然后加一个 B。

所以这是我的建议。

您可以在 YouTube 上
搜索印地语发音提示

、西班牙语发音提示。

在那里添加您的母语
,YouTube 上可能会有专门

针对您的母语使用者的视频,他们将
专注于由于您的语言背景而难以发出的声音,

这对每个人来说都会有所不同,具体取决于

什么 你的母语是。

显然有些声音
对每个人来说都很难,比如 TH 或 Rs,但很

高兴知道哪些键声音对你来说真的很困难

技巧五,学习链接
和归约的细节。

一些英语老师可能不同意
我的观点,但我觉得当

你的发音工具箱中有一些基本工具时,你将
能够更有效地使用它们。

重要的是,
不要被发音规则压得喘不过气来,因为

它可能会阻止你说话。

它会降低你的信心。

但是如果你知道一些关于英语
链接、英语简化的基本概念,它将

帮助你能够更自然地说话。

所以让我们用一个小例句来练习。

我以前每天都去上班。

我以前每天都去上班。

在句子的开头,我们
与use to这个词有一个很大的共同减少

我习惯了。

to这个词只是改变为……我
曾经。

我曾经。

然后接下来的两个词去。

去。

你在里面听到什么声音?

是吗?

,to这个词正在变成da。

大。

去吧。

去吧。

我得走了。

有很多方法可以将这个词简化
为英语。

你在这里看到了其中的两个。

但在这种情况下,尤其是
go 一词,下一个词 to 变为 duh。

我得走了。

我每天都去上班。

那个单词中间被截断的声音是什么

每一个。

每一个。

每个只有两部分。

那个中间元音被剪掉了。

通常在快速对话中,我们不会
说everyone 听起来真的很清楚。

相反,每个。

每一个,每一个,每一个。

所以让我们把整个句子放在一起
,试着和我一起说。

我以前每天都去上班。

我以前每天都去上班。

我以前每天都去上班。

您可以学习很多特定的发音
工具,因此请务必在

此处查看我的发音播放列表
以及我所有的发音课程,以便

您可以将一些工具添加到您的工具箱中。

好的。

让我们转到下一个提示。

第六,练习挑战词。

什么是挑战词?

挑战词是通常让
你绊倒的词。

绊倒这个词意味着他们让你
经常犹豫。

其中一些词可能是,
或者可能,就像我们谈到的,彻底的,

世界舒适的。

这些是让说英语的人
绊倒的常用词。

所以我建议你看看我在这里制作的这个视频
,叫做 How to Pronounce 106 Difficult

English Words,只是为了开始练习
一些常见的难词。

但是,现在让我们一起练习这句话

女孩完成了她的工作。

女孩完成了她的工作。

女孩,通过和工作这些词经常
让英语学习者绊倒,所以让我们试着

快速分解它们。

那位女孩。

这个词有两个部分,……和……
女孩。

女孩。

女孩通过了。

确保你有一个不错的 T-H。

你的舌头在你的牙齿之间,有
一股气流出来。

通过。

我认为这很棘手,因为在 TH 之后直接有一个 R
,但这没关系。

我们可以一起练习。

这个词的声音
和她扔球的声音一模一样。

这是通过不同的拼写
和不同的含义,但相同的发音。

女孩完成了她的工作。

工作。

工作。

这个词中有一个 O,但
听起来像 W-E-R-K。

工作工作。

确保 R 是强的。

工作。

工作。

让我们把所有这些放在一起。

女孩完成了她的工作。

女孩完成了她的工作。

女孩完成了她的工作。

唷。

这是一个很好的挑战句子。

好的。

让我们继续下一个技巧。

第七,练习绕口令。

什么是绕口令?

嗯,它们是一种具有挑战性的疯狂
句子,使用了一些通常很难的

声音。

如果您知道哪些声音
对您来说最困难,就像我们在技巧四中谈到的那样

,您可以练习
一些专注于这些声音的绕口令。

几年前,我制作了一个视频,其中包括
一些绕口令,这些绕口令

对英语学习者来说很困难,比如 TH、R、
L、T 和一些元音。

如果您想查看完整的
绕口令视频,可以在此处查看,

但现在让我们练习一个。

他三罚全中。

他三罚全中。

他三罚全中。

所以这里我们有 TH
和 F 声音之间的区别。

让我们先练习一下 TH。

他扔了。

就像我们谈到的那样,女孩完成
了她的工作。

同一个词,同一个发音。

嗯,不是同一个词,而是同一个发音。

他扔了。

你的舌头在你的牙齿之间
,空气流通得很好。

他三罚全中。

所以让我们在这里只关注那些 TH 声音。

他投了三球。

然后,如果我们加上免费这个词,看看
我的牙齿发生了什么。

自由。

自由。

我的上牙长到我的下唇上
,有一些空气流过。

自由。

自由。

让我们一起练习这个完整的句子。

他三罚全中。

他三罚全中。

因此,当您说 F 音时,请确保
您的舌头是不可见的,并且只有您的

牙齿在您的下唇上。

他三罚全中。

他三罚全中。

他三罚全中。

他三罚全中。

唷。

这是一个很好的挑战。

好的。

让我们继续下一个技巧。

技巧八是学习国际音标:国际音标是
国际音标。

一些学生发现 IPA(
国际音标)非常有用,而一些

学生根本不喜欢使用它。

但就像我提到的,它可能只是
您发音工具箱中的另一种工具。

因此,如果这是您认为有用的东西,
请继续使用它。

就个人而言,我没有
在我的 YouTube 频道上的发音课程中使用它。

这只是我个人的喜好。

但是每一天都是新的开始的好日子,
所以让我们现在就练习一下吧。

这个星期四,她的父亲会扔掉那些
牙齿。

有点疯狂的句子。

但是从这句话你可以看出,
TH有两种不同的发音方式。

这个星期四,她的父亲会扔掉那些
牙齿。

T-H 有浊音方式和
清音方式。

父亲,这就是说
T-H 的浊音方式。

听我说这些话。

这个,父亲,那些。

我的声音正在被使用。

但是当我说清音的时候呢?

星期四,扔,牙齿。

相反,这个 TH 只是一股气流
出来。

不是声音。

你听到的只是一些空气。

您可以看到这些
在 IPA 中由两个不同的符号表示。

因此,如果您想阅读这些句子,
然后查看它们的国际音标,您

会意识到,“哦,好吧,所以这个词和
牙齿都有一个 TH,但它们的发音

方式不同。”

在我看来,如果您经常在字典中查找单词,IPA 会很有用,
因为

在单词之后,您将看到字典
定义以及如何使用 IPA 符号来发音该单词

因此,如果您经常使用字典来帮助
您发音,那么 IPA 可能

对您有用。

就像我说的,它并不适合所有人,但它
可能是一个有用的工具。

好的。

让我们转到下一个提示。

第九,用语音短信测试自己。

这可能有点有趣。

如果您的手机上有 Siri,或者即使
您没有,您也可以尝试

使用语音选项编写短信。

试着对着你的手机说些什么,
看看它是否能准确地理解你所说的话。

如果没有,那么也许有一些
声音需要改进。

但是,这是一种使用技术测试自己的有趣方式

我的最后一个技巧,第 10 点,是记录自己
,然后将其与母语人士进行比较。

我知道没有人喜欢听到他们录制的声音

这很奇怪。

但现在是走出舒适区
并尝试新事物的时候了。

当您聆听自己的声音,然后
您会立即听到母语人士

说完全相同的话,这是
了解您的说话方式有何不同的好方法。

你几乎可以成为自己的老师,因为
你可以意识到,“哦,我是这样说这个词的

,但她是那样说的”,你
可以知道这个词对你来说特别困难

你准备好立即尝试了吗?

走出你的舒适区。

你能行的。

我将阅读
我们在今天的课程中使用的一些例句。

我打算读一遍,然后我
要你自己暗中说出来。

我要暂停一下。

我要你说。

然后我将再次说出这句话,
以便您可以将其与我所说的进行比较。

要进入下一个级别,您可以记录
整个练习。

记录我的句子,然后你的练习,
然后再记录我的句子。

这样你就可以看到它是如何不同的,
或者它是如何相似的。

你准备好了吗?

我们走吧。

我不敢相信已经是五月了。

我不敢相信已经是五月了。

今天大概要下雨了。

今天大概要下雨了。

我以为这是一个艰难的考验。

我以为这是一个艰难的考验。

我以前每天都去上班。

我以前每天都去上班。

女孩完成了她的工作。

女孩完成了她的工作。

他三罚全中。

他三罚全中。

这个星期四,她的父亲会扔掉那些
牙齿。

这个星期四,她的父亲会扔掉那些
牙齿。

你是怎么做的?

随意使用我频道上的任何视频
来影射、录制自己并进行比较。

这是提高发音的好方法。

现在我有一个问题要问你。

英语中哪些发音最难听?

让我知道你的想法。

我有兴趣看看你要说什么。

下周五我会
在我的 YouTube 频道上再次见到你,上一堂新课。

再见。

下一步是下载我的免费电子书,
成为自信的英语演讲者的 5 个步骤。

您将了解如何
自信而流利地说话。

不要忘记订阅我的 YouTube 频道
以获得更多免费课程。

非常感谢。

再见。