美国文化脱口秀 第336期:如何纠正最诡异的中式发音

 今天Jenny说说自己学发音的一些体会和感想。不敢说对所有人都适用，但对于在中国传统英语教育体制下成长起来的人，还是有借鉴价值的。

关键词：

练发音的误区

Pronunciation: 发音

Expertise¹: 专长

I'm struggling with some really basic pronunciation problems: 我对发音有很多基本的困扰

Tips: 窍门

Rule of thumb: 心得、经验法则

一.不要把理论作为切入点

Don't use pronunciation theories as your starting point: 不要把发音理论作为切入点

While rules and theories are important, do not use them as your starting point because they are very abstract: 虽然理论很重要，但是不适合作为切入点，因为理论太抽象

You need to start with application, i.e. listening to native speaker resources as much as possible to get a sense of how things should sound like in English: 必须从实际口语应用出发，多听母语资源，树立对标准发音的认识

二.树立切合实际的期望值

Understand that you will never sound entirely² like a native speaker: 不要期望自己说英语会跟母语者完全一样

I used to be very self-conscious of that. I wanted to sound as perfect as possible:我以前特别在意自己的发音，希望每个词、每句话都说得完美

But I realized that it was stopping me from using and embracing English: 但后来，发现这种追求其实妨碍了我使用英语、享受英语

I'm living in peace with the fact that I will never sound like an American: 现在，我明白自己永远不会说英语跟美国人完全一样

I'm fine with that. But I do think you should correct some of the most obvious pronunciation mistakes: 但我觉得这没问题，只是一些特别明显的发音错误，是需要去改正的

三.积极改正最基本、最明显的发音错误

Work hard to correct the most glaring, low-level pronunciation mistakes：积极改正最显眼、最基本的发音错误

Those mistakes can reflect badly on you, damage your professional images: 这些错误会让你显得很不专业

They're also the easiet to correct: 它们也是最容易改正的饿

如何纠正最诡异的中式发音

最典型的中式发音错误

辅音后面加元音

Adding a vowel³ sound after a consonant⁴: 习惯在辅音后面加元音

Consonant: 辅音

Vowel: 元音

Desk读成desk?

Must读成m?st?

二."Th"发音很诡异

Mispronouncing "th": th发音错误

Voiced "th"：气音

Unvoiced "th": 有声带振动音

Some of the most common "th" mistakes: 最常见的一些“th"发音错误

This, that, these, those 读成 dis, dat, zese, zose

The读成ze

Think读成sink?

Mother, weather读成mozer, weazer

"Th" is pronounced differently when it appears in different parts of a word: "th"出现在词不同部分时，发音的规则不一样

We'll go over those in the pronunciation course: 我们在发音课里会详细教大家

三.无法连读

Unable to connect words together: 连读很难

You also need to not see words as individual words, but as word units: 不要把词看作一个个分开的个体，要把它们看成词组单元

Do not just try to perfect pronunciation of individual words: 光练习每个词的发音没有用，串起来又不对了

You need to practice the pronunciation of lexical chunks⁵: 一定要练习语块的发音

Focus on most commonly phrases: 从最常用的词组、语块开始

How're you?

How's it going?

四.不习惯用缩写

Try to speak in contractions⁶: 口语里用缩写

This is a great shortcut⁷ to help you sound more fluent and native: 这是个让你听起来自然、流利的捷径

Use common contractions in your everyday speech: 平时说英语，采用最常见、最常用的缩写

For example: 例如

I will... I'll

I am...I'm

What is...What's

任何承诺一个短期班能解决你发音问题的，都是卖假药的！

A short-term course will not fundamentally change your pronunciation: 任何短期的发音培训都不会根本改变你的发音

You need to combine it with an immersive learning environment where you're exposed to English on a daily basis: 一定要结合日常不断地接触英语

Listen, shadow, speak：听、模仿、说

Make a habit of it: 把它变成你的日常习惯

That's how you achieve real change: 这样才能真正得到改变

1 expertise   

n.专门知识(或技能等)，专长

参考例句：

• We were amazed at his expertise on the ski slopes.他斜坡滑雪的技能使我们赞叹不已。
• You really have the technical expertise in a new breakthrough.让你真正在专业技术上有一个全新的突破。

2 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

3 vowel   

n.元音；元音字母

参考例句：

• A long vowel is a long sound as in the word"shoe ".长元音即如“shoe” 一词中的长音。
• The vowel in words like 'my' and 'thigh' is not very difficult.单词my和thigh中的元音并不难发。

4 consonant   

n.辅音；adj.[音]符合的

参考例句：

• The quality of this suit isn't quite consonant with its price.这套衣服的质量和价钱不相称。
• These are common consonant clusters at the beginning of words.这些单词的开头有相同辅音组合。

5 chunks   

厚厚的一块( chunk的名词复数 )； （某物）相当大的数量或部分

参考例句：

• a tin of pineapple chunks 一罐菠萝块
• Those chunks of meat are rather large—could you chop them up a bIt'smaller? 这些肉块相当大，还能再切小一点吗？

6 contractions   

n.收缩( contraction的名词复数 )；缩减；缩略词；（分娩时）子宫收缩

参考例句：

• Contractions are much more common in speech than in writing. 缩略词在口语里比在书写中常见得多。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Muscle contractions are powered by the chemical adenosine triphosphate(ATP ). 肌肉收缩是由化学物质三磷酸腺苷(ATP)提供动力的。 来自辞典例句

7 shortcut   

n.近路，捷径

参考例句：

• He was always looking for a shortcut to fame and fortune.他总是在找成名发财的捷径。
• If you take the shortcut,it will be two li closer.走抄道去要近2里路。