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Hi. I'm Tim and this is my Pronunciation workshop.
Here I'm gonna show you how English is
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really spoken. Come on, let's go inside.
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In English, we have an expression - man's
best friend. Do you know what that refers to?
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Voice: Beer! Tim: No, not beer. Dogs. A dog is man's best friend.
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But not always. What would you say to a dog who did this?
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Bad girl!
She's a bad girl
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The dog has been a bad girl
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Now, the word bad ends in the sound /d/, doesn't it?
Or does it? Watch and listen again. Can you
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hear the /d/?
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Bad girl!
She's a bad girl
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The dog has been a bad girl
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In fluent speech, a /d/ changes to a /g/ when
it comes before a /g/ or a /k/. So /bad girl/
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becomes /bagirl/. This is an example of assimilation. And here are some more examples.
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He's a really good cook.
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Last night we had guests for dinner.
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Can you print out a hard copy?
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I'd love to walk down the red carpet one day.
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Right, so you've heard the examples and now
it's your turn. You know the drill: listen and repeat!
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He's a really good cook.
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Last night we had guests for dinner.
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Can you print out a hard copy?
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I'd love to walk down the red carpet one day.
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Well done. Now remember, if you want to learn
more about pronunciation, then please visit our website,
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bbclearningenglish dot com. And that is about it from the Pronunciation workshop for now.
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I'll see you soon. Bye! Now, you know what,
I'm not really that keen on dogs, I'm more
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of a cat person. Oh no, no, no that was just
a joke - good girl, good girl, aaah! Oh, very
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funny. You're actually quite cute. Who's a
good girl? Who's a good girl? Argh! Bad girl!
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