British English Accents | The Queen's English Part 1

- Do you want to speak English like the Queen? Because if you do, you're in the right place.

想像女王一样说英语吗 如果你们想 那你来对地方啦

- Some cultures believe a long life brings wisdom. I'd like to think so.

Some cultures believe a long life brings wisdom. I'd like to think so.

- We're gonna watch a speech she gave and I'm gonna break down her pronunciation, sound

我们一起来看女王的演讲 我会把她的发音逐个拆开

by sound, and show you how to speak like the poshest person in the world. If you're ready, let's do this.

然后教你们如何像世界上最高贵的女王一样说英语 如果你们准备好了 就开始吧

Welcome to Eat Sleep Dream English, if you haven't met me before, my

欢迎来到Eat Sleep Dream English 如果你不认识我 我来介绍下

name is Tom, and I teach fresh modern British English so that you can take your English

我是TOM 我教给你们 最新鲜 最现代的英式英语

to the next level and achieve your life goals, whatever they may be. In this series and over

让你们的英语更上一层楼 或是实现你们的人生目标 再或者带你装X带你飞

这一系列以及接下来的几期视频 我要教你们公认的最标准英式发音 简称RP口音

the next few weeks, I'm gonna teach you all about Received Pronunciation, or RP as it's

also known. It's a British English accent that's associated with education, wealth,

这种口音在英国被认为是受良好教育、拥有财富和特权的象征

and privilege. Now, it's not constricted to one particular geographical area, although

虽然这种口音与伦敦和英格兰南部口音有渊源

it does have associations with London and the South of England. It's often used as a

但现在这种口音不局限在某个特定的地理区域

它通常是学生们学习英式英语的标准 并且长期以来是BBC的首选口音

model for students who are learning British English. And for a long time it was the preferred

accent of the BBC. Now, in this series, I'm gonna focus on two forms of RP: the Queen's

在这一系列视频里 我主要讲讲两种RP音

English or Conservative RP, or upper RP as it's also known, and Contemporary RP, which

第一种 女王音 或者叫Conservative RP 也叫Upper RP

第二种 Contemporary RP 就是现代版本的英音RP

is a modern version. But today, we're starting with the Queen. So whether you're learning

今天我们从女王音开始 无论你们是学英语还是仅仅对英式口音感兴趣

English or whether you're just interested in accents, I think you're gonna find this

我希望都能帮助你们 开始吧

really useful. So let's get going.

- It starts with a chorister singing the first verse of Once in Royal David City.

- Okay here's the first feature. On that word city, she says city, city Now in my accent,

OK这就是女王音的第一个特点 CITY这个词 她的发音是CITy CITy

in most other accents in Britain, it's an e sound at the end. On that y, it's e: city,

我的口音以及大部分英国人口音 这个词在结尾都会发e的音 所以读CITY 「字幕中标发音均依照原英文字幕 如需要音标 请看左下方」

city, or city if you prefer. Now she says city, city It's an ehsound.

CITY CITY 如果你这么读也对 但是女王音读CITy CITy 是一个 eh 的音

- Of Once in Royal David City.

Of Once in Royal David City.

- So, when you have a y at the end of a word, in conservative RP, in the Queen's English,

所以 如果单词结尾是Y 在女王音中发音是eh 而不是e

it's eh, not e. Other examples would be like, really, really, or Italy, Italy Very, very

其他单词的例子

- Once in Royal David City. The priest who introduced this service to King's college

chapel exactly 100 years ago.

- 100 years ago, ago That osound there. Now she's forming that sound at the front of her

一百年以前 ago 那个o的发音 女王的发音位置靠近嘴的前部

mouth. Ago, ago And in conservative RP, or in the Queen's English, it is formed further

相比其他的口音 在女王音中 发音位置更靠前

forward in the mouth than most other accents. So you know how the words like show and know,

所以show know 这样的单词

that osound, really distinctive. So if you take the phrase "oh no", "oh no", it would

其中 o的发音就很独特

比如短语 oh no 就是 oh no

be "oh no", "oh no" And as you can see there, I'm forming it at the front of my mouth. "Oh

你们能感受到我发音时用嘴巴前部 oh no

no."

- The Priest who introduced this service to King's college chapel exactly 100 years ago

was Eric Milner White.

- Eric Milner White, White. Now this is a big feature of Received Pronunciation is the

Eric Milner White, White 这个t的发音是RP音很大的特点 真真正正t的发音

articulation of the t, the true t sound. Now, in many accents, in British English, we are

在很多其他英式口音中 t的发音被省略

dropping that t, I've talked about it a lot in Cockney, and various other accents. In

比如我以前说过的Cockney口音 还有其他口音 「Cockney为伦敦东区工人阶级口音 可参考两杆大烟枪中杰森斯坦森的口音」

Conservative RP accents, you are keeping that t. The reason for this is because, a big part

在RP口音中 t要保留发音

原因是在RP音和女王音中 每个音都要发音 都要被读出来

of Conservative RP, or the Queen's English, is that every sound is articulated, it's pronounced.

So that you are clear and you are true to the sound and the words that you are speaking.

所以要清晰地字正腔圆地把每个词读出来

So therefore, the t's are true. You can hear them. So White, and when we see that again

因此 t要读清楚 你们能听出来 White

我们一会儿还将听到

later on.

- Was Eric Milner White. The Royal Air Force celebrated its 100th anniversary.

- Okay, again there's another example of the ehsound on the y at the end of a word. So

OK 这里又是Y在结尾发eh的音

ANNIVERSARy 不是 ANNIVERSARY

anniversary, anniversary Not anniversary. Anniversary

- [Queen] The Royal Air Force celebrated its 100th anniversary. We owe them and all our

armed services our deepest gratitude.

- Okay, this is really interesting. Gratitude, gratitude. Now, what has happened there? I

OK这里还有一处 gratitude 有什么特殊呢

would say, in my accent, gratitude, gratitude. That is a feature of most accents in Britain.

我的口音会读gratitude

在大多数口音中 比如现代RP Cockney 都会读成gratitude

You got Contemporary RP, Cockney, whatever you've got. Gratitude, gratitude. Now in the

Queen's English, there is a 'y'sound after t u, or a d u, so you'd have tuu -ed, tu-ed,

在女王音中 有一个y的音 在tu或者du之后 所以听起来 tuu -ed tu-ed

but through something called yod coalescence, that 'y'has merged with the t to form a 'ch'

但是在我的口音中 把这个y的音和t合并一起 读ch

in my accent. So I'd say gratitude, but in her accent, gratitude Think of other examples,

所以我读gratitude 女王音gratitude

举个例子 金枪鱼 tuna 我会读tuna 她读tuna

like for example, the fish tuna, for me, she would say tuna, tuna Other examples, instead

另一个例子 super

of super, it would be super, super This is really quite rare now, you won't hear many

这种发音现在非常少见 你们不会听到人们用这种方式说这些单词

people saying these words in this way.

- We owe them and all our armed services our deepest gratitude. With two weddings and two

babies and another child expected soon.

- Hear the 'oo'sound of two. The articulation is right at the front of the mouth and she's

来听oo的发音 发音位置在嘴的前部

not really opening her lips very wide, is she? Two, two If you want to say that word,

并且唇部没有打开很大

如果你们想这样发音 需要唇部呈圆形聚拢 然后靠嘴的前部发音

you'd have to sort of, have rounded lips but very close together. Two And making that sound

at the front of your mouth. Two As I would normally say, I'd say two, two, two. It's

我会这样读 发音位置更加靠后

coming from further back in my mouth. But twoin the Queen's English.

但女王音是另一样

- [Queen] There's two weddings and two babies and another child expected soon. Even the

power of faith...

- This is a good one. Right, we've got the word power, power. Now, we have a triphthong.

这还有一处 power

这里有三个音连在一起ah oo eh

This is when you have three sounds: "ah", "oo", "eh"together. Power Now in the Queen's

English, a triphthong is reduced to one sound. It's smooth. So instead of "ah", "oo", "eh",

在女王音中 三个音合并为一个 听起来很流畅

所以ah oo eh 女王读ah

she's just saying "ah" So power Can you see the difference there? Power to power

- Even the power of faith...

- Now, of course we can have this with other words. So, tower becomes tower Or hour becomes

还有其他的例子

It's quite hard to replicate actually, it's used very unnatural. But this is a feature

其实这个很难模仿 因为不是自然的发音方式

of the Queen's English.

不过这就是女王音的特点

- And the hope that birth 2,000 years ago brought to the world.

- Brought to the world. Here we have two t's. Brought, ending in a t, and then two, beginning

brought to the world 这里有两个t brought结尾 和to开头

with a t. In most other accents, you would lose one of those t's. It would disappear.

在多数口音中 会省略一个t

So I would say, brought to the world, brought to the world. I'm using a weak form on the

我会读brought to the world

我会用to的弱读形式 t 然后省略brought中的t

two, so 't' and I'm dropping that first t on brought. Brought to the world. Now the

Queen, because she's the Queen and she speaks the Queen's English, is pronouncing every

女王大人说的是女王音

她会把每一个音都说清楚 所以这两个t 都读得很清楚

sound that she can. So both those t's get the full attention that they require. In her

opinion. So broughttothe world, not broughttothe world.

- And the hope that birth 2,000 years ago brought to the world. A very happy Christmas

to you all.

- Did you hear how she said very there.

你们听清楚她说的very了吗

- A very happy Christmas.

- She said very, very Now the way she's pronouncing that r, we call it a tapped r. So it's kind

她说的是very 这种发音我们叫tapped r

of a, when the tongue flicks up onto the roof of the mouth as she says it, so very, very

把舌头快速弹一下口腔上部 就是very

As I'm saying that, my tongue is kind of hitting the roof of my mouth and coming back down.

当我说的时候 舌头就是快速弹一下口腔上部然后下来

Very So when you see that r in the middle of the word usually, you can use a tapped

所以你们看到r在单词中 可以用这个tapped r

r. So berry, berry Ferry, ferry It sounds quite affected, doesn't it? It sounds like

比如 berry ferry

当用tapped r发音 去刻意显得口音很高贵的样子 是不是听起来有点用力过猛

you're really trying to sound posh when you're using that tapped r.

- A very happy Christmas to you all.

- So as you can see, there are many features of the Queen's English that are distinct from

所以你们能看出 女王音和其他英式口音有很多不同

any other British English accents. As I said, this form of Received Pronunciation is not

像我所说 女王音不像以前用的那么多

used as much as it used to be, so you won't find a lot of people speaking like this. Obviously,

所以你们不会听到多数人这样说话

with the Royals, they will speak like this. In the upper classes of Britain, certainly

当然 王室贵族们会用这样说话

还有上流社会 和一些政客用女王音 比如Jacob Rees-Mogg

some politicians, an example might be Jacob Rees-Mogg, speaks with this accent. You'll

find it in television shows, like The Crown, but apart from those places, you're not gonna

你们能在电视中听到 比如「王冠」

除此之外 在伦敦你们不会听到这种口音

hear it. Certainly when you're walking around London, you're not really gonna hear this

accent. When you're walking around any other part of Britain, you're not gonna hear this

在英国其他地方 也不会听到这种口音

accent. But, it's a great accent to know and to understand. Keep your eyes open for part

但了解和听懂这种口音 是不是也特别棒

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saying goodbye.

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