Pronunciation: Learn how to say the top 10 British cities correctly

Hi, everyone. In this lesson we're going to look at the pronunciation of the ten biggest

嗨，大家好。在本课中，我们将会介绍英格兰十大城市的

cities in England. The data comes from the World Urban Areas Report, and this report

发音。统计数据来自世界城市地区报告，它根据城市人口来进行排名，

looks at the size of cities' population according to their urban area, so that's the dense part

所以这是城市的密集的部分，

of the city where most people live. So, if you're looking at this list and you disagree:

大多数人都居住在那儿。因此，如果 你看到了这个排名而你不同意：

"Oh, that city is bigger than this city", it's because there's different ways to make

“哦，那个城市比这个城市还要大啊”， 这是因为排名的生成方式不同

the list, depending on the data that you look at. But I thought this way of listing the

它取决于你所查看的数据。但我想这种排名最为有效，

cities made the most sense so that you don't have a very, very wide city with countryside

这使得一个非常非常大的乡村城市不会

in it counted as in the top ten.

排在前十位

So, let's begin at number one: "London", which is the capital city of England, and which

那么，让我们从第一个开始：“伦敦”，这是是英格兰的首都

is where I'm from. We pronounce as: "Lundan". The second syllable has a schwa, so we say:

也是我的家乡。我们这样读：“Lundan”。 第二个音节有一个schwa，所以我们这样读：

"Lundan", not: "LondOn", as a lot of people say and a lot of tourists say when they come.

“Lundan”，不是：“LondOn”，而很多人，包括一些游客他们是这样说的。

They say: "I'm going to LOndOn", whereas we say: "Lundan".

他们说：“我要去LOndOn”， 而我们说：“Lundan”。

Number two: "Manchester". "Manchester", the second syllable is an "i", sometimes people

第二个：“Manchester”。 “Manchester”， 第二个音节是“i”，有时人们

say : "e". "Manchester", "Manchester", but "Manchister" is the most common pronunciation

说：“e”。 “Manchester”，"Manchester”，但是 “Manchister”是最常见的发音，

for people who actually live there. And Manchester is most famous, in my mind, for the band Oasis,

对于那些真正住在那里的人。在我看来曼彻斯特 ，最着名的便是Oasis乐队，

and they said things, like: "Mad For It", and they had a song which was called: "You

他们说一些诸如：“Mad For It”的话， 他们有一首歌：“You

got to roll with it, you got to take your time", sorry.

ot to roll with it, you got to take your time“，抱歉。

Number three: "Birmingham" is the way I would pronounce it if I imagined I was from there,

第三个：“Birmingham”--如果我老家在那儿的话，我会这样读

but how I would say it in my normal accent is: "Birmingum", "Birmingum". The... It's

但我通常这样读：“Birmingum”，“Birmingum”。

not "HAm". Americans might say: "BirmingHAM", "I'm going to BirmingHAM", whereas locals

不是“HAM”。美国人可能会说：“BirmingHAM”， “我要去BirmingHAM”，而当地人

and other English people are going to say: "Birmingum", "Birmingum".

而其他英国人一样 说：“Birmingum”，“Birmingum”。

Number four is: "Leeds". Leeds and Bradford are counted as one city in this list, although

第四个是：“eeds”。利兹和布拉德福德 在这个排名中被算作了一个，

if you ask the people of Leeds and the people of Bradford whether they think of it as the

而如果你问住在利兹的人和住在 布拉德福德的人，是否觉得它俩是

same city, they'll say no. So, that's why they're written separately on the list. We

同一个城市，他们会说不。所以这就是为什么 在排名中他们被分开来写。排名中

have Leeds and we have Bradford. Bradford, Bradford.

有利兹，有布拉德福德。

Number five is: "Glasgow". Oh, they're not all in England, I've just realized because

第五个是：“Glasgow”。噢，他们不是 全在英格兰，我刚刚意识到了这一点

we've got Glasgow on the list, Scotland is obviously included also. How we pronounce:

我们已经把格拉斯哥列入排名中，显然苏格兰 也包括在内。我们如何发音？

"Glasgow", we can say: "Glasgow", that's the pronunciation that someone in the southeast

我们可以说：“Glasgow”，英格兰的东南部的有些人是这样发音的

of England would use: "Glasgow", because we make the long A sound: "ah", whereas people

"Glasgow"，因为我们 把‘A'读成‘AH'，而来自英格兰北部地区的人

from the northern areas of England and also the people in Glasgow itself would say: "Glasgo",

会说：“Glasgo”，

"Glasgo".

“Glasgo”。

Next one, number six: "Southampton", "Southampton". This one we have the H in the pronunciation,

下一个，第六个：“Southampton”， 这个在发音中有‘H’，

but it's not a very... we... we don't hear it that much. It blends into the A, and sometimes

但我们有时候听不到它..它混合到了A中，有时候

when you hear people say this town, it might sound like there's no H sound there at all,

当你听到人们读到这个城市的时候，可能听起来根本没有‘H'，

it might be more like: "South... Southampton", "Southampton". Whereas other people you find,

它可能更像是：South... Southampton", "Southampton".而你发现其他人，

they may say it more like two separate words in a way, if they say: "South... South Hampton",

他们可能会把它读成两个分开的词，如"South... South Hampton",

"South Hampton". But in my opinion, that's not the most natural pronunciation of that

但在我看来，那种发音不是最自然的

city, and most people would say it like: "Southampton", "Southampton".

大多数人喜欢这么说："Southampton", "Southampton".

Next one is: Portsmouth, "Portsmuth". "Portsmuth". "Portsmuth" is the place where the British

下一个是："Portsmuth". “Portsmuth”。 英国的海军基地

Navy is based. It's... obviously it's by the sea, the Navy is based there, and I did some

就在那儿。显然它靠 海因为海军在那里，在朴茨茅斯我做了一些

English teaching in an English summer school there in Portsmouth. And what I noticed when

英语暑期学校的英语教学 。我注意到了

I was there was that so many people in that town had tattoos. And if you think about it...

小镇中有很多人有纹身。如果你考虑一下的话......

Well, now... nowadays, so many people have tattoos, but tattoos used to be associated

好，现今......现在，这么多人都有 纹身，但纹身曾经与

with the people who had been in the Navy and who'd gone to sea and done all that kind of

海军或者是即将出海的人有关联

thing, so that's... When I think of Portsmouth, I always think of tattoo shops and seeing

.....当我想到Portsmouth时， 我总是想到纹身店和看到

loads of people with tattoos.

有大量纹身的人。

Next we have: "Liverpool", "Liverpool". If you meet someone from Liverpool, the "pool"

接下来我们有：“Liverpool” 你遇到了来自利物浦的人，“pool”

can have quite a high pitch and can sound quite long. When I say that town, the "pool"

可以有很高的音高，这个声音拖得 相当长。当我说那个词的时候，“pool”

part doesn't sound as long. "Liverpool", "Liverpool", "Liverpool". So, for the second variation

部分听起来不长。。所以，对于第二个变化

I've taken off the mark of a very long vowel there to shorten it. It's the same vowel,

我已经取消了很长的音 而缩短了它。它是同一个音，

but there's a slight difference in how long it takes us to say it. "Liverpool".

但是我们如何说它有一点点差异。

Number eight is: "Newcastle". Newcastle has a longer name, it's actually: "Newcastle upon

第八是：“Newcastle”。纽卡斯尔有一个 更长的名字，它实际上是：“Newcastle upon-

Tyne", but I've just written "Newcastle" here. And in my Southern English accent, I say:

Tyne“，但我刚刚在这里写了”Newcastle“。 我用南方英语口音说：

"Newcastle", "Newcastle". "He's from Newcastle." But, again, somebody from there is likely

"Newcastle"。 “他来自纽卡斯尔。” 但是，里的人很可能

to use the other vowel. They would say: "Newcastle", "Newcastle", "ah", "ah" instead of "aw".

使用另一个音。他们会说：“ Newcastle”， “纽卡斯尔”，"ah", "ah"而不是“aw”。

Number nine is: "Nottingham", "Nottingham". Nottingham is famous for Robin Hood, the story

第九名是：“Nottingham”， 诺丁汉以罗宾汉而闻名

of Robin Hood. And these days also famous for having a very big university there.

而这些天也很有名 在那里有一所非常大的大学。

Number ten is: "Sheffield", "Sheffield".

第十个是：“Sheffield“

So there we are. Here are the top ten cities in England and Scotland by their population.

这便是英格兰和苏格兰的十大城市（依据他们的人口

Thanks so much for watching, and do the quiz on today's lesson now. See you. Thanks for watching. Bye.

非常感谢你的观看，可以做做这节课的小测试。再见～