English Pronunciation Mistakes Every Learner Makes

Are you pronouncing this word correctly?

你这个词的发音正确吗？

Let's find out.

让我们来看看吧。

If I write this word like this, then that should help.

如果我这样写这个词，那应该会有帮助。

We pronounce it as /sleɪ/.

我们将其发音为/sleɪ/。

A slay is a vehicle, sometimes pulled by horses or reindeer,

slay 是一种

that glides over the snow.

在雪上滑行的车辆，有时由马或驯鹿拉动。

Listen carefully.

仔细听。

/sleɪ/.

/sleɪ/。

So, we have the S going into the light L sound: /sl/, /sl/, /sl/, and then

所以，我们有 S 进入轻 L 音：/sl/、/sl/、/sl/，然后

we have the diphthong, /eɪ/, /eɪ/.

我们有双元音、/eɪ/、/eɪ/。

A diphthong is two vowel sounds blended together.

双元音是两个元音混合在一起。

Continuous sound from one to the other  /e/ - /ɪ/ — /eɪ/, / eɪ/;

从一个到另一个的连续声音 /e/ - /ɪ/ — /eɪ/, /eɪ/;

/s/, /l/, / eɪ/ — /sleɪ/.

/s/、/l/、/eɪ/ — /sleɪ/。

Got it?

知道了？

Try this sentence.

试试这句话。

"Santa's sleigh glided smoothly across the snowy sky."

“圣诞老人的雪橇平稳地滑过雪天。”

"Santa's sleigh glided smoothly across the snowy sky."

“圣诞老人的雪橇平稳地滑过雪天。”

Let's keep working on our pronunciation, but first, if you don't know me, my name

让我们继续练习发音，但首先，如果你不认识我，我叫

is Anna from englishlikeanative.co.uk.

Anna，来自 englishlikeanative.co.uk。

I'm an English teacher and pronunciation coach.

我是一名英语老师和发音教练。

Now to help you to make the most out of this lesson, I have an audio practice

现在，为了帮助您充分利用本课程，我提供了一个音频练习

track that you can download for free.

曲目，您可以免费下载。

I'll leave a link for you in the description.

我会在描述中为您留下链接。

So, sticking with the S L sound — /sl/.

所以，坚持使用 SL 声音 - /sl/。

Next, we have slippery, slippery, slippery.

接下来，我们有滑，滑，滑。

This word is an adjective and describes something that's wet or smooth and

这个词是一个形容词，描述潮湿或光滑的东西，

causes things to slide easily, like ice.

使物体很容易滑动，比如冰。

Ice is slippery.

冰很滑。

Try this sentence.

试试这句话。

"Be careful on the icy path; it's very slippery!"

“结冰的路上要小心，很滑！”

"Be careful on the icy path; it's very slippery!"

“结冰的路上要小心，很滑！”

Now, what about sled?

现在，雪橇怎么样？

Sled.

雪橇。

A sled is a small simple version of a sleigh and it's

雪橇是雪橇的小型简单版本，

often used by children for fun.

经常被孩子们用来玩耍。

Try this sentence.

试试这句话。

"The children raced down the hill on their wooden sled."

“孩子们坐着木制雪橇从山上跑下来。”

How about slush, slush.

泥浆怎么样，泥浆。

Slush is wet, melting snow that's a bit mushy and a bit messy.

雪泥是湿的、融化的雪，有点糊状、有点凌乱。

Here's a sentence for you.

这里有一句话送给你。

"The roads were covered in dirty slush after the heavy snowfall."

“大雪过后，道路上覆盖着肮脏的泥浆。”

Now be aware of the /ʌ/ vowel in  slush,  slush.

现在请注意 slush, slush 中的 /ʌ/ 元音。

We don't want /slɒ/, /slɒʃ/, or  /sljuʃ/, we want /ʌ/, like

我们不需要 /slɒ/、/slɒʃ/ 或 /sljuʃ/，我们想要 /ʌ/，就像

in the word up, /slʌ/, /slʌʃ/.

单词 up 中的 /slʌ/、/slʌʃ/。

Got it?

知道了？

Excellent.

出色的。

Finally, we have — slide.

最后，我们有——幻灯片。

To slide means to move smoothly across a surface.

滑动意味着在表面上平滑地移动。

Try this sentence.

试试这句话。

"We watched the penguins slide down the icy slopes with ease."

“我们看着企鹅轻松地从冰冷的山坡上滑下来。”

Very good.

非常好。

The /aɪ/ here is long.

这里的/aɪ/很长。

It's a diphthong — /aɪ/, /aɪ/; /slaɪd/.

这是双元音 — /aɪ/, /aɪ/； /slaɪd/.

It's very different to the /ɪ/ sound in slid.

它与slid 中的/ɪ/ 声音非常不同。

So, you have  /slɪd/ and /slaɪd/,  /slɪd/ —  /slaɪd/.

所以，你有 /slɪd/ 和 /slaɪd/、/slɪd/ — /slaɪd/。

"I slid down the slide."

“我从滑梯上滑下来了。”

Fantastic.

极好的。

Now, I'm going to read you a passage.

现在，我要给你们读一段话。

Now you can read along with the words on screen or via the transcript that you can

现在，您可以随着屏幕上的文字一起阅读，也可以

download with your audio practice track.

通过音频练习曲目下载的文字记录进行阅读。

See if you can hear the words that we've worked on today.

看看你是否能听到我们今天所讲的单词。

The sled had been Sam's idea.

雪橇是山姆的主意。

Of course, it had to be his idea.

当然，这必须是他的主意。

Everything fun, thrilling, and slightly dangerous always was.

一切有趣、刺激、还有点危险的事情总是如此。

Emma could still hear his voice in her mind.

艾玛仍然能在脑海中听到他的声音。

Full of boyish excitement as he dragged the old wooden sled out from the garage,

当他把旧木雪橇从车库拖出来时，他充满了孩子气的兴奋，

its faded red paint peeling at the edges.

它的边缘褪了色的红色油漆剥落了。

"Come on, Em" he'd say, his green eyes sparkling like the fairy

“来吧，Em”他会说，他的绿色眼睛像

lights strung across the rooftops.

屋顶上串起的仙女灯一样闪闪发光。

"The hill by the orchard is perfect today, it's slippery enough to fly!"

“果园边的小山今天完美，滑得可以飞！”

She'd hesitated at first, her practical side, warning her about the icy

一开始她犹豫了，出于实际的一面，她警告她

paths and the risk of taking a slip.

道路结冰，还有滑倒的风险。

But Sam had a way of pulling her into his world where caution

但山姆有办法把她拉进他的世界，在那里，谨慎

melted like snow in the sun.

就像阳光下的雪一样融化。

So, she bundled up in her thickest coat, yanked on her woollen mittens and followed

于是，她穿上最厚的外套，拉上羊毛手套，跟着

him out into the crisp December air.

他走进十二月清新的空气中。

The memory was vivid now, as if it had happened just yesterday.

现在记忆犹新，仿佛就发生在昨天。

The snow had been fresh and powdery, crunching under their

当他们爬上山时， 雪是新鲜的，粉状的，在他们的靴子下嘎吱作响

boots as they climbed the hill.

。

When they reached the top, Sam had plopped down onto the sled,

当他们到达山顶时，山姆扑通扑通地坐到雪橇上，

patting the space behind him.

拍拍身后的空间。

"Don't chicken out," he'd teased, grinning, as she

“别胆怯，”当她

rolled her eyes and climbed on.

翻了个白眼，继续往上爬

The wind had whipped against her face as they flew down the slope, her

时，他笑着打趣道 。 当他们飞下斜坡时，风吹拂着她的脸，她的

laughter mixing with his whoop of joy.

笑声与他喜悦的叫声混合在一起。

They had crashed, of course, tumbling into a heap at the bottom, covered

当然，他们已经摔倒了，滚到了底部，

in snow and breathless with laughter.

身上覆盖着雪，笑得喘不过气来。

Later, they'd sat side by side on the sled, listening to the

后来，他们并排坐在雪橇上，聆听

distant jingle of a sleigh bell.

远处雪橇铃声的叮当声。

The sound had drifted on the wind, soft and magical, as they caught

当他们 屏住呼吸，看着星星在寒冷的夜空中闪烁时，

their breath and watched the stars blink in the frosty night sky.

声音随风飘荡，柔和而神奇。

"Do you think Santa's real?"

“你认为圣诞老人是真的吗？”

Emma had asked, brushing a strand of hair from her face.

艾玛一边问道，一边拨开脸上的一缕头发。

Sam had tilted his head thoughtfully.

Sam若有所思地歪着头。

"I don't know.

“我不知道。

But if he is, I bet he'd love the slush around here.

但如果他是，我打赌他一定会喜欢这里的雪泥。

Perfect for sleigh rides."

非常适合乘坐雪橇。”

She laughed, nudging him with her elbow.

她笑了，用胳膊肘碰了碰他。

"Slush isn't exactly magical, Sam."

“雪泥并不完全神奇，山姆。”

"Maybe not" he'd admitted a mischievous glint in his eyes.

“也许不是，”他承认眼中闪过一丝顽皮的光芒。

"But magic isn't about perfect things, Em, it's about the

“但魔法并不在于完美的事物，Em，而是在于那些让

moments you remember forever."

你永远铭记的时刻。”

And then there was the slip, the one she'd never let him live down.

然后就是一次失误，她永远不会让他失望。

As they'd made their way back home, arms full of snowballs for an impromptu

当他们满怀雪球准备回家时

fight, Sam had misjudged a patch of ice.

，山姆错误地判断了一块冰。

He'd gone down with a surprised YELP!

他惊讶地叫了一声就倒下了！

His legs flying out from under him.

他的双腿从身下飞了出来。

Emma had laughed so hard, she'd almost joined him on the ground,

艾玛笑得太厉害了，几乎要倒在地上和他一起了，

but instead she'd offered him a hand up, her cheeks aching from smiling.

但她却向他伸出了手，她的脸颊因笑而疼痛。

"Not a word" he muttered, brushing the snow off his coat,

“别说话，”他低声说道，拍掉外套上的雪，

but his grin had betrayed him.

但他的笑容出卖了他。

Years later, standing in the town square, Emma clung to that memory.

多年后，艾玛站在城镇广场上，仍牢牢记住了这段记忆。

The hill, the laughter, the way his eyes lit up when he talked about magic.

山丘，笑声，还有当他谈论魔法时他的眼睛闪闪发光的样子。

The world might have moved on, but those moments had stayed with her, etched

世界可能已经发生了变化，但那些时刻一直伴随着她，

into her heart like initials on a tree.

像树上的首字母缩写一样铭刻在她的心中。

And as she stood, visualising Sam's mischievous smile, she

当她站着，看着萨姆顽皮的微笑时，她

thought of all those wishes whispered beneath the wishing tree.

想起了许愿树下低语的所有愿望。

Maybe, just maybe, magic wasn't about perfect things.

也许，只是也许，魔法并不意味着完美的事物。

It was about the moments you couldn't forget, and the people

这是关于你无法忘记的时刻，以及

who made them unforgettable.

让它们难忘的人。

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time, take very good care, and goodbye.

，好好照顾，再见。