British English Pronunciation Practice - "Inconsistent" Poem & Explanation

Hello everyone, Anna here  from English Like a Native.

大家好，这里是 English Like a Native 的 Anna。

Today we're doing something  a little bit different.

今天我们要做一些不同的事情。

We are delving into the world of poetry.

我们正在钻研诗歌的世界。

Now I have a series of  pronunciation poems coming your way.

现在我有一系列的发音诗来给你看。

And today I'm going to be breaking  down the poem “Inconsistent”.

今天我要分解这首诗“不一致”。

So, let's hear the poem. First of all

那么，让我们来听听这首诗吧。首先，

English pronunciation is quite tricky, it’s true,

英语发音很棘手，是的，

As blue, and blew too, they rhyme with two.

As blue, and blew too, 他们两个押韵。

There’s little consistency between fear and bear,

fear 和 bear 之间几乎没有一致性，

The latter rhyming with there, their, and they’re.

后者与 there、their 和 they're 押韵。

And that’s not the worst of it, consider the ‘o’,

这还不是最糟糕的，考虑“o”，

Lacks consistency between dot, do and don’t.

点、做和不做之间缺乏一致性。

What has not got an ‘o’, nor has because.

什么没有得到一个'o'，也没有因为。

A cause of confusion is has and was.

混淆的一个原因是过去和现在。

Though, thought and through boggle the mind.

虽然，思想和思想令人难以置信。

Tough stuff our words, they are not well designed

Fork 与 walk 押韵

Fork rhymes with walk, and bird with word,

，bird 与 word 押韵，

Foot rhymes with put, not boot. I heard…

Foot 与 put 押韵，而不是 boot。我听说……

…learning English is hard, so here’s what to do,

……学习英语很难，所以这里是要做的，

Prioritise pronunciation and you will fly through.

优先考虑发音，你就会飞过去。

Did you enjoy that?

你喜欢吗？

If you did, and you'd like to print out your  own copy of this poem with my signature on it,  

如果你这样做了，并且你想打印出你自己的这首诗的副本，上面有我的签名，

then you can I'll leave a link down below.

那么你可以 我会在下面留下一个链接。

Okay, so let's break this poem down.

好吧，让我们分解一下这首诗。

Let's start!

开始吧！

English pronunciation is quite tricky, it's true...

英语发音非常棘手，这是真的......

And this is the first of our /u:/, sounds.

这是我们 /u:/ 的第一个发音。

It's true. As blue and blew  too. They rhyme with two.

这是真的。又如蓝吹也。他们押韵两个。

So here we have a repeat of this long /u:/ vowel  in ‘true’, ‘blue’, ‘blew’, ‘too’ and ‘two’.

所以这里我们在“true”、“blue”、“blew”、“too”和“two”中重复了这个长元音 /u:/。

Now the word ‘rhyme’, ‘rhyme’  that has an unusual spelling.

现在'rhyme'这个词，'rhyme'有一个不寻常的拼写。

But the pronunciation is /raım/, /raım/, /raım/.

但是发音是/raım/, /raım/, /raım/。

Okay?

好的？

English pronunciation is quite tricky, it's true

英文发音挺难听的，没错

As blue and blew too, they rhyme with two.

As blue 和 blew too，他们两个押韵。

There's little consistency (in  pronunciation) between fear and bear.

fear 和 bear 之间（在发音上）几乎没有一致性。

Now, hear that difference.

现在，听听区别。

Fear /fıə/.

恐惧 /fıə/。

Bear /beə/.

熊/beə/。

Fear, /ıə/, like your ear. 

恐惧，/ıə/，就像你的耳朵。

Bear /beə/, like chair /ʧeə/,  hair /heə/, where /weə/.

熊 /beə/，像椅子 /ʧeə/，头发 /heə/，哪里 /weə/。

Like the air we breathe.

就像我们呼吸的空气一样。

So, we have ‘ear’ and ‘air’,

所以，我们有“耳朵”和“空气”，

‘ear’ and ‘air’.

“耳朵”和“空气”。

Fear /fıə/. Bear /beə/.

恐惧 /fıə/。熊/beə/。

Okay, so they are different even  though that spelling is the same.

好的，即使拼写相同，它们也不同。

The latter, rhyming with there, their and they’re.

后者与 there, their 和 they're 押韵。

Okay, so the word ‘latter’ means  the last in the previous list.

好的，所以“后者”一词表示上一个列表中的最后一个。

So, the last in the previous list was a list of  two ‘fear’ and ‘bear’ and the latter was ‘bear’.

因此，之前列表中的最后一个是两个“恐惧”和“熊”的列表，后者是“熊”。

And it's saying the last one ‘bear’ rhymes  with ‘there’, ‘their’ and ‘they’re’.

它说最后一个“熊”与“那里”、“他们的”和“他们是”押韵。

Three different words.

三个不同的词。

And they all have the same sound.

他们都有相同的声音。

Exactly the same sound.

完全一样的声音。

The last one as well.

最后一张也是。

Pay close attention to contraction pronunciations  because many students don't like to pronounce  

密切注意收缩发音，因为许多学生不喜欢

contractions in a different way to the  single words, many students would see  

以与单个单词不同的方式发音收缩，许多学生会看到

that word and say ‘they’re’ but try to pronounce  the contraction ‘they’re /ðeə/’, ‘they’re /ðeə/’.

那个词并说“they're”但尝试发音收缩“they're /ðeə” /', '他们是 /ðeə/'。

Let's move on.

让我们继续。

And that's not the worst of it. Consider the ‘o’,

这还不是最糟糕的。考虑“o”，

Lacks consistency between dot, do and don't.

点、做和不做之间缺乏一致性。

So, look at these three words ‘dot’, ‘do’,‘don't’.

所以，看看这三个词“点”、“做”、“不做”。

How are we pronouncing that ‘o’? In the first we have /ɒ/, in the second we  

我们如何发音“o”？在第一个中我们有 /ɒ/，在第二个中我们

have /uː/, in the third we have /əʊ/. /ɒ/, /uː/, /əʊ/

有 /uː/，在第三个中我们有 /əʊ/。 /ɒ/, /uː/, /əʊ/

/dɒ/, /duː/, /dəʊ/ dot /dɒt/, do /duː/, don't /dəʊnt/.

/dɒ/, /duː/, /dəʊ/ 点 /dɒt/, 做 /duː/, 不要 /dəʊnt/。

So, there is a lack in pronunciation  consistency then we go on to say

因此，发音缺乏一致性，然后我们继续说

What has not got an ‘o’ /ɒ/...

What has not got an 'o' /ɒ/...

but we still pronounce it like it has ‘o’ /ɒ/,

但我们仍然发音为它有 'o' /ɒ/,

/wɒ/, /wɒt/.

/wɒ/, /wɒt /.

But it has not got an ‘o’ in the way it's written.

但它的书写方式没有“o”。

... nor has because.

...也没有因为。

Because /bɪˊkɒz/.

因为 /bɪˊkɒz/。

Now here that -ause /ɒz/, /ɒ/, /ɒ/

现在这里 -ause /ɒz/, /ɒ/, /ɒ/

-cause /kɒz/, because /bɪˊkɒz/

-cause /kɒz/, because /bɪˊkɒz/

So, ‘what’ and ‘because’  both have this ‘o’ /ɒ/ sound.

那么，'what' 和 'because' 都有这个 'o' /ɒ/ 音。

What has not got an o, nor has because. A cause of confusion is has an was.

什么没有得到 o，也没有因为。混乱的一个原因是已经过去了。

Did you hear the difference between  how I pronounce ‘cause’ /kɔːz/ when  

你听过我 单独

it's on its own as opposed to when  it's in the word ‘because’ /bɪˊkɒz/.

发音“cause” /kɔːz/ 和“because” /bɪˊkɒz/ 时的区别吗

Cause /kɔːz/, because /bɪˊkɒz/.

？ 因为 /kɔːz/，因为 /bɪˊkɒz/。

Cause /kɔːz/, because /bɪˊkɒz/.

因为 /kɔːz/，因为 /bɪˊkɒz/。

In ‘because’ /bɪˊkɒz/ it’s short /ɒ/, but  in cause /kɔːz/ we have this long /ɔː/. 

在 'because' /bɪˊkɒz/ 中，它是短的 /ɒ/，但在 cause /kɔːz/ 中，我们有这么长的 /ɔː/。

/ɒ/ - /ɔː/

/ɒ/ - /ɔː/

/ɒ/ - /ɔː/ because /bɪˊkɒz/ – cause /kɔːz/

/ɒ/ - /ɔː/ because /bɪˊkɒz/ – cause /kɔːz/

A cause of confusion is has and was.

混淆的原因是 has 和 was。

They both have an ‘-as’, but ‘has’  is /..əz/ and ‘was’ is /..ɒz/

他们都有一个'-as'，但是'has'是/..əz/而'was'是/..ɒz/

/..əz/ - /..ɒz/

/..əz/ - /..ɒz/

So confusing.

太混乱了。

Next.

下一个。

Though, thought and through...

Though, thought and through...

Though /ðəʊ/, thought /θɔ:t / and through /θru:/

Though /ðəʊ/, thought /θɔ:t / and through /θru:/

they boggle the mind.

他们使头脑迷惑。

They look so similar but they're so different.

他们看起来如此相似，但又如此不同。

Tough stuff...

艰难的东西......

They both rhyme, tough – stuff.

他们都押韵，艰难 - 东西。

Tough stuff our words, they are not well designed.

很难用我们的话来说，它们设计得不好。

Fork rhymes with walk, bird with word Foot /fʊt/ rhymes with put /pʊt/, not boot /bu:t/.

Fork 与 walk 押韵，bird 与 Foot /fʊt/ 押韵，与 put /pʊt/ 押韵，而不是 boot /bu:t/。

I heard…

…learning English is hard, so here’s what to do, Prioritise pronunciation and you will fly through.

我听说…… ……学习英语很难，所以这里是要做的，优先考虑发音，你就会飞过去。

So, ‘foot’ /fʊt/, boot /bu:t/,

所以，'foot' /fʊt/, boot /bu:t/,

‘foot’ /fʊt/, boot /bu:t/

'foot' /fʊt/, boot /bu:t/

/ʊ/ – /u:/, /ʊ/ – /u:/

They are different.

/ʊ/ – /u:/, /ʊ/ – /u:/ 它们是不同的。

Foot /fʊt/ rhymes with put /pʊt/, not boot /bu:t/.

Foot /fʊt/ 与 put /pʊt/ 押韵，而不是 boot /bu:t/。

I heard... 'Cause ‘heard’ /hɜ:d/  rhymes with ‘word’ /wɜ:d/.

我听说... 'Cause 'heard' /hɜ:d/ 与 'word' /wɜ:d/ 押韵。

I heard learning English is hard, so here's what  

我听说学英语很难，所以这就是该怎么

to do. Prioritize pronunciation  and you will fly through /θru:/.

做。优先发音，你会飞过 /θru:/。

I hope you have enjoyed learning a  little bit more about pronunciation.

我希望你喜欢学习更多关于发音的知识。

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如果发音对你很重要，那为什么不加入我的免费发音大师班呢？

To learn how to truly  transform your pronunciation.

学习如何真正改变你的发音。

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我会将注册链接放在下面的描述中。

Until next time, take care and goodbye!

下次见，保重，再见！