Can you pronounce the names of these cities? + (Free PDF and Quiz!)

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- Hello everyone, and welcome back to English with Lucy.

Hello 大家好，歡迎再次來到和Lucy學英文。

Today, I have another pronunciation video for you.

今天，我要给你送上另外一個關於發音的視頻。

I'm going to be going through all of the English place names

我將要瀏覽所有很難發音的英国地名。

that are really hard to pronounce,

真的很難發音，

and I'm going to be letting you in on some secrets.

而且我會讓你知道一些秘密。

Yes, I'm going to be giving you some rules,

是的，我會給你一些規則，

and if you take note, and if you learn them,

如果你做筆記，如果你學習它們，

hopefully, pronouncing English place names should be

希望，發音英文地名應該是

a lot easier, and to make it a little bit more fun

更容易，並使它更有趣

and to allow you guys to laugh at yourselves,

並讓你們笑自己，

I've made it a quiz.

我做了一個小測。

So you can comment below with your score.

所以你可以在下面發評論，帶上你的分數。

I'm basically going to give you a little bit of time

我基本上會給你一點時間

to guess the pronunciation before I tell you what it is.

在我告訴你它是什麼之前去猜測發音。

Let's see how many you get wrong.

讓我們看看你錯了多少。

Oh sorry, I should be more motivational,

對不起，我應該更加的鼓勵你們，

let's see how many you get right. (giggling)

讓我們看看你有多少是對的。（哈哈哈）

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在我們開始之前，我要感謝

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Right, let's get on with the lesson and the quiz.

好的，讓我們繼續學習課程和小測。

So we're going to be focusing on England today,

所以今天我們將關注英格蘭，

but if you would like to know about Scotland,

但如果你想了解蘇格蘭，

Wales, Northern Ireland, just the rest of Britain,

威爾士，北愛爾蘭，英國其他地區，

let me know in the comments, and I'll see if I can find

請在評論中告訴我，我會看看能不能找到

someone from those areas to help me out.

來自這些地區的人幫助我。

Now, I'm going to do it area by area,

現在，我將按區域進行，

and I'd like to start with Southern England,

我想從英格蘭南部開始，

simply because that's where I'm based.

因為那是我所在的地方。

Sort of.

差不多吧。

Number one, how do you pronounce this beautiful city?

第一個，你覺得這個美麗的城市怎麼讀？

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It's pronounced Gloucester.

它的發音是

Gloucester.

Gloucester

Number two, how do you pronounce this Oxfordshire town?

第二，你怎麼讀這個牛津郡的城鎮？

If you do want to go, it has a great designer outlet.

如果你想去，它有一個很棒的設計師專賣店。

We love going there.

我們喜歡去那裡。

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It's Bicester.

这是Bicester.

Bicester.

Bicester.

And I can assure you, before that designer outlet was built,

我可以向你保證，在那個設計師專賣店建成之前，

I was calling it Bicester, so you're not alone.

我也把它讀成Bicester, 所以不是只有你讀錯。

Number three, how do you pronounce this town

第三個，你怎麼發音這個小鎮

that's just outside of London?

就在倫敦的外面

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It's Slough.

它是Slough.

Slough.

Slough.

Fun fact, I once had an iPhone stolen,

有趣的一件事，有一次我的iPhone被偷了

and it appeared in Slough.

就發生在Slough.

I never got it back. (giggling)

我再也沒拿回來。（哈哈哈）

And number four, the last one of this section,

第四個，本節的最後一部分

how do you pronounce this town?

你覺得這個小鎮怎麼讀？

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It's Reading.

它是Reading.

Reading.

Reading.

And Reading Festival was the first festival

而且Reading節是我去過的第一個節日，

I ever went to, potentially the last.

有可能是最後一次。

No, I have been to one since.

不是，從那以後我去過一個。

Yeah, festivals aren't for me, turns out.

是啊，節日不適合我，事實證明。

Someone jumped on my tent, not great.

有人跳上我的帳篷，真的不好。

Okay, let's move on to places in London.

Okay, 讓我們前往倫敦的地方

The first one.

第一個，

This has a tube stop in London,

這個有一個倫敦的地鐵站

and it's where I went to university.

這也是我上大學的地方。

How do you pronounce it?

你怎麼讀？

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It should be Marylebone.

這應是Marylebone.

Marylebone.

Marylebone.

But it's now so widely mispronounced that who knows.

現在很多人都把它讀錯了，天曉得。

I'm sure I'll have a couple of opinions on this video

我相信我會對這個視頻有一些看法

about how to pronounce Marylebone.

關於如何讀Marylebone.

Number two, a little town in the borough of Hillington,

第二個，一個在Hillington區的小鎮。

how is this one pronounced?

這個怎麼讀？

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It should be Ruislip.

它應是Ruislip.

Ruislip.

Ruislip.

Number three, this is an area in central London.

第三，這是倫敦市中心的一個區域。

It again has its own tube station.

它又有自己的地鐵站.

How would you pronounce it?

你會怎麼讀？

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It should be pronounced Holborn.

它應是Holborn.

Holborn.

Holborn

The next one is a borough of London.

下一個是倫敦的一個區。

It also has a tube station.

它也有地鐵站。

I used to live here, and I started off mispronouncing it.

我曾經住在這裡，而且我把它讀錯了。

How would you pronounce this place?

你會怎麼讀？

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It should be Southwark.

它應是Southwark.

Southwark.

Southwark.

The next one.

下一個。

This place has a football club, a very famous football team.

這個地方有一個足球俱樂部，一個非常有名的足球隊。

How would you pronounce it?

你會怎麼讀？

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It should be Tottenham.

它應是Tottenham.

Tottenham.

Tottenham.

Now, I used a glottal stop there.

現在，我在那裡使用了一個喉塞音。

Okay, it should be pronounced Tottenham.

Okay, 它應該是Tottenham.

Tottenham.

Tottenham.

But, everyone I hear says Tottenham.

但是，我聽見的所有人都說Tottenham.

Tottenham Hot Spurs.

托特納姆熱刺。

Next, we have this place.

接下來，我們有這個地方

Lovely place supposedly.

可愛的地方據說。

How would you pronounce it?

你會怎麼發音？

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It should be Chiswick.

它應該是Chiswick。

Chiswick.

Chiswick.

With a (vocalises) sound.

帶（發聲）聲音。

Don't ask me why, it's the way it is.

不要問我原因，就是這樣。

Next, where my brother-in-law to be lives.

接下來，我的姐夫住的地方。

How would you pronounce this place?

你會怎麼發音這個地方？

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It should be Greenwich.

它應該是Greenwich。

Greenwich.

Greenwich。

Okay, moving on to the Midlands.

好的，繼續前往中部地區。

Number one.

第一。

There is a sauce named after this place.

有一個以這個地方命名的醬汁。

How would you pronounce it?

你會怎麼發音？

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It should be Worcester.

它應該是Worcester。

Worcester.

Worcester。

Just two syllables.

只有兩個音節。

This one's quite similar.

這一個非常相似。

How would you pronounce this city?

你會怎麼發音這座城市？

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（打噴嚏） （笑）

It should be Leicester.

它應該是Leicester.

Leicester.

Leicester.

And the same goes for Leicester Square in London.

倫敦的萊斯特廣場也是如此。

Okay, moving on to this one.

好的，繼續這個。

There is a fantastic university here.

這裡有一所很棒的大學。

It's always really good at sports.

它總是非常擅長運動。

How would you pronounce it?

你會怎麼發音？

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It should be Loughborough.

它應該是Loughborough.

Loughborough.

Loughborough.

Again, only two syllables,

同樣，只有兩個音節，

but you might hear some people saying Loughborough.

但你可能聽到一些人們說Loughborough.

But it should be borough, borough.

但它應該是borough, borough.

And the last one, how would you pronounce this city?

最後一個，你會怎麼發音這個城市？

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It should be Derby.

它應該是Derby.

Derby.

Derby.

Okay, the first one, located in Yorkshire,

好的，第一個，位於約克郡，

how would you pronounce it?

你會怎麼發音呢？

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It should just be Barugh.

它應該是Barugh.

Barugh.

Barugh.

The next one, how would you pronounce this location?

下一個，你會怎麼發音這個地方？

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It should be pronounced Keighley.

它應該發音為Keighley.

Keighley.

Keighley.

And the last one, this Cumbrian town,

最後一個，這個坎布里亞小鎮，

how would you pronounce it?

你會怎麼發音呢？

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It should be Sedbergh.

應該是Sedbergh.

Sedbergh.

Sedbergh.

Okay, let me know in the comments below how many

好的，讓我知道 以下評論有多少

you got right, and please don't worry if your score is low.

你做對了，請不要 擔心你的分數是否低。

The names are ridiculous.

這些名字很荒謬。

It's almost like a gatekeeper.

它幾乎就像一個看門人。

If you can't say the places, we know you're not from here.

如果你不能說的地方， 我們知道你不是來自這裡。

Now, I'm going to share a couple of rules with you

現在，我要分享一個 幾條規則給你

about suffixes to place names.

關於地名的後綴。

In general, knowing these suffixes will mean

一般來說，知道這些後綴意味著

you will automatically know how to pronounce

你會自動的知道如何發音

a wide variety of place names.

各種各樣的地名。

Okay, first we have, borough, borough.

好的，首先我們有borough, borough.

For example, Loughborough.

例如，Loughborough.

Loughborough.

Loughborough.

Then we have bury, bury.

然後我們bury, bury.

For example, Bibury.

例如，Bibury。

Bibury.

Bibury.

Then we have cester, cester.

然後我們有cester，cester。

For example, Bicester, Bicester.

例如，Bicester, Bicester.

Then we have combe, combe.

然後我們有combe，combe。

For example, Salcombe, Salcombe.

例如，Salcombe，Salcombe。

Then we have ham, ham.

然後我們有ham, ham.

Like in Tottenham, Tottenham.

就像Tottenham, Tottenham一樣。

Then we have on, on.

然後我們繼續。

This isn't a suffix, it's actually in the first syllable

這不是後綴，實際上是在第一個詞的音節

of a word, it's on as in London and Tonbridge.

就像London和Tonbridge.

Then we have shire, or shire.

然後我們有shire, 或者shire.

Shire or shire, it depends.

Shire 或者 shire, 看情況。

Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire.

Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire.

You can choose whichever you'd like.

你可以選擇你想要的任何一個。

And the last one, we have mouth, mouth.

最後一個，我們有mouth, mouth.

As in Bournemouth.

就像Bournemouth.

Right, that's it for today's lesson.

是的，這就是今天的課程。

I hope you enjoyed it.

我希望你喜歡它。

Don't forget to share your scores,

別忘了分享你的分數，

and don't forget to contribute any other really difficult

並且不要忘記貢獻任何其他很難

to pronounce place names.

發音的地名。

Remember to check out italki.

記得看看italki。

The link is in the description box, and don't forget

鏈接在說明盒，別忘了

to check out my social media.

看看我的社交媒體。

I've got my Facebook, I've got my Instagram,

我有我的Facebook，我有我的Instagram，

and I've got my Twitter, and I'll see you soon

我有我的Twitter，我很快就會在另外一課

for another lesson. (blows kiss)

見到你。 （吹吻）

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Sometimes I forget how to swallow.

有時我會忘記如何吞嚥。

Oh back to the riverder where that's where I buy

哦回到河邊那，是我買

my colouring pencils from, oh my god,

我的著色鉛筆的地方，哦，天哪，

how am I gonna do this one?

我該怎麼做呢？

Okay.

好的。

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（發聲）

Eggberth. (beeping)

Eggberth.

You might hear some people saying Loughborough,

你可能會聽到一些人說Loughborough.

but it should be borough, borough.

但它應該是borough, borough.

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（打噴嚏）

(laughs)

（笑）

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