10 English words that you pronounce INCORRECTLY | British English Pronunciation + (Free PDF & Quiz!)

Hello and welcome back to English with Lucy

Hello 欢迎回到”English with Lucy“

I've got a pronunciation video for you today

今天我有一个关于英语发音的影片给你们

and it's all about 10 words that you might be pronouncing incorrectly

这里有十个单词你也许会念错

So, let's get started

所以，我们开始吧

Ok so the first word is this one!

好了，第一个单词就是这个！

How would you say it?

你会怎么念？

it's not fru-it

它不是fru-it

There are not two syllables there

这里没有两个音节

We actually pronounce this word 'fruit'

其实我们的发音是”fruit“

fruit

fruit

So many students make the mistake of saying 'fru-it'

炒鸡多学生把它错念成”fru-it"

or fruiiiit, fruiiit

或fruiiiit，fruiiit

But no, it's just fruit

但是，不对， 它就是 fruit

And fruit is my favourite food

蓝后水果也是我最爱的水果

The next word we have is this one

接下来是这个单词

So many students actually pronounce this how they would pronounce it in their own language

很多学生用自己的语言来发音这个单词

Probably the Italians and the Spanish more than anything

也许意大利人和西班牙人比什么都重要

But we pronounce this not cha-os

但是我们不念 cha-os 啊

not cha-os

不是 cha-os

But chaos

是 chaos（混乱，混沌）

We almost add a 'y' sound 'chaos'

我们像是增加了一个“Y”音 念作“chaos”

It was an absolute chaos

这绝对是一团糟啊

The same with the adjective form.. it was 'chaotic'.

与形容词形式相同..也就是“chaotic”（混乱的，无秩序的）。

Ok, number three, we have...

好吧，第三个啦，是...

Now I remember learning to spell this word when I was at school

现在，我记得我是在学校时学习拼写这个单词哒

and thinking 'wow, that's a crazy spelling'

蓝后我就想 ⊙o⊙这真的是个一疯狂的拼写组合

because it's so different to the pronunciation

因为它的发音辣么不同

Now I've heard all different pronunciations for this word

现在我听说了这个词所有的不同的发音

I've heard kuwew, I've head kyooyoo

我听过kuwew，我也听过kyooyoo

But really we just say 'queue', 'queue'

不过说真的，我们只是念“queue” “queue”（队列）

one syllable, and everyone knows that British people

就是一个音节，每个人都知道的，那个我们英国人民。。

love queueing, queue, to queue, there is a queue

爱排队啊 排队 排队 这里有一个队列

The verb and the noun as well

这个词也有动词和名词

Now on to number four and this one always makes me laugh when people say this

现在 第四个 每次有人说这个单词的时候我都会想笑

cause it is really difficult to say. it is...

只是因为这个真的很难说。就是

this one

这个

Now I hear people say 'crips'

现在 我听过有人念“crips”(瘸子帮，美国1962s的一个黑帮组织）

I used to work in a cafe with a lot of foreign workers

我曾经在一个有许多外国工人的咖啡馆工作

and they would always say 'Where are the crips?'

他们经常说“哪里有瘸子帮？”

and I'd be like 'crips? are you talking about crepes?'

我会像这样（疑问脸）“瘸子帮”？还是你说的是薄饼？

We say 'crisps'

我们念“薯片”

This 'sps' sound is very difficult for some people to say so you need to practice this in the mirror before you brush your teeth every night...crisps

这个“sps”的音对于很多人来说很难，想要念好你可以每晚在刷牙前对着镜子练习crisps

Ok number five is this one

OK 第五个 就是这个

If you like cooking then you should have seen this word before

如果你喜欢烹饪，那么你应该已经见到过这个词

And most people say resips or reseeps

和大多数人念resips或reseeps

But it should be recipe

但它应该是 recipe （菜谱）

So it's very irregular this word

所以这是个非常不规则的单词

normally when an e is on the end we don't pronounce it

通常当e是在最后，我们都不念它

but in this case we do

但在这种情况下，我们得要念

recipe, three syllables

recipe，三个音节

OK, number 6, this one..

好了，第六个，这一个..

OK, so many people pronounce this incorrectly.

是啦，很多人都没有正确发音这个

they want to say every syllable

他们想念出每一个音节

so they say com-for-ta-ble

所以他们会说com-for-ta-ble

but really it's comfortable

但是，真的，这是 comfortable（舒适的）

comfortable, so it's not com-for-ta-ble, it's just comf-t-ble

comfortable，所以它不是所以它不是com-for-ta-ble，就只是 comf-t-ble

OK, so we actually lose a syllable there.

对，所以我们实际上少了一个音节啦这里

the same goes for number seven which is

这同样适用于第七个 辣就

not veg-e-ta-ble

不是veg-e-ta-ble

vegetable

vegetable(蔬菜）

not ve-ge-ta-ble

不是veg-e-ta-ble

vegetable

vegetable

vegetable

vegetable

similarly we have number 8

相似的的还有第八号

very important word, if you don't know this word then you're crazy

很重要的单词，如果你不知道的话，你大概是疯了

cause it's a big part of my life

因为这是我生命中很重要的一部分

I hear many people say 'cho-co-late'

我听到很多人念“cho-co-late”

or cho-co-late...choco...choco

或者 cho-co-late...choco...choco

but we say chok-lit

但我们念 chok-lit

chocolate

chocolate（巧克力）

So it's just 2 syllables and I understand it's quite hard for many people to pronouce

所以这里就两个音节啦 然后我也明白很多人会觉得这样发音很难

but, you wanna speak English well you got to practice

但是，你想英语讲得好，你得练

so chocolate...chocolate

所以 chocolate...chocolate

OK and my last two are days of the week

好吧最后两个是 一周中的两天

so number nine...this one...

所以第九个 这个

not one of my favourite days of the week but it's very important to pronounce it correctly

不是我每周最喜欢的一天 但是把它念对还是很重要滴

I always hear Tu-es-day

我总是听见 Tu-es-day

tu-es-day

tu-es-day

When in reality it's Tuesday

然而现实是 Tuesday（星期二）

choose, like I want to choose what I'm having for breakfast this morning

choose（选择），像我想选择今天早上早餐吃什么

Tuesday, not tu-es-day, Tuesday

Tuesday, 不是 tu-es-day, Tuesday

and then the last one....

然后最后一个

Another day of the week

一周中的另一天

not wed-nes-day....Wednesday

不是 Wed-nes-day Wednesday（星期三）

not wed-nes-day...Wednesday

不是 Wed-nes-day Wednesday（星期三）

So that's it for this pronunciation lesson

所以这就是整节发音课

I really hope it helped you

我真的希望它能帮到你

and hopefully you can now pronounce these words more confidently

希望你现在可以更自信地读出这些单词

You will need to repeat and practice again and again and again

你将会需要一次又一次地重复练习

but that's part of learning a language so get started now!

但这就是学习语言的一部分，所以现在就开始吧！

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请确认你有联系上我所有的社交软件

it's all here

都在这里

and I look forward to seeing you in class very very soon! mwah!

蓝后我期待在课堂上见到你 很快很快的！mua(～o￣3￣)～！