How to sound posh - Part one

Hi there!

大家好

Good evening!

晚上好

It's nice to be here

很高兴能站在这里

that sort of thing..

大概是吧...

I.. I'm sorry, who.. who are you?

抱...抱歉，你...你是谁？

I'm here to do the Received Pronunciation, the RP posh accent.

我是来展示英文公认发音的，就是上层阶级口音

I believe you must be mistaken, I'm here to do the RP accent.

你肯定是搞错了，我才是要展示公认发音的人

Oh.. certainly we can work together, I don't mind

啊...我们当然也可以合作...只要你不介意

if.. if it's ok with you.

我就不介意

Very well, if we must..

好吧，看起来不得不这样

Ok!

Well, I suppose I'll represent the more modern RP,

好

那么，我就代表更现代的公认发音吧

basically people who wish to

那些想要在演讲中

show a level of intelligence or class in their speech

显示自己的智力和地位的人

will generally speak as I do.

大概会像我这样讲话

And I suppose you'd represent the more archaic,

那么我猜你就代表着更古老一些的

old-fashioned RP..

有点过时的...公认发音

Old-fashioned?! I should wash your mouth up with soap and water!

过时？真应该拿肥皂水把你的嘴巴洗洗干净！

Yes, .. well...

啊..好吧

Perhaps, you should begin by telling them what RP is and is not.

或许你应该以公认发音的是与非来开头

Ok, well, RP goes by many different names

啊好吧，公认发音有很多别名

Standard English, Oxford English,

标准英语，牛津英语

The Queen's English, BBC English..

女皇陛下的英语，BBC英语

Well, it is true, in the past,

这放在在过去是没错的

BBC news reporters were expected to speak in a similar style to the Queen.

那时候BBC新闻播报员要和女皇陛下说类似的口音

They would speak very upper-class.

说非常上层的英语

For example :

比如说

Good evening!

晚上好

We interrupt this program to bring you a special news policy

插播一条特别新闻报道

The Germans have bombarded British shores

德军从空中轰炸了

from the air.

英国海岸

Our American allies are here to land a helpy hand.

我们的美国盟友伸出了援手

Lovely.

不错

Thank you.

谢谢

Whereas today's BBC represents a more realistic range of British accents.

而现在的BBC的英语发音更偏向于实用性

Today, modern RP isn't exactly a very specific way of speaking,

如今的公认发音也不完全是在特指某一种说话方式

Think of Tom Hiddleston,

想想Tom Hiddleston

Hugh Grant, Keira Knightley,

Hugh Grant, Keira Knightley,

Emma Watson, Stephen Fry...

Emma Watson, Stephen Fry...

They're all on the spectrum of RP,

他们的发音都属于公认发音

but the way they speak isn't exactly identical to one another.

但是他们的发音却不尽相同

The main idea of RP today is using good enunciation,

现代公认发音的精髓在于口齿清晰

a wide range of vocabulary,

词汇广博

and just generally use the correct grammar.

语法要基本正确

Not like those bloody Kardashians

不像那群天杀的卡戴珊一家 （美国著名电视节目）

who really leave a great deal to be desired in that department

她们在这一块真是留下了巨大的进步空间

they may have rather splendid rear ends but

她们的“后部”的确很好看...但是...

bottom of the barrel, I say

要我说啊，总体还是一塌糊涂

Yes, I mean...

啊...我是说...

I .. I..I.. I

我...我...我...我...

I bet they sat at the rear of the class

我赌她们上学的时候肯定是坐在后排...

in fact, i bet they were kept behind after school, ay!?

而且放学肯定要被老师留下来，对吧？

Yes, indeed.

啊...确实...

Are you finished?

Yes, sorry...

您说完了吗？

啊抱歉...

Indeed! Let's begin with the sounds :

好！那就先开始学习这些发音

we'll show you the differences between more modern RP and the older-fashioned upper RP.

让我们来向你展示一下现代公认口音和旧时的公认口音的区别

Modern RP is more just about proper enunciation,

现代公认口音注重的不过是口齿清晰

good full articulation of consonants,

饱满的连音

good pronounciation of consonants,

就是说连音要发得好

especially Ts, for example :

尤其是涉及到T的音，比如说

Try not to use glottal Ts wherever possible.

尽量不要在任何时候使用“完全被吃掉的”T音

For example, "water", not

不如说 "water"，而不是

"wa'er" (water with the glottal T)

"wa'er"

"Better", not "be'er" (better with the glottal T)

"Better"，而不是"be'er"

However, where there's a T sound at the end of a word,

但是当T出现在单词末尾时，

sometimes, we don't say it.

有时候是不发音的

For example :

比如

Absolutely

Definitely

United States

In regular RP, we use something called R linking or R joining.

在公认发音中，一个句子里会有R的连读

In a sentence, such as this :

比方说

"India and China"

India ends with an "A" sound,

india末尾有“a”音

the next word begins with an "A" sound,

下一个词以“a”音开头

so, in regular RP, we join them with an "R".

所以，一般的，在公认发音中，我们用R音把他们连起来

For example :

就像

"India (r) and China"

Whereas in upper RP,

而在旧时的公认发音中

we wouldn't do that.

我们不这么做

"India and China"

One important thing to note is that RP is non-rhotic, which means

值得注意的是，公认发音是不卷舌的，也就是说

we don't pronounce the "R" sound

不发“R”的音

For example, in this word

Hard 比如，这个词当中

Americans might pronounce it "hard"

Hard 美国人可能会念成...

with a "R" sound.

卷舌的

But in RP we don't.

但在公认发音中不这样念

We pronounce it /hɑ:d/

我们念成/hɑ:d/

One important thing to remember is in these words,

还有，在这些词当中，

the "A" is pronounced like a /ɑ:/

A这个音要念成/ɑ:/

Class, Task, Ask, Grass...

whereas in these words,

而这些词当中

the "A" sound is pronounced like an /æ/

A的音要念成/æ/

Man, Can, Hand, Maths

The sounds in more common English accents come from further back in the mouth,

其他更常见的英语发音中，这些音是由嘴巴的后端发的

as Jason Statham pointed out in his video.

正如Jason Statham在他的视频中指出的那样

Whereas in RP and upper RP, the sounds come from further forward in the mouth

而在公认发音和旧时的公认发音中，这些音由嘴巴的前端发出

The rule is this :

规律如下

the higher level of RP, the posher the accent,

你说的公认发音越高级、口音越高贵，

the further forward in the mouth is where the sound would come from.

这些音在口腔中发的部位就越往前

In upper RP,

在上层的公认发音中

the jaw move as little as possible,

你的下颚移动得越少越好

think Keira Knightley!

想想 Keira Knightley

She speaks with a very good posh accent,

她操着一口很棒的上层口音

but she looks like a ventriloquist dummy when she speaks because her mouth barely moves.

但她说话的时候看起来就像一个木偶，因为她嘴巴几乎不动

and that all lands to make a sound posher.

就是为了让口音听起来更“上层”

So, I think that's probably...

所以...大概就是...

we have time for it, you probably have to be somewhere?

好像没时间了，你好像是有事来着？

Yes, I gotta be going!

没错，我该走了

I'm.. a bit in a rush..

有点...有点急...

What time is now?

所以...现在要干什么？

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点击这里观看下一课！

Goodbye!

再见！

Non-automatic English subtitles by Julie Descaves

翻译君也是个新人，诸位海涵 By AENeuro