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In this video series, you will learn how to pronounce the 100 most common words in American

在这一系列的视频中

你将学习美式英语中最常见的100个单词的发音

English.

I got this idea when I saw a couple of other videos on this topic, and I was horrified

我看了其他人的一些视频才想到做这期视频

而那些视频让我感到很震惊

at what I saw.

In those videos, people were teaching the full pronunciation of these words, like: THAT,

在那些视频里，他们在教这些单词的完整发音

比如:THAT, HAVE, TO

HAVE, TO.

So many of the 100 most common words are function words and they reduce.

最常见的100个单词里,很多都是虚词,它们都要弱化

It is completely unnatural to fully pronounce each word in American English.

在美式英语中，把每个单词完整地发出来是很不地道的

Let me show you what I mean.

让我解释一下我是什么意思

This sentence is four words, and each one of these words is in the 100 most common words

这句话有四个单词

它们每个都在100个最常用词的列表里

list.

This is for work.

这是为了工作

That’s the full pronunciation of each of those words.

这是这几个单词的完整发音

And if that’s all you learn about the pronunciation, then this is how you would pronounce that

而如果这就是你学到的关于它们的发音的全部的话

那么你的发音应该是这样的

sentence: This is for work.

This is for work.

This is for work.

This is for work.

Well, I don’t want any of my students thinking that that is the correct way to pronounce

我不希望我任何一个学生

觉得这是那句话的正确的发音方式

that sentence.

因为这并不是

It’s not.

这样发音是不地道的

It’s not natural.

This is for work.

This is for work.

This is for work.

This is for work.

Is和for都没有被完整地发出来

Is and for are not fully pronounced.

Rhythm in American English is extremely important for capturing the character of the language:

学习美式英语中的韵律对于弄清句子中的成分、

for understanding Americans when they speak, and for sounding natural and being easily

听懂美国人说话

以及让你的发音变得更加地道易懂是极其重要的

understood when you speak.

Some syllables are long, and some are very very short.

有的音节拖得很长，有的则非常短

This contrast is the rhythm of American English.

这种对比就构成了美式英语中的韵律

In order to make those short syllables really short, some words in American English, some

为了让那些短音节听起来很短，美式英语中的一些单词

of the most common words, reduce.

一些最常见的单词，会弱化

This means a sound changes or is dropped.

弱化的意思就是一个音会变成了另一个音或者变得不发音

And everybody studying English should know these.

每一个学英语的人都应该知道这些

Let’s take our sentence again and talk about the real pronunciation of it.

让我们再看一下刚刚那句话，说说它真正的发音

This is for work.

This is for work.

Two words are longer.

有两个词的发音比较长

This.

This.

Work.

Work.

两个词比较短

And two words are shorter.

Is, for.

Is, for.

This is for work.

This is for work.

This is for work.

This is for work.

So it's not iz but is.

所以不是发[is]而是[iz]

And it's not for but fer.

也不是发[fɔɹ]而是[fər]

This is for work.

This is for work.

Rhythmic contrast.

韵律对比

So as we go through the 100 most common words in American English here, we’re going to

所以在我们浏览美语中100个最常见词的同时，

talk about rhythm and reductions at the same time, to make sure that you’re learning

我们还要讲讲韵律和弱化

从而保证你学到的是正确的发音，而不是完整的发音

the correct pronunciation, not the full pronunciation, which is rarely used in most function words.

因为大多虚词都不会被完整的发出来

Okay, let’s start at the beginning.

好的，让我们从列表的最开头开始

The number one most common word in American English is THE.

美式英语最常见的词排在第一的是THE

In a sentence it will become the, the.

在句子里，它的发音会变成the, the

Very fast with a schwa.

发的很快并且带有一个ə

This is when the next word begins with a consonant.

这种情况出现在下一个单词是辅音开头的时候

For example, “the most”, the, the most.

比如说“the most”, the, the, the most

而如果下一个单词是元音或双元音开头

It's usually pronounced with the EE vowel, the, the, the.

the, the, the.

If the next word begins with a vowel or diphthong, for example, “the other”, the, the, the.

它后面的元音还经常被发成[i]

比如说,"the other", the, the, the.

The most important thing about the pronunciation of this word is that it should be said very

发这个单词最需要注意的是

要说得很快

quickly.

The cat.

The cat.

It should never be THE CAT, THE CAT.

绝对不能是THE CAT, THE CAT

一定是"the cat"

Always ‘the cat’.

The, the, the very fast.

The, the, the, 非常快

The next word is ‘be’, and I assume this means the verb TO BE, conjugated.

下一个单词是 "be", 而我它看作是动词TO BE的变位

I am, you are, he is, she is, it is, we are, they are.

I am, you are, he is, she is, it is, we are, they are.

The important thing to know about these pronunciations is that they will almost always be said in

关于这些单词的发音需要注意的是

它们绝大多数情况下都要发它们的缩略形式

a contraction, ‘I am’ becomes I’m, I'm, I'm.

I am 要发成 I'm, I'm, I'm

Said very quickly, I’m.

发得很快, I'm

Sometimes you’ll even hear as just.

有时候你甚至只会听到一个M的音

the M sound: M’sorry.

M'sorry.(我很抱歉)

M’sorry, mm, mm, mm.

M'sorry, mm, mm, mm.

This is a natural pronunciation.

这就是自然的发音方式

YOU ARE, you’re, reduces to ‘you’re’.

YOU ARE, you're, 要弱化成 [jəɹ]

Super fast.

非常快

basically no vowel.

基本上没有元音了

You're, you're.

You're, you're.

You’re gonna be okay.

你会没事的

You’re, you're.

You're, you're.

Very fast.

非常快

HE IS becomes ‘he’s’.He's.

HE IS要发成 he's, he's

He's.

SHE IS is she’s.

SHE IS发成she's

She's.

She's

IT IS, it’s, it’s, it’s.

IT IS 要发成it's

Sometimes we reduce this even further we change a sound, we dropped the vowel.

有时候我们会通过改变一个发音对它进行进一步的弱化

我们会把元音的部分消除

只说 ts

We say just ‘ts’.

Ts, ts. ‘ts cool! ‘ts awesome!

Ts, ts. 这很酷啊！这很棒啊！

Ts.

Ts.

你有听过这样的发音吗？

Have you ever heard that?

‘Ts cool.

这很酷啊

‘Ts raining.

正在下雨

这是一种非常常见的弱化

It's a common reduction.

WE ARE, we're,要发成 [wəɹ]

WE ARE, we’re, becomes ‘we’re’.

We’re running late.

我们快迟到了

‘we’re’, ‘we’re’.

we're, we're

非常快

Very fast.

THEY ARE, they’re becomes ‘they’re’.

THEY ARE, they're要发成 [ðəɹ]

非常快，它的元音发生了变化，[ðəɹ]

Very fast, the vowel changes, they’re.

They’re okay.

他们没问题的

They’re, they’re.

They're, they're.

排行第三的单词是to

Word number three: to.

Almost never pronounced this way, to.

但是几乎从来不这样发音，to

We use a reduction: the vowel changes to the schwa.

我们会把它弱化：即把它的元音变成ə

To, to, said very quickly.

[tə], [tə] 说的非常快

And sometimes, the true T at the beginning changes to more of a D sound, or a Flap T.

而有时候，开头的T的音

会变得更像一个D的音，或者叫闪音T

“Let’s go to the beach.”

让我们去海滩吧

Go to the.

Go to the.

Go to.

Go to.

Go to.

Go to.

How is ‘to’ being pronounce there? to to, go to.

这里的"to"是怎么发音的

to the, to the, go to.

舌头抖一下，然后接上一个ə的音

A flap of the tongue, and the schwa.

Said very quickly.

说得很快

Go to.

Go to.

Go to the beach.

Go to the beach.

It’s nothing like TO, is it?

一点都不像TO了，对吗？

OF.

OF

Again, we don’t fully pronounce this word.

同样的，我们不会完整地发这个单词

It’s not OF, it’s of.

我们不读[ʌv]，而是读[əv]

Schwa, very light V, said very quickly.

一个ə加上一个很轻地V的音，要说的很快

And actually, you’ll often hear this word without the ‘v’.

而事实上，你会经常听到它不发V这个音

Then it’s just the schwa, and we pronounce it this way in phrases ‘kind

而就只有一个ə

在短语"kind of"和"sort of"中，我们都会像这样发音

of’ and ‘sort of’.

kinda, sorta.

kinda, sorta.

举个例子：我有点累了

For example, I’m kinda tired.

Kinda.

Kinda.

Kinda, uh, uh, uh.

Kinda, uh, uh, uh.

Schwa, very fast.

ə的音，非常快

Kinda.

Kinda.

Ok, we’re only four words in, but let’s review.

好的，我们才看了四个单词，但是还是让我们复习一下吧

I’m going to put up a sentence.

现在我要造个句

仔细看，然后找到弱化在哪儿，然后带着弱化读出句子

Look at it, find the reduction, and then say the sentence with the reduction.

Say the reduction very quickly.

弱化要读得很快

Here's one sentence:

这是一句

I am remember becomes I'm.

记住I am要变成I'm

How quickly did you make that first word?

第一个单词你可以读得有多快

I'm running late. I'm running late.Try it as just the M sound.

I'm running late. I'm running late.

试着只发M的音

Mmm, mmm.

Mmm, mmm.

M'running, M'running.

M'running, M'running.

M’running late.

M'running late.

Sorry guys, I’m running late.

对不起大家啦，我快迟到了

So natural.

很自然的

When you learn the reductions in American English, and you start to really use them

当你学习了美式英语中的弱化

并开始真正地在对话中使用它们之后，你会有一种地道的感觉

in your speech, you gain a native feeling.

Also, understanding Americans becomes easier because you can start to identify the reductions.

而且，你也会更加容易听懂美国人说话

因为你开始能识别弱化了

我再给一句，供你们大声练习

One more for you to try out loud now: I want you to try reducing the word ‘to’.

我想请你试着弱化"to"

Look at it, think about it, now try it out loud.

仔细看，想一想，然后大声地说出来

“I know how to do it.”

我知道该怎么做

How to, how to, how to.

How to, how to, how to.

I’m making that the Flap T and the schwa.

我发了一个闪音T和一个ə

你呢？

Are you?

再试一次

Try it again.

How to, I know how to do it.

How to, I know how to do it.

Alright, we’ll keep going with number 5: AND.

好的，我们接着看到第五个

AND

And.

Another word that we rarely fully pronounce.

And

又一个我们几乎不会完整发音的单词

There are a couple of different ways to reduce this.

这个单词有好几种不同的弱化方式

We’ll start with the full pronunciation, and we’ll reduce from there.

我们先说说完整的发音，然后再把它弱化

AA vowel followed by N consonant: the tongue is lifted in the back for AA, Aaaa.

一个æ的元音后面接着一个辅音n

为了发æ，我的舌头根部抬了起来

Then relaxes before the N. Aa-uh, aa-uh, aa-uh.

然后在发N之前放松。Aa-uh, aa-uh, aa-uh.

So it’s not a pure AA sound.

所以这不是一个标准的æ的音

Aa-uh, aa-uh.

Aa-uh, aa-uh.

and

And, and, and, and, and.

First reduction is just dropping the D. “An’, An’and I think it will be okay.”

第一种弱化仅仅是消去D的音，[æn]

而我觉得没问题

An, An' I, An’ I.

An, An'I, An'I.

No D, just the N into the next word.

没有D，N直接和下一个单词连读

An' I think it will be okay.

An' I think it will be okay.

Another reduction, more common, is to just say the N sound, “N’.

另一种弱化更加常见

也就是只发N的音，N

N' I think it will be okay.”

N' I think it will be okay.”

N’, N', just straight from the N into the next word.

N', N', 很直接地将N和下一个单词连读

N' I, N' I think it will be okay.

N' I, N' I think it will be okay.

饼干和奶油，盐和辣椒，黑和白，上和下，左和右

Cookies and cream, salt and pepper, black and white, up and down, left and right.

All of these, I’m just making a quick N sound, linking the two other words.

上面这些，我都只发了一个很快的N的音

来把另外两个单词连起来

Up and down.

Up and down.

第六个单词

Number 6.

Okay, we’re actually going to do 6 and 32 together, because they’re related.

事实上我要把第6和第32一起讲

因为它们是相关的

They're the articles A and AN.

它们就是冠词A和AN

Now, we don’t say A and AN.

但是我们不说[eɪ]和[æn]

We say ‘a’ and ‘an’.

我们说[ə]和[ən]

Schwa.

ə的音

Very fast, very little movement for the mouth.

说得很快，嘴巴轻微的动一下

A, a, a coffee.

A, a, a coffee. A, a

A, a or An, an example.

或者An, an example.

An, an.

An, an.

A, an.

A, an.

Number 7.

第七个单词

IN.

IN.

We don’t drop or change a sound here.

在这里，我们不会消除或是改变它的发音

我们不做弱化

We don’t reduce.

But it is still unstressed.

但是它还是不重读的

This mean it should be really short, less clear.

这意味着它得发得很短，比较不清楚

Instead of saying ‘IN’, we would say ‘in’.

我们要说in（较短）而不是IN（较长）

“He’s in love.”

他正在热恋中

In, in.

In, in.

“She’s in a hurry”.

她赶时间

In, in, in.

In, in, in.

So be careful.

所以请注意不是读IN

It’s not IN.

That sounds stressed.

那听起来像重读了

It’s ‘in’.

而是读in

第八个词是THAT

Number 8: THAT.

You know what I realize?

你知道我想到什么吗？

I already have a video for a lot of these reductions.

其实我已经对这类的弱化做过一期视频了

I have a video on the pronunciation of THAT and how we really pronounce it in a sentence.

我做过一个关于THAT的发音以及

它在句子中该怎么读的视频

所以我在这里总结一下

So I’ll give a brief description here, but I’ll also link to that and other related

但是我也会把那个视频和其他相关视频的链接放到视频描述中

reduction videos in the video description.

THAT is a word that can be used lots of different ways in American English.

THAT在美式英语中是一个有很多用途的的词

在有些情况下，很多情况下，我们把它里面的元音[æ]弱化成[ə]

And in some cases, in many cases, we reduce the vowel from AA to the schwa

所以[ðæt]发成了[ðət]

so THAT becomes ‘that’.

Now the ending T: the pronunciation of that sound depends on the beginning of the next

接着是结尾的T，这个T的发音取决于下一个单词的开头

word.

If the next word begins with a vowel or diphthong, it’s a Flap T: That I, d d, d that I.

如果下一个单词是以元音或双元音开头

那这个T就是一个闪音T ,That I, d d d, that I.

If the next word begins with a consonant, then it’s a Stop T. That she.

如果下一个单词是以辅音开头

那它就是一个不发音的T

That she

That, that That she.

That, that That she.

I know, it’s a little confusing.

我知道这有点难懂

Check out my video on the word THAT for a longer explanation and more examples.

你们可以看看我那个关于THAT的视频

那里有详细的解释和例子

But just note that we often don't pronounce this word, that.

但是请注意，我们常常不会完整的发这个单词, that

We often reduce it so it has the schwa that.

我们常常把它弱化成带有ə的that

第九个单词：动词HAVE

Number 9: the verb HAVE.

Just like the verb ‘be’, this will often be used as a contraction in spoken English,

就像动词be，它在口语中也经常是以缩略形式的出现

which is already a reduction.

而这本身就已经是一种弱化

We’re already changing sounds for that: I HAVE becomes I’ve, I’ve I’ve I’ve

缩略形式中，我们已经改变了发音

I HAVE变成了I've, I've I've I've

I’ve.

“I’ve been wanting to see that.”

我一直都想看看那个

I’ve I’ve.

I've I've.

YOU HAVE变成了you've

YOU HAVE becomes ‘you’ve.’

HE HAS becomes ‘he’s’.

HE HAS变成了he's

He's he's.

He's he's.

You’ve you’ve.

You've you've.

He’s been waiting.

他一直在等

He's.

He's.

Here’s something interesting: the pronunciation of the HAS contraction.

有一点比较有趣的是HAS变成缩略形式后的发音

With ‘he’ and ‘she’, it’s pronounced as a Z. Hiz.

当它跟he和she搭配时就要发Z的音

Hiz.

Hiz been, hiz been.

Hiz been, hiz been.

But with Shes shiz shiz.

Shez shiz shiz.

But with it, its, it’s been raining, then it’s an S sound.

但是跟it搭配时, it's, 一直在下雨，那就是一个S的音

It's.

It's.

He's, 是Z, it's, S, 是S

He’s, Z it’s, Ss S. WE HAVE becomes ‘we’ve’, we’ve’ we’ve’ and THEY HAVE becomes

WE HAVE变成了we've

we've, we've

而THEY HAVE变成了they've

‘they’ve’ which sounds like deiv when it's unstressed.

当它不重读的时候听起来就像是deiv

Number 10: the pronoun I.

第十个词：代词I

通常要说得很快，不是I（较长）

Usually said very quickly, it’s not “I” but “I”.

而是 I（较短）

I think so.

我也这么想

I, I, I. I think, I.

I, I, I. I think, I

If you’re speaking really quickly, you can maybe get away with something more like ‘aa’

如果你说得特别快，你甚至有可能会说成"aa"而不是"I"

than ‘I’.

I think so.

I think so.

Aa aa aa.

Aa aa aa.

I think so.

I think so.

当我说得很快的时候，你基本上没法区分我是说了整个双元音还是aa

When it’s said so quickly, you can’t really tell if I’m doing the full diphthong I or

not.

Wow.

Okay, we just did the ten most common words in English, and none of them are fully pronounced.

我们刚刚看了美式英语中最常见的10个单词， 它们没有一个是按照音标被完整地发出来的

They’re all words that are unstressed or reduced.

它们都是一些不重读或是被弱化的单词

Interesting.

很有趣

Keep your eyes out, that’s an idiom that means to look for something.

请关注，这是一个习语，意思是寻找某物

We'd expect to it will be coming in the future.

我们应该会继续做这个系列的视频

So keep your eyes out for future videos in this series where we'll go over the rest

所以请关注这个系列的视频，

我们会继续讲那个排行榜上的其他单词

of the words in this list.

Here's playlist, and as I create the new videos, I will add them there.

这是这个系列的播放列表，我每次做了新的视频后就会把它们加进去

When will we find our first stressed word in the 100 most common words of American English?

我们什么时候会在这个排行榜里找到第一个重读的单词呢

We'll have to find out.

我们一定要找到

就是这样了，谢谢你们使用瑞秋英语

That’s it, and thanks so much for using Rachel’s English.