How to Pronounce Th ð and Z sounds | Learn English Pronunciation Course

在本视频中，

In this video, we are going to focus on two English consonant sounds.

我们将重点关注

两个英语辅音。

The sounds th /ð/ and /z/.

发音为 th /ð/ 和 /z/。

所以“th”音和“z”音。

So the ‘th’ sound and a ‘z’ sound.

I know they sound very similar but they are actually quite different.

我知道它们听起来很相似，

但实际上却很不同。

And they are very important sounds in English so I want you to be able to pronounce them

它们在英语中是非常重要的发音，

所以我希望你

能够正确发音。

correctly.

Let's take two example words.

让我们举两个例子。

The first word I have is the word ‘then’.

我说的第一个词是“然后”这个词。

Can you hear the th sound? ‘then’

The second word is ‘zen’.

你能听到th的声音吗？

Can you hear the sound ‘z’?

'然后'

‘zen’ So ‘then’ and ‘zen’.

第二个词是'禅'。

你能听到“z”的声音吗？

I know this may sound complicated because they sound similar but they are different,

“禅”

所以“然后”和“禅”。

我知道这听起来可能很复杂，

因为它们听起来很相似，

但又不同，伙计们。

guys.

And if you practice with me, by the end of this video, you will be able to pronounce

如果你和我一起练习，

在本视频结束时，

你将能够发音。

them.

So let's get started.

那么让我们开始吧。

Before we learn about the consonant sounds ‘th’ /ð/ and zed /z/ in English,

在我们了解英语中的辅音

“th”/ð/ 和 zed /z/ 之前，

you should always know about the I.P.A spelling, guys.

你们应该了解 IPA 拼写，伙计们。

This is very useful.

这非常有用。

And you can also watch how I move my mouth and please always try to repeat after me - it's

你也可以观察我如何移动我的嘴

，并请始终尝试跟着我重复 -

这非常重要。

very important.

You can do it.

Let's do it together.

你能行的。

Let's first learn how to produce the ‘th’ /ð/ sound in English.

我们一起做吧。

让我们首先学习如何发出英语中的“th”/ð/ 音。

But this ‘th’ is voiced.

但这个“th”是浊音。

So you are going to use your voice You're going to use…

所以你要使用你的声音，

你要使用……嗯……

um… you're going to feel a vibration in your throat, okay.

你会感觉到喉咙有振动，好吧。

And what you're going to do is you're going to put your tongue between your teeth and

你要做的

就是把舌头放在牙齿之间

，不要排出一些空气。

you're not going to push out some air.

你要做的

What you're going to do, is you're going to create a vibration with your tongue.

就是用舌头产生振动。

So your tongue has to vibrate, /ð/.

所以你的舌头必须振动，/ð/。

Okay.

好的。

Please watch my mouth and repeat after me.

请注意我的嘴并跟着我重复。

/ð/

/ð/ /ð/

/ð/

/ð/ Let's practice with the word ‘then’.

/ð/

让我们练习“then”这个词。

Please repeat after me.

请跟着我重复一遍。

‘then’ ‘then’

‘然后’

‘then’ Good.

‘然后’

Let's now move on to the /z/ sound.

‘然后’

好。

现在让我们继续讨论 /z/ 声音。

So this is voiced.

所以这是有声的。

You are going to use your voice and feel a vibration in your throat.

您将使用您的声音

并感觉到喉咙的振动。

You're going to put your tongue against your bottom teeth and you're going to make it vibrate.

你要把舌头放在

下牙上

，让它振动。

Use your tongue.

用你的舌头。

Just make a sound so, /z/.

只要发出声音，/z/。

好的。

Okay.

请跟着我重复一遍。

Please repeat after me.

/z/

/z/ /z/

/z/

/z/ Let's practice with the word ‘zen’.

/z/

让我们练习“禅”这个词。

请跟着我重复一遍。

Please repeat after me.

‘zen’ ‘zen’

‘禅’

‘zen’ Good.

‘禅’

Let's now practice with minimal pairs.

‘禅’

好。

现在让我们用最少的配对进行练习。

These words, that have very similar sounds, but they are quite different actually.

这些词，听起来很相似，

但实际上却截然不同。

And they're very good if you really want to hear the difference.

如果你真的想听听其中的区别，它们就非常好。

But first let's focus on the sounds.

但首先让我们关注声音。

Please watch how I move my mouth and repeat after me.

请看我如何动嘴

并跟着我重复。

首先是‘th’的声音。

First, the ‘th’ sound.

/ð/

/ð/ /ð/

/ð/

/ð/ And now the /z/ sound.

/ð/

现在是 /z/ 声音。请跟着我重复一遍。

Please repeat after me.

/z/

/z/ /z/

/z/

/z/ Let's now do both.

/z/

现在让我们两者都做。伙计们，跟着我重复一遍。

Repeat after me, guys.

/ð/

/ð/ /z/

/z/

/ð/

/ð/ /z/

/z/

/ð/ /z/

/ð/

/z/

Let's now practice with our words.

现在让我们练习一下我们的单词。

Please repeat after me.

请跟着我重复一遍。

‘then’ ‘zen’

“然后

‘then’ ‘zen’

”“禅宗”

‘then’ ‘zen’

“然后”

Excellent, guys.

“禅宗”

Well, guys.

“然后”

It's now time to go through minimal pairs together.

“禅宗”

太棒了，伙计们。

好吧，伙计们。

现在是时候一起检查最少的对了。

Please watch how I move my mouth and repeat after me.

请看我如何动嘴

并跟着我重复。

我们走吧。

Let's go.

沐浴

湾

bathe bays

呼吸

breathe breeze

微风

衣服

关闭

clothe close

衣服

clothing closing

关闭

lathe laze

车床

懒惰

loathe lows

厌恶

低

scythe size

镰刀

尺寸

seethe sees

沸腾

看到

sheathe she's

鞘

soothed sues

她

then zen

with whiz

安慰了

Excellent, guys.

起诉

Okay, guys.

然后

Let's now practice with sentences containing these consonant sounds.

禅宗

与

奇才

优秀，伙计们。

好吧，伙计们。

The first sentence: ‘Sue's voice soothes me.’

现在让我们练习

包含这些辅音的句子。

第一句话：

“苏的声音抚慰了我。”

Please repeat after me.

请跟着我重复一遍。

‘Sue's voice soothes me.’

“苏的声音让我平静下来。”

And finally: ‘The clothing store is closing.’

最后：

“服装店要关门了。”

Please repeat after me.

请跟着我重复一遍。

“服装店要关门了。”

‘The clothing store is closing.’

Good job.

好工作。

Let's move on.

让我们继续。

Let's now move on to listening practice.

现在让我们继续听力练习。

I'm now going to show you two words.

现在我要向你们展示两个词。

我会说这两个词之一，

I will say one of the two words, and I want you to listen very carefully and

我希望你仔细听

to tell me if this word is, ‘a)’ or ‘b)’

并告诉我这个词是“a)”还是“b)”

让我们开始吧。

让我们从前两个词开始。

Let's get started.

Let's start with our first two words.

现在我该说哪一个呢？

Now which one do I say?

Word ‘a’ or word ‘b’?

单词“a”还是单词“b”？

听。 又

‘嗖’

Listen.

‘whiz’ One more time.

一声。

‘whiz’ Is it ‘a’ or is it ‘b’?

“whiz”

是“a”还是“b”？

It's ‘b’ guys, ‘whiz’.

这是“b”伙计们，“天才”。

“a”是“与”。

‘a’ is ‘with’.

Listen to me.

听我说。

‘lathe’ ‘lathe’

It's ‘a’ guys, ‘lathe’.

“车床”

‘b’ is ‘laze’.

“车床”

‘scythe’ ‘scythe’

这是“一个”伙计们，“车床”。

It's ‘a’, ‘scythe’.

‘b’ is ‘size’.

“b”是“懒惰”。

‘lows’ ‘lows’

Answer ‘b’ is correct, ‘lows’.

'镰刀'

'镰刀'

‘a’ is ‘loathe’.

这是'a'，'镰刀'。

‘close’ ‘close’

‘b’ of course, ‘close’.

“b”是“尺寸”。

‘a’ is ‘clothe’.

'lows'

Listen to me, guys.

'lows'

‘soothe’ ‘soothe’

答案'b'是正确的，'lows'。

It's answer ‘a’, ‘soothe’.

‘b’ is pronounced ‘sues’.

“a”是“厌恶”。

‘teasing’ ‘teasing’

'关闭'

'关闭'

It's ‘b’, ‘teasing’.

'b' 当然是'关闭'。

‘a’ is ‘teething’.

“a”是“衣服”。

‘breeze’ ‘breeze’

Which one is it?

听我说，伙计们。

'舒缓'

It's ‘b’, ‘breeze’.

'舒缓'

‘a’ is ‘breathe’.

答案是'a'，'舒缓'。

Listen to me very carefully.

‘closing’ ‘closing’

“b”发音为“sues”。

It's ‘b’, ‘closing’.

‘a’ is ‘clothing’.

And finally.

‘sheathe’ ‘sheathe’

'戏弄'

Of course guys it's ‘a’, ‘sheathe’.

'戏弄'

是'b'，'戏弄'。

“a”是“出牙”。

‘b’ would be ‘she's’.

‘微风’

Great practice, guys.

‘微风’

You now have a better understanding of the two consonant sounds /ð/ and /z/ in English.

是哪一个？

是“b”，“微风”。

“a”是“呼吸”。

非常仔细地听我说。

'关闭'

'关闭'

Keep practicing.

是'b'，'关闭'。

It takes a lot of practice to be able to master these sounds but you can do it.

“a”是“衣服”。

最后。

'鞘'

'鞘'

当然，伙计们，这是'a'，'鞘'。

So keep practicing.

“b”将是“她”。

Train your ear as well to hear the different sounds in English.

很棒的练习，伙计们。

您现在

对英语中的两个辅音 /ð/ 和 /z/ 有了更好的理解 。

保持练习。

需要大量练习

才能掌握这些声音

And obviously watch my other pronunciation videos.

，但你可以做到。

所以继续练习吧。

训练你的耳朵来听英语中的不同声音。

当然还可以观看我的其他发音视频。

I promise you they will help you improve your skills.

我向你保证他们会帮助你提高你的技能。

See you next time.

下次见。

Thank you so much for watching, guys.

非常感谢你们的观看，伙计们。

If you've liked it, show me your support, click ‘like’, subscribe to the channel,

如果您喜欢它，

请向我表示您的支持，

点击“喜欢”，订阅该频道，

put your comments below, and share this video.

在下面发表您的评论，

然后分享该视频。

再见。

See you.