How to Pronounce Initial K and G Consonant Sounds | Learn English Pronunciation Course

In today's video, we are going to focus on two initial consonant sounds in English.

在今天的视频中，

我们将重点关注

英语中的两个声母辅音。

The ‘k’ sound and the ‘g’ sound.

“k”音和“g”音。

/k/ and /g/.

/k/ 和 /g/。

I know they sound quite similar but they are actually quite different in English.

我知道它们听起来很相似，

但实际上在英语中却很不同。

And they are very important so keep watching.

它们非常重要，所以请继续关注。

Let's take two example words to begin with.

让我们首先看两个示例单词。

The first word is ‘cot’.

第一个词是“婴儿床”。

It's a very sharp ‘k’ sound as you can hear.

正如您所听到的，这是一个非常尖锐的“k”音。 'cot'

‘cot’

The second word is ‘got’.

第二个词是'got'。

It's a ‘g’ sound this time.

这次是‘g’的声音。

‘got’

“得到”

So ‘cot’ and ‘got’.

所以“婴儿床”和“得到”。

They sound quite different actually but if you cannot hear the difference,

它们实际上听起来很不同，

但如果您听不出区别，

don't worry keep watching.

请不要担心，继续观看。

We'll practice together and at the end of the video you will be able to pronounce them correctly.

我们将一起练习

，在视频结束时

您将能够正确发音。

Let's get started.

让我们开始吧。

Before we get into these initial consonant sounds /k/ and /g/ in English,

在我们讨论英语中的这些声母辅音

/k/ 和 /g/ 之前，

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

你们应该了解 IPA 拼写，伙计们。

It's very useful.

这非常有用。

You can also watch me and how I move my mouth.

你也可以观察我以及我如何动嘴。

And remember to repeat after me when I ask you to in this video.

当我在这段视频中要求您重复时，

请记住跟着我重复 。

You can make those sounds.

你可以发出这些声音。

Let's do it together now.

现在我们一起来做吧。

Let's first learn how to produce this /k/ sound in English.

让我们首先学习如何用英语发出/k/这个声音。

It's voiceless.

是无声的。

You are not going to use the vibrations of your throat - your voice.

你不会使用喉咙的振动——

你的声音。

You're just going to push out some air.

你只需要把一些空气挤出来就可以了。

And you're going to place the back of your tongue up there.

你要把你的舌头后部放在那里。 你会 用舌根

And you're going to push out some air with the back of your tongue.

排出一些空气

。 那么/k/

So /k/

你能做到吗？跟着我重复一遍。

Can you please do this? Repeat after me.

/k/

/k/

Let's practice with the word ‘cot’.

让我们练习一下“cot”这个词。

Please repeat after me.

请跟着我重复一遍。

‘cot’

'cot'

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

现在让我们继续讨论 /g/ 声音。

Now it's the same as the /k/ sound but it's voiced.

现在它与/k/ 声音相同，但它是浊音。

So you're not going to push out some air.

所以你不会排出一些空气。

You're going to produce a sound.

你将发出声音。

You're going to make your throat vibrate, okay.

你会让你的喉咙颤抖，好吧。

So back of your tongue, up there, and you produce a sound. You use your voice.

所以你的舌后部，在那里，

你会发出声音。

你用你的声音。

So, /g/

所以，/g/

Please repeat after me.

请跟着我重复一遍。

/g/

/g/

Let's practice with the word ‘got’.

让我们练习一下“got”这个词。

Please repeat after me.

请跟着我重复一遍。

‘got’

‘得’了

Good.

好。

Let's now practice using minimal pairs.

现在让我们练习使用最小对。

These words sound almost the same but they are different.

这些词听起来几乎相同，但又有所不同。

They're very good if you want to focus on the differences between the sounds.

如果您想关注声音之间的差异，它们非常好。

But first, let's focus on the sounds themselves.

但首先，让我们关注声音本身。

Watch my mouth. Please, repeat after me.

看我的嘴。请跟着我重复一遍。

/k/

/k/

/g/

/g/

Let's do it together. Please repeat after me.

让我们一起做吧。请跟着我重复一遍。

/k/

/k/

/g/

/g/

/k/

/k/

/g/

/g/

/k/

/k/

/g/

/g/

And now let's practice with the words.

现在让我们练习单词。

Please repeat after me.

请跟着我重复一遍。

‘cot’

“婴儿床”

‘got’

“得到”

‘cot’

“婴儿床”

‘got’

“得到”

‘cot’

“婴儿床”

‘got’

“得到”

Very good, guys.

非常好，伙计们。

Okay, guys.

好吧，伙计们。

Time now to go through minimal pairs together.

现在是时候一起检查最少的配对了。

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

请看我如何动嘴并跟着我重复。

Let's do this.

我们开工吧。

cab

驾驶室

gab

嘎嘎

came

来了

game

游戏

cane

手杖

gain

增益

cap

帽

gap

间隙

cape

开

gape

普卡普卡

card

守卫

guard

现金

cash

伤口

gash

洞穴

cave

给了

gave

穿衣

clad

高兴

glad

蛤

clam

华丽

glam

喧嚣

clamour

魅力

glamour

类

class

玻璃

glass

清洁

clean

收集

glean

线索

clue

胶

glue

海岸

coast

幽灵

ghost

外套

coat

山羊

goat

COB

cob

戈布

gob

鳕

cod

鱼

god

神

cold

冷

gold

金

come

来

gum

口香糖

cork

软木塞

gawk

gawk

could

可以

good

很好的

coup

政变

goo

goo

crab

螃蟹

grab

抓住

cram

补习班

gram

克

cramps

抽筋，

gramps

爷爷，起重机

crane

，谷物

grain

箱

crate

，

great

大

craze

热潮，

graze

放牧，

crease

折痕，

Greece

希腊

creed

信条，

greed

贪婪

creek

小溪

Greek

希腊

crepe

绉纱

grape

葡萄

crew

船员

grew

成长

crime

犯罪

grind

研磨

crow

乌鸦

grow

成长

crowned

冠冕

ground

地面

crumble

崩溃

grumble

抱怨

cull

淘汰

gull

海鸥 狡猾

cunning

的

gunning

射击

curd

凝乳束

gird

卷曲

curly

少女

girly

诅咒

cussed

阵风

gust

切

cut

肠羽衣

gut

甘蓝

kale

大风

gale

杀 鳃

kill

苏格兰

gill

短裙

kilt

内疚

guilt

磷虾

krill

烧烤

grill

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Excellent, guys.

，伙计们。

Time for the sentences now using these consonant sounds.

现在是使用这些辅音发音的句子了。

Sentence number one:

第一句话：

‘The goat ate my coat.’

“山羊吃了我的外套。”

Please repeat after me, guys.

伙计们，请跟着我重复一遍。

‘The goat ate my coat.’

“山羊吃了我的外套。”

Sentence number two:

第二句话：

‘A good guard could check my card.’

“一个好的警卫可以检查我的卡。”

Please repeat after me.

请跟着我重复一遍。

‘A good guard could check my card.’

“一个好的警卫可以检查我的卡。”

And finally:

最后：

‘The mountain cave is cold, but it gave gold.’

“山洞虽冷，却出金子。”

Please repeat after me.

请跟着我重复一遍。

‘The mountain cave is cold, but it gave gold.’

“山洞虽冷，却出金子。”

Great. Let's move on.

伟大的。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。

I will say one of the two words,

我会说这两个词之一，

and I want you to listen very carefully

我希望你仔细听

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

并告诉我这个词是“a)”还是“b)”

Let's get started.

让我们开始吧。

Let's start with our first two words.

让我们从前两个词开始。

Which word do I say?

我该说哪个词？

Word ‘a’ or word ‘b’?

单词“a”还是单词“b”？

Listen to me.

听我说。

‘gird’ ‘gird’

'gird' 'gird'

Was it ‘a’ or ‘b’?

是“a”还是“b”？

It was ‘b’, ‘gird’.

是“b”，“gird”。

‘a’ would be ‘curd’.

“a”将是“凝乳”。

What about this one?

这个如何？

‘crab’ ‘crab’

“螃蟹”“螃蟹”

It's ‘a’ guys, ‘crab’.

这是“一个”伙计们，“螃蟹”。

‘b’ is ‘grab’.

“b”是“抓住”。

‘cram’ ‘cram’

'临时抱佛脚' '临时抱佛脚'

It's ‘a’, ‘cram’.

这是'a'，'临时抱佛脚'。

‘b’ is ‘gram’.

“b”是“克”。

Listen to me.

听我说。

‘ground’ ‘ground’

'地' '地'

It's ‘b’, ‘ground’.

是'b'，'地'。

‘a’ is ‘crowned’

“a”是“加冕”

‘cussed’ ‘cussed’

“诅咒”“诅咒”

Is it ‘a’ or is it ‘b’?

是“a”还是“b”？

It's ‘a’, ‘cussed’.

是“a”，“诅咒”。

‘b’ would be pronounced ‘gust’.

“b”将发音为“gust”。

‘guilt’ ‘guilt’

'内疚' '内疚'

It's ‘b’, ‘guilt’.

是'b'，'内疚'。

‘a’ is ‘kilt’.

“a”是“短裙”。

Listen to this word.

听听这句话。

‘grew’ ‘grew’

'grew' 'grew'

Word ‘a’ or word ‘b’?

单词“a”还是单词“b”？

It’s word ‘b’, ‘grew’.

这是单词“b”，“成长”。

Word ‘a’ is ‘crew’.

单词“a”是“船员”。

‘crime’ ‘crime’

'犯罪' '犯罪'

It's word ‘a’, ‘crime’.

这是单词'a'，'犯罪'。

Word ‘b’ is ‘grime’.

单词“b”是“污垢”。

‘grow’ ‘grow’

'增长' '增长'

The answer ‘b’ is correct, ‘grow’.

答案'b'是正确的，'增长'。

Answer ‘a’ would be ‘crow’.

回答“a”将是“乌鸦”。

Finally.

最后。

‘gull’ ‘gull’

'海鸥' '海鸥'

It's answer ‘b’ guys, ‘gull’.

这是答案'b'伙计们，'海鸥'。

‘a’ is ‘cull’.

“a”是“剔除”。

Good job, guys.

干得好，伙计们。

You now have a better understanding of the two consonant sounds

您现在对英语中的两个辅音

/k/ and /g/ in English.

/k/ 和 /g/ 有了更好的理解。

It takes a lot of speaking and listening practice to master those sounds

掌握这些声音需要大量的口语和听力练习，

so please keep practicing.

所以请继续练习。

You can do it.

你能行的。

You will be able to pronounce them correctly

您将能够正确地发音

and you will train your ear so you can hear the differences between the sounds.

，并且您将训练您的耳朵，以便您能够听到声音之间的差异。

Also make sure you watch my other pronunciation videos

如果您想进一步提高英语技能，

if you want to improve your English skills even further.

请务必观看我的其他发音视频 。

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,

如果您喜欢它，请向我表示您的支持，

click ‘like’, subscribe to the channel,

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。

See you.

再见。