Practice Your English Pronunciation final /m/ vs /n/ Sounds | Course #26

In this video, I'm going to focus on two final consonant sounds.

在这段视频中，我将重点关注两个最后的辅音。

The ‘m’ sound and the ‘n’ sound.

“m”音和“n”音。

They can be confusing because they sound quite similar

它们可能会令人困惑，因为它们听起来很相似

but they are different.

但又不同。

And I want you to be able to pronounce them correctly.

我希望你能够正确发音。

Let's take two example words.

让我们举两个例子。

My first example word is the word ‘sum’.

我的第一个示例单词是“sum”一词。

Can you hear the final ‘m’ sound? ‘sum’

你能听到最后的“m”音吗？ 'sum'

It's different from the word ‘sun’ with an ‘n’ sound.

与带有 'n' 音的单词 'sun' 不同。

‘sun’

'sun'

‘sum’

'sum'

‘sun’

'sun'

Can you hear the difference?

你能听出区别吗？

Well if you can't hear the difference, practice with me.

好吧，如果你听不出区别，那就和我一起练习吧。

By the end of this video you will hear the difference and you will pronounce these two sounds correctly.

看完本视频后，您将听到其中的差异，并且能够正确发音这两个声音。

So let's get started.

那么让我们开始吧。

Before we learn about the final consonant sounds ‘m’, /m/ and ‘n’ /n/ in English,

在我们了解英语中的最后辅音“m”、/m/ 和“n”/n/ 之前，

remember to check the I.P.A. spelling, guys.

请记住检查 IPA 拼写，伙计们。

You can also watch how I move my mouth and obviously always repeat after me in this video.

您还可以观看我如何移动嘴巴，并且在这段视频中显然总是跟着我重复。

You can make these sounds.

你可以发出这些声音。

Let's do it together.

让我们一起来做吧。

Let's first learn how to make this /m/ sound in English.

我们先来学习一下如何用英语发音/m/。

It's voiced.

是有声的。

You're going to use your voice feel the vibration in your throat.

你将用你的声音感受喉咙的振动。

And actually it's very simple.

实际上这很简单。

Your mouth is very still.

你的嘴很安静。

You're not going to do anything.

你什么也不会做。

Your lips touch each other.

你们的嘴唇互相接触。

Your tongue doesn't move at all.

你的舌头根本不动。

Your mouth is absolutely still.

你的嘴一动不动。

And you're just going to produce a sound. So, /m/.

你只需发出声音即可。所以，/米/。

That's it. Please repeat after me, guys.

就是这样。伙计们，请跟着我重复一遍。

/m/

/m/

Let's practice with the word ‘sum’.

让我们练习一下“sum”这个词。

Please repeat after me.

请跟着我重复一遍。

‘sum’

‘总和’

Good.

好。

Now moving on to the /n/ sound.

现在转到 /n/ 声音。

Which is also a nasal sound.

这也是鼻音。

These are two nasal sounds so you're going to use your nose a little bit more.

这是两种鼻音，因此您需要更多地使用鼻子。

So for the /n/sound, it’s going to be quite different,

所以对于 /n/ 声音来说，情况会完全不同，

you're going to open your mouth,

你要张开嘴，

your tongue is against your top teeth,

你的舌头抵住你的上牙，

and you're going to produce a sound with your voice because it's a voiced sound.

你要用你的声音发出声音，因为它是浊音。

So, /n/.

所以，/n/。

Please repeat.

请重复一遍。

/n/

/n/

Let's practice with the word ‘sun’.

让我们练习一下“sun”这个词。

Please repeat after me.

请跟着我重复一遍。

‘sun’

‘太阳’

Good.

好。

Let's now practice using minimal pairs.

现在让我们练习使用最小对。

The words are practically the same but the sounds are different.

单词实际上是相同的，但声音不同。

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

如果您想专注于不同的声音，它们非常好。

But first let's practice the sounds.

但首先让我们练习一下声音。

Please watch my mouth, repeat after me.

请注意我的嘴，跟着我重复一遍。

/m/

/m/

And now the /n/ sound.

现在是 /n/ 声音。

/n/

/n/

Now, let's do it together. Please repeat after me.

现在，让我们一起做吧。请跟着我重复一遍。

/m/

/m/

/n/

/n/

/m/

/m/

/n/

/n/

/m/

/m/

/n/

/n/

And now let's use the words.

现在让我们使用这些词。

Please repeat after me.

请跟着我重复一遍。

‘sum’

'总和'

‘sun’

'太阳'

‘sum’

'总和'

‘sun’

'太阳'

‘sum’

'总和'

‘sun’

'太阳'

Excellent.

非常好。

Okay, students. Let's now review a list of minimal pairs together.

好吧，同学们。现在让我们一起回顾一下最小对的列表。

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

请看我如何动嘴并跟着我重复。

am

我是

an

梁

beam

被

been

责怪

blame

布莱恩

blain

繁荣

boom

博恩

boon

凸轮

cam

可以

can

来

came

甘蔗

cane

蛤

clam

氏族

clan

梳

comb

锥

cone

迪恩迪恩

deem

昏暗

dean

丁迪姆

dim

晚餐

din

宿舍

dime

黎明

dine

成名

dorm

假

dawn

泡沫

fame

电话

feign

游戏

foam

增益

phone

微光

game

收集

gain

侏儒

gleam

已知

glean

克格兰

gnome

严峻

known

咧嘴

gram

笑

gran

口香糖

grim

枪

grin

家庭

gum

磨砺

gun

模

home

因

hone

意味着

meme

相同

mean

理智

same

的

sane

接缝

seam

场景

scene

似乎

seem

被

seen

看到

sim

sim

sin

sin

skim

撇去

skin

皮肤

spam

垃圾邮件

span

跨度

sum

和

sun

太阳

team

团队

teen

青少年

teem

团队

teen

青少年

term

术语

turn

轮换

time

时间 齿

tine

墓

tomb

卡通 太棒了

toon

，

Great, guys.

伙计们。

Okay, guys.

It's now time to practice with a few sentences containing these consonant sounds.

好吧，伙计们。

现在是时候练习一些包含这些辅音的句子了。

My first sentence is:

我的第一句话是：

‘There are many teens on the team.’

“团队里有很多青少年。”

Please repeat after me.

请跟着我重复一遍。

‘There are many teens on the team.’

“团队里有很多青少年。”

Second sentence:

第二句话：

‘There's gum on the gun.’

“枪上有口香糖。”

Please repeat after me.

请跟着我重复一遍。

‘There's gum on the gun.’

“枪上有口香糖。”

And finally:

最后：

‘He came without his cane.’

“他来时没有带拐杖。”

Please repeat after me.

请跟着我重复一遍。

‘He came without his cane.’

“他来时没有带拐杖。”

Very nice. Let's move on.

很不错。让我们继续吧。

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 and to tell me if this word is,

我希望你仔细听并告诉我这个词是

‘a)’ or ‘b)’

“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。

Word ‘a’, word ‘b’.

单词“a”，单词“b”。

Which one do I say?

我该说哪一个呢？

Listen to me.

听我说。

‘dean’

再来一次 “院长”

One more time.

。

‘dean’

'dean'

Word ‘a’ or word ‘b’?

单词“a”还是单词“b”？

It's word ‘b’ guys, ‘dean’.

伙计们，这是‘b’这个词，‘dean’。

Word ‘a’ is pronounced ‘deem’.

单词“a”发音为“deem”。

What about this one?

这个呢？

‘team’

'团队'

It's the word ‘a’, ‘team’.

这是单词'a'，'团队'。

‘b’ is ‘teen’

'b' 是 'teen'

Now listen to me.

现在听我说。

‘blain’

“blain”

The answer is ‘b’ guys, ‘blain’.

答案是“b”，伙计们，“blain”。

The word ‘a’ is ‘blame’.

“a”这个词是“责备”。

‘tine’

'tine'

It's ‘b’, ‘tine’.

这是'b'，'tine'。

‘a’ is ‘time’

“a”是“时间”，

Listen very carefully.

仔细听。

‘tomb’

'坟墓'

It's the word ‘a’, ‘tomb’.

这是'a'这个词，'坟墓'。

Word ‘b’ is ‘toon’.

单词“b”是“toon”。

‘gram’

“gram”

‘a’ is the correct answer guys, ‘gram’.

“a”是正确答案，“gram”。

‘b’ is ‘gran’.

“b”是“格兰”。

‘boon’

'boon'

‘b’ is correct ‘boon’.

'b' 是正确的 'boon'。

‘a’ is ‘boom’.

“a”是“繁荣”。

‘grim’

'严峻'

The right answer is ‘a’, ‘grim’.

正确答案是'a'，'严峻'。

‘b’ is ‘grin’.

“b”是“咧嘴笑”。

‘cone’

“cone”

It's ‘b’ guys, ‘cone’.

这是“b”伙计们，“cone”。

‘a’ is pronounced ‘comb’

“a”的发音是“comb”

‘skim’

“skim”，

That's right guys, ‘a’, ‘skim’.

没错，“a”是“skim”。

‘b’ is ‘skin’.

“b”是“皮肤”。

Great job, guys.

干得好，伙计们。

You now have a better understanding of these two final consonant sounds.

现在您对这两个最后的辅音有了更好的理解。

The /m/ sound and the /n/ sound.

/m/ 音和 /n/ 音。

Keep practicing.

继续练习。

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

掌握这些声音需要大量练习，但你可以做到。

You'll be able to pronounce them correctly and you will also train your ear to hear the different sounds.

您将能够正确发音，并且还将训练您的耳朵听到不同的声音。

I have other pronunciation videos.

我还有其他发音视频。

Please make sure you watch them.

请务必观看它们。

You will improve your English skills.

您将提高您的英语技能。

See you next time.

下次见。