Practice Your English Pronunciation /f/ vs /p/ Sounds | Course #23

In this video,

在本视频中，

I’m going to focus on two initial consonant sounds in English.

我将重点介绍英语中的两个声母辅音。

The ‘f’ sound.

发“f”音。

And the ‘p’ sound.

还有‘p’的声音。

Let’s take two example words.

让我们举两个例子。

You'll understand what I mean.

你就会明白我的意思。

The first word is the word ‘fan’ with an ‘f’ sound.

第一个词是“fan”，发“f”音。

‘fan’

'fan'

The second word is ‘pan’ with a ‘p’ sound.

第二个词是'pan'，发'p'音。

So ‘fan’ and ‘pan’.

所以“扇”和“平”。

I know to some of you they sound very similar,

我知道对你们中的一些人来说，它们听起来很相似，

but they are quite different.

但它们却很不同。

And they are very important sounds in English.

它们是英语中非常重要的发音。

So practice with me

所以和我一起练习吧，

because I want you to be able

因为我希望你能够

to pronounce these sounds correctly.

正确地发音这些声音。

Let's get started.

让我们开始吧。

Well, guys.

好吧，伙计们。

Before we get into the ‘f’ and ‘p’ sounds in English,

在我们讨论英语中的“f”和“p”发音之前，

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

请记住检查 IPA 拼写。

It's very important.

这非常重要。

Also you can watch how I move my mouth

你也可以观察我如何移动嘴巴

and please try to repeat after me when I ask you to.

，当我要求你重复时，请尝试跟着我重复。

You can make these sounds, guys.

你们可以发出这些声音，伙计们。

Let's do it together now.

现在我们一起来做吧。

Let's now practice making this initial ‘f’ consonant sound in English.

现在让我们练习用英语发出这个首字母“f”辅音。

So /f/

所以/f/

It's voiceless.

是无声的。

You are not going to use your voice.

你不会使用你的声音。

No vibration in your throat.

喉咙没有振动。

What you're going to do is,

你要做的是，

you're going to place your top teeth against your bottom lip,

将上牙抵住下唇，

and you're going to push out some air.

然后排出一些空气。

So, /f/.

所以，/f/。

Please repeat after me.

请跟着我重复一遍。

/f/

/f/

Let's practice with the word ‘fan’.

让我们练习一下“fan”这个词。

Please repeat after me.

请跟着我重复一遍。

‘fan’

‘粉丝’

Great.

太棒了。

Moving on now to the ‘p’ sound’.

现在继续讲“p”音。

So, /p/.

所以，/p/。

So it's voiceless as well.

所以也是无声的。

No voice, no vibration in your throat.

没有声音，喉咙也没有振动。

Your lips are going to touch each other

你们的嘴唇将互相接触

and you're going to push out some air with your lips.

，并用嘴唇推出一些空气。

So, /p/.

所以，/p/。

Please repeat after me.

请跟着我重复一遍。

/p/

/p/

Let's use the word ‘pan’.

让我们使用“pan”这个词。

Please repeat after me, guys.

伙计们，请跟着我重复一遍。

‘pan’

‘平底锅’

Great.

太棒了。

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 the sounds are different.

这些词听起来几乎相同，但发音不同。

And they're very useful if you really want to focus

如果您确实想关注

on the difference between sounds in English.

英语发音之间的差异， 它们将非常有用

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

。 但首先，让我们关注声音本身。

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

请看我如何动嘴并跟着我重复。

First, the ‘f’ sound.

首先是“f”音。

/f/

/f/

And now the ‘p’ sound.

现在是“p”音。

Repeat after me.

跟着我重复一遍。

/p/

/p/

Let's now do both.

现在让我们两者都做。

Please repeat after me.

请跟着我重复一遍。

/f/

/f/

/p/

/p/

/f/

/f/

/p/

/p/

/f/

/f/

/p/

/p/

Let's now bring our words.

现在让我们发言。

Please repeat after me.

请跟着我重复一遍。

‘fan’

‘扇子’

‘pan’

‘平底锅’

‘fan’

‘扇子’

‘pan’

‘平底锅’

‘fan’

‘扇子’

‘pan’

‘平底锅’

Great job.

干得好。

Okay, guys.

好吧，伙计们。

Let's now go through minimal pairs together.

现在让我们一起来看一下最小对。

Watch how I move my mouth

观察我如何动嘴

and please repeat after me.

，请跟着我重复。

Let's go.

我们走吧。

face

脸

pace

步伐

faced

面糊

paste

事实

facts

包

packs

时尚

fad

垫

pad

失败

fail

苍白

pale

微弱

faint

油漆

paint

公平

fair

对方

pair

庞

fang

放屁

pang

部分

fart

时尚

part

激情

fashion

快速

passion

过去

fast

脂肪

past

拍

fat

命运

pat

头

fate

恐惧

pate

同行

fear

饲料

peer

撒尿

feed

感觉

peed

剥离

feel

脚

peel

泥炭

feet

毡

peat

毛

felt

皮芬

pelt

笔

fen

栅栏

pen

便

fence

士芬德

pence

写

fend

几

penned

皮尤

few

无花果

pew

猪

fig

文件

pig

堆填

file

丸

pile

​

fill

​

pill

​

fin

鳍

pin

针

finch

雀

pinch

雀

find

捏 找到

pined

松

fine

细

pine

松紧

firm

致

perm

烫发

first

第一个

pursed

褶皱

fit

适合

pit

凹坑

fix

修复

picks

镐

flak

防弹

plaque

板

flank

侧面

plank

板

fleas

跳蚤

please

请

flight

飞行

plight

困境

fled

逃离

pled

Pled

flee

逃离

plea

恳求

fleet

舰队

pleat

褶皱

flop

扑通

plop

扑通

flume

水槽

plume

羽

flunk

不及格

plunk

扑通

flush

冲

plush

毛绒

flux

通量

plucks

拨片

Excellent, guys.

太棒了，伙计们。

Time now to practice with sentences using these consonant sounds.

现在是时候练习使用这些辅音发音的句子了。

Sentence number one:

第一句话：

‘Put that file on the work pile.’

“将该文件放入工作堆中。”

Please guys repeat after me.

请大家跟着我重复一遍。

‘Put that file on the work pile.’

“将该文件放入工作堆中。”

Sentence number two :

第二句话：

‘I put the fork in the fresh pork.’

“我把叉子放进新鲜的猪肉里。”

Please repeat after me.

请跟着我重复一遍。

‘I put the fork in the fresh pork.’

“我把叉子放在新鲜猪肉里了。”

And finally:

最后：

‘The fit pig ate the fig in the pit.’

“健康的猪吃了坑里的无花果。”

Please repeat after me.

请跟着我重复一遍。

‘The fit pig ate the fig in the pit.’

“健康的猪吃了坑里的无花果。”

Good job, guys. Let's move on.

干得好，伙计们。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。

Which one do I say?

我该说哪一个呢？

‘a’ or ‘b’?

“a”还是“b”？

Listen to me.

听我说。

‘fries’

再来一次

One more time.

“薯条”

‘fries’

。 “薯条”

Which one is it?

是哪一种？

It's ‘a’, ‘fries’.

这是“a”，“薯条”。

‘b’ would be pronounced ‘prize’.

“b”将发音为“prize”。

What about this one?

这个呢？

‘ply’

'ply'

It's ‘b’ guys, ‘ply’.

这是'b'伙计们，'ply'。

‘a’ would be ‘fly’.

“a”将是“飞”。

‘pour’

'倒'

It's ‘b’, ‘pour’.

这是'b'，'倒'。

‘a’ would be ‘four’.

“一”将是“四”。

‘paid’

“已付费”

Answer ‘a’ is correct, ‘paid’.

答案“a”正确，“已付费”。

‘b’ is ‘fade’.

“b”是“淡入淡出”。

‘fund’

'基金'

It's ‘a’, ‘fund’.

这是'a'，'基金'。

‘b’ is ‘punned’.

“b”是“双关语”。

‘fold’

'折叠'

It's ‘a’, ‘fold’.

这是'a'，'折叠'。

‘b’ is ‘polled’.

“b”是“轮询”。

‘phrase’

'phrase'

It's answer ‘a’ again, ‘phrase’.

又是答案'a'，'phrase'。

‘b’ is ‘praise’.

“b”是“赞美”。

'funk'

'funk'

Answer ‘a’, ‘funk’.

回答'a'，'funk'。

‘b’ is ‘punk’.

“b”是“朋克”。

What about this one?

这个呢？

‘prose’

'散文'

It's ‘b’, ‘prose’.

这是'b'，'散文'。

‘a’ is ‘froze’.

“a”是“冻结”。

And finally.

最后。

‘per’

“每”

is ‘b’, ‘per’.

是“b”、“每”。

‘a’ would be ‘fur’.

“a”将是“毛皮”。

That was great, guys.

太棒了，伙计们。

You now have a better understanding of these two initial consonant sounds in English.

现在您对英语中的这两个声母辅音有了更好的理解。

The /f/ sound and the /p/ sound.

/f/ 声音和 /p/ 声音。

Keep practicing.

继续练习。

It takes a lot of practice to master these sounds

需要大量练习才能掌握这些声音

to be able to pronounce them correctly

，才能正确发音

and to train your ear to hear the differences.

并训练你的耳朵听出差异。

And obviously watch my other pronunciation videos.

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。