English Pronunciation Training | Improve Your Accent & Speak Clearly

hey guys I know you're super keen to

嘿！各位，我知道你急切想改善英語發音

improve your English pronunciation and

嘿！各位，我知道你急切想改善英語發音

to do that you need two things a native

要做到這點，你需要兩件事：

一位英語母語者（就是Emma我本人～）

English speaker and a super amazing tool

以及名為IPA（國際音標）的超讚工具

called the IPA the international

phonetic alphabet huh

以及名為IPA（國際音標）的超讚工具

don't worry I'm going to tell you all

別擔心

等下我會全都告訴你

about it in just a minute

in lots of languages each letter

在很多語言中，

各個字母僅代表一個聲音

represents only one sound so it's easy

此時一個字的拼法就決定了唸法，很容易

to try and pronounce words just by

looking at how the word is spelled but

此時一個字的拼法就決定了唸法，很容易

但英文並非如此

English isn't like this no no no no no

no nope nope nope when you see letters

你在英文單字裡看到的字母，

in an English word they won't always be

發音並非一成不變

pronounced the same way take the letter

以字母c為例

C for example in the word cup it's

c在cup中發/k/的音

pronounced cut but that's different to

但單字place的情況就不同

the word place and when a c is next to a

而且當字母c在h旁邊時

hey CH it's often chip like in chocolate

時常發/tʃ/，例如chocolate

but in the word ake it's pronounced like

但在單字ache中

c又是發/k/的音

a cut again here this is why the

對學英語的同學們而言，

International phonetic alphabet is such

這就是為何國際音標是很棒發音練習工具

a great tool for English students to

practice their pronunciation with and I

這就是為何國際音標是很棒發音練習工具

use it all the time when I'm teaching

也因此我的發音課程一向都用國際音標

pronunciation lessons in the IPA every

國際音標的每個音都有其獨特的字符

sound has a unique symbol so when you

國際音標的每個音都有其獨特的字符

read it you know exactly how to

所以你一讀就知道如何確切地發音

pronounce the English word for example

所以你一讀就知道如何確切地發音

舉例，

the words though thought and cough all

have the same Oh ugh spelling but

這幾個字都帶有ough

actually they're pronounced very

但他們的發音差異頗大

differently though thought and cough now

these symbols might seem a little scary

如果你之前沒見過國際音標的話，

to you especially if you haven't seen

這些字符看起來可能有點嚇人

the IPA before but actually they're so

不過他們對學習英語發音很有幫助

helpful for you when you're learning

不過他們對學習英語發音很有幫助

English pronunciation because it tells

不過他們對學習英語發音很有幫助

因為他確切指出該字的唸法

you exactly how to say the word Oh

Koff so even if you've never heard of

就算你從沒聽過有這些字符，免驚

these symbols before don't freak out in

就算你從沒聽過有這些字符，免驚

today's lesson we're going to go through

今天的課程我們會一起學習國際音標

the International phonetic alphabet

今天的課程我們會一起學習國際音標

together now there's 26 letters in the

英文字母表上有26個字母，是吧？

English alphabet right but there are 44

但卻有44個不同的音

different sounds way more than there are

遠比字母數量還多

letters that's why I use the IPA to help

所以我用國際音標來幫學生們學習英語發音

my students when they're studying

所以我用國際音標來幫學生們學習英語發音

English pronunciation let's look at

我們先來看看母音

vowels first there are five English

英語的母音字母有五個，不是嗎？

vowels aren't there a oh I oh and you

but there are way more English vowel

但英語的母音遠比這還多

sounds some of them are long some of

有些為長音，有些為短音，而有些則為懶惰音

them are short and some of them are just

有些為長音，有些為短音，而有些則為懶惰音

lazy let's go through them e e o o

我們來了解一下

err

oh all ah ah are oh there's another

group of vowel sounds called diphthongs

還有另外一組母音稱為雙母音

now don't worry about remembering that

先別擔心那些複雜的命名

crazy name all you need to do is

你只需要記得聲音就好

remember the sounds diphthongs are

你只需要記得聲音就好

雙母音指在單一音節中從一個母音轉變成另一個母音

sounds that change from one vowel sound

to another but in the same syllable so

雙母音指在單一音節中從一個母音轉變成另一個母音

watch my mouth position change as I make

注意看我發這些音時的嘴形變化

each of these sounds ear air or al Oh a

注意看我發這些音時的嘴形變化

I we so we've been through valves and

我們了解了母音及雙母音

diphthongs now we'll move on to

接著來看子音

consonants the top row are unvoiced

頂排列出的是清音，意思是，

consonant sounds which means that the

頂排列出的是清音，意思是，

sound is made by air moving from the

空氣從口腔後端通過嘴唇向外流出

back of your mouth through and out your

聲音便由此產生

lips there is one extra letter that is

另外還有一個清音

unvoiced down the bottom then all the

在底排最左側

rest of the consonant sounds are voiced

其餘的子音皆為濁音，

which means that the sound is made here

這意味著聲音是由聲帶振動產生

with your vocal cords are you can feel

你可以感覺到這裡振動

it here and unvoiced sounds use just air

清音則只有空氣流動

you can't feel anything here

這裡沒振動感

huh

tip

shit Shh

but mmm mmm Jim this is good what you

well that's it for this lesson

這節課就是這樣啦！

make sure you go to my website and

記得去我的網站，

download the free worksheet to help you

下載免費的表單以練習國際音標發音

practice the IPA sounds the link is in

下載免費的表單以練習國際音標發音

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記得按這顆紅鈕訂閱

red button so that you get my next video

這樣你就能看到下個教學影片

lesson which is all about English vowels

全是關於英語母音的

now

全是關於英語母音的

see you then

再會！