Hello, everybody. This is Elliot from ETJ English and today, I’m sat on the floor. Today, we are here to talk about pronunciation.

我们好。我是 ETJ 英语频道的埃利奥特，今日我坐在地板上。今日，咱们来谈谈发音。

We’re here to talk about how you can start improving your pronunciation right now. Some useful techniques and things you can do just to really speed up the process.

咱们如今就来谈谈如何初步前进你的发音。介绍一些有用的技巧和你可以做的事来真实加速这个进程。

So, how do we do it? Well, let me start with my first point.

那么，咱们该怎么做呢？好吧，让我从我的第一点初步。

The first thing I want you to do is to familiarize yourself with the IPA. What’s the IPA, Elliott?

我想让你们做的第一件事是了解 IPA。埃利奥特，IPA 是啥？

Well, the IPA is the international phonetic alphabet. Lots of you probably already know what this is.

IPA 是世界音标。你们许多人可以现已晓得这是啥了。

If you watch my videos, you will have seen some sounds from the IPA before. It’s basically an alphabet of sounds.

假定你看过我的视频，你会看到一些出自 IPA 的发音。它根柢上是一个由音标构成的字母表。

So, we have the alphabet ABCDEFG. We also have an alphabet for /a/, //, /i/, //, you know, all those sounds, right?

咱们字母表上有 ABCDEFG。咱们也有一个音标字母表，/a/，//，/i/，//，就是一切这些音标。

And it’s quite useful to learn these because in every dictionary, for example, if you learn the new words, they will also have the IPA spelling of this word and it will show you exactly how to pronounce it. So, it would be silly not to learn the IPA.

学习这些对错常有用的，因为在每一本字典里，举例来说，假定你学习新单词，它们也会有这个单词的世界音标拼写，它会告诉你如何发音。所以，不学世界音标就亏大了。

So, the IPA includes consonants and vowels and also indicators like stress. So, this is really important because it will help you with learning firstly all the sounds which are in the English language in British English.

世界音标包括子音和元音，也包括重音等内容。所以，它非常重要，因为它将协助你首要学习英式英语中一切的发音。

And also, it will help you with learning how new words that you learn are pronounced. And when you learn the IPA, I also want you to notice sounds which sound similar.

一起，它也会协助你学习新单词的发音。当你们学习世界音标时，我也期望你们留心那些听起来类似的音。

So, I’ve mentioned before in my YouTube videos the confusion that people have between words like “beach” and “b*th”. Let me do a more safe for work version, let’s do “sheep” and “ship”.

我之前在我的 YouTube 视频中说到过我们对单词 beach 和 b*th 之间的混杂。让我举一个更平安的比方，就拿 sheep 和 ship 来说吧。

These two sounds, /i/ and //, they sound similar and this is where looking at people’s mouths and mimicking people also joins this point. So, when you look at people, look at me when I pronounce “sheep”, I do a big smile, right?

这两个音，/i/ 和 //，听起来类似，这就需要调查我们的嘴和仿照我们发音。当你看着别人，看着我，当我念 sheep 的时分，我会显露大大的浅笑，对吧？

What about when I say “ship”??”Sheep”, “ship”, “sheep”, “ship”.

那我说 ship 的时分呢？Sheep，ship，sheep，ship。

There’s a difference there, I’m smiling more for /i/. My tongue is actually going higher, but it’s quite difficult to see.

这就有差异了，/i/，我笑得更开。我的舌头伸得更高了，但很丑陋清。

So, you need to notice what’s happening with similar sounds and you also need to watch people’s mouths, whether they’re smiling more, whether they’re creating a very round shape with the mouth.

Just keep an eye on what’s happening when you’re watching YouTube videos watching things on TV, and just be aware of the movements in the mouth.

你需要留心类似的音是怎么发的，还需要调查我们的嘴巴，看他们是不是嘴巴咧得更开，他们的嘴是不是构成了一个非常圆的形状。当你在看 YouTube 视频和电视节意图时分，要留心我们的发音，要留心嘴巴的动作。

And then you can start mimicking, copy people, mirror people. Maybe don’t do it when you’re in a conversation with someone but sure you can copy people when you’re at home watching TV.

然后你就可以初步仿照，仿照别人。或许在和别人说话的时分不要这样做，但在家看电视的时分你可以仿照别人。

And the concept of mimicking and mirroring and listening to people is mostly and I would say extremely useful for learning stress and intonation.

So, maybe sometime when you’re watching something like an interview with a British person or my YouTube videos, listen to the tone, don’t focus on the sounds, but listen to the tone, when I’m going up, and I’m going down, and listen to what’s happening.

我认为，仿照，镜像学习和倾听对学习重读和语调非常有用。所以，有时分你在看英国人的采访或许我在 YouTube 上的视频时，要留心腔调，不要把留心力会集在发音上，而是要留心腔调，啥时分上升或啥时分降低，要留心怎么做。

And that should give you a bit more of a natural feeling of how we’re talking, you can start analyzing it and try to copy. Don’t be afraid to act a little bit crazy and just walk around the house and pretend you’re British.

这大约会让你对咱们说的话感到更天然，你可以初步分析并测验仿照。不要怕自个像个疯子相同，在家里处处走假装你是英国人。

Now, this is something that I do. Sometimes, I walk around the house and pretend I’m Australian.

这是我常做的作业。有时，我在家里走来走去，假装自个是澳大利亚人。

I’ll just copy an Australian accent because I like it. Active practice! I also want you to be creative.

我会仿照澳大利亚口音，因为我喜爱。主动活泼地操练！我也期望你有创造力。

You might have heard of these things called tongue twisters such as “She sells seashells by the seashore.” Nailed it! These are where we combine lots of similar sounds and put them into one sentence to make it quite difficult to pronounce them.

你可以传闻过这些绕口令，比方 She sells seashells by the seashore。咱们把许多类似的音组合在一同，把它们放在一个语句里，这样就很难发音了。

And what we do is we try and say them as fast as we can. Why don’t you create your own tongue twisters?

咱们所做的就是尽可以快地说出来。你为啥不自个造个绕口令？

If you are creative, you will remember things more. So, instead of just looking on 谷歌 for

some tongue twisters, create your own and you’re more likely to remember in your brain.

假定你有创造力，你会记住更多的东西。所以，不要只是在谷歌上搜一些绕口令，而是自个造一些，这样你更有可以在大脑中记住它们。

Being creative helps you learn faster. That is the truth.

有创造力可以协助你学得更快。这是实际。

Record yourself. We all have smart phones nowadays.

给自个录音。如今咱们都有智能手机。

Get a voice recording app, use a voice recording app and record your voice. Listen to yourself and think about what you what’s missing, why don’t I sound British?

弄一个录音使用程序，运用一个录音使用程序并录下你的声响。听听你自个的声响，想想你漏了啥，为啥自个听起来不像英国人？

Maybe for some people, this might be quite hard. If you join my online course, you can send me voice recordings and I can give you detailed feedback on how you sound and what you need to work on.

或许对有些人来说，这很难。假定你参加我的在线课程，你可以把录音发给我，我可以给你具体的反应，告诉你如何发音以及你需要改进啥。

But when you do voice recordings, it’s good to see the changes you make and the progress you make as you go. Record yourself again, saying the same sentence two weeks later after practicing and see if you’ve improved.

当你录音的时分，很高兴看到你所做的改动和你所获得的前进。在操练两周后再录一遍相同的语句，看看你是不是有前进。

Sing songs in a British accent. Talk to yourself in a British accent.

用英式口音歌唱。用英式口音喃喃自语。

There’s this great technique I read about. For example, if somebody wants to quit smoking, the person needs to first identify themselves as a nonsmoker.

有个我早年读过的很棒的技巧。例如，假定有人想戒烟，他需要首要标明自个是不吸烟者。

So, why don’t you do the same thing with pronunciation? Identify yourself as a British speaker, imagine you are, believe you are, and imagine that person you want to sound like, always have kind of one idol one person you want to sound like.

那么，你为啥不在发音上做相同的作业呢？把自个愿望成一个英国人，愿望你是，信赖你是，愿望你想听起来像一个英国人，心里要有一个偶像，期望自个听起来像他那样。

This technique doesn’t work for everyone, but it is a great technique to try. So also, I need you to take your time.

尽管这种办法并不适用于一切人，但它是一种值得测验的好办法。还有，我需要你逐渐来。

Pronunciation is one of the longest improvements. Now there is one way to speed it up faster and that is invest.

前进发音是很耗时的。如今有一种办法可以加速这一进程，那就是出资。

Just like a business, if you want it to grow, you need to invest your time, you need to invest your money. Time. Find more time to improve your pronunciation.

就像生意相同，假定你想让它生长，你需要投入你的时刻，你需要投入你的钱。时刻。花更多的时刻来改进你的发音。

Small amounts but often is usually what I recommend. You need to practice what you learn, so you need more time to do that.

一般我举荐少量多次。你需要操练你所学到的东西，所以你需要更多的时刻去做。

Investing your money, join an online course. And the best thing about an online course, such as mine, it doesn’t have to be mine, it will guide you in the right direction step by step and you’ll learn the right things in the right order in detail.

出资你的钱，参加一个在线课程。在线课程最佳的一点是，就像我的课程，不必定要选我的课，它会一步一步地为你指引正确的方向，你会以正确的次序具体学习正确的东西。

And the extra bonus that comes with my course is that you can talk with me on whatsapp and I can guide you, evaluate your speech, and tell you where you need to go with your practice. So, an online course is definitely a very powerful option.

而我的课程带来的额定优点是，你可以与我在 whatsapp 上攀谈，我可以辅导你，评价你的口语，并告诉你需要怎么操练。所以，在线课程必定是一个非常给劲的选择。

For some people, it’s not a good choice; for others, it is, but it’s completely up to you. But the main thing is just to be brave, don’t be afraid to practice, correct yourself.

对一些人来说，这不是一个好的选择；对其别人来说，它是，但完全取决于你。但最重要的是要英勇，不要惧怕操练，纠正自个。

So, that’s kind of my top tips for people who want to improve their pronunciation. It’s a few techniques.

所以，这就是我给那些想要改进发音的人的主张。这是一些技巧。

Now, there are other techniques, there are many more techniques. But these are the ones which I would do, let’s say.

还有其他的技巧，更多的技巧。但这些是我会做的。

These are probably the things that I would do and a few other options. So, I hope I did give you some useful advice today.

这些是我可以会做的作业和一些其他的选择。所以，我期望今日我的确给了你们一些有用的主张。

Please do give me a thumbs up and don’t forget to subscribe if you haven’t already. I make videos every week, so I will see you next week.

请必定给我点赞，假定你还没有订阅，不要忘掉订阅。我每周都会有视频更新，下周见。

Cheers, guys. Bye!