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Hello, everybody. This is Elliot from ETJ English and today, I'm sat on the floor. Today, we are here to talk about pronunciation.
大家好。我是 ETJ 英语频道的埃利奥特，今天我坐在地板上。今天，我们来谈谈发音。
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.
我们现在就来谈谈如何开始提高你的发音。介绍一些有用的技巧和你可以做的事来真正加快这个过程。
So, how do we do it? Well, let me start with my first point.
那么，我们该怎么做呢？好吧，让我从我的第一点开始。
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熟悉 IPA。埃利奥特，IPA 是什么？
Well, the IPA is the international phonetic alphabet. Lots of you probably already know what this is.
IPA 是国际音标。你们很多人可能已经知道这是什么了。
If you watch my videos, you will have seen some sounds from the IPA before. It's basically an alphabet of sounds.
如果你看过我的视频，你会看到一些出自 IPA 的发音。它基本上是一个由音标组成的字母表。
So, we have the alphabet ABCDEFG. We also have an alphabet for /a/, //, /i/, //, you know, all those sounds, right?
我们字母表上有 ABCDEFG。我们也有一个音标字母表，/a/，//，/i/，//，就是所有这些音标。
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.
学习这些是非常有用的，因为在每一本字典里，举例来说，如果你学习新单词，它们也会有这个单词的国际音标拼写，它会告诉你如何发音。所以，不学国际音标就亏大了。
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.
国际音标包括辅音和元音，也包括重音等内容。所以，它非常重要，因为它将帮助你首先学习英式英语中所有的发音。
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.
同时，它也会帮助你学习新单词的发音。当你们学习国际音标时，我也希望你们注意那些听起来相似的音。
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 视频中提到过人们对单词 beach 和 b*th 之间的混淆。让我举一个更安全的例子，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 //，听起来相似，这就需要观察人们的嘴和模仿人们发音。当你看着别人，看着我，当我念 sheep 的时候，我会露出大大的微笑，对吧？
What about when I say "ship"??"Sheep", "ship", "sheep", "ship".
那我说 ship 的时候呢？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.
这就有区别了，/i/，我笑得更开。我的舌头伸得更高了，但很难看清。
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.
你需要注意相似的音是怎么发的，还需要观察人们的嘴巴，看他们是不是嘴巴咧得更开，他们的嘴是否形成了一个非常圆的形状。当你在看 YouTube 视频和电视节目的时候，要留意人们的发音，要注意嘴巴
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.
然后你就可以开始模仿，模仿别人。也许在和别人谈话的时候不要这样做，但在家看电视的时候你可以模仿别人。
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，模仿，镜像学习和倾听对学习重读和语调非常有用。所以，有时候你在看英国人的采访或者我在 YouTube 上的视频时，要注意音调，不要把注意力集中在发音上，而是要注意音调，什么时候上升或什么时候下降，要注意怎么做。
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.
这应该会让你对我们说的话感到更自然，你可以开始分析并尝试模仿。不要怕自己像个疯子一样，在家里到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.
这是我常做的事情。有时，我在家里走来走去，假装自己是澳大利亚人。
I'll just copy an Australian accent because I like it. Active practice! I also want you to be creative.
我会模仿澳大利亚口音，因为我喜欢。主动积极地练习！我也希望你有创造力。
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.
你可能听说过这些绕口令，比如 She sells seashells by the seashore。我们把很多相似的音组合在一起，把它们放在一个句子里，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?
我们所做的就是尽可能快地说出来。你为什么不自己造个绕口令？
If you are creative, you will remember things more. So, instead of just looking on Google for some tongue twisters, create your own and you're more likely to remember in your brain.
如果你有创造力，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，而是自己造一些，这样你更有可能在大脑中记住它们。
Being creative helps you learn faster. That is the truth.
有创造力可以帮助你学得更快。这是事实。
Record yourself. We all have smart phones nowadays.
给自己录音。现在我们都有智能手机。
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?
弄一个录音应用程序，使用一个录音应用程序并录下你的声音。听听你自己的声音，想想你漏了什么，为什么自己听起来不像英国人？
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.
也许对有些人来说，这很难。如果你加入我的在线课程，你可以把录音发给我，我可以给你详细的反馈，告诉你如何发音以及你需要改进什么。
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.
当你录音的时候，很高兴看到你所做的改变和你所取得的进步。在练习两周后再录一遍同样的句子，看看你是否有进步。
Sing songs in a British accent. Talk to yourself in a British accent.
用英式口音唱歌。用英式口音自言自语。
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.
有个我曾经读过的很棒的技巧。例如，如果有人想戒烟，他需要首先表明自己是不吸烟者。
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，你为什么不在发音上做同样的事情呢？把自己想象成一个英国人，想象你是，相信你是，想象你想听起来像一个英国人，内心要有一个偶像，希望自己听起来像他那样。
This technique doesn't work for everyone, but it is a great technique to try. So also, I need you to take your time.
虽然这种方法并不适用于所有人，但它是一种值得尝试的好方法。还有，我需要你慢慢来。
Pronunciation is one of the longest improvements. Now there is one way to speed it up faster and that is invest.
提高发音是很耗时的。现在有一种方法可以加快这一进程，那就是投资。
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.
就像生意一样，如果你想让它成长，你需要投入你的时间，你需要投入你的钱。时间。花更多的时间来改善你的发音。
Small amounts but often is usually what I recommend. You need to practice what you learn, so you need more time to do that.
通常我推荐少量多次。你需要练习你所学到的东西，所以你需要更多的时间去做。
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.
投资你的钱，加入一个在线课程。在线课程最好的一点是，就像我的课程，不一定要选我的课，它会一步一步地为你指引正确的方向，你会以正确的顺序详细学习正确的东西。
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外好处是，你可以与我在 whatsapp 上交谈，我可以指导你，评估你的口语，并告诉你需要怎么练习。所以，在线课程绝对是一个非常给力的选择。
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；对其他人来说，它是，但完全取决于你。但最重要的是要勇敢，不要害怕练习，纠正自己。
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善发音的人的建议。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.
这些是我可能会做的事情和一些其他的选择。所以，我希望今天我确实给了你们一些有用的建议。
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.
请一定给我点赞，如果你还没有订阅，不要忘记订阅。我每周都会有视频更新，下周见。
Cheers, guys. Bye!
