Let's LEARN ENGLISH

介绍： 短元音[ ə]
唇形：口腔半张，开口度与[e]相似，嘴唇扁平
舌形：舌身平放口中，舌尖抵下齿，注意肌肉要放松，听上去类似于汉语中轻音“了、的、么”中包含的韵母，但不要发成汉语的“饿”，因为这个元音永远是一个弱读音：
单词：china campus soda famous
句子：it is a book about China .这是一本介绍中国的书。
注意区别以下四组词：
Bet but
Deck duck
Check chuck
Jail angel
轻度卷舌音[ɚ]
唇形：与元音[ ə]一样，保持[ ə]的口型。
舌形：舌尖向上齿龈后面卷，类似于汉语中的儿化音
单词：better matter later forever
句子： better late than never. 晚做总比不做好。
重度卷舌音 [ ɝ]
与轻度卷舌音的一样，[ ɝ]的发音时间[ɚ相对于延长一倍就可以了。
单词：world early learn search
句子： the early bird catches the worm. 早起的鸟儿有虫吃？
早起的虫儿被鸟吃怎么说？

结尾音乐：Train--《Drops of Jupiter》

主播微博：小黑黑二

视频 Youtube 链接：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChZJ1Q3GSuI

视频文字稿：
Hi again, welcome back to www.engvid.com. I'm Adam. Today, I'm going to help you sound a little bit more like a native speaker, hopefully. Students ask me all the time: "How can I sound like a native speaker?" Well, before I say anything, let me just tell you that it will take time and a lot, a lot, a lot of practice. The best way is to live in an English-speaking country, of course, but of course you can do it anywhere, but it takes time; be patient, practice, practice, practice.

So we're looking at pronunciation. Let me start with this word: "pronunciation". Not: "pronounciation". It is not a pronoun. A pronoun is: "I", "me", "my", "mine". Pronunciation is how we speak English. So I'm going to give you three tips that will help you sound a little bit more like a native speaker. We're going to start with connecting words. Now, think about your own language, whether you're speaking Spanish or Polish or Chinese, you do this in your language as well. When you're speaking fast, you're taking words and you're squeezing them together; you're connecting them, so one word flows into the next word. That's what we're going to do here.

You can connect consonants to consonants. What this means: when a word ends in a consonant... A consonant is "b", "c", "d", "f", "g", etc. A vowel is "a", "e", "i", "o", "u". When a word ends in a consonant and the next word begins with the same consonant, drop the first one. So for example: we do not say: "black coffee", we don't say: "ke, ke". There's only one "k": "bla coffee", "bla coffee." Okay? Practice that. Now, "t" and "d", these are two different consonants, but according to the tongue and the mouth, they almost sound the same so we do the same thing. "Wha do you do?", "Wha do you do?" But again, another thing you have to keep in mind is when we say it fast, we also don't really say "e", we say like a... Sort of like a small... We don't say "o" - sorry -, we say sort of a small "e". "Wha do ye do?" Practice that. "Wha do ye do?" Strange, huh? No "t", "wha", "de ye do?", "Wha de ye do?" That's how a native speaker would say it naturally.

Now, another thing is when a word ends in a consonant and the next word begins in a vowel, make sure you roll it in. Right? Roll the consonant into the vowel and separate the syllable before. A syllable is the vowel sounds in a word. Okay? So nobody, like native speakers don't say: "Not at all. Oh no, not at all." We don't say it like that. We say: "Oh, not-at-all.", "Not-at-all.", "Not-at-all." Right? The "t", so this becomes: "No-ta-tall", "No-ta-tall", "Not at all". Okay? Say it quickly, blend the letters one into the next. But again, practice it.

Now, for those of you who are going to be taking a test, an English test that involves listening; IELTS, TOEFL, TOEIC, if you're in Canada you're maybe doing a CELPIP test. Okay? This is going to help you on the listening section as well. This is one of the things they're testing. Somebody on the recording will say: "Not-at-all", and you need to cut: "Not at all", you need to understand the separate words, that's part of the test. So practice speaking it, practice listening to it. Another thing we do is we squeeze some words. Okay? Certain words, we don't say all the syllables, we don't even say all the letters. I've heard many students say: "Com-fort-able", "com-fort-able", but native speakers, we don't say this part, we don't say the "or". We say: "Comf-ta-bil", and notice the last sound is like a small tiny, tiny little "i" in there. "Comftabil", "comf-ta-bil", "comftabil". Okay? We don't pronounce the "or": "Comfortable". Nope, don't do that.

Another word like that: "Interesting". "In-chre-sting". Find out what the syllables are so: "In-ter" - sorry, my mistake -, "In-ter-rest-ing". If you want to emphasize something, we have a word called: "enunciate". When someone wants to emphasize a word, then they enunciate each syllable; they say each syllable separately. "Oh, that is very in-ter-est-ing." Right? Because I want you to understand that the word is interesting, but in every day speech: "Intresting", "in-tre-sting". "In-ter-est-ing", I have four syllables, when I actually say it naturally, it becomes three syllables and the "t" and the "r" become like a "ch", but that's... We'll talk about that next. Another word: "every". "E-vry". I don't say: "Ev-er-y", I don't say this letter "e", "ev-er-y". "E-vry", "evryone", "evrything", "evry".

文章链接：https://medium.com/life-hacking-2/the-ultimate-guide-to-learning-anything-faster-4ef555034c8c

音乐：- Ihi Datta Ne - DEPAPEPE

长元音[ɑ:]
首先唇形：口腔上下打开，即上下张开；
其次舌形：舌尖离开下齿，舌身放平，舌根部抬起
单词 ：ask laugh answer bath
1）如果这个音后面跟着辅音/f/, /s/,/n/,/θ/,而且又是美音的话，则要变成/æ/
2）如果这个音后面有卷舌音/r/,注意发音时先完成/ɑ/的发音，然后舌尖尽量向上颚卷曲
单词： bar park smart farm
句子：a promise is a promise. 说话算话。
Honesty is the best policy.诚实总是上策。
长元音 [ ɔ:]
英音当中，发音时唇形紧绷成圆形，并向前突出。
而美音要在英音的基础上逐渐扩大口形，两腮慢慢放松，感觉口腔中空。
单词： walk long cross law
句子：i thought you could do a better job. 我以为你的表现会更好。
注意：在美音中，如果该音与卷舌音r连接，通常写成 [ ɔr]的形式)，此时前半部分的发音较单独发 [ ɔ:]时略小,比较以下单词在英音和美音中的区别：
Caught 逮住 / court 法庭
Sauce 沙司 / source 来源

结尾音乐：Sia--《I’m in here》

主播微博：@小黑黑二

介绍： 1.marked down
If something is ‘marked down’ then it has a discounted price.
折扣价
Example: ‘Are these shoes marked down?’

2.nail down
When you ‘nail down’ something then you confirm it.
做决定、确认
Example: ‘I would like to nail down the dates for the conference as soon as we can.’

3.keep on your toes
To ‘keep on your toes’ means to stay alert and stay aware of everything that is going on around you.
机警地观察四周
Example: ‘Keep on your toes, the red team are on their way now.’

4.own up
When you ‘own up’ to something then you confess and admit something, you take responsibility for it.
承认某事，并为此担责
Eg: ‘I don’t know who broke my glasses, but someone needs to own up now. ’

5.slip of the tongue
A ‘slip of the tongue’ is when you say something that you didn’t mean to say.
说漏嘴
Eg: ‘Be careful, one slip of the tongue and they'll know all our plans.’

结尾音乐：《Thirty》- Robby Hecht

介绍： 元音[ɛ]
唇形：嘴巴自然微张，上下齿之间约能伸进一个食指的距离
舌形：舌尖轻触下齿，舌前部有微微向上抬的趋势
发这个音时。我们要注意两点，
第一，[ɛ][与[i]的区别在于口型，前者口型略大，后者口型较小。
第二，美音中的[ɛ]要比英音中的[ɛ]开口要略小一些
单词 check jet every melt
句子：please learn English step by step 学习英语，请一步一步来。
I will never forget my best friend’s wedding. 我永远都不会忘记我最好的朋友的婚礼。

注意区别以下四组词：
Pick peck
Did dead
This mess
Sit set

元音[æ] （恶心音）
唇形：下颚下沉，上下齿之间，大约可以放进一个食指和一个中指
舌形：同样舌尖抵住下齿，稍稍用力
单词 mat snack rapper laugh
句子：Don’t talk to him,he is a bad apple. 别理他，他是个坏蛋。

结尾音乐：Lorde--《Tennis Court》

主播微博：小黑黑二

短元音[i] 短促有力 收小腹
唇形：嘴巴自然微张，唇形呈扁平状态
舌形：舌尖轻触下齿，舌前部向上抬，其位置要比[i:]略低，
记住不要发成中文当中1234的1。
单词 sit bit fish
句子：Zip your lips
闭嘴

长元音[i:] 唇形：嘴唇向两侧拉伸咧开，露出自然的笑容
舌形：舌尖轻触下齿，舌前部向上抬，其位置要比短元音i要高，注意发音时相比于短元音，要紧张一些。
单词 bee tea green tea
句子：A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情

结尾音乐：Starfucker--《Girls just want to have fun》

主播微博：@小黑黑二

All of us want to invent that game-changing product, launch that successful company, write that best-selling book. And yet so few of us actually do it. TED Fellow and Brazilian entrepreneur Bel Pesce breaks down five easy-to-believe myths that ensure your dream projects will never come to fruition.

我们都想要发明那个改变世界的产品，打造那个成功的公司，写那本畅销书，然而只有少数人能真正做到。巴西企业家 Bel Pesce 给我们详细介绍了五个很多人相信的谎言，这些谎言能保证你的梦想难以实现。

演讲者提到了五个摧毁梦想的办法，
Believe in overnight success,相信一夜成名，
Believe someone else has the answers for you,相信别人有你需要的答案，
Decide to settle when growth is guaranteed,在一时的成功面前止步，
Believe the fault is someone else’s,相信错误永远是别人的，
Believe that the only things that matter are the dreams themselves,相信只有梦想本身是最重要的。

1.knock back

To ‘knock back’ is to drink something quickly.

一饮而尽。

Example: ‘After our chat he was so thirsty he knocked back three cups of water.’

2.idle away

To ‘idle away’ means to waste time doing nothing.

无所事事，游手好闲。

Eg: ‘I idled away the whole day yesterday, so today I need to do some work.’

3.point the finger

If you ‘point the finger’ at someone then you accuse them of being responsible for something bad that has happened.

指控怀疑某人。

Eg: ‘Don’t point the finger at me, I didn’t break that glass.’

4.ask around

To ‘ask around’ means to go around and ask many people the same question.

向周围打听，询问。

Eg: ‘I will ask around the neighborhood and see if anyone has seen my dog.’

5.cross the line

If you ‘cross the line’ then you overstep a boundary or a limit and do something that is considered wrong or unacceptable.

也就是过分了，越过底线了。

Eg: ‘He&`&s taken my credit card again, this time he has crossed the line.’

文中提及小说：《牧羊少年奇幻之旅》（The Alchemist）

结尾音乐：My Everything - owl city

1.sleep on it
To ‘sleep on it’ is to delay making a decision, usually to give you more time to think about it with a clear mind.

当你需要更多的时间去做一个更好的决定时，你就可以说「sleep on it」

Example: ‘I can’t decide now, I will sleep on it and let them know my answer tomorrow.’

2.at the drop of the hat
If you do something ‘at the drop of the hat’ then you do it very quickly, without hesitation.

迅速地做某件事，没有任何迟疑。

Example:‘He always helps me at the drop of the hat, he is such a good friend.’

3.back to the drawing board
If you go ‘back to the drawing board’ then you go back and start something again.

意指某件事回到原点，从头开始。

Example: ‘They won’t accept our proposal, so it’s back to the drawing board for now.’

4.add insult to injury
To ‘add insult to injury’ is to make a bad situation even worse.

将本来就糟糕的情况变得更坏了。

Example: ‘We lost the game and to add insult to injury, my leg looks like it is broken.

5.a cinch
If something is ‘a cinch’ then it is simple or easy.

某件事异常简单，小菜一碟，就可以说 its a cinch.

Example: ‘I can climb that rock wall, it’s a cinch.’

结尾音乐：Cam - 《Burning house》