美国文化口语秀(文本+MP3) 第260期:怎么听懂印度口音
印度人都当微软、谷歌CEO了,是时候了解一下印度口音啦!今天我们就要听听出名难懂的印度口音。你会听到一段及有代表性的印度英语,我们也会分享印度口音最显著的特点。希望能帮你更好地理解它!
关键词:
Indian accent: 印度口音
To single people out: 针对某群人
Native speaker:母语者
Distinction: 区别、独特之处
Features:特点
Bollywood superstar:宝莱坞大明星
Call center: 客服电话中心
Confident: 自信的
Fluent: 流利、流畅
Lingua franca: 通用语
Being exposed to/get more exposure: 更多接触
印度口音文本:
Amir Khan:
"Good evening everyone. I think it started somewhere when I was a small child. And it began with my mother I think. My mother has been a big influence on me. And in a little incident of my life which stayed with me all along. And that is I used to play a lot of tennis when I was a kid. And competitive tennis, state level, national level and I was pretty good at that time."
印度口音的特点:
1. T的发音:接近"th", 但带有卷舌
2. Tongue rolling: 卷舌
3. Vowels: 元音
4. Don't make a distinction between 'o' and 'a': "au"和"a”发音不分
5. "Au"的发音很扁
6. Consonants: 辅音,特别是“v"和"w"不分