美国文化口语秀(文本+MP3) 第336期:如何纠正最诡异的中式发音

今天Jenny说说自己学发音的一些体会和感想。不敢说对所有人都适用，但对于在中国传统英语教育体制下成长起来的人，还是有借鉴价值的。

关键词：

练发音的误区
Pronunciation: 发音
Expertise: 专长
I'm struggling with some really basic pronunciation problems: 我对发音有很多基本的困扰
Tips: 窍门
Rule of thumb: 心得、经验法则

一.不要把理论作为切入点
Don't use pronunciation theories as your starting point: 不要把发音理论作为切入点
While rules and theories are important, do not use them as your starting point because they are very abstract: 虽然理论很重要，但是不适合作为切入点，因为理论太抽象
You need to start with application, i.e. listening to native speaker resources as much as possible to get a sense of how things should sound like in English: 必须从实际口语应用出发，多听母语资源，树立对标准发音的认识

二.树立切合实际的期望值
Understand that you will never sound entirely like a native speaker: 不要期望自己说英语会跟母语者完全一样
I used to be very self-conscious of that. I wanted to sound as perfect as possible:我以前特别在意自己的发音，希望每个词、每句话都说得完美
But I realized that it was stopping me from using and embracing English: 但后来，发现这种追求其实妨碍了我使用英语、享受英语
I'm living in peace with the fact that I will never sound like an American: 现在，我明白自己永远不会说英语跟美国人完全一样
I'm fine with that. But I do think you should correct some of the most obvious pronunciation mistakes: 但我觉得这没问题，只是一些特别明显的发音错误，是需要去改正的

三.积极改正最基本、最明显的发音错误
Work hard to correct the most glaring, low-level pronunciation mistakes：积极改正最显眼、最基本的发音错误
Those mistakes can reflect badly on you, damage your professional images: 这些错误会让你显得很不专业
They're also the easiet to correct: 它们也是最容易改正的饿

最典型的中式发音错误
辅音后面加元音
Adding a vowel sound after a consonant: 习惯在辅音后面加元音
Consonant: 辅音
Vowel: 元音
Desk读成deskə
Must读成mʌstə

二."Th"发音很诡异
Mispronouncing "th": th发音错误
voiced "th"：气音
Unvoiced "th": 有声带振动音
Some of the most common "th" mistakes: 最常见的一些“th"发音错误
This, that, these, those 读成 dis, dat, zese, zose
The读成ze
Think读成sinkə
Mother, weather读成mozer, weazer
"Th" is pronounced differently when it appears in different parts of a word: "th"出现在词不同部分时，发音的规则不一样
We'll go over those in the pronunciation course: 我们在发音课里会详细教大家

三.无法连读
Unable to connect words together: 连读很难
You also need to not see words as individual words, but as word units: 不要把词看作一个个分开的个体，要把它们看成词组单元
Do not just try to perfect pronunciation of individual words: 光练习每个词的发音没有用，串起来又不对了
You need to practice the pronunciation of lexical chunks: 一定要练习语块的发音
Focus on most commonly phrases: 从最常用的词组、语块开始
How're you?
How's it going?

四.不习惯用缩写
Try to speak in contractions: 口语里用缩写
This is a great shortcut to help you sound more fluent and native: 这是个让你听起来自然、流利的捷径
Use common contractions in your everyday speech: 平时说英语，采用最常见、最常用的缩写
For example: 例如
I will... I'll
I am...I'm
What is...What's

任何承诺一个短期班能解决你发音问题的，都是卖假药的！
A short-term course will not fundamentally change your pronunciation: 任何短期的发音培训都不会根本改变你的发音
You need to combine it with an immersive learning environment where you're exposed to English on a daily basis: 一定要结合日常不断地接触英语
Listen, shadow, speak：听、模仿、说
Make a habit of it: 把它变成你的日常习惯
That's how you achieve real change: 这样才能真正得到改变