英音- 06 | Tim's Pronunciation Workshop - 英音发音工作室

本视频来源为BBC Learning English，视频主讲人为Tim，视频在小木屋（workshop）中拍摄，命名为Tim‘s Pronunciation Workshop。同时，视频中有街拍真人实例发音，比较有说服力和代表性，大概每集在5分钟以内，适合碎片化时间学习，大家一起加油吧！

自学方法

• 仔细观看视频（两遍以上），熟悉每一个发音位置；

• 依据视频，进行大量跟读模仿；

• 把自己的音频录制下来，与视频中发音进行比对；

• 找出不足，回头再学习视频中的发音技巧，进一步练习；

• 找一位同伴或英语教师（Native speaker最好），为自己纠音。

注意事项

• 发音需要大量练习；

• 一定要模仿正确的音，要打破之前的发音习惯；

• 不要短期期待效果，坚持坚持在坚持；

• 有条件一定要结伴同行，可以是学生，最好是老师；

• 发音好不等于英语好，因此还要大量输入语言素材，不要只关注发音。

Tim's Pronunciation Workshop: 'can'

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参考文本

Tim
Hi. I'm Tim and this is my pronunciation workshop. Here, I'm going to show you how English is really spoken. Come on, let's go inside. You see this? This is my lunch - well, either that, or it's some cat food. Anyway, do you know what we call this container? It's a can, right? Now this has the same spelling as the modal 'can', and the same pronunciation, hasn't it? Or has it? Listen carefully when we ask some people in London how many languages they speak.

Voxpops
I can speak one language.
I can speak two languages.
I can speak two languages.
I can speak two languages, English and Hindi.

Tim
They all used the word 'can'. But they didn't pronounce it as /kæn/. Listen again. How do they pronounce it?

Voxpops
I can speak one language.
I can speak two languages.
I can speak two languages.
I can speak two languages, English and Hindi.

Tim
In fluent everyday English, when the modal auxiliary 'can' is unstressed, its pronunciation changes to /kən/. 'I /kæn/ speak four languages' becomes: 'I /kən/ speak four languages'. This is what's known as a weak form and it can occur in questions as well. Here are some more examples.

Examples
Can you help me bring in the shopping, please?
I can swim further than I can run.
You can succeed if you work hard.
How far can you throw a tennis ball?

Tim
Right, so you've heard the examples, and now it's your turn. Are you ready? Listen and repeat.

Examples
Can you help me bring in the shopping, please?
I can swim further than I can run.
You can succeed if you work hard.
How far can you throw a tennis ball?

Tim
Well done. Now remember, if you want to learn more about pronunciation, then please visit our website, bbclearningenglish.com. And that is about it from the pronunciation workshop for this week. I'll see you soon. Bye bye! Right, now, time for lunch I think! Ahh. Do you think I can open this can, without a can opener? Hey. Oh no – it is cat food. Never mind, we can eat cat food, can't we? You know what? That is not bad. Salmon? Rabbit? Mouse?