英音- 16 | 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！
Tim's Pronunciation Workshop
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: Summary
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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. Well, here we are in the pronunciation workshop for the final time. Today, let's look back on what we've covered in this series and I'll offer some final tips and words of advice. When we write English, each word is separate; there are spaces between the words. But, that's not how we speak English. If. We. Did. It. Might. Be. Easier. To. Understand. But. We. Would. Sound. Like. Robots. No. When we speak English, although there are some pauses, we mostly bump the words together. And when these words bump into each other certain things can happen that affect the sounds. We've learned that /t/ and /d/ sounds disappear between consonants:
Example
'Mashed potato' becomes /mæʃpəˈteɪtəʊ/.
Tim
Consonant sounds can link with vowel sounds:
Example
'An egg' becomes anegg.
Tim
Certain vowel sounds can link with certain other vowel sounds by adding sounds:
Example
'The shoe is…' becomes the shoe/w/is…
Tim
Two consonant sounds can join together, or twin.
Example
'It takes two' becomes /ɪt:eɪks tuː/.
Tim
Some sounds can change completely:
Example
'Green Park' /griːn pɑːk/ becomes /griːmpɑːk/.
Tim
Unstressed grammar words are often weak:
Example
'I'd have been late' becomes /aɪdəv bɪn leɪt/
Tim
And we've also seen how a little sound, schwa, is important to the rhythm of natural spoken English.
Example
'A piece of cake' /ə piːsə keɪk/
Tim
These are all features of what we call connected speech. Natural speech is full of these features. And for native speakers, these changes happen automatically. The more you can get used to listening to and speaking English, the more naturally they'll come to you too. But my advice is that the most important thing to pay attention to is schwa. Getting schwa in the right place is the first step to getting English pronunciation right. And that, for the last time, is about it from the pronunciation workshop. And always remember that if you want to learn more about pronunciation or other aspects of English, then please visit our website, bbclearningenglish.com. Thank you so much for watching this series and I'll see you soon. Bye bye! Erm, hello? Hello? Erm. I can't get out. What do I do? Help! Help! Oh. Somebody?