Do Singaporeans Know How Their English Sounds? (Singlish) | Street Interview · Asian Boss
视频通过街头采访探讨新加坡人对自己英语口音的认知，以及Singlish在海外的接受度。适合练习发音、口语表达和文化理解。
Hey bosses, this is Simon from Asian Boss.
嘿，各位老板，我是来自 Asian Boss 的西蒙。
Singapore is normally recognized as the most expensive city in South East Asia, but do you know what makes it unique?
新加坡通常被认为是东南亚物价最高的城市，但你知道是什么让它与众不同吗？
Can you recognize the way I'm speaking right now?
你能听出我现在说话的方式（即我的语调、语速等特征）吗？
How about my accent?
我的口音怎么样？
So today we are going to interview Singaporeans on Singlish.
那么今天，我们将用新加坡英语（Singlish）来采访新加坡人。
So let's go.
那么，我们开始吧。
When you are speaking English as a Singaporean, are you aware that you have a certain accent?
当你以新加坡人的身份说英语时，你是否意识到自己有一种特定的口音？
Oh yes, 100 % I'm aware that I have a slight Singlish accent I would say.
哦，是的，我完全清楚自己说话时带有轻微的新加坡口音。
Okay.
好的。
Even when I was in the States,
即使我还在美国的时候，
my friends told me that I had a little bit of an Asian accent because they didn't know which part I was from.
我的朋友们告诉我，我的说话方式带有一点亚洲口音，因为他们不知道我来自中国的哪个地区。
Okay.
好的。
Yeah.
是的。
I believe that when we speak Singlish, definitely to us, it sounds very natural.
我认为，当我们说新加坡英语时，对我们自己来说，这种语言听起来非常自然。
So we don't realize very often that we have a different accent.
因此，我们往往没有意识到自己的口音其实与其他人不同。
But at the same time, I think
但与此同时，我认为……
it's a very common experience when we go overseas and we hear that Singlish accent and all the additional laughs and everything that come out.
当我们出国旅行时，听到那种带有新加坡口音的英语表达，以及随之而来的各种笑声和其他反应，其实是一种非常常见的现象。
And it's just very distinctive.
它的独特性非常明显。
So yes, we are aware that we do sound very different.
是的，我们确实意识到自己的声音听起来非常不同。
And by this difference, let's have a certain connotation of value judgement behind it.
正是由于这种差异，我们才会在其中隐含某种价值判断的意味。
So do you like your accent?
那么，你喜欢自己的口音吗？
I do appreciate my accent.
我其实挺喜欢自己的口音的。
It's a one -on -a -kind thing in the whole world.
在整个世界上，这种事情都是独一无二的。
I mean, Singlish is being formed by so many years from our forefathers to now.
我的意思是，新加坡英语是在我们祖先生活至今的漫长岁月里逐渐形成的。
It's been evolving a lot.
它已经发生了很大的变化（或者说：它一直在不断发展）。
And I do think I will be also I'm proud of the accent itself.
我确实认为自己会为这种口音感到自豪。
Okay.
好的。
I'm also someone who teaches English, you know, like, so I think you have to love the language,
我也是一名英语教师。我认为，要想真正学好英语，就必须热爱这门语言。
whatever language.
无论使用哪种语言。
And I think Singlish itself is your background.
我认为，新加坡英语本身就是你的“背景”（即你的语言基础或文化背景）。
Yeah.
是的。
So if you like who you are, you embrace your roots, Singlish is nothing bad.
所以，如果你喜欢自己的样子，那就接受自己的根源吧；说新加坡英语其实没什么不好的。
Do you think foreigners will understand that accent?
你觉得外国人能听懂那种口音吗？
Maybe foreigners won't understand that.
也许外国人无法理解这一点。
It might be not familiar for them.
对他们来说，这可能并不熟悉（或：他们可能还不了解这个事物）。
Like, they have certain English words, you use it differently.
比如说，有些英语单词的用法是特定的；当你使用这些单词时，需要遵循特定的规则或语境。
I would say it's very mixed.
我觉得评价非常复杂（或者说褒贬不一）。
I mean, just for myself personally, because like, I mean, a lot of people,
我的意思是，这只是针对我个人而言。因为……嗯，很多人都是这样。
especially overseas, people, they tend to think that Singlish is not a very refined form of English.
尤其是在海外，人们普遍认为新加坡英语（Singlish）并不属于英语的高级或“精致”形式。
And I guess it's agreeable to a certain extent.
我想在某种程度上，大家对此都是认同的。