How to get a Better English accent 👄 Pronunciation Practice Every Day! · mmmEnglish
Emma分享4个简单日常发音练习技巧，帮助你更清晰自然地讲英语。适合练习发音和口音，提升自信与交流能力。
Hello I'm Emma from mmmEnglish!
你好，我是来自 mmmEnglish 的艾玛！
In this video, I'm hoping I can convince you that you should practise your English pronunciation every day and it's easier than you think.
在这段视频中，我希望能够说服你们：每天练习英语发音是很有必要的，而且这其实比你们想象中要容易得多。
I want to give you some simple ideas to help you make daily pronunciation practice just a regular part of your routine.
我想给你一些简单的建议，帮助你将日常的发音练习变成日常生活中的常规部分。
So let's get into it!
那么，让我们开始吧！
The chances are, you're watching this video
很有可能，你现在正在观看这个视频。
because you want to work on your English accent, which means that there is something about it that frustrates you.
因为你想要改进自己的英语口音，这说明你的英语口音确实存在一些让你感到困扰的地方（或者说，你的英语口音让你感到不自在/不满意）。
So firstly, I want you to tell me about it.
首先，我希望你能跟我讲讲这件事的来龙去脉。
Tell me about what makes you feel frustrated about your accent?
请告诉我，是什么让你对自己的口音感到沮丧（或不满）。
Tell me in the comments below the video.
请在视频下方的评论区告诉我你的想法。
I know what this is like, people misunderstanding you because you're not making the right sounds or even just feeling like
我知道这种感觉是什么样的：人们误解你，可能是因为你发出的声音不符合他们的预期，或者仅仅是因为他们对你产生了某种负面印象（比如认为你“不够正常”或“不够符合他们的标准”）。
that's not how it's supposed to sound.
它不应该发出那样的声音。
Why am I so awkward?
为什么我会这么笨拙、不擅长与人交往呢？
You know it's not smooth, it's not easy to talk to people and so your English conversations never really last that long.
你知道，和别人交谈并不是一件容易的事；因此，你的英语对话通常都不会持续太长时间。
It's hard to fit in, you know, and as you start using English at work you realise my accent sucks.
你知道的，融入新环境确实很难；而且当你开始在工作中使用英语时，你就会发现自己的口音实在太糟糕了。
You feel like people aren't taking you seriously.
你觉得别人并没有认真对待你。
You don't get invited to social functions and you start feeling really crap about yourself.
你没有被邀请参加任何社交活动，这让你开始对自己感到非常失望（或：非常自卑）。
I know this because these are the same pains that so many of my students go through.
我知道这一点，因为这些痛苦正是我的许多学生所经历的。
Changing your accent helps you to feel accepted.
改变你的口音有助于让你感到被接纳。
It helps you to fit in and even excel with whatever you want to do.
这有助于你融入周围的环境，并在任何你想做的事情上取得优异的成绩。
It takes years of work, of specific and deliberate training to first try to hear and recognise the sounds and then start making them yourself.
这需要多年的努力，以及系统而专注的训练。首先，你需要学会辨别和识别各种声音；之后，才能开始自己发出这些声音。
I mean you've probably been speaking English with your accent for years now, right?
我的意思是，你可能已经用带有口音的英语交流了很多年了，对吧？
So it's gonna take some effort to break those habits.
因此，要改掉这些习惯需要付出一些努力。
Now I think that one of our
现在我认为，这是我们……（此处“one of our”后应接具体内容，但原文未提供）……中的一个重要方面。
biggest challenges as adults is creating regular habits, you know, we're all so busy with kids and family and work and travel
成年人面临的最大挑战就是养成规律性的生活习惯。毕竟，我们都忙于照顾孩子、家庭、工作以及旅行等方面。
and all of the extra stress that goes with that stuff.
还有所有随之而来的额外压力……
You know it's incredibly difficult to find the time
你知道，要挤出时间来做某件事其实是非常困难的。
to focus on something consistently but that is exactly what you need to do if you want to change your accent and make it clearer,
需要持续专注于某件事；如果你想改变自己的口音并使其更加清晰，那么这正是你需要做的。
you've got to bring daily pronunciation practice into your life, right?
你必须把每日的发音练习融入到日常生活中，对吧？
I've got three things that I want to share with you today that I think you should be doing to improve your pronunciation every day.
今天我有三件事想和大家分享，我认为这些方法可以帮助你们每天改善自己的发音。
The first and really great daily habit that will help you to improve your pronunciation is super simple.
第一个、而且确实非常有效的日常习惯（能够帮助你改善发音）其实非常简单。
Read out loud.
大声朗读出来。
It doesn't matter what you read, as
你读什么其实并不重要。
long as what you're reading is in
只要你正在阅读的内容是在……范围内的（或：只要你阅读的内容是符合某种标准/要求的），那就没问题。
English and doing this daily will help
每天学习英语并坚持这样做会有帮助的。
you to get your mouth muscles working and creating the sounds that you need to use when you speak English.
这样可以让你的口腔肌肉得到锻炼，从而发出你说英语时所需要的各种声音。
It really is as simple as that and it doesn't need to take you long, you know, five or ten minutes a day is plenty.
真的就这么简单，而且不需要花费太多时间——每天花五到十分钟就足够了。
That kind of exercise is really easy to fit into your daily routine, right?
这种锻炼方式其实很容易融入你的日常生活中，对吧？
No excuses.
没有任何借口。
Probably the best place to do this is at home, you know, somewhere where you're not afraid to project your voice,
也许最好的地点就是在家里——一个你不会害怕大声说话的地方。
to push your voice out.
为了让自己的声音能够被更远的地方听到，就需要用力发声。