RATING British Accents in DRACULA! · Learn English with Papa Teach Me
解析《德古拉》中Keanu Reeves和Winona的英式发音优劣,适合练习英式发音技巧与语调。
It is a man himself.
他自己就是一个男人。
Look, he's grown young.
你看,他看起来年轻了许多。
he has learned how to pronounce each word perfectly.
他已经学会了如何完美地发出每个单词的发音。
And that's exactly why it's wrong.
而这恰恰就是为什么这种做法是错误的。
Welcome back to the channel I'm Ali I work as a professional dialect coach here in London.
欢迎回到这个频道!我是阿里,我在伦敦从事专业方言培训的工作。
And today I'm judging the British accents in the movie Dracula.
今天,我将负责评判电影《德古拉》中英国演员的口音表现。
So this is the 92 version with Keanu Reeves.
这就是由基努·里维斯主演的92年版电影。
And I have heard opinions.
我也听到了各种不同的意见。
There are opinions about these accents, not good ones.
对于这些口音,人们有很多看法,不过这些看法大多并不正面(或者说并不积极)。
I doubted everything, even my mind.
我对一切都产生了怀疑,甚至包括自己的思维能力。
So how do you judge a good British accent?
那么,如何判断一个人的英式口音是否标准(即是否“好”呢?)
Well, it's important to point out that there are no good British accents and bad British accents in the sense that a posh accent
嗯,需要指出的是:从某种意义上来说(比如所谓的“优雅”或“高级”英式口音),并不存在所谓的“好的”或“坏的”英式口音之分。
doesn't mean good and Cockney doesn't mean bad.
这并不意味着什么好事;同样,“Cockney”这个词也不代表什么坏事。
No, there are tons of British pronunciation styles using different characteristics that we all perceive and understand to be British.
不,实际上存在许多不同的英式发音风格,这些风格各自具有独特的特征。我们所有人都能识别并理解这些特征属于英式发音的特点。
For example, the glottal t.
例如,喉塞音(glottal t)。
You've heard this in words like water being pronounced water changing the l.
你可能听过这样的表述:比如“water”这个词,发音时会把其中的字母“l”读成另一种发音(即“w”)。
So it sounds like an L.
所以听起来这个字母应该是“L”。
For example, hell could be pronounced hell and so on.
例如,“hell”这个词可以读作“hell”,诸如此类。
what then?
那么接下来该怎么办呢?
Makes a good British accent?
这个发音能很好地模拟出典型的英国口音吗?
This is a great question, and the best way I can describe it is you have to think of it the same way as you judge,
这是一个非常好的问题。我认为最好的解释方式是:你需要用评判事物的方式来思考这个问题。
especially facts in movies.
尤其是电影中的那些情节(或细节)。
For example, you watch a movie and you're like, wow, those special effects are really bad.
例如,你看了一部电影,然后心想:“哇,那些特效简直太糟糕了。
Not convincing at all.
完全无法让人信服。
Other movies, you're like, whoa, the special effects are amazing.
对于其他电影来说,你会感叹:“哇,这些特效真是太棒了!
They're very, very convincing.
它们非常具有说服力。
However, what the professionals will tell you is the best.
不过,专业人士给出的建议才是最可靠的。
Special effects are ones that you don't even notice.
特效就是那种你甚至都不会注意到的效果。
And it's the exact same thing when learning accents for a role.
在学习某个角色的口音时,情况也完全是一样的。
You don't even question if it's real or not.
你甚至都不会去怀疑这件事是否真实存在。
You're just like, oh, okay, this guy's British.
你可能会想:“哦,好吧,这家伙是英国人。
You're not doing a British accent.
你并没有模仿英国人的口音。
You just have one.
你只有一个而已。
He's buying a property around London.
他正在伦敦周边购买一处房产。
Of course.
当然。
Sir.
先生。
I'll attend to the count.
我会负责清点人数。
All right.
好的。
First thing, and I'm sure I'll mention this a lot as we go on.
首先,我相信在接下来的讨论中我会多次提到这一点。
It's the schwa sound.
这就是“schwa”音(即德语中的元音发音)。