Speak like a Bridgerton | Regency English Tutorial · Learn English with Papa Teach Me
学习《布里奇顿》中使用的维多利亚时代上层英语发音技巧,适合练习正式英国英语和角色扮演。掌握正确的发音和礼貌表达方式,提升语言表现力。
Forgive me.
原谅我。
Am I to understand that you wish to attend the Queen's Ball this evening?
我是这样理解的吗:您希望今晚参加女王舞会?
And yet you do not speak Regency English?
那么,你为什么不会说摄政时期的英语呢?
Well fear not.
别担心。
I am your dialect coach, LordStatham.
我是您的方言教练,LordStatham。
And I shall teach you how to speak correct Regency English in time for tonight's gathering.
我会教你如何说标准的摄政时期(Regency)英语,以便你能赶在今晚的聚会上使用这种语言。
Okay, number one, we're not going to use contractions We shall not use contractions.
好的,第一点:我们不会使用缩写形式。
Secondly, we must do something about your awful diction for you to fit in at the Queen's ball.
其次,我们必须对你的糟糕发音问题采取一些措施,才能让你在女王的舞会上表现得体。
You need to use Received pronunciation.
你需要使用“Received”这个发音方式。
Upper RP is the only acceptable way to speak among high society.
在高社会中,使用“Upper RP”这种说话方式才是唯一被认可的。
That means pronouncing the “A” sound in words like these in a southern style.
这意味着在像这样的单词中,需要用南方地区的发音方式来发“a”这个音。
Not the northern.
不是北方的那个。
For example.
例如。
Fast laugh Castle.
Fast laugh Castle。
Repeat with me, please.
请跟我一起重复。
We do not have all day.
我们没有一整天的时间。
The last castle in bath.
巴斯市最后剩下的那座城堡……
Very good.
非常好。
You are doing quite well.
你做得相当不错。
And of course, please pronounce your Ts correctly.
当然了,请务必正确地发“Ts”这个音。
Water.
水。
Not wa’er Glottal ts are for the lower classes.
喉塞音(即“ts”音)原本是下层社会使用的发音方式。
And tonight you are not part of the lower classes.
而今晚,你并不属于社会底层阶级。
Tomorrow?
明天吗?
But tonight.
但就在今晚。
Proper Ts, please.
请使用正确的“Ts”符号(即日语中的“つ”)。
Okay, so knowing that, how would you pronounce this sentence?
好吧,既然知道了这一点,那么你会如何发音这个句子呢?
Splendid.
太棒了!
I want to eat the last cookie.
我想吃掉最后一块饼干。
However, in Regency English, we shall replace all “I want to”s with these To declare your intent.
然而,在摄政时期的英语中,我们应该将所有的“我想……”(I want to……)替换为“为了表明你的意图”(To declare your intent……)。
You have two options.
你有两个选择。
I wish to.
我希望能做到。
This is a more direct, strong version.
这是一个更为直接、表达更为强烈的版本。
If I want to, I wish to eat the last cookie and I will.
如果我愿意的话,我当然会吃掉最后一块饼干。
However, I should like to is a softer, more polite version.
不过,我希望能用一个更委婉、更礼貌的表达方式来表达我的想法。
Perhaps you might consider using that instead.
或许你可以考虑改用那个方法。
I should like to eat the last cookie.
我想吃掉最后一块饼干。
There's no one object.
不存在任何一个单一的、独立的对象。
Repeat with me, please.
请跟我一起重复这句话。
We do not have all day.
我们没有一整天的时间。