The Rhythm for English Speaking (How Americans Really Speak) · AccurateEnglish
学习英语的正确节奏和美国人真实说话方式，提升发音自然度和流利度。适合练习发音、语调和日常表达。
If you would like to improve your accent when you're speaking English,
如果你想改善自己说英语时的口音，
in this video, I'm going to give you a very important tip that will definitely transform your accent.
在这段视频中，我会给大家一个非常重要的建议，这个建议肯定能够帮助你们改善自己的口音。
You cannot neglect the melody of English.
你不能忽视英语语言的韵律（即英语单词的发音规律和音节结构）。
Even if you're pronouncing all of the individual words and the consonant and the vowel sounds correctly,
即使你正确地读出了每一个单词的发音，以及辅音和元音的音素，
but you're not paying attention to the rhythm and the melody of your words, your speech is going to sound choppy and unnatural.
但你没有注意自己话语的节奏和旋律，因此你的讲话会显得断断续续、很不自然。
And you even might sound less fluent.
而且你的发音可能会显得不那么流利（或者说，更不自然）。
In this video, I will teach you the secret to having a better accent and sounding more like a native speaker.
在这个视频中，我会告诉你如何改善自己的口音，让自己听起来更像母语者。
I will also teach you some common everyday expressions that native speakers use.
我还会教你一些母语者日常会用到的常用表达方式。
And I will teach you how to say them with the perfect American accent.
我会教你如何用完美的美式口音来发音这些单词。
And even if you prefer a British accent, this video will also help you.
即使你更喜欢英式口音，这个视频也会对你有所帮助。
One of the fastest ways to reduce your foreign accent is for you to focus on these three things,
减少外国口音的最快方法之一就是专注于以下这三点：
word stress, word reduction, and connecting words, not pausing between thought groups.
重读单词中的某些音节、简化句子结构以及使用连接词（而不是在表达不同思想的部分之间停顿）。
In this lesson, we will focus on word reduction.
在本节课中，我们将重点学习如何简化词语（即如何减少词语的使用）。
This is such an important topic, and it's not commonly taught in English classes.
这是一个非常重要的话题，但在英语课堂上却很少被涉及（即很少被教授）。
Maybe you've already thought about word stress, or maybe you've watched lessons on word stress.
也许你之前就已经考虑过单词的重音问题了，或者你看过关于单词重音的教学视频。
But have you thought about word reduction?
但是，你有没有考虑过减少用词的数量呢？
That topic is just as important as word stress for having a natural sounding and a native sounding flow.
这个话题与单词的重音一样重要，它们共同决定了语言表达的自然流畅度（即是否听起来像母语者说话）。
Native speakers don't pronounce every word clearly and fully.
以该语言为母语的人在发音时，并不会把每个单词都发得非常清晰、完整。
If you don't redo some words in your sentences, your speech will sound choppy and robotic.
如果你不重新调整句子中某些词语的顺序，你的演讲听起来就会显得生硬、不自然，甚至像机器人在说话一样。
You will speak like this with each word stressed the same way.
你说话时应该每个单词都这样发音——即每个单词的重音都放在相同的位置上。
Please pass the salt and pepper.
请把盐和胡椒递给我。
Hello, I'm Mike.
你好，我是迈克。
I am a robot.
我是一个机器人。
I am here to serve you.
我在这里是为了为您服务。
How can I help you?
我有什么可以帮您的吗？
When we reduce words, the vowel sounds almost disappear.
当我们减少单词中的词汇量时，元音发音几乎会完全消失。
They become the schwa sound.
它们会发成 “schwa” 音（即一种介于元音和辅音之间的音）。
It's the a sound.
这就是那个声音。
And the consonants are also sometimes eliminated.
辅音有时也会被省略掉。
Let's look at this pronoun.
让我们来看看这个代词。
You have probably learned that the pronunciation is our, but let's listen to how native speakers are saying our house,
你可能已经知道这个词的发音应该是“our”，不过让我们听听以英语为母语的人是如何发音“our house”的。
our children, and our school.
我们的孩子，以及我们的学校。
Listen carefully.
请仔细听。
And so we had tons of people over to our house.
于是，我们邀请了很多朋友来我们家做客。
There's hospice at our house.
我们家附近有一家临终关怀机构（提供临终关怀服务）。
What will happen to our house?
我们的房子会变成什么样子呢？
We have to talk to our children about it.
我们必须和孩子们谈谈这件事。
The sort of planet we're going to leave behind for children and grandchildren, but to really ingrain within our school.
这种类型的行星，我们应该把它留给我们的子孙后代；同时，我们也应该真正将其理念融入到我们的教育体系中（即让这些理念成为学校教育的一部分）。
Notice that the O and the U are reduced.
请注意，字母 “O” 和 “U” 的发音被简化了（即发音变得更短或更简单）。
They're not saying ow.
他们并没有喊“疼”之类的声音。