👄 Who stole my crisps? Pronunciation Shadowing · BBC Learning English
本课通过办公室零食被偷的短故事，练习英语中最常见的弱读音schwa。适合提升发音自然度和听力理解能力。
Here in my hands is something that can help improve your pronunciation.
我手里拿着的东西可以帮助你改善发音。
The key to making your speaking sound more natural.
让你的演讲听起来更加自然的关键在于……（此处应补充具体方法或技巧）。
You'll find out what it is later on.
稍后你就会知道那是什么了。
In this lesson, we're going to practice shadowing - a powerful way to improve your fluency, pronunciation, and listening.
在这节课中，我们将练习“影子跟读”（shadowing）——这是一种非常有效的练习方法，可以帮助你提高口语流利度、发音准确性以及听力水平。
You'll do this by listening to a short story about an awkward moment in the office, involving a packet of crisps.
你可以通过听一个关于办公室里某个尴尬时刻的短故事来完成这个任务，这个故事中涉及到一包薯片。
This is a shadowing lesson, which means you'll listen carefully and repeat what I say almost at the same time.
这是一节“跟读”练习课：你需要仔细听我说的话，并几乎同时把我说的话复述出来。
Like an echo.
就像回声一样。
Here's how.
具体步骤如下：
I put them on the table and I went to make myself a cup of tea.
我把它们放在桌子上，然后去泡了一杯茶。
If you're interested in learning more about how to shadow, click here.
如果您有兴趣了解更多关于如何进行“影子观察”（即跟随他人进行观察学习）的方法，请点击这里。
Okay, let's start the story.
好的，让我们开始这个故事吧。
I was feeling a bit hungry at work, so I bought a big packet of crisps from the vending machine for about a pound.
上班的时候我有点饿，于是从自动售货机里买了一包薯片，价格大约是一英镑。
I put them on the table and went to make myself a cup of tea.
我把它们放在桌子上，然后去泡了一杯茶。
When I came back, I noticed a man had sat down at my table and was eating my crisps.
当我回来时，发现有个男人坐在我的桌子旁，正在吃我的薯片。
Let's have a look at the pronunciation.
让我们来看看这个单词的发音吧。
What common vowel sounds do these highlighted words have?
这些被高亮标记的单词有哪些常见的元音发音？
I was feeling hungry.
我感到饿了。
For about a pound.
大约一英镑的价格。
The table.
这张桌子。
Went to make a cup of tea.
我去泡了一杯茶。
And the answer is here in my hand.
答案就在我手中。
This is the most common vowel sound in spoken English.
这是英语口语中最常见的元音发音。
So common it even has its own name: the schwa.
这种现象非常普遍，以至于它甚至有了自己的名称——“schwa”。
You can hear it a lot in small grammar words like 'two', 'of' and 'four', because these words are usually unstressed.
在像 “two”（两个）、”of”（……的）和 “four”（四个）这样的小语法词中，这种现象尤为明显；因为这些词通常不会被重读。
Let's practice the sound first.
我们先来练习这个发音吧。
Just relax your mouth and say /ə/.
只要放松嘴巴，然后发出 “/ə/” 这个音就可以了。
Excuse me.
打扰一下。
'Two'?
两个？
'Of'?
'Of'?
'For'?
为了什么？
I can't hear an /ə/ sound in any of those words.
在这些单词中，我根本听不到任何带有 “/ə/” 音素的发音。
What on earth are you talking about?
你到底在说什么啊？
Well, yes, that's true when we say them on their own.
嗯，没错，当我们单独说这些词语时，确实是这样。
But in natural speech, they are usually unstressed and the vowel changes to a schwa.
但在自然语言中，这些音节通常不带重音，其元音会发成“schwa”音（即介于[a]和[u]之间的音）。
Oh, right.
哦，对了。
Okay.
好的。
Carry on then.
那就继续吧。
Thank you.
谢谢。
Let's practice the schwa in these phrases.
让我们在这些短语中练习发“schwa”音（即德语中的元音音素）。
Repeat after me.
跟我一起重复。