Hello! I'm John Russell.
大家好!我是约翰·拉塞尔。
We can use different kinds of listening exercises to improve our pronunciation.
我们可以使用不同的听力练习来提高我们的发音。
The idea is this: if we can hear the difference between some sounds, then we will be more likely to produce these different sounds in speaking.
这个想法是这样的:如果我们能听出一些声音之间的区别,那么我们在说话时就更有可能发出这些不同的声音。
So, let's play a kind of game.
我们来玩一种游戏。
You will hear a sentence.
你将会听到一句话。
Your job is to select the word that you hear.
你的任务是选择你听到的单词。
Pay special attention to the vowel sounds.
特别注意元音的发音。
Let's start: Question 1: Could you hand me the pan?
我们开始吧:问题1:你能把平底锅递给我吗?
Which noun did you hear? Pan, pen.
你听到的是哪个名词?Pan,pen。
Let's try again: Could you hand me the pan? Pan, pen.
我们再试一次:你能把平底锅递给我吗?Pan,pen。
The answer is pan.
答案是pan。
In the International Phonetic Alphabet, or IPA, we write the vowel sound like this: /ae/.
在国际音标中,我们把上面提到的元音写成这样:/ae/(正确写法见视频)。
Now let's try another example.
现在我们再来看看另一个例子。
This time you will only hear two words.
这一次你将只听到两个单词。
Choose the word that you hear: Question 2: left.
选择你听到的单词:问题2:left。
Let's try again: left.
我们再试一次:left。
The answer is left.
答案是left。
In IPA, we write the vowel like this: /e/.
在国际音标中,我们把上面提到的元音写成这样:/e/(正确写法见视频)。
Let's try one last round of our game.
我们再玩最后一轮我们的游戏。
Question 3: Listen to this sentence.
问题3:听这个句子。
He stood in the sand.
他站在沙子里。
Which did you hear?
你听到的是哪个单词?
The answer is sand.
答案是sand。
That's all for today! Keep up the good work!
今天就到这里吧!继续努力!