In this American English pronunciation video, we're going to study American English by looking at a short text.
在这段美语发音视频中，我们将会通过一小段文字来学习美式英语。
Topic: what I ate for breakfast.I call this a Ben Franklin exercise.
话题：我早餐吃了什么。我把这个方法称为本·富兰克林练习。
This is when you take very good notes, very detailed notes, on what you're hearing.
这种方法就是根据你听到的内容做详细的笔记，
And then go back and try to record yourself based on what you've written down, the notes.
然后回过头来根据你所做的笔记试着自己录音。

Did you write down a flap T, or the way two words link together?
你记下了一个浊音T，还是两个单词的连读方式呢？
After you've recorded yourself, compare it to the original. Did you do everything that you wanted to do?
给自己录完音后，与原录音进行对比。你做到想做的一切了吗？
In this video, we're going to take notes together.
在这个视频中，我们会一起来做笔记。
This morning for breakfast, I had Barbara's Shredded Oats with milk. This is my favorite breakfast. But sometimes, I do have eggs.
今天的早餐，我吃了芭芭拉碎燕麦，喝了牛奶。这是我最爱的早餐。但有时，我会吃鸡蛋。
So let's take a look at what's happening here.
让我们看看这里发生了什么。
"This morning for breakfast." One of the first things I notice is how much this S and M were connected.
“This morning for breakfast.” 首先我注意到了这里的S和M是连在一起的。
"This morning, this morning." It's almost like the S went on the next word: "smorning, smorning. This morning. This morning for breakfast."
“This morning, this morning.” 就好像这个S是在下一个单词中一样：“smorning, smorning. This morning. This morning for breakfast.”
Did you notice how I pronounced the word "for"?
你注意到了我是怎样读单词“for”的吗？
That was reduced to "fer", "fer", "fer". Very quick, with the schwa/R sound. "For, for, for breakfast."
它被略读为“fer”，“fer”，“fer”。非常快，连着弱读的R音。“For, for, for breakfast.”
"This morning for breakfast." Also I notice the rhythm here. "Morn-" and "break-" are the two stressed syllables.
“This morning for breakfast.” 我还注意到了这里的节奏。“Morn-”和“break-”是被重读的两个音节。
"This morning for breakfast." They have that swooping up and then down shape of the voice that makes up a stressed syllable.
“This morning for breakfast.” 它们有先升后降的形状组成了重音音节。
Let's listen in slow motion."This morning for breakfast.""This morning for breakfast."
我们听一下录音慢放。今天的早餐。今天的早餐。
"This morning for breakfast, I had Barbara's Shredded Oats with milk."
今天的早餐，我吃了芭芭拉碎燕麦，喝了牛奶。
What do you hear as being the stressed syllables? I hear "Barbara's", "Shredded", and "milk".
你听到的重音音节是什么呢？我听到的是“Barbara's”，“Shredded”和“milk”。
What else do you notice
你还注意到了什么呢？
"I had Barbara's Shredded Oats with milk." I notice that "Barbara's" is only two syllables, even though it looks like it might be three.
“I had Barbara's Shredded Oats with milk.” 我注意到了虽然“Barbara's”看起来像是三个音节，但其实它只有两个音节。
We sort of leave this middle sound out here."Barb-ra's, -ra's." Also note this apostrophe S is the Z sound.
我们几乎把中间的音给省掉了。“Barb-ra's, -ra's.” 还要注意这个撇号后面的S发Z音。
That's because the sound before is voiced, so the apostrophe S is also voiced. "Zzz, zz, -ra's, -ra's. Barbara's."
这是因为它前面的字母是发音的，所以撇号后的这个S也是发音的。“Zzz, zz, -ra's, -ra's. Barbara's.”
I also notice that the ED ending here is pronounced as the IH as in 'sit' vowel, D sound.
我还注意到了这里词尾的ED发音是IH，就像“sit”里的元音和D音。
That's because the sound before was a D. ED endings are among the few cases in American English that follow regular rules.
这是因为它前面的音是D。ED结尾的发音是美语里面少数几个遵循固定规则的例子之一。
"I had Barbara's Shredded Oats with milk."
我吃了芭芭拉碎燕麦，喝了牛奶。
I notice that the word 'with' is not reduced, but it's very flat in pitch because it is unstressed.
我注意到了单词“with”没有被略读，而是下降音调，这是因为它是非重音。
"With, with, with." It's also quite fast. "With milk, with, with, with, with milk."
“With, with, with.” 它的音还很快。“With milk, with, with, with, with milk.”
"I had Barbara's Shredded Oats with milk."
我吃了芭芭拉碎燕麦，喝了牛奶。
Let's listen in slow motion."I had Barbara's Shredded Oats with milk.""I had Barbara's Shredded Oats with milk."
我们听一下录音慢放。我吃了芭芭拉碎燕麦，喝了牛奶。我吃了芭芭拉碎燕麦，喝了牛奶。
"I had Barbara's Shredded Oats with milk. This is my favorite breakfast." What was stressed in that sentence? I heard "fav-" and "break-".
“I had Barbara's Shredded Oats with milk. This is my favorite breakfast.” 这个句子中的重音是什么呢？我听到的是“fav-”和“break-”。
Also, these three words, "this is my", those were incredibly fast. Listen again."This is my favorite breakfast."
还有，“this is my”这三个词读得非常快。再听一次。这是我最爱的早餐。
So this string of three unstressed words, "this is my" "this is my" "this is my" "this is my": very fast, and very connected.
所以这一串三个非重读的词，“this is my” “this is my” “this is my” “this is my”：读得非常快，连接得非常紧。
I also notice that the word "favorite" was only pronounced with two syllables, as if this letter was dropped. "Fav-rit, favorite, favorite."
我还注意到了单词“favorite”只被发出了两个音节的音，好像中间的字母被丢掉了一样。“Fav-rit, favorite, favorite.”
"This is my favorite breakfast."
这是我最爱的早餐。
I'm also noticing this T pronunciation. The final T in "favorite" was pronounced as a stop.
我还注意到了这个T的发音，在“favorite”结尾的T音是停顿的。
"Favorite, favorite, favorite breakfast." So, there was no release, tt, of the T sound. "Favorite breakfast."
“Favorite, favorite, favorite breakfast.” 所以这里的T音没有被发出来。“Favorite breakfast.”
Let's listen in slow motion.
我们听一下录音慢放。
"This is my favorite breakfast.""This is my favorite breakfast."
这是我最爱的早餐。这是我最爱的早餐。
"This is my favorite breakfast. But sometimes, I do have eggs."
这是我最爱的早餐。但有时，我会吃鸡蛋。
Did you notice the lift here, where the comma is?
你注意到逗号这里的上升语调了吗？
"But sometimes, I do have eggs." There was just a little pause there for the punctuation.
“But sometimes, I do have eggs.” 这里的标点处只有一点停顿。
I also noticed how I stressed the word "do".
我还注意到了单词“do”被重读的方式。
"I do, I do have eggs.""But sometimes, I do have eggs."
我会吃鸡蛋。但有时，我会吃鸡蛋。
The word "eggs", even though it's a content word, a noun, which is usually stressed, doesn't have that much stress, I notice, because it's at the end of a sentence. "I do have eggs."
单词“eggs”，即使它是一个实义词，名词，通常是被重读的，我注意到，它在这里却没有很明显的重音，这是因为它是在句子的结尾。“I do have eggs.”
"Eggs, eggs," with just a little curve up, and then down in the voice. "I do have eggs."
“Eggs, eggs,”只有一点上升，然后就降下来。“I do have eggs.”
Also, the plural ending here, S, is pronounced as a Z.That's because the sound before, the G sound, is a voiced consonant. "Eggs, eggs."
还有，这里的复数结尾S的发音为Z。这是因为前面的辅音G是发音的。“Eggs，eggs.”
Let's listen in slow motion."But sometimes, I do have eggs.""But sometimes, I do have eggs.""But sometimes, I do have eggs."
我们听一下录音慢放。但有时，我会吃鸡蛋。但有时，我会吃鸡蛋。但有时，我会吃鸡蛋。
So, just three little sentences. But we really were able to study a lot about American English pronunciation.
所以，这只是三个短句子，但我们真的可以从中学到美语发音的很多知识。
Let's listen once in slow motion.
我们听一遍整体的录音慢放。
This morning for breakfast, I had Barbara's Shredded Oats with milk. This is my favorite breakfast. But sometimes, I do have eggs.
今天的早餐，我吃了芭芭拉碎燕麦，喝了牛奶。这是我最爱的早餐。但有时，我会吃鸡蛋。
I hope this has given you some ideas on how to take notes and study the speech of native speakers.
我希望这些在你做笔记和学习英语母语者演讲方面有所帮助。
Do this on your own. Take video and audio clips that interest you, or that have topics that are important to your field of work.
自己来做一下这个练习。找一些你感兴趣的视频或音频片段，或者是与你工作领域相关的主题。
After you take good notes, record the text yourself, and compare to the original recording. What do you still need to work on, or what did you do well
?在你做好笔记之后，录下你读的文章，然后与原录音进行对比。你在哪些地方还需努力，或者在哪里做得比较好？
This is a great way to improve your pronunciation.
这是一个提高发音的好办法。
That's it, and thanks so much for using Rachel's English.
这次的学习就到这里，非常感谢使用Rachel's English。