英语到底有多少个音？为什么答案不是48？
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| 时间 | 英文 | 中文 |
|---|---|---|
| 0:00 | Have you ever heard someone say, | 你有没有听过有人说 |
| 0:02 | English has 48 sounds, | 英语有48个声音 |
| 0:04 | but when you look online, | 但当你上网时, |
| 0:06 | you see some people say 40 sounds, 44 sounds, | 你看有些人说 40个声音,44个声音, |
| 0:10 | 50 plus sounds. | 50加声. |
| 0:12 | So what's going on there exactly? | 到底发生了什么? |
| 0:14 | How many sounds does English really have? | 英文到底有多少个声音? |
| 0:17 | And why do so many people give you a different number? | 为什么这么多人给你不同的号码? |
| 0:20 | The amount of sounds in English | 英语中的音量 |
| 0:22 | depends on which accent | 取决于哪个口音 |
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| 序号 | 英文 | 中文 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Have you ever heard someone say, | 你有没有听过有人说 |
| 2 | English has 48 sounds, | 英语有48个声音 |
| 3 | but when you look online, | 但当你上网时, |
| 4 | you see some people say 40 sounds, 44 sounds, | 你看有些人说 40个声音,44个声音, |
| 5 | 50 plus sounds. | 50加声. |
| 6 | So what's going on there exactly? | 到底发生了什么? |
| 7 | How many sounds does English really have? | 英文到底有多少个声音? |
| 8 | And why do so many people give you a different number? | 为什么这么多人给你不同的号码? |
| 9 | The amount of sounds in English | 英语中的音量 |
| 10 | depends on which accent | 取决于哪个口音 |
| 11 | or which variety of English you're talking about. | 或者你所说的英语种类 |
| 12 | For example, British English versus American English. | 例如英国英语对美国英语. |
| 13 | Usually in British English, | 通常用英国英语 |
| 14 | they will use more sounds. | 他们会用更多的声音。 |
| 15 | 还有更多的diphthongs, | |
| 16 | there are more vowel sounds in British English. | 英国英语中还有更多的元音. |
| 17 | American English is a bit more simplified. | 美式英语比较简化. |
| 18 | And actually, in American English, | 事实上,用美国英语 |
| 19 | there are two vowels that are often discussed together. | 有两个元音经常一起讨论. |
| 20 | Listen to these two words. | 听此两句. |
| 21 | Caught, caught, caught, caught. | 捕捉,捕捉,捕捉,捕捉. |
| 22 | The most noticeable difference between these two sounds | 这两种声音最显著的区别 |
| 23 | is your tongue position. | 你的舌头位置。 |
| 24 | So when you say caught, | 所以,当你说抓, |
| 25 | then your tongue should be more in the middle | 那你的舌头应该更在中间 |
| 26 | or the center of your mouth. | 或言语中心. |
| 27 | You should be a bit more relaxed. | 你应该放松点 |
| 28 | But when you say caught, | 但当你说被抓的时候 |
| 29 | then your tongue moves more towards the back of your mouth. | 然后,你的舌头 移动更多的你的后嘴。 |
| 30 | You're using some energy and muscle | 你在用一些能量和肌肉来 |
| 31 | to pull your tongue back. | 把你的舌头拉回来。 |
| 32 | Now listen again. | 现在再听一遍 |
| 33 | Caught, caught, caught, caught. | 捕捉,捕捉,捕捉,捕捉. |
| 34 | For some Americans, | 对于一些美国人来说, |
| 35 | these two sounds have merged into one. | 这两个声音合并成了一个。 |
| 36 | And this phenomenon is called the caught-caught merger. | 这种现象被称为被抓住的合并. |
| 37 | It doesn't mean they're saying something incorrectly. | 这并不意味着他们在说错话 |
| 38 | It's just that their accent has developed over time | 只是他们的口音随着时间推移而发展 |
| 39 | and that's just how they say things naturally. | 他们就是这么自然的 |
| 40 | And this little difference obviously | 很明显,这个小区别 |
| 41 | doesn't really affect the way that we communicate. | 并不真正影响我们沟通的方式。 |
| 42 | It doesn't create any language barriers. | 不造语言障. |
| 43 | We can all understand each other because we have context. | 我们都能够理解对方,因为我们有背景。 |
| 44 | However, for Americans who do distinguish these two sounds, | 然而,对于区分这两种声音的美国人来说, |
| 45 | then that means you have an extra vowel sound | 那表示你有额外的元音 |
| 46 | compared to other Americans. | 和其他美国人相比 |
| 47 | So how many sounds does English really have? | 那么,英语到底有多少个声音? |
| 48 | It really depends on what variety of English | 这真的取决于什么种类的英语 |
| 49 | or what accent you're learning. | 或者你学什么口音? |
| 50 | Let me know in the comments | 在评论中告诉我 |
| 51 | if you can hear the difference between caught and caught. | 如果你能听到捕捉到的区别 |
| 52 | And also let me know when you learned English, | 还有,你学英语的时候告诉我, |
| 53 | how many sounds were you taught? | 你教过多少声音? |
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