美语发音视频教程PaulGruber主讲全程15个系列教程

1、Pronunciation Workshop一The American dream does not come to those who fall out quick.Session OneConsonant RConsonant WHi, I m your instructor Paul Gruber and welcome to the Pronunciation WorkshopsFirst Training Session.I am very excited that you have taken this first step to improve your English pron

2、unciation and I do hope that you would enjoy this program and receive great benefits from it. Before we begin I wanna make sure that you have downloaded and printed out the training manual which accompanies this course. If you have not yet done so, please do it soon because you ll definitely need it

3、.Now you may be wondering how is it that I am going to help you change the way you speak. Well, basically, when you learned English as a second language, you kept many of the sounds and speech rules from your first language and you were continuing to use them when you speak English. This is what giv

4、es you an accent. You were using the sounds and speech rules from your native language instead of the sounds and speech rules of English. And you know why? Well, because when you learned English, nobody ever showed you what the sounds and speech rules of English were until now. That s why I m coming

5、 . Because I am going to show you and train you on how touse these sounds and speech rules correctly. Knowing in using these rules will help you reduce or possibly even eliminate your accent. Now throughout the program you re often going to see mepoint to my mouth to show you how to produce a partic

6、ular sound. I want you to pay close attention and try to copy exactly what it is I am doing. I would be showing you how to correctly form new sounds by changing the position of your tongue or changing the shape of your lips. These small changes are going to make ver y big changes in your speech. We

7、re going to practising andI recommend that you use the training manual and try to practise often. When you practise, I recommend that you start out speaking slowly out loud in a strong voice while exaggerating all the mouth movements. What would you be doing is retraining the muscles of your mouth i

8、n your tongue to move in new ways, which will producea new pronunciation patterns. These new speech patterns will slowly and eventually involve into your own spontaneous fast speech, but it is important that you start out going very slow. If you can pronunce words and sentences correctly speaking sl

9、owly, well, then you ll have no problem in saying them fast.I believe practisingis important, but I do not believe it s the only key towardssuccess. Being aware of your errors. That s the key. Being aware and also recognizing mistakes when you hear them will probably be the most important factors to

10、wards your improvement.Another thing I d like you to keep in mind and I m sure you may have noticed this already is that when most Americans speak you will notice that we seem to open our mouth a lot and there is a great amount of mouth movements. Watch my mouth whenI say something like Wow, was the

11、re really raining on Wednesday!” Did y ou seehow my mouth seemed to move? It wasn t with my lips flat. It wasn t Wow, wasthere really raining on Wednesday. There was a lot of movements. My mouth opened wide, but also my whole mouth moved forward. NowI find many foreign speakers, maybe because of the

12、ir language characteristics, they don t move their mouths much. There is very little facial movement. Because of this, to an American listener, the words often sound mumble, making it very very difficult for an American listener to understand what it is you said. One way to be better understood imme

13、diately is to become more aware of your speech and to really start opening and moving your mouth.I d like to try to observe what I m talking about. Whenyou speak to native -borned Americans or watch TV or movies, notice how when Americans speak, generally our mouths really open big and our lips come

14、 forward. These movements have a lot to do with the sound of American English.I also want to add that I ll often be asking you to repeat words and sentences on these videos. Try to think as if we were both sitting in the same room and I am directly right in front of you. Listen carefully to the word

15、s and sounds that I give you. Listen carefully to my pronunciation and watch my mouth, then repeat the words bac k to me in your own voice with the techniques that I m showing youas clearly as you can. Now at first you may feel a bit of foolish talking to yourcomputer screen,but reallyyoushouldn t.

16、Make believe youre speakingdirectlyto me. You ll find this will tobe extremely helpful and effective.During the course of this program, I will begin by addressing consonant sounds and then later on we ll work with vowel sounds. Now vowel sounds, as youknow, areA E I O and U, likeahh, ohh,eee,ehh, ih

17、h and ooo. And consonantsounds are basicallyall the other letters sounds, like b, ch, s, t, f, g, sh, w and of course, there are many many more sounds.The consonants that we are going to cover in this first session are the consonantR and the consonant W. Ok, ar e you ready? Here we go. Let s get sta

18、rted. Let s start with the American R.R s are everywhere. They re probably the most commonly occurring consonant sound in English. One reason for this is that R s affect vowel sounds, especially whenan R falls at the end of word or after a vowel sound as in the word CAR, or the word AIR, or the word

19、 TURN.After working with so many non-native English speakers from around the world, I believe the R sound is one of the main causes for being misunderstood in American English. Therefore, this is why I ve chosen to start out with this sound. Nowwhen some languages, like our speaking Spanish, the R i

20、s produced by bringing the tongue forward in the front of the mouth behind the upper teeth and rolling or trilling the tongue, like that. Now when some other languages, like German and French, the R is produced in the back of the throat, but this is not how we produce an R sound in the United States

21、. In American English, in order to say a clear R sound, two distinct things hafta(have to) happen. The first thing is that our mouth and lips come tightly forward as if you would be saying the OO sound. Do this with me, say OO and make sure you bringing your lips all the way forward. Say OO. That s

22、it.You see how your lips are forward ? That s what you wanna do. This is the position your mouth should be in when you producing an American R, like that, and I ll betyou know whenever I told you that. Now, the second thing is that your tongue moves back in your mouth. It doesn t come forward. It s

23、pulled back. This is probably the opposite of what you re doing right now. So, for example, in the wordRock,notice how my lips are coming forward and my tongue moves back in my mouth and I push out the R sound. Watch this: RRRock. Do with me and exaggerate the R: RRRock.Watch with my head turn:RRRoc

24、k. You see that? See how the whole bottom of my face came forward. Don t be afraid to do this. This forward mouth movement is what isgoing to give you an American R sound. It s not and it s not Rock with your lips flat.Your whole mouth really hasta( has to ) come forward. Nowlatter I recommendthat y

25、ou practise doing this in front of a mirror while watching your mouth. Really push out the R and remember to pull your tongue back. Now one way of checking if you re doing this correctly with your tongue is by actually putting your finger around an inch into your mouth while saying an R sound. Watch

26、 this, RRRock, like that. You should be able to take the tip of your finger and feel the tip of your tongue. If you do these two simple thingsbringing your mouth forward and pulling your tongue back. I m telling you your speech s going to be clear and you re going to sound so much better.Ok, we re g

27、oing to start out with R s at the beginning of words. Herewe go.Repeat after me.RockRipReachRoadRain Rich Rome Raise Robe RiceVery good. Now repeat this sentence.The round rooste r rushed into the wrong road.Very good. Now pronuncing R s like this may feel a little weird to you, but if you notice th

28、is is how most Americans talk.Ok. Now let s do R s at the end of words or after a vowel. When a foreign speaker produces R which at the end of word of follows a vowel, it s usually very weakgets not really heard and leaves the word opener unfinished, like in the word CAR. Now you may say CAR ending

29、with the A vowel. But it s not CAR. It s CAR/r/. Your tongue hasta pull back. CAR. And also your lips close a little bit in the front.The R needs to be very strong and you need to close the word. CAR _. Let s pract ise these words. Repeat after me.CarFarStarDoorBearFourAirYear( now has a high vowel

30、sound .)TurnPoorVery good. Ok. Now let s discuss R s in the middle of words.In the word Very, for example, which is a frequently used word in English. The R occurs in the middle of the word. It s not a D sound. The word is not Vedi, or Vehi, it s Ve ry. Make sure that the R sound is strong and your

31、lips are coming forward. Your tongue is back and you push out the R: Very, like that. Practise these sentences with me nice and slow. He is Very Very nice, like that. See how my lips are coming all the way forward? Next one. She is Very Very tall. Here aresomemore practice words with R in the middle

32、. Repeat after me.DirectionArrangeEraseCorrectMarryGarageOriginalHurryZeroMarineBerryOperationCaringArriveEveryoneOk. Very good. Now, R s are often combined with other consonants and form what we call R Blends. It is important to understand that the R sound is the stronggest sound of the blend and y

33、our lips often come forward before you even say the word.And example of this is the word Grape. Now notice how my mouth comes forward beforeI even say the word. Grape. Did you see that? And notice in the word Grape the R sound is strongger and you even hear it more than the G sound. Grape. Here are

34、some practice words with R Blends. First at the beginning of words. Here we go.TrainingTrustTripGreatTropicalBringPrintPresidentProductCrackerCrawlBreakOk. Now in the middle of words.SubtractWaitressNutritionAustraliaIntroduceCompressOppressionBetrayVery good. Ok now let s practise R sounds in sente

35、nces. These sentences are filled with R s. Keep the R sound strong. Don t forget to bring your mouth forward and pull your tongue back. Say these sentences with me. Here we go.The story he read on the radio was incorrect.Her career in the law firm is permanent.Richard and Brooke took a ride in their

36、 brand new Range Rover truck.Everyone will respect the Royal Family when they arrive at the airport.(Be shorter close to the word Air . It s not ai r port. It s Air, Airport, like that with strong R sound.)The trip to the Rocky Mountains will be rescheduled on Friday.Very good. Ok now let s talk abo

37、ut Wsounds. Wsounds are very similar to R sounds. The major thing to keep in mind is that in English when you see a W, it always has a W sound. Like in the word WhatAgain notice how my mouth moves forward. One way to make sure you were doing this correctly is to first say oooo with your whole mouth

38、forward, oooo, like that, and then, open and close your lips to make the Wsound, like this, ooooWaWaWa. That s how you produce a W. Wa, like that. It snever a V sound, /v/,or you re like biting down on your lower lip, never. We llbe going over V sounds in the fourth session. The reason I mention thi

39、s is because many foreign speakers, especially the German speakers say, for example, Vhat withV for the word What. Instead of saying“What will we do? , which is correct. Theymay say “Vhat vill ve do?” And that is not right and many people may not understand you. Bring your mouth forward on those W w

40、ords. What will we do. Say with me. What will we_do. Very good.Now as I said the W and the R are similar, both of them are made with your mouth in the forward position and your tongue pulled back. Your mouth should be a little bit tighter when you re saying an R. Listen to the similarities and diffe

41、rences between these R and W words.Rick - WickRight - WhiteIts not Vhite with V. Its White with W.Very good. Also be aware that the W sound occurs in some words beginning with the letter O, like in the words: One, Once. You might not be aware of this. Practise the Wwords with me. We ll start out wit

42、h Wat the beginning of words. Don t forget to bring your mouth forward at the beginning of each word.WhyWhichWhenWhatWipeWishWeightWingVery good. Ok now W in the middle of words.AlwaysAwayBewareAwakeSomeoneRewindHalloweenHollywoodNow practise these W sentences.The wind from the west was very wet. (R

43、emember Very starts with the V sound followed by a strong R. -Was very wet. Very good.)We woke up and washed the white washcloth.We waited for the waitress to give us water. _We had a wonderful time in Washington and Wisconsin.Very good. Nowwhile we are talking the Wsounds, I d like to mention Q sou

44、nds.How are Q sounds related? Well, Q sounds are made with the K/k /sound and the W sound/w/ put together. You may have known that. So, for example, the word Quick is pronunced with the K and the strong W sound. KWICK, like that. Repeat some of these words beginning with the Q sound.QuestionQuietQue

45、enQualifyQuitQuebecQuiltAnd also in the CH word ChoirVery good. Ok, here now is a paragraph which contains many R and W sounds. You may wanna practise reading this paragraph a few times . Notice how my lips come forward and all my Rs and Ws. Try to do the same thing and don t forget. Do not roll you

46、r R . Don t do that. Here we go.Ray was born in Russia. He dreamed of building the perfect roller coaster at theGrand Canyon in Arizona. He had a friend named Fred who lived in Norway. Fred sprofession was designing railroad tracks and his career involved traveling all around the world. Ray thought

47、it would be perfect if Fred designed his roller coaster ride. Fred was creative, brilliant and worked well with railroad tracks. He would be the perfect engineer for the project. The ride took two years to construct and was painted red and white. Everyone really wanted to ride the brand-new roller c

48、oaster.Very good. Nowif you strongly push out those Rs and Wswhen you practise eventually your Rs and W sounds are going to be clear and your speech will be much easier to understand.If you have the time watch the session again and practise your pronunciation along with me, then take out your traini

49、ng manual and practise on your own. All the word lists and reading passages that are on these videos are in the munual as well. I hope you enjoy our first session together. Fell free to watch this session again.I m Paul Gruber with the Pronunciation Workshop and I ll see you next time.Session TwoVoi

50、cingConsonant pairsConsonant SConsonant Z VoicingHi, welcome back. Again my name is Paul Gruber and this is the Pronunciation WorkshopsSecond Session. I hope things have been going well since we last met.I would like to just mention again there are literarlly hundreds of languages around the world a

51、nd every language has its own set of characteristics. What I ve donein this program is to address the most significant pronunciation errors made by most foreign speakers that you may find that not every lesson pertains to you individually pronunciation problem. If that s the case, well, that s great

52、 cause you ll get less to work on. But I hate you to miss out anything important.Therefore,I stilldo recommend that you watch all of the sessions in chronologicalorder fromthe first session to the last session to get the most out of this program and latter on if you feel you meed more practice, revi

53、ew the sesions which you feel may need more attention.Ok. Let s get started with today s session. In this video, we re going to talk about Voicing. We ll also talk about Consonant Pairs and what they are and then we ll cover S sounds and Z sounds. Ok, here we go.Voicing. You re going to hear me say

54、this word a lot and you need to understand what it is what I m talking about. All speech sounds , all of them are either voiced or unvoiced. Now, what did that mean? Well, first, let s take a look at this video. It may lo ok a little bit disgusting . Do you have any idea what it is. It s looklike so

55、mething that is opening and closing. I ll give you a hint. You ve got pair of these and you use them when you speak. Any idea? Those were vocal chords. Vocal chords are those tiny muscles that are right here when your throat that vibrates quickly and creat sound and that sound is your voice that you

56、 can easily make you vocal chords vibrate by just saying AH. That s it. That s voicing. Voicing is when your cocal chords are vibrating, producing a sound, and you can feel the vibrations if you put your hand right here on your throat. Do this with me. Put your hand on your throat and now let s loud

57、 say AH. Do you feel the vibration? Those your vocal chords vibrating. Now all vowel sounds are voiced A, Oh, OO, AE, EE . You can not produce a vowel sound without voicing it. Nothing would come out.You see? You need voicing. AH. So all vowels are voiced. Now, consonants are completely different st

58、ory. Some consonants are voiced and some consonants are not voiced. And manyconsonants are what we call paired. So, let s talk about Paired Consonants. Let s look at the sound. The letter P makes /pAre your vocal chords vibrating when you re saying the sound?/pou feeling vibrations in your throat?No

59、, your vocal chords now are not producing a sound so therefore the P sound is what we call unvoiced because there is no voicing. And this is the sign that I mgoing to make when there s no voicing.So now let s look at the same sound the P sound /pBut this time we ll add voicing by vibrating our vocal

60、 chords. Nowwe won t change the thing with our mouth. We ll keep that the same, we ll just add voicing. So what happens to the P sound /pIt becomes a B sound. Watch again. P no voicing, /p/b/-B, voicing. /p/-/b/.You see that everything here stays the same. The only differences my vocal chords are ei