GIRL 和 WORLD的正确发音 How to pronounce GIRL & WORLD

大家好，欢迎来到IT知识分享网。

Well, hey there, I’m Emma from mmmEnglish!

Today we’re going to go through the pronunciation of these tricky words.

大家好哇，我是Emma，欢迎来到Emma的美味英语！

今天我们要学习这些复杂词汇的发音。

Do you find any of them difficult?

But before we do that, I want to tell you about the community tab right here inside Youtube.

你觉得这些单词难不难啊？

但是在那之前呢，我想要和你说一下Youtube的社区分享功能。

Now if you’re a subscriber, you probably already know about this.

You’ve probably already seen some of my posts, some of my pictures.

It’s a cool way that we can hang out a little bit more.

如果你已经订阅了我的频道的话，你很可能已经知道了。

你可能已经看到了我的一些推送，还有我发的一些照片。

这是个很棒棒的方式，我们可以进行更进一步的交流。

Now I have to admit that I find social media a little overwhelming.

Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, everywhere.

不过我得承认，我觉得社交媒体有点令不知所措。

脸书啊，Ins啊，推特啊，Snapchat，都是这样的。

So I was really, really glad when YouTube created a space where we can hang out together and I can share pictures and I can ask you for recommendations and show you some behind the scenes sort of stuff.

So to be honest, I would much rather be here chatting with you guys.

所以当油管开辟了这样一个空间，可以让我们一起玩耍，我可以分享照片，询问大家的意见，给大家看一下幕后的一些事情的时候，我真的超级超级开心的呢。

说实话，我更喜欢在这里和大家侃大山。

This is where I spend all of my time and this is where I want to hang out with you.

In fact, this lesson today came from my YouTube community.

我把我所有的时间花在了这里，所以我也想在这里和大家交流。

事实上，今天的课程灵感来源于我的油管社区。

I asked you what were some difficult words to pronounce and Puji suggested: ‘girl’, ‘world’ and other words that have RL in them.

So thanks for the recommendation, Puji!

我询问了大家比较难发音的一些单词，Puji说，“girl”、“world”还有那些里面有RL的单词是最难的。感谢你的建议哦，Puji！

Okay, back to the lesson! What do all of these words have in common?

好的，回到正题！这些词汇都有什么共同点呢？

The R and the L at the end and also the vowel sound.

Yes, all of these words have different vowel letters but we know that that doesn’t mean much in English, right?

后面有R和L，加上元音。

是的，这些单词都有不同的元音字母，但是我们都知道，这在英文中没什么太大不同，对吧？

These vowel letters are all pronounced in exactly the same way, with the /ɜː/ vowel sound. So this is where your eyes start playing tricks on you in English.

这些元音字母的发音都是相同的，都有/ɜː/这个元音。

所以你的眼睛就会在这里捉弄一下你啦。

You see different vowel letters and so you try to pronounce them differently.

Don’t! This sound is the same for all of them.

你看到的是不同的元音字母，所以你就想发不同的音。

不要！他们的音都是相同的。

To make this sound, your tongue is flat in your mouth.

The front of it, the front of your tongue should be behind your bottom teeth like this.

想要发这个音的话，你的舌头应该是平的。

舌头的前端应该在下牙后面，就像这样。

If the sound still doesn’t sound right, try pushing your lower jaw out a little further to lengthen your tongue.

Next, we need to tackle the RL consonant cluster.

如果这个音听起来还不太对劲的话，试着将你的下颌往外推一点点，让你的舌头更长一点。

接下来呢，我们需要解决一下RL辅音丛的问题。

A consonant cluster is when two or more consonants are together in a word and they can be difficult to pronounce.

Often consonants are much easier when there is a vowel sound between them, right?

辅音丛是一个单词中连着出现两个或者两个以上的辅音的情况，而且它们很难发音。

一般来说，如果在两个辅音之中有一个原因的话，发音会简单一点，对吧？

But this cluster is actually pronounced differently by different native English speakers.

So this could be part of the reason why this word is difficult for you.

但是不同的英语母语者发这个辅音丛的方式存在着差异。

所以这可能是为什么这个单词对你而言很难发音的原因之一。

You keep hearing it being pronounced in different ways and now you’re a bit confused!

When listening to standard American pronunciation, you’ll hear both of these consonant sounds.

你一直听到它的发音方式都是不同的，所以就感到有点点困惑！

当听的是标准美式发音的时候，这两个辅音都可以听到。

While when you’re listening to standard British or Australian pronunciation, you won’t hear that /r/ consonant sound.

I’m going to ask my brother-in-law Alan to help me to demonstrate this.

当你听的是标准英式英语或者是澳大利亚发音的时候，你听不到那个/r/ 音。

我要去让我姐夫Alan帮我演示一下。

You remember him from this video, right? He’s American.

你在这个视频中见过他，是吧？他是美国人。

Hey Alan, can you say ‘girl’ for me? Girl.

嘿Alan，你能帮我说一下“girl”吗？Girl。

Great! Now use it in a sentence. There is a very pretty girl walking down the street.

很棒！现在造个句吧。有一个非常漂亮的女孩在街上走。

Perfect! Thanks, that’s all I need. So you just heard Alan really pronounce that /r/ sound.

完美！谢谢你啦！所以你刚刚听到Alan确实把/r/音给发出来了。

In fact, the vowel sound is hardly there at all! Girl.

其实呢，这里的元音基本上听不到！Girl。

Now this is not how I pronounce it at all.

In British English and Australian English, this R is silent.

好的，但是我并不是这么发音的。

在英式英语和澳大利亚英语中，字母 R 是不发音的。

and it’s the vowel sound that is much clearer.

Girl. So I’ll be teaching in this lesson with my accent.

所以元音听起来会更加清晰。

Girl。所以本节课程我会用我的澳大利亚口音来教大家的。

I won’t be doing any rubbish American impersonations, but if you’re really keen to learn to pronounce this word in an American accent, I’ve added a few extra links in the description to American English pronunciation lessons that I recommend you try. Okay, so let’s get started!

我不会说蹩脚的美式英语，但是如果你们真的很想学习这个词的美式发音的话，我会在描述区给大家甩几个我比较推荐的美式英语课程链接。

好的，让我们开始吧！

Girl. So starting with the consonant sound.

Girl。先开始说辅音。

Now this sound is made right at the back of the mouth.

By blocking the throat with the back of the tongue.

这个音是嘴巴的后部分发出来的。用舌头的后部分封住咽喉。

So moving into the vowel sound.

Notice that my tongue doesn’t move, it doesn’t change position to the consonant sound.

好的，接下来是元音。

注意哦，我的舌头没有移动，所以发这个辅音的位置并没有改变。

It just stays with the vowel sound.

Nice! Now we need to move to the /l/ sound and we do that by lifting the tip of the tongue up so that it’s behind the top teeth.

还是和发元音的位置是相同的。

很棒！现在我们需要处理/l/音了，我们通过翘起舌尖来发这个音，所以舌头是在上牙后面的。

The girl is waiting by the door. Is that your girlfriend?

这个女孩在门边等待。那是你的女朋友吗？

Curl. The /k/ consonant is the unvoiced pair of the /g/ sound.

卷发。/k/是/g/ 所对应的清辅音。

So actually, your tongue, your throat, everything is in the same position.

It’s just that one sound is voiced made with your vocal cords, and the other is unvoiced and it’s made with air.

你的舌头，你的咽喉都是在相同的位置。

其中浊辅音是用声带发出来的，另外一个清辅音是是通过空气发音的。

See that my tongue is staying in exactly the same position. It doesn’t change.

Now moving to the /l/ sound, we need to lift the tip of the tongue so that it’s touching behind the top teeth.

看我的舌头还是保持在相同的位置，并没有改变。

现在到了/l/音了，我们需要翘起舌尖，让它触碰到上牙后面。

She helps her grandmother to curl her hair. Let’s try another.

她帮助祖母卷头发。让我们来试一下另一个。

Pearl. And add the vowel.

珍珠。然后加上元音。

Move to the /l/ sound by lifting the tongue up to the top of her mouth, behind your teeth.

She had a beautiful pair of pearl earrings.

通过翘起舌头到嘴巴的上方、舌头后面，就可以发出/l/音了。她戴着一堆漂亮的珍珠耳环。

World. This one’s a little trickier.

世界。这个有点点难。

Starting with the consonant sound, watch my lips.

See how they come together in a tight circle and it’s a voiced sound made with your vocal cords.

首先说辅音，注意观察我的嘴唇。

看看它们是如何凑到一起形成一个小圆圈，而且这是一个用声带发生的浊辅音。

Now add the vowel sound.

It’s exactly the same as this word here, ‘were’.

现在加上元音吧。

它和“were”这个单词完全一样。

Now do exactly as we did before, flip your tongue up to the top of your mouth, behind your teeth.

Now you’re saying ‘whirl’ and this means to spin around and around and around, really quickly, ‘whirl’.

好的，和我们之前做的一样，弹起舌头到口腔上方，牙齿后方。

你现在说的是“whirl”，这个单词的意思是一直旋转，而且是非常快速地旋转。

So we need to finish with the /d/ consonant sound, right?

At the end of ‘whirl’, my tongue is up behind my teeth.

所以我们需要以/d/音结束，对吧？

在“whirl”这个单词的最后，我的舌头是在牙齿后面的。

Whirl. And the rest of my tongue, the sides of my tongue, it’s not touching anything.

旋转。我的舌头的其他部分，也就是舌头的侧面，没有碰到任何东西。

For the /d/ sound, you’ll need to close the gap with the edges of your tongue here at the top of your mouth.

Try to catch the sound and then release it.

Your teeth will naturally come up closer together as you try to do this.

而/d/音呢，你需要用舌头边缘关上你口腔上方的缝隙。

试着发一下这个音，然后释放。当你这么做的时候，你的牙齿会自然而然地变得更加贴近。

So try to exaggerate the movement that’s happening in your jaw.

Your jaw is extending down and out to make the sound.

试着放大你下巴的动作。你的下巴正在向下延伸，向外发出这个声音。

Remember if that sound is – if your jaw is too close to your neck, you’ll make a different sound.

So that movement and that length in your jaw is gonna help you to make the correct sound.

记住，如果那个声音是——如果你的下巴离脖子太近的话，你会发出不同的声音。

你的下巴的动作和长度刚好可以帮你发出正确的声音。

The whole world is watching. It’s the most beautiful place in the world.

整个世界都在看着呢，这是全世界最美的地方。

Should we keep going with some more examples? Why not?

我们应该继续练习几个例子吗？为什么不呢？

Hurl. So you might be thinking what on earth is ‘hurl’?

猛扔。你可能在想到底什么是“hurl”呢？

It’s actually a really useful word.

It means to throw something and usually with a lot of force, usually in an angry or a violent way.

这是一个非常有用的词。

它的意思是把某些东西给扔了，通常是非常用力地扔，带着愤怒，非常暴力。

He hurled the lamp across the room. A really strong violent way.

他把灯扔到了房间的另一边。非常猛烈，非常暴力。

Add the vowel. Okay, so that’s this word, ‘her’.

加上元音。好的，那就是这个词，“her”。

Then you need to add the /l/ so the tip of the tongue comes up, and you’ll often hear ‘hurl’ used in these collocations, ‘to hurl abuse’ or ‘to hurl insults’.

So this means to throw insults or abuse at someone, to yell at them really loudly.

然后你需要加上/l/，这时候舌尖翘起，你一般会在这些固定搭配中听到“hurl”，比如说“辱骂”。

它们的意思是对某个人疯狂辱骂，非常大声地朝他们吼叫。

To hurl abuse at someone.

He hurled abuse at the waiter as he was dragged out of the restaurant.

辱骂某人。

在他被拖出餐厅的时候，他大声辱骂服务员。

Ready to try a more complex sentence?

Let’s try and put a few of these words together.

准备好挑战更复杂的句子了吗？

让我们试着把这几个单词放到一起吧。

The world watched as the girl with the curly hair hurled pearls across the room.

The world watched as the girl with the curly hair hurled pearls across the room.

当卷发女孩把珍珠扔到房间另一边的时候，整个世界都在一旁观看。

当卷发女孩把珍珠扔到房间另一边的时候，整个世界都在一旁观看。

Can you think of any other words with this combination of letters in them?

Try to write a sentence with these words in the comments to help everyone else to practise here. Write it in the comments.

你能想到其他的单词，里面有这些字母组合吗？

试着在评论区用这些单词造句吧，帮助其他人进行练习。写在评论处吧。

So depending on your native language you will find one way of pronouncing these words a little easier than the other.

Perhaps the American ‘girl’ is easier for you or maybe the British pronunciation ‘girl’.

取决于你的母语，你会找到更简单的发音方式。

也许美式英语“女孩”对你而言更加简单，也可能英式发音“女孩”更加简单。

Whatever! It really doesn’t matter.

My advice is to experiment with both pronunciations and then just do what feels easiest and most comfortable for you.

不管咋的！都没关系的。

我的建议是试验一下这两种发音，然后找出自己觉得最简单，说起来最舒服的那种。

Both pronunciations are acceptable and the most important thing is that you are understood and that you feel comfortable making these sounds.

So do whatever helps you to feel most comfortable.

这两种发音都是可以接受的，最重要的事情是你说的别人能够理解，你发音的时候感觉到很舒服。说那种你觉得最舒服的就可以。

So that’s it for this pronunciation lesson, if you want to keep practising your pronunciation with me, then check out these lessons right here.

Make sure you hit subscribe if you haven’t subscribed already and I’ll see you in the next lesson.

这就是本节发音课的全部内容啦，如果你想要继续一起练习发音的话，那就检查一下这里的课程吧。

如果你还没有订阅的话，记得一定要点击订阅按钮哦，下节课程见。

Bye for now!

再见啦！