You can't sound natural speaking American English if you never use contractions.

如果你從來不用收縮詞，就聽不出美式英語的自然口語。

We are out of bananas and milk.

我們沒有香蕉和牛奶了。

We're out of bananas and milk.

我們沒有香蕉和牛奶了。

We are out. That's not natural.

我們被淘汰了。這是不自然的。

We're out! That's natural.

我們出局了！這是自然的。

Today, we're going to work on accent training when it comes to contractions

今天，我們要進行口音訓練，當它涉及到收縮的時候

and we're going to focus specifically on one kind: N apostrophe T contractions.

而我們要特別關注的是一種。N個引號T的收縮詞

These are the 'not' contractions and there are a lot of them,

這些都是'不'的收縮，而且有很多。

and three different ways to pronounce them.

以及三種不同的發音方式。

Actually, four.

其實，四個。

Do you know all of them?

你都認識嗎？

We're going to go over everything to make sure you know the most natural pronunciations,

我們要把所有的事情都做一遍，確保你知道最自然的發音。

so as you learn English, you'll learn the best spoken English.

所以在學習英語的過程中，你會學到最好的英語口語。

And then we'll quiz you to make sure you get it.

然後我們會考考你，確保你明白。

As always, if you like this video, or you learned something new,

和往常一樣，如果你喜歡這個視頻，或者你學到了新的東西。

please like and subscribe with notifications.

請點贊和訂閱通知。

First, let me name all of the N apostrophe T contractions that we have in English,

首先，讓我說出我們英語中所有的N個引號T的收縮詞。

then we'll go over all the different ways they can be pronounced.

那麼我們就來介紹一下它們的不同發音方式。

We have: isn't, aren't, wasn't, weren't, haven't, hasn't, hadn't,

我們有：是不是，是不是，是不是，是不是，有沒有，有沒有，有沒有。

won't, don't, didn't, doesn't, wouldn't, couldn't, shouldn't, and can't.

不會，不要，沒有，沒有，不會，不會，不能，不應該，也不能。

That's a lot, isn't it?

這也太多了吧？

First we're going to take don't as our study word.

首先我們要把不要作為我們的學習詞語。

Do not. Don't.

別這樣 Do not.不要，不要

Don't do that.

不要這樣做。

Don't say that.

別這麼說

Don't follow me.

不要跟著我。

Don't cry.

別哭了

The pronunciation you probably learned for these words is: don't,

這些詞的發音你可能學會了，就是：不要。

which is what I was just saying when I listed the words, don't, with a full T sound.

這就是我剛才列舉的，不要，帶全T音的詞。

That's actually the least common pronunciation.

這其實是最不常見的發音。

A more common pronunciation is what I did in those sample sentences, don't cry.

比較常見的發音是我在這些例句中的做法，不要哭。

And that's a stop T. Don't. Don't. Don't cry.

這是一個停止T，不要。別哭別哭了

It's not that it's dropped, that would be don--, but it's: don't, don't, that abrupt stop of air,

不是說掉了，那是唐--，而是：不要，不要，那突然停止的空氣。

that signifies us the stop T, we just don't release it. Don't. Don't. Don't cry. Don't bother.

這標誌著我們的停止T，我們只是不釋放它。不要放Don't. Don't.別哭了不要打擾。

Let's go to Youglish and look at an example of the phrase: don't bother, with a stop T.

我們去優衣庫看一個例子，這句話是：別費勁了，帶句號T。

Don't bother. Don't bother.

別費心了別費心了

Do you hear that stop? It's not: don't bother,

你聽到停了嗎？不是的：不用管了。

and it's also not: don bother. It's: don't bother.

也不是：別費心了。而是：不要麻煩。

We would never say it: don't bother, unless we were really exaggerating.

我們絕對不會說：不用了，除非我們真的很誇張。

Don't bother.

不用了

It's a stop. Don't, don't, don't bother.

這是一個停止。不要，不要，不要打擾。

Let's look at: don't do.

我們來看一下：不要做。

Do you hear that stop T?

你聽到那個停T了嗎？

Don't do-- So clear. Don't do.

不要做... ... 這麼清楚。不要做。

Can you do that?

你能做到嗎？

Can you stop the air? Don't do.

你能不能把空氣停下來？不要這樣做。

Don't do. Don't do it.

不要做。不要這樣做。

So the true T, almost never done.

所以，真正的T，幾乎沒有做過。

The stop T, very common.

漲停的T，很常見。

But you know what else is common?

但你知道還有什麼是共同的嗎？

Dropping the T sound completely. No T at all, no stop, just the N.

把T音完全丟掉。完全沒有T音，沒有停頓，只有N音。

We already looked at don't bother with a stop T.

我們已經看了不要費力的停止T。

Now let's look at an example with a dropped T.

現在我們來看一個帶掉T的例子。

Don—bother. Right from the N to the B with no stop, no break, no T.

別擔心 從N到B，不停歇，不休息，不T。

This is another common pronunciation.

這是另一種常見的發音。

Let's look at three examples of: 'don't need' with a stop T, and three with no T.

我們來看三個例子。"don't need "有一個停頓的T，還有三個沒有T的。

First, the stop T.

首先，停止T。

Now, with no T sound at all. A dropped T.

現在，完全沒有T音了。一個掉了的T音。

By the way, I'm going to the website Youglish here.

對了，我這裡要去優格英語網站。

You can type in any phrase and get a lot of examples of places where these phrases pop up on YouTube.

你可以輸入任何短語，並得到很多例子，這些短語在YouTube上出現的地方。

When should you drop the N?

什麼時候應該放棄N？

And when should you not drop the N?

那什麼時候不應該掉N呢？

You know, there are no rules here. You can do either one.

你知道，這裡沒有規則。你可以做任何一個。

Whether the next sound is a consonant, don't mean, or don't mean, or a vowel, don't even, or don't even.

不管下一個音是輔音、別字、別字，還是元音、別連、別連。

You'll hear examples of both.

你會聽到這兩方面的例子。

Here are some phrases where I'm going to drop the T.

下面是一些我要掉T的短語。

I don't even know.

我都不知道

I won't even be here.

我甚至不會在這裡。

Dropped T.

滴滴T。

Another common pronunciation of N apostrophe T contractions.

另一種常見的發音是N引號T的收縮。

That leaves us with one more pronunciation: CH.

這樣我們就多了一個讀音。CH.

When a word that ends in a T is followed by the word 'you' or 'your' or this 'you're',

當一個以T結尾的詞後面跟著'你'或'你的'或這個'你是'。

we sometimes make that T a CH sound when we link.

我們有時會在連接時發出T一CH的聲音。

Don't you think so? Don't you, don't you, ch—

你不這麼認為嗎？你不覺得嗎，你不覺得嗎？

Do you hear that CH? Don't you?

你聽到了嗎？你沒聽到嗎？

The N is still there, but the T is now a CH sound.

N還在，但T現在是CH音。

Won't your boss be upset? Won't your— ch ch ch-- won't your—

你的老闆不會生氣嗎？你的... 你的... 你的...

Now, we're going to look at 'don't you' three ways:

現在，我們要從三個方面來看'不要你'。

with a CH, with a stop T, and dropped.

與CH，與停止T，並下降。

Now, we're going to quiz you.

現在，我們要考考你。

The more you understand what you're hearing, not just the words, but

你越是瞭解你所聽到的東西，不僅僅是文字，而是。

how the words are pronounced and used in a sentence,

詞在句子中的讀音和用法。

the more natural you'll sound when you're speaking English.

當你說英語的時候，你會聽起來越自然。

So you'll hear a contraction, you'll figure out which of the four pronunciations you hear.

所以你會聽到一個收縮，你會找出你聽到的四個發音中的哪一個。

First, it'll be a little bit easier. You'll hear each example three times:

首先，它會有點簡單。每個例子你會聽三遍。

once at regular pace, once in slow motion,

一次是常規速度，一次是慢動作。

and once again, at regular pace.

並再次以正常的速度。

We'll go over the answers at the end of the video.

我們在視頻的最後再來看看答案。

This is a 10-question quiz.

這是一道10題的問答題。

And now, a quiz that's a little tougher.

而現在，一個更難的測驗。

You'll hear each example twice but no slow motion version.

每個例子你都會聽到兩次，但沒有慢動作版本。

Now, let's check your answers.

現在，讓我們來檢查你的答案。

You'll hear each segment five times with the answer on screen.

每段話你都會聽五遍，螢幕上有答案。

See if you can hear the right T pronunciation and hear how they're all different.

看看你能不能聽出T的正確發音，聽聽他們都有什麼不同。

Maybe repeat out loud the last couple of times.

也許大聲重複最後幾遍。

Try out these different pronunciations to sound more natural.

試試這些不同的發音，聽起來更自然。

Now, a great exercise for you to do is take one of the words, and add one more word to it, like: isn't it?

現在，你可以做一個很好的練習，就是把其中的一個字，再加一個字，比如：是不是？

Or isn't that? Then go to Youglish, plug it in, and just hit that next arrow over and over,

還是不是這樣？那就去優衣庫，插上它，然後反覆打那個下一個箭頭就行了。

listening to 10, maybe 20 examples.

聽10個，也許20個例子。

You'll notice a lot of stop T's, and a lot of dropped T's,

你會注意到很多停T的，還有很多掉T的。

and it's a great way to get native-like pronunciations of these contractions.

而且它是一個很好的方法來獲得這些收縮詞的類似母語的發音。

Don't rely on what you learned before. What you learned was isn't, isn't, but it's isn't, stop T, that's right.

不要依賴你以前學到的東西。你學的是不是，不是，但它是不是，停止T，這是對的。

I make new videos on the English language every Tuesday here on YouTube,

我每週二都會在YouTube上製作關於英語的新視頻。

all aimed at helping you sound more natural and be more confident speaking American English.

所有的目的都是為了幫助你聽起來更自然，更自信的說美式英語。

Please subscribe with notifications and keep your studies up right now with this next video.

請用通知訂閱，並在接下來的視頻中保持你的學習狀態。

Also check out my academy if you really want to focus step by step on improving your spoken English.

如果你真的想一步步專注於提高自己的英語口語，也可以看看我的學院。

Rachel's English Academy.

瑞秋英語學院。

That's it, and thanks so much for using Rachel's English!

就這樣，非常感謝大家使用瑞秋英語!