Our question today is how do I  pronounce the word laboratory,  

and that is a place for scientific exploration.  So quick tip first, if this word is too difficult  

to say you can just say lab for short  and everyone is going to understand you.

So to say the word lab correctly start with  the l: tip of the tongue is behind the top  

front teeth, lips are kind of pulled back,  make sure you don't pucker them. We do not  

want that. And then we are going to move to  that short a sound wide open circle mouth,  

tip of the tongue down, back of the tongue pulled  way high up, and then end with the b, close the  

lips and the air puffs out of the mouth. lab lab lab 

so again you can stop watching  the video if that works for you,  

but if you want to say the longer word,  let's get into the rest of the lesson. 

So we're going to talk about four syllables lab ra  tor ee labra tori laboratory laboratory laboratory

So to do this we're going to start with the  lab, and then we're going to say ra. To do  

this for the r sound think of square tense lips,  you don't want to pucker your lips too much,  

you don't want to smile too much, you want them  square and tense, the tip of your tongue will  

either be pointing down or flipped back, as long  as the back of that tongue is pulled way high up  

towards the roof of the mouth, and is nice and  tense. Then we're going to relax the mouth and  

add that short uh sound. That schwa sound labra  labra labra then we're going to move to the tor.  

To do this touch the tip of the tongue to  the back of the top front teeth for the t,  

the air puffs out, then we're going to  pucker, and then move to the r: or or  

tore and then smile because it's all over,  you're finished, and add that nice long e.

Let's put it all together labra  tour e laborator e laboratory  

laboratory laboratory  laboratory laboratory laboratory 

And now for a sentence: The scientist spent many hours in his laboratory. 

And if you want to be quicker about it you can  say The scientist spent many hours in his lab. 

So give it a try people are going to notice the  difference if you found this helpful we'd love  

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