怎么说一口纯正的英国腔？（下）

Part 4

第四部分

Pronunciation

发音

Observe that some words are pronounced as written.

有一些单词的发音就像它们的写法一样。

The word "herb" should be pronounced with an H sound. The word "been" is pronounced "bean", rather than "bin" or "ben". For RP, "Again" and "renaissance" are pronounced like "a gain" and "run nay seance", with the "ai" as in "pain", not "said." The words ending in "body" are pronounced as written, like "any body", not "any buddy." But use a British short O sound.

“Herb”这个单词应该发“H”音。“Been”应该发成“bean”，而不是“bin”或者“ben”。在RP中，“Again”和“Renaissance”要被发成“a gain”和“run nay seance”，“ai”要用“pain”中的“ai”来发，而不是“said”中的“ai”。用“body”结尾的单词要按照写法来发音，比如“anybody”不能被发成“any buddy”。并且使用英式的短o音。

Observe that H is not always pronounced.

“H”并不是始终发声。

The "H" is pronounced in the word "herb," in contrast erb. However, in many British accents, the H at the beginning of a word is often omitted, such as in many Northern accents and the Cockney accent.

“H”在“herb”这个单词中发音，而不是发成“erb”。然而，在很多英式口音当中，单词开头的“H”经常被遗漏，比如在很多北方口音和伦敦地区口音中。

Part 5

第五部分

Listening and copying

多听，多模仿

Listen to the "music" of the language.

听出语言的“音乐性”。

All accents and dialects have their own musicality. Pay attention to the tones and emphasis of British speakers. Sir Johnathan Ive is a good example, listen to his accent at Apple revealings. Do sentences generally end on a higher note, the same, or lower? How much variation is there in tone throughout a typical sentence? There is a huge variation between regions with tonality. British speech, especially RP, usually varies much less within a sentence than American English, and the general tendency is to go down slightly towards the end of a phrase. However, Liverpool and north-east England are notable exceptions!

所有口音和方言都有它们自己的音乐性。注意英国人发音的音调和重音。乔纳森·伊夫先生就是一个很好的例子。听他在苹果发布会上的口音。他的句子是以更高的音调、同样的音调，还是更低的音调结尾的？在一句典型的美式发音的句子中，有多少种音调上的变化？句子不同部分的调性有着巨大的差别。英式演讲，特别是用RP发音的那些，相对于美式英语来说通常只有少量的音调上的变化，并且越靠近句末音调往往会稍稍降低。然而，利物浦和东北部英格兰是出了名的例外！

For example, instead of saying, "is he going to the STORE?" Say, "is he GOING to the store?" Have the question descending in tone as opposed to ascending in tone (going up in tone is more common in American or Australian English).举个例子吧，在“is he going to the store?”

这句话里，不要把重音放在“store”，而是放在“going”，让这个问句的语调降低而不是升高（语调升高在美式英语和澳洲口音中更为常见）。

Immerse yourself in the British culture; this means surround yourself with individuals that speak, live, walk and talk British English.

将你自己放入一个英式英语的环境中去：这表示你会将自己置身于一个所有人都用英式英语说话、生活、行走和交流的地方。

It's the surest way to learn a British accent quickly. Soon, you'll find yourself naturally able to speak with the variations above. Anything with a British speaker will work—try listening to the BBC (which provides free radio and television newscasts on the web) songs with British singers, or movies with British characters.

这毋庸置疑是学会英式口音最快捷的方式。不久，你就会发现你自然而然地说起了英式英语，对于以上那些口音中的变化也手到擒来了。任何说英式英语的人都能给你提供帮助——你可以尝试听BBC（英国广播之声），它会提供免费的无线电广播和网络电视新闻，还有英国歌手演唱的歌曲，或者英国演员演的电影。