Repeat-After-Me + Shadowing: Assimilations — Transcript

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1. 0:00Hey guys, and welcome back to another
2. 0:01shadowing practice, or welcome if you're
3. 0:03new here to my channel. My name is
4. 0:05Claire and I am a native speaker from
5. 0:08the United States, and I'm an online
6. 0:10English teacher. If you want to work on
7. 0:12your pronunciation or accent in American
8. 0:15English, I also specialize in the
9. 0:17International Phonetic Alphabet as a
10. 0:20trained opera singer. So, I have studied
11. 0:22multiple languages and specifically the
12. 0:25pronunciation of different sounds and
13. 0:28how to achieve an authentic sound in
14. 0:30different languages. So, I can help you
15. 0:33do the same with a standard American
16. 0:35English accent. Now, I've done a lot of
17. 0:37shadowing practice videos cuz it is one
18. 0:39of the best ways to work on your
19. 0:42pronunciation, but also your overall
20. 0:44fluency of the language. And so, usually
21. 0:47the tips I point out in these types of
22. 0:49videos has to do with connected speech.
23. 0:52And that is the natural way that native
24. 0:54speakers end up speaking in English. And
25. 0:57in particular, I'm going to talk about
26. 0:58one term in connected speech, which we
27. 1:00call assimilation. Assimilation is when
28. 1:05one sound changes because of a
29. 1:08neighboring sound. So, if we have a
30. 1:11combination of certain sounds in
31. 1:13English, assimilation sometimes will
32. 1:16happen. So, one sound will completely
33. 1:19change. As I said, this is a form of
34. 1:21connected speech and there are a couple
35. 1:23different instances of assimilation that
36. 1:26we can look at. So, in our shadowing
37. 1:28practice today, I will point out these
38. 1:31different types of assimilation so that
39. 1:33you can work on your English speaking to
40. 1:36sound more natural, more fluent. Okay,
41. 1:40let's go.
42. 1:41>> English made easy with
43. 1:42[singing and music] Claire.
44. 1:46>> All right. So, as always, first listen
45. 1:48and then repeat after me, and then we
46. 1:51will shadow later.
47. 1:54I was waiting in line at the train
48. 1:56station cafe, looking at the departure
49. 1:58screen.
50. 2:00Your turn.
51. 2:09I was waiting in line at the train
52. 2:11station cafe, looking at the departure
53. 2:13screen,
54. 2:21which was riddled with delays.
55. 2:28Which was riddled with delays.
56. 2:36I thought, "Can't you just be on time
57. 2:38for once?"
58. 2:46I thought, "Can't you just be on time
59. 2:48for once?"
60. 2:56Don't you hate it when public transport
61. 2:58is delayed?
62. 3:05Don't you hate it when public transport
63. 3:07is delayed?
64. 3:14Okay, so in this first section of our
65. 3:16story, we have the first instance of
66. 3:19assimilation, when a T sound is followed
67. 3:23by a y sound, which is very often
68. 3:28represented by the letter Y in English.
69. 3:31And when we have these two sounds next
70. 3:33to each other, it creates a new sound
71. 3:36completely, which is often represented
72. 3:39by ch in English. So, the ch
73. 3:43sound.
74. 3:44Okay, so we don't have can't you,
75. 3:48but can't you.
76. 3:51Can't you.
77. 3:53Can't you just be on time for once?
78. 3:56And we also see it with don't plus you.
79. 4:01It's not don't you, but don't you.
80. 4:06Don't you hate it?
81. 4:08Don't you?
82. 4:10Okay, so this isn't slang or lazy
83. 4:14speaking. It is actually just a natural
84. 4:17way of speaking. So it is perfectly
85. 4:20normal in any situation to use this kind
86. 4:24of pronunciation when speaking. So now
87. 4:27let's shadow this first paragraph. So
88. 4:30you're going to say it at the same time
89. 4:32as me matching my speech. Ready?
90. 4:36I was waiting in line at the train
91. 4:38station cafe looking at the departure
92. 4:41screen
93. 4:42which was riddled with delays.
94. 4:45I thought
95. 4:46can't you just be on time for once?
96. 4:49Don't you hate it when public transport
97. 4:51is delayed? As we go through this
98. 4:54practice, you can also build your
99. 4:56vocabulary through these stories. So
100. 4:59another great benefit of shadowing
101. 5:01practice is not only getting to speak
102. 5:05naturally, but I also try and use idioms
103. 5:09or common phrases or phrasal verbs in
104. 5:12these stories so that you guys can see
105. 5:15them and how they're used in context and
106. 5:17build your vocabulary with anything
107. 5:19that's new to you. So for example, we
108. 5:22have that the departure screen was
109. 5:25riddled with delays. And if something is
110. 5:28riddled with something, it means that
111. 5:31there are delays all over the screen. So
112. 5:35if something is covered in something or
113. 5:38there is just a lot of something
114. 5:40on something, you could say it's riddled
115. 5:44with that thing. I'll be sure to point
116. 5:46out any other vocabulary like this as we
117. 5:49go on. Before we do move on, if you're
118. 5:51enjoying this practice so far, do give
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126. 6:09member of my channel. Okay, repeat after
127. 6:12me. After ordering at the cafe, my
128. 6:14number was finally called.
129. 6:23And again, after ordering at the cafe,
130. 6:26my number was finally called.
131. 6:33And the server asked, "Did you order the
132. 6:35large iced latte?"
133. 6:42And the server asked, "Did you order the
134. 6:45large iced latte?"
135. 6:54I nodded and realized my train was
136. 6:56arriving.
137. 7:03I nodded and realized my train was
138. 7:05arriving.
139. 7:11She added, "Would you like a receipt?"
140. 7:19She added, "Would you like a receipt?"
141. 7:26But I was in a rush, so I shook my head
142. 7:29and took off.
143. 7:36But I was in a rush, so I shook my head
144. 7:39and took off.
145. 7:46Okay, here we have when a word ends with
146. 7:49a d, so the d sound and is followed by
147. 7:53this y sound. So, just like in the
148. 7:55phrase did you, when we have the d and y
149. 8:00sound next to each other, this creates a
150. 8:03new sound sounding like j. So, not did
151. 8:07you, but did you.
152. 8:11Did you?
153. 8:13Did you order the large iced latte? And
154. 8:16we also have would and you next to each
155. 8:19other. So, it sounds like would you?
156. 8:23Would you?
157. 8:26Would you like a receipt? All right, and
158. 8:28before we shadow this section, I want to
159. 8:31point out the vocabulary. I nodded.
160. 8:36And that means to move your head up and
161. 8:38down to indicate yes. And we also have I
162. 8:42shook my head. Which means to move your
163. 8:45head from side to side, which indicates
164. 8:49no. And we also have the phrasal verb to
165. 8:53take off in the context of I took off.
166. 8:56And that means I left. Usually implying
167. 8:59that you're leaving in a hurry, right? I
168. 9:02took off. I had to go quickly, so I took
169. 9:04off. Okay, shadow me. Here we go.
170. 9:07After ordering at the cafe, my number
171. 9:10was finally called and the server asked,
172. 9:13"Did you order the large iced latte?"
173. 9:17I nodded and realized my train was
174. 9:19arriving.
175. 9:20She added, "Would you like a receipt?"
176. 9:24But I was in a rush, so I shook my head
177. 9:27and took off. Okay, repeat after me. The
178. 9:30train was really full, but luckily there
179. 9:32was one more seat left to sit.
180. 9:42>> The train was really full, but luckily,
181. 9:45there was one more seat left to sit.
182. 9:54I had brought my headphones in my bag,
183. 9:57so I could listen to my audiobook on the
184. 9:59way.
185. 10:07Again, I had brought my headphones in my
186. 10:10bag, so I could listen to my audiobook
187. 10:13on the way.
188. 10:22Okay, so here we have when the n sound
189. 10:26mm is followed by the m sound mm, okay?
190. 10:32Like in the instance of one more. And
191. 10:36what ends up happening is we drop the n
192. 10:39sound, and it just sounds like we have
193. 10:41the mm sound. So, not one more, but one
194. 10:47more.
195. 10:49One more.
196. 10:50There was one more seat left. This also
197. 10:53happens when we have in and my next to
198. 10:57each other.
199. 10:58So, we have in my.
200. 11:01In my.
201. 11:02In my bag. All right, shadow me. Here we
202. 11:05go.
203. 11:07The train was really full, but luckily,
204. 11:10there was one more seat left to sit.
205. 11:13I had brought my headphones in my bag,
206. 11:15so I could listen to my audiobook on the
207. 11:18way.
208. 11:19Then my phone rang, and it was my mom
209. 11:21calling just to say good morning.
210. 11:29Then my phone rang, and it was my mom
211. 11:32calling just to say good morning.
212. 11:41She's such a good mom like that. Always
213. 11:44checking in.
214. 11:50She's such a good mom like that. Always
215. 11:52checking in.
216. 12:00Okay. So, when we have a word ending in
217. 12:03a D and followed by a word beginning
218. 12:07with an M, we often change the D to
219. 12:12almost sound like a B sound. And it's
220. 12:16less about making a B
221. 12:18sound and more about the position of
222. 12:21your mouth, specifically your lips. So,
223. 12:24instead of good morning, D and
224. 12:30are too far apart. They're too
225. 12:32different. But if you look at B
226. 12:35and
227. 12:38those sounds are very similar. My lips
228. 12:41are formed in the same way. So, in rapid
229. 12:44natural speech, we don't say good
230. 12:47morning, but we end up saying good
231. 12:50morning.
232. 12:52Good morning.
233. 12:53And good mom.
234. 12:56Good mom.
235. 12:58She's such a good mom. We also have the
236. 13:00phrase to check in. To check in with
237. 13:03someone means to ask how they're doing,
238. 13:07to make sure they're okay. Okay, shadow
239. 13:10me. Here we go.
240. 13:13Then my phone rang and it was my mom
241. 13:15calling just to say good morning.
242. 13:18She's such a good mom like that. Always
243. 13:21checking in.
244. 13:23I got carried away chatting with my mom
245. 13:26and I suddenly realized I had missed my
246. 13:29stop.
247. 13:39I got carried away chatting with my mom,
248. 13:41and I suddenly realized I had missed my
249. 13:43stop.
250. 13:53I told my mom I had to go and decided to
251. 13:55get off at the next one.
252. 14:05I told my mom I had to go and decided to
253. 14:07get off at the next one.
254. 14:15At least I had my latte and podcast to
255. 14:18pass the time
256. 14:20waiting for another train.
257. 14:29At least I had my latte and podcast to
258. 14:32pass the time waiting for another train.
259. 14:43Okay, so the rule generally here is that
260. 14:46if you have a D or a T in between two
261. 14:51consonant sounds,
262. 14:53we often drop the D or T sound
263. 14:57completely.
264. 14:59So, for example, we have the word missed
265. 15:02followed by my. So, that is actually
266. 15:06three consonant sounds in a row. We have
267. 15:09d and m. So, that means we can drop the
268. 15:14d sound, and it ends up sounding like
269. 15:16miss my.
270. 15:18Miss my.
271. 15:20I had missed my stop. Often when we have
272. 15:23three consonant sounds in a row in
273. 15:24English, we're going to be dropping that
274. 15:27middle one because it's just too much
275. 15:30effort to make all three sounds. Same
276. 15:32with next
277. 15:34one
278. 15:35becomes next one.
279. 15:39Next one.
280. 15:40We drop the T sound and we only have the
281. 15:43"ks"
282. 15:44and "w" consonant sounds. Okay, so a
283. 15:47couple phrases to point out in this
284. 15:49section, we have the phrase to get
285. 15:52carried away. And if you get carried
286. 15:54away doing something, it means that you
287. 15:57become so excited or engrossed in what
288. 16:01you're doing, you lose control of what
289. 16:05you're doing or maybe you take something
290. 16:08too far or you simply end up doing
291. 16:10something that you weren't planning on.
292. 16:13And then we have the phrase to pass the
293. 16:15time. To pass the time means to spend
294. 16:19your time doing something or it usually
295. 16:22implies there's not much to do, so to
296. 16:25pass the time is to find something to do
297. 16:28that kind of uses up the time. So in
298. 16:32this example, I have to wait for another
299. 16:34train, so what can I do to pass the time
300. 16:39since I just have to wait?
301. 16:41I have my podcast and I can drink my
302. 16:43latte. Okay, shadow me in this final
303. 16:46section.
304. 16:48I got carried away chatting with my mom
305. 16:50and I suddenly realized I had missed my
306. 16:53stop.
307. 16:55I told my mom I had to go and decided to
308. 16:58get off at the next one.
309. 17:01At least I had my latte and podcast to
310. 17:04pass the time waiting for another train.
311. 17:08Okay, guys, so hopefully this practice
312. 17:09on assimilation was useful to you.
313. 17:12Again, you guys cannot only take those
314. 17:14pronunciation tips or that practice in
315. 17:18connected speech, but you can also use
316. 17:20this story in general to build your
317. 17:23overall vocabulary. So, as always, we're
318. 17:26going to close out this practice by
319. 17:28shadowing the entire story together. So,
320. 17:31I'm not going to stop. I'm going to read
321. 17:33through the entire thing. You can always
322. 17:35listen first and then shadow me. You can
323. 17:39repeat this part of the video as many
324. 17:41times as you want. You can always pause
325. 17:43the video. You can speed up the video.
326. 17:46You can slow it down. So, there are so
327. 17:49many ways that you can use this to
328. 17:51practice. Okay, here we go.
329. 17:55I was waiting in line at the train
330. 17:57station cafe looking at the departure
331. 17:59screen, which was riddled with delays.
332. 18:03I thought, "Can't you just be on time
333. 18:05for once?"
334. 18:07Don't you hate it when public transport
335. 18:10is delayed?
336. 18:12After ordering at the cafe, my number
337. 18:14was finally called. And the server
338. 18:17asked, "Did you order the large iced
339. 18:20latte?"
340. 18:21I nodded and realized my train was
341. 18:24arriving.
342. 18:25She added, "Would you like the receipt?"
343. 18:28But I was in a rush, so I shook my head
344. 18:31and took off.
345. 18:34The train was really full, but luckily
346. 18:37there was one more seat left to sit.
347. 18:40I had brought my headphones in my bag so
348. 18:43I could listen to my audiobook on the
349. 18:45way.
350. 18:47Then my phone rang and it was my mom
351. 18:49calling just to say good morning.
352. 18:52She's such a good mom like that.
353. 18:55Always checking in.
354. 18:58I got carried away chatting with my mom,
355. 19:01and I suddenly realized I had missed my
356. 19:03stop.
357. 19:05I told my mom I had to go and decided to
358. 19:08get off at the next one.
359. 19:11At least I had my latte and podcast to
360. 19:14pass the time waiting for another train.
361. 19:18All right, guys. Thank you so much for
362. 19:20joining me for this shadowing practice.
363. 19:22I hope it was helpful. Let me know in
364. 19:24the comments what you found most useful
365. 19:27or what you'd like to see in an upcoming
366. 19:29video. I try to make these videos as
367. 19:31often as I can. And like I said, if it
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370. 19:38difference and it makes it easier for me
371. 19:41to be able to make these videos more
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373. 19:47see you in the next one. Bye for now.