怎麼說一口純正的英國腔？（下）
Part 4
第四部分
Pronunciation
發音
Observe that some words are pronounced as written.
有一些單詞的發音就像它們的寫法一樣。
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”這個單詞應該發“H”音。“Been”應該發成“bean”，而不是“bin”或者“ben”。在RP中，“Again”和“Renaissance”要被髮成“a gain”和“run nay seance”，“ai”要用“pain”中的“ai”來發，而不是“said”中的“ai”。用“body”結尾的單詞要按照寫法來發音，比如“anybody”不能被髮成“any buddy”。並且使用英式的短o音。
Observe that H is not always pronounced.
“H”並不是始終發聲。
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”這個單詞中發音，而不是發成“erb”。然而，在很多英式口音當中，單詞開頭的“H”經常被遺漏，比如在很多北方口音和倫敦地區口音中。
Part 5
第五部分
Listening and copying
多聽，多模仿
Listen to the "music" of the language.
聽出語言的“音樂性”。
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們自己的音樂性。注意英國人發音的音調和重音。喬納森·伊夫先生就是一個很好的例子。聽他在蘋果發佈會上的口音。他的句子是以更高的音調、同樣的音調，還是更低的音調結尾的？在一句典型的美式發音的句子中，有多少種音調上的變化？句子不同部分的調性有着巨大的差別。英式演講，特別是用RP發音的那些，相對於美式英語來說通常只有少量的音調上的變化，並且越靠近句末音調往往會稍稍降低。然而，利物浦和東北部英格蘭是出了名的例外！
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).舉個例子吧，在“is he going to the store?”
這句話裏，不要把重音放在“store”，而是放在“going”，讓這個問句的語調降低而不是升高（語調升高在美式英語和澳洲口音中更爲常見）。
Immerse yourself in the British culture; this means surround yourself with individuals that speak, live, walk and talk British English.
將你自己放入一個英式英語的環境中去：這表示你會將自己置身於一個所有人都用英式英語說話、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.
這毋庸置疑是學會英式口音最快捷的方式。不久，你就會發現你自然而然地說起了英式英語，對於以上那些口音中的變化也手到擒來了。任何說英式英語的人都能給你提供幫助——你可以嘗試聽BBC（英國廣播之聲），它會提供免費的無線電廣播和網絡電視新聞，還有英國歌手演唱的歌曲，或者英國演員演的電影。
