Hello, I'm John Russell.
你好,我是约翰·罗素。
Let's imagine a situation together.
让我们一起想象一种情况。
You are in a new place and you do not know where to go.
你来到了一个新的地方,你不知道该去哪里。
You would like to get some food.
你想要去找一些食物。
What is perhaps one of the most important words you need to know? The word I had in mind is this : restaurant.
你得知道的最重要的单词之一是什么?我脑海中浮现的单词是:restaurant(餐馆)。
A restaurant is a business that sells food and drink.
一家餐馆是一个卖食物和饮料的企业。
Restaurant can be difficult to pronounce for a few reasons.
“restaurant”这个词可能因为几个原因而比较难发音。
First, restaurant involves 3 vowel sounds(e,au,a).
首先,“restaurant”这个单词包含了三个元音(e,au,a)。
Repeat after me: restaurant.
跟我重复:restaurant。
Restaurant also involves a consonant sound that can be difficult the "r" sound.
餐厅这个词还涉及一个可能比较难发的辅音,即“r”音。
Let's work together on this sound.
让我们一起发这个音。
Try to imagine that you are an animal making a growling sound.
试着想象你是一只动物,你在咆哮。
Be silly and exaggerate your language.
傻一点,语言要夸张一点。
It will help, I promise.
这会有帮助的,我保证。
Watch my lips and teeth.
注意我的嘴唇和牙齿。
And finally restaurant has what we call primary and secondary stress.
最后,restaurant 这一单词有我们所谓的主重音和次重音。
In other words, we say 2 parts of the word a little more forcefully.
换句话说,我们需要把这个单词的两个部分说得更有力一点。
Listen to me say the word, I will clap where we have the primary and secondary stress.
听我说这个单词,我会在我们有主要和次要重音的地方拍手。
Restaurant, restaurant.
餐厅,餐厅。
I don't know about you, but all this talk about restaurants made me hungry.
我不知道你怎么想,但一说了这么多餐馆的事,让我觉得饿了。
I think I'll go get some food.
我想我要去拿些食物。
That's all for today.
今天就到这里。
Keep up the good work!
继续保持!