Latihan shadowing: Master the 10 Hardest English Words in NO TIME
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- Eastley Dreamers, we have taken our English class outside today.0:00
- We are, where are we?0:03
- Buckingham Palace, the home of King Charles III and the Royal Family.0:05
- Now, we're going to learn 10 very difficult words to pronounce for most English language learners.0:08
- I can't wait to get started.0:13
- Let's roam around London and learn some English.0:14
- Alright, a word that most people struggle with is comfortable.0:31
- Now, it looks like it has multiple syllables, comfortable, four syllables, but actually, we squeeze those sounds.0:36
- So it's comfortable, comfortable.0:42
- Another word that people struggle with is kernel, because there's an L there, but we don't pronounce it.0:45
- Now, there are loads of silent letters in English.0:50
- This is one of them.0:53
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- So in this situation, don't say the L, kernel, kernel.0:54
- Alright, our next word is hyperbole.0:59
- Now, this one I used to get wrong all the time, because it looks like hyperbole, or hyperbole.1:02
- Maybe it should be, but we actually pronounce it hyperbole, hyperbole.1:07
- Alright, our next word is mischievous.1:12
- Now, it looks like mischievous, but actually, we just say mischievous.1:15
- Mischievous, mischievous.1:20
- Few syllables, more mischievous.1:22
- Our next word that causes so many problems, rural, rural.1:24
- Now, I guess it's because it's got that RUH sound and the dark L sound.1:29
- RUH, RUH.1:33
- That ends with that dark L.1:35
- Oh, oh, you have to pull your tongue down and back, rural, rural.1:37
- Is that for me?1:42
- Alright, you've got it, rural.1:44
- Alright, I'm in one of London's parks.1:46
- I talk about an animal that you'll find in the trees, in the grass.1:48
- It's called a squirrel.1:51
- Squirrel.1:54
- This one causes so many problems.1:55
- Slow it down, squirrel.1:57
- Two syllables, squirrel.2:01
- Squirrel.2:03
- Have a go.2:04
- It's a good one.2:05
- Squirrel.2:07
- That's it.2:08
- Okay, our next word has two pronunciations.2:09
- One is schedule.2:12
- That's the British English way.2:14
- And the other is schedule.2:16
- That's the American English way.2:18
- Now, if I'm honest, I probably say both.2:20
- I probably say schedule and then schedule the next minute.2:22
- So it doesn't really matter.2:25
- You say it how you want.2:26
- Schedule or schedule.2:28
- Our next word is a French origin.2:29
- The pronunciation?2:32
- Genre.2:33
- Genre.2:34
- So we borrow that pronunciation of the G -E -N and make it a G.2:34
- So that's not what you would normally find in an English word.2:39
- But because it's French, it has that G sound.2:41
- Genre.2:44
- Genre.2:46
- Our next word is continuing the theme of French words in English.2:47
- This one entrepreneur.2:50
- There are four sounds here.2:52
- Entrepreneur.2:55
- This is a tricky one.2:56
- It's not easy.2:57
- That's how we say it.2:58
- Entrepreneur.3:00
- Entrepreneur.3:00
- Alright, we're getting tricky now.3:01
- This one.3:02
- Any idea?3:03
- Alright, there are lots of syllables here.3:04
- Onomatopoeia.3:10
- Onomatopoeia.3:12
- Yeah, that's a tricky one.3:12
- To be honest, it took me a while to get that one as well.3:14
- Onomatopoeia.3:17
- Set it for me?3:18
- Onomatopoeia.3:20
- Alright, this one.3:20
- I'll be honest.3:22
- I think I only learned how to say it a couple of months ago when someone corrected me.3:23
- The pronunciation, I think, quinoa.3:26
- Not quinoa, like I used to say.3:32
- Quinoa.3:34
- So now you can order it with confidence.3:35
- Quinoa.3:38
- Now let's be honest.3:39
- I could have chosen any UK place names and you'd probably be like, yeah, how the hell did we say that?3:39
- Leicester.3:44
- Gloster.3:45
- Okay, yeah, fair.3:46
- This one I think is probably the trickiest.3:47
- Wusterche.3:50
- Wusterche.3:52
- So on the C it's a su sound.3:52
- So wuss.3:55
- And then the shire.3:57
- It looks like shire but actually it's a shir.3:59
- So we use a schwa sound there.4:00
- Wusterche.4:03
- You would see that in all counties in the UK.4:04
- So Glosterche, Lincolnshire, places like that.4:06
- So this one, Wusterche.4:10
- Alright, have you got it?4:12
- Now, let me know in the comments below.4:14
- Are there any other UK place names that you struggle with?4:15
- Okay, here's a classic one.4:18
- Really, really simple but it looks hard.4:20
- Sixth.4:24
- Sixth.4:24
- Okay, so you've got two sounds here.4:25
- Sixth.4:27
- Sixth.4:29
- Now that T8 sound is quite tricky.4:29
- It's the unvoiced one.4:31
- Tha, tha, tha, tha.4:32
- Now the trick here is to show your tongue.4:33
- Alright, to show your tongue and you'll say it perfectly.4:36
- Sixth.4:39
- Sixth.4:40
- That's the one.4:41
- Alright, our next one is another tricky one.4:42
- February.4:45
- February.4:45
- There are three sounds here.4:46
- Feb -y -u -ree.4:49
- February.4:50
- Nice and smooth.4:52
- February.4:52
- There's a helicopter above me.4:54
- I'm in Soho Square.4:56
- It's loud.4:57
- It's noisy.4:58
- This isn't just a normal pronunciation lesson.4:58
- This is one in London.5:00
- We've taken our classroom into the city before you go.5:02
- Make sure to download my free guide that goes along with this lesson.5:05
- Okay, it's a worksheet that has self -study activities.5:08
- It also has an activity for teachers.5:12
- If you are a teacher and you want to use this in a classroom, then go ahead, download it.5:14
- The link is in the description below.5:18
- There are lots more tricky words to pronounce plus loads more pronunciation exercises.5:19
- Go check it out.5:24
- It's in the link below.5:25
- Thank you so much for watching, guys.5:26
- This is Teacher Tom from London saying goodbye.5:27
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- Kecepatan
- 210 kata per menit — lebih cepat dari 69% katalog
- Tingkat CEFR
- B1
- Kata yang perlu diketahui
- hyperbole, ree, quinoa, shire, kernel, pronunciation
