教程說(shuō)明講稿e(cuò)175 how to pronounce gonna gottareduction and linking

InthisAmericanEnglishpronunciation,I'mgoingtomakea ingbowloframennoodles.Ofcourse,we'llalsostudypronunciation,andwe'llseealotofreductioninaction,like'gotta','gonna',them,andcan.Staytuned,it'sgoingtobeablast.

ThisisactuallynotentirelyaboutAmericanEnglishpronunciation.It'sbyrequestfrommymotherbecausewhenIwaswithheroverChristmasIwaslingherhowmuchIlovetomakeramennoodles.Andshethoughtthatwassortofgross.Didyounotice?ImadeaflapToutoftheTin'sortof'.ThisisbecauseitcomesafteranR,beforeavowelsound.Sortof.We'llwanttolinktheDtothenextword,whichbeginswithavowel,sortof,sortof,soitsoundsmorelikeonewordthantwoseparateunits.Sortof.Let'slistenagain.

Sortofgross.[3x]--ramennoodles.Andshethoughtthatwassortofgross.

Iassuredherit'snotgross.NotthewayImakeit!Sothis

isforher:howImakemyramennoodles.NowIwasalsoonvacationwithmyaunt.A-U-N-T.Iknowthatauntisnotthenumberonepronunciationforthatword.Mostpeoplepronounceitaunt.Iuseaunt.Solet'slook:mom,aunt,

ramen.TheyallhavethatAHvowel,buteachoneofthosewordsspellstheAHvoweldifferently.Ok,let'sgetcooking.

First,ItakethebowlthatI'mgoingtoeatmyramensoup

in.Fillitup.It'sgottobekindofbig.DoyourememberintheThanksgivingwhenwereduced"Ihavegotto"to"I'vegotta",or,"Igotta"?It'shappeninghere."Ithasgotto":I'mreducingitto"It'sgotta,it'sgotta".Listenagain.

It'sgottobekindofbig.[3x]

Maybeleaveaboutaninchatthetop.I'mgoingtoputitonhigh.Didyounotice?I'mgonna.I'vereduced"Iamgoingto"to"I'mgonna".Ofcourse,useof'gonna'isveryprevalentineverydayspokenAmericanEnglish.I'mgonna.ThefirstsyllablehastheGconsonant,'uh'asin'butter'vowel,anice,cleanN,andthesecondsyllable,theschwa.Thefirstsyllableisstressed,gon-,andthesecondsyllableunstressed,-a.Gonna,gonna.Listenagain.

I'mgoingtoputitonhigh.[3x]

Oops.Wrongburner.You'dthinkIwouldknowbynow.OK.So.Whilethat'sheatingup,let'stalkaboutthevegetablesituation.Comeoverherecameralady.SoI'mgoingtousemushrooms,Ihavesomefrozengreenbeans,andcarrots.Um,IlovetousebokchoybutIdon'thaveany.I'm

goingtogarnishwithalittlecilantro.Andyouknowwhat?I'mrememberingthatinmyzer,IhavesomechoppeduponionsthatIalreadyfriedonetimewhenImadeanabsoluyridiculousamountoffriedonions.SoI'mactuallygoingtochipoffalittlebitofthattothrowinaswell.

Ok,so,I'mgoingtochopupmymushrooms.I'mgoingtotrytobecarefulnottolooseanyfingerpartsintheprocess.I'mnotexactlygiftedinthekitchen.Ihavelostfingerpartsinthepast.

Don'tmakethemtoosmall.Didyounotice?Ireducedtheword'them'totheschwa-Msound:um,um.Becauseinthispronunciationtheword'them'beginswithavowel,andthewordbefore,'make',endswithaK,I'mgoingtomakesurethatthosetwowordslinkandfeellikeoneunitmake'em,make'emratherthantwoseparatewords.Listenagain.

Don'tmakethemtoosmall[3x],becausewearegoingtobeeatingthiswithchopsticks.It'sgottobeagrabbablesize.Ok,I'malsogoingtoputinacarrot.Carrots,Iliketocutthemonthediagonal,becauseagainitmakesthembigger.Didyounotice?Twomorecaseswheretheword'them'wasreducedto'em.Iliketocutthemonthediagonal,cutthem,cutthem.We'retakingthefinalletteroftheword'cut',we're

attachingittotheword'em,'em,andbecausetheTnowcomesbetweentwovowels,IturnedthatTintoaflap,or,alightDsound.Cutthem,cutthem.Also,thephrase"itmakesthembigger,makesthembigger."Again,'them'reducedto'em,'em.Alsodidyounotice,Ireducedtheword'because'tosimplycuz,cuz.TheK,schwa,Zsound.Cuzitmakes'em,cuzitmakes'em.And,asusual,whenyoureducesomething,youlinkittothewordsthatcomearoundit.Cuzit,cuzit,cuzitmakes'em.TheZsoundlinkstothenextword'it'.Listentothephrasesagain.

Iliketocutthemonthediagonal,becauseagainitmakesthembigger,easiertograbwithachopstick.Ok,sothenI'mgoingtousethefrozengreenbeansfromTraderJoe's.Andmyfrozenonion,whichactually,whenImadeit,Ihadfriedingreasefromgroundbeef.What?Shejustgaveme,cameraladyjustgavemeafacethatwaslike"that'sgross."Andyouknowwhat?It'snotgross.Itjustitmakesitmoretasty.Ok.I'mguessingthatthewaterisboiling.SoI'mnowreadytoheadovertothepot.Justaquicknote:didyouseehowmuchthejawdroppedintheword'pot'?Andyoucanseeadarkspaceinthemouthbecausethetongueispresseddownintheback.JustthewaytheAHvowelshouldbe.

It'snotboiling.Ineedtobepatient.

So,tomakemybroth,I'mnotjustgoingtousethepacketthatcamewiththeramenofcourse.Iwillusesomeofit,butI'mgoingtosupplementHey!Another'gonna'.I'mgonnasupplement.I'mgonnasupplement.ButI'mgoingtosupplementwithfishsauce,soysauce,sugar,somefreshlemon,andprobablyalittlefreshpepperaswell.It'sboiling.Ingoestheramen.Igiveitjustafewsecondstostarttobreakup.Eventhoughthesearefrozen,it'soktothrowthemrightin.DidyounoticehowquicklyIsaidtheword"it's"?Ireduceditbydropthevowelaltogether,andattachingtheTSsoundtothenextword.Tsokay,tsokay.Thiswasveryfastofme,quitecasual.It'soktothrowthemrightin.Andnowallthevegetablethatwe'vechoppedgoesin.Mmm,tasty.Breakupthenoodlesalittlebit.Ok,I'mgoingtoputinmysauceingredients.Littlefishsauce,justafewdrops.Littlesoysauce,justafewdrops.Littlesugar.Thatwasn'tenough.Therewego.Wheredidmyramenpacketgo?Thereitis.Andthenmaybehalfofthis.Ok.Lemonjuice.Oops,don'twantthatseedtofallin.Ok,sothereitis.I'mgoingtomixitup,I'mgoingtoletitgofornotverylong.Justmaybetwominutesbeforemynextstep.

We'regoingtoputanegginthisguy.Ok,so,Itakemyegg.Getitallniceandgoodandcracked.Canyousee?Canyousee?Ireducedtheword'can'tocn,cn.That'sbecause,inthissentence,it'sahelverb.'See'isthemainverb.Helverbswillusuallybeunstressed.And'can'likestoreducewhenit'sunstressedtocn:Ksound,schwa,N.Cn,Cn.Canyousee?Listenagain.

Canyousee?[x3]inthere?

Then,justsplititopen,dumpitrightin,putonthelid,turnofftheheat,boom!

SonowI'mgoingtodumptheramenintomybowl,andIhavethislittlespoonbecauseI'mgoingtoholduptheegg,sothattheeggdoesn'tgetcrushedintheprocess.SoIdumpitall.AndnowI'llputtheeggin.Andnow,ifIwantarunnyyolk,Ijustleaveitasitis.IfIwanttheyolktobemorecooked,thenwhatI'llsI'llsomenoodlesandsortofcoverit.Andthatwi