關(guān)鍵詞:
Indian accent: 印度口音
To single people out: 針對某群人
Native speaker:母語者
Distinction: 區(qū)別、獨(dú)特之處
Features:特點(diǎn)
Bollywood superstar:寶萊塢大明星
Call center: 客服電話中心
Confident: 自信的
Fluent: 流利、流暢
Lingua franca: 通用語
Being exposed to/get more exposure: 更多接觸
怎么聽懂印度口音
印度口音文本:
Amir Khan:
"Good evening everyone. I think it started somewhere when I was a small child. And it began with my mother I think. My mother has been a big influence on me. And in a little incident of my life which stayed with me all along. And that is I used to play a lot of tennis when I was a kid. And competitive tennis, state level, national level and I was pretty good at that time."
印度口音的特點(diǎn):
1. T的發(fā)音:接近"th", 但帶有卷舌
2. Tongue rolling: 卷舌
3. Vowels: 元音
4. Don't make a distinction between 'o' and 'a': "au"和"a”發(fā)音不分
5. "Au"的發(fā)音很扁
6. Consonants: 輔音,特別是“v"和"w"不分