Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 223

和哈利一起说更好的英语|第223集

Speak Better English with Harry

2020-10-04

12 分钟
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Hi there, I'm Harry from www.englishlessonviaskype.com and welcome to my English learning podcast where I help you improve your English speaking, listening, pronunciation and grammar.In this episode, we will concentrate on English pronunciation and in particular on the words with a D sound. You also will learn how to pronounce the 'ed' ending of regular verbs in the simple past tense: / Id / , / t / or / d /. In the end, I will give you a short tongue twister to practice. https://www.eng...
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  • Hi there.

  • This is Harry.

  • And welcome back to my podcast, where I try to help you to get a better understanding of the english language so it can help you with your conversations in business, English, applying for jobs, all different aspects where you will interact with English.

  • So we do that by looking at idioms and phrasal verbs, english expressions, picking up on some grammar points, explaining the difference between words, and also lots of pronunciation exercises.

  • And that's what we're going to focus on in this particular podcast.

  • We're going to look at the letter D.

  • So today's podcast is brought to you by the letter D.

  • D.

  • Okay, so when we're going through this particular podcast, you'll also hear me referring to the letter t, and that's just to distinguish the sounds.

  • But the main focus is on the letter D.

  • Okay, so let's look at that.

  • So we've looked already at a, B, and C.

  • So logically, the next step is to the letter D as it appears in the Alphabet, and lots of different sounds depending on the letters that immediately follow D.

  • And also how we put the different stress depending on whether there's one syllable or more than one syllable.

  • When we're using the letter D, we use our voice to pronounce.

  • Okay, so we're using a voice.

  • So it's coming more from the throat.

  • Okay, so you feel the sound coming from your throat a little bit deeper.

  • But when we use the letter t, you hear t, you push the air through your teeth.

  • And I'm always trying to encourage students when they look at the letter t.