趣味英语第181期:怎样减轻说英语时的口音

gwaur wants to know:

gwaur想知道：

"I'm not a native English speaker. How can I reduce my accent?"

“我的母语不是英语。我要怎样减轻口音？”

Get a dictionary. It probably won't help you, but it might.

买本词典。那可能帮不到你，但没准可以呢。

Practice, practice, practice. I rarely speak English myself and I was born here.

练习，练习，练习。我很少自己说英语，我出生在这里。

See what words you have a problem with, or what phrases, and practice.

看看哪些单词或短语你的发音有问题，然后勤加练习。

Be around a lot people that speak English natively.

多和母语为英语者接触。

Ask some of your English speaking friends to correct you.

请说英语的朋友纠正你的发音。

Basically¹, anything that you used to do in your original language, do it in English now. So read books in English.

基本上来说，你之前用母语做的任何事现在都要用英语来做。比如阅读英语书籍。

Watch movies in an American accent.

观看美国口音的电影。

Keep watching this show. We speak English.

坚持收看这个节目。我们就说英语。

Watch a lot of English television 'cause when I was trying to learn Spanish, Spanish television helped me a lot.

多看英语节目，因为我在学习西班牙语时，西班牙语电视节目帮了我很多。

Don't. Just be yourself.

不需要。做你自己就好。

Your accent's cool. Just keep it. It makes you sound authentic² and super-cool and who wants a regular American accent? Keep yours.

你的口音很酷。保留你的口音。那会使你的发音听起来既真实又超级酷，谁想要普通的美国口音？保留自己的口音吧。

There are accent-reduction classes. I'd recommend that you take one. You know, I'm the last person to ask 'cause I still have an accent.

有一些减轻口音的课程。我建议你去报名上课。不过我可能是最不应该回答这个问题的人，因为我现在仍然有口音。

1 basically   

adv.基本上，从根本上说

参考例句：

• His heart is basically sound.他的心脏基本上健康。
• Basically I agree with your plan.我基本上同意你的计划。

2 authentic   

a.真的，真正的；可靠的，可信的，有根据的

参考例句：

• This is an authentic news report. We can depend on it. 这是篇可靠的新闻报道, 我们相信它。
• Autumn is also the authentic season of renewal. 秋天才是真正的除旧布新的季节。