VOA慢速英语--福奇上了错误发音名字榜单

A caption¹ is a sentence or group of words written on or next to a picture to explain what is being shown. Similarly, subtitles² are words that appear on the screen during a movie, video or television show that are translations of what people are saying.

The U.S. Captioning³ Company list identifies the words that proved most tricky⁴ for newsreaders and people on television to pronounce this year.

The caption company said it surveyed its members to create the list.

Now in its fifth year, the list was commissioned by Babbel, a language-learning application company.

Todd Ehresmann is a language expert at Babbel. He said the list shows a year ruled by presidential politics and the coronavirus pandemic.

"All of these have added some new phrases to our national vocabulary, which may take some practice," he said.

Here is how Ehresmann broke down the pronunciations for this year's most commonly misspoken words:

Anthony Fauci (AN-thon-nee FOW-chee): Director of the National Institute of Allergy⁵ and Infectious Diseases.

Bangtan Sonyeondan (PUNG-tahn SOH-nyun-dahn): The full name of South Korean K-Pop band BTS. The name in English means "a group of bulletproof boys" or "bulletproof boy scouts⁶."

Giannis Antetokounmpo (YON-nis AHN-de-doh-KOON-boh): A Greek professional basketball player who plays for the National Basketball Association's Milwaukee Bucks⁷. He was named the NBA's Most Valuable Player this year.

Isaias (ees-ah-EE-ahs): The name given to a powerful hurricane that caused major damage to the U.S. East Coast and the Caribbean this summer.

Kamala Harris: The Vice⁸ President-Elect. The Associated Press has reported Harris' first name is pronounced "KAH-mah-lah" — or, as she explains in her biography, "‘comma-la,' like the punctuation⁹ mark."

Leonardo da Vinci (lee-oh-NAR-doe dah-VIN-chee): The Italian painter, architect, and engineer who created the ‘Mona Lisa.' A mispronunciation of his name was the subject of a viral meme on social media this year.

Mahamayavi Bhagavan Antle (mu-HAH-muh-yaw-vee bag-AH-wahn ANT-uhl): The full name of wildlife park operator ‘Doc' Antle, who became famous because of the hugely popular Netflix series ‘Tiger King.'

Nevada (nev-ADD-ah): The home state of Las Vegas that played a central role in the U.S. presidential election.

Yosemite (yoh-SEM-it-ee): The famous national park in California's Sierra Nevada mountains. The park name was notably¹⁰ mispronounced by President Donald Trump¹¹ in August.

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biography – n. the story of a real person's life written by someone other than that person

commissioned – adj. ordered to be made in exchange for payment

meme – n. an amusing or interesting picture, video, etc., that is spread widely through the Internet

pandemic – n. an occurrence in which a disease spreads very quickly and affects a large number of people over a wide area or throughout the world

surveyed – v. asked many people a question or a series of questions in order to gather information about what most people do or think about something

1 caption   

n.说明，字幕，标题；v.加上标题，加上说明

参考例句：

• I didn't understand the drawing until I read the caption.直到我看到这幅画的说明才弄懂其意思。
• There is a caption under the picture.图片下边附有说明。

2 subtitles   

n.说明字幕，印在外国影片上的对白翻译字幕，译文对白字幕；小标题，副标题( subtitle的名词复数 )；（电影的）字幕

参考例句：

• subtitles for the deaf and the hard of hearing 为耳聋和听力不佳者打出的字幕
• a Polish film with English subtitles 附有英语字幕的波兰影片

3 captioning   

v.给（图片、照片等）加说明文字( caption的现在分词 )

参考例句：

4 tricky   

adj.狡猾的，奸诈的；(工作等)棘手的，微妙的

参考例句：

• I'm in a rather tricky position.Can you help me out?我的处境很棘手，你能帮我吗？
• He avoided this tricky question and talked in generalities.他回避了这个非常微妙的问题，只做了个笼统的表述。

5 allergy   

n.(因食物、药物等而引起的)过敏症

参考例句：

• He developed an allergy to pollen.他对花粉过敏。
• The patient had an allergy to penicillin.该患者对青霉素过敏。

6 scouts   

侦察员[机，舰]( scout的名词复数 )； 童子军； 搜索； 童子军成员

参考例句：

• to join the Scouts 参加童子军
• The scouts paired off and began to patrol the area. 巡逻人员两个一组，然后开始巡逻这个地区。

7 bucks   

n.雄鹿( buck的名词复数 )；钱；（英国十九世纪初的）花花公子；（用于某些表达方式）责任v.（马等）猛然弓背跃起( buck的第三人称单数 )；抵制；猛然震荡；马等尥起后蹄跳跃

参考例句：

• They cost ten bucks. 这些值十元钱。
• They are hunting for bucks. 他们正在猎雄兔。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

9 punctuation   

n.标点符号，标点法

参考例句：

• My son's punctuation is terrible.我儿子的标点符号很糟糕。
• A piece of writing without any punctuation is difficult to understand.一篇没有任何标点符号的文章是很难懂的。

10 notably   

adv.值得注意地，显著地，尤其地，特别地

参考例句：

• Many students were absent,notably the monitor.许多学生缺席，特别是连班长也没来。
• A notably short,silver-haired man,he plays basketball with his staff several times a week.他个子明显较为矮小，一头银发，每周都会和他的员工一起打几次篮球。

11 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。