Tip Talk：英英大战美英之accent

大家好！Tip Talk又回归啦！

还记得上一期两位小哥因为英英和美英中不同的单词拼写方式而彼此嫌弃的对阵吗？

在本期节目中，Nick和Greg又吵起来了！这一次，他们争论的焦点是发音。

先来围观一下他们吵架的现场。

我们都知道，美式英语中都会把元音后面的字母r重读出来，而在英式英语中，这样的字母r通常都被忽略了。

The original British accent was more like the modern-day American accent, and research has shown that it is the British accent which has evolved more since colonizing of North America.
最初的英音更像是今天的美音。研究表明，英式发音开始发生变化是从北美变成殖民地开始的。

Originally, both the British and Americans spoke with a rhotic accent.
一开始，英音和美音都是有儿化音的。

Rhotic essentially means an accent where the letter 'r' is pronounced strongly after a vowel.
Rhotic的意思是元音后面的r要重点强调。

Examples: sure, later, over
比方说：sure, later, over

Rhotic accents are strong in both the US and Scotland, but seem to have disappeared from British English, and its derivatives, such as Australian and New Zealand English.
美音和苏格兰口音都保留了儿话音，但却从英式口音中消失了，也包括相关国家的英语发音，比如，澳大利亚和新西兰。

下面，请你试着用英英和美英分别朗读这些单词。

talk, word, sure, later, over,first, further, fair, hot, either, schedule，girl, world

找到点感觉了吗？

温馨提示：

Either[ˈiðɚ] or either[ˈaɪðə(r)], schedule[ˈskedʒul] or schedule[ˈʃedju:l] is correct. It all depends on what kind of accent you are following.
Either(美式)或者either(英式)，schedule(美式)或者schedule(英式)发音都对。就看你习惯哪种发音了。

上一期在这里：

Tip Talk：英英大战美英之spelling

下一期Tip Talk，Nick和Greg还会接着这个话题吵架，敬请期待！

 （中国日报网英语点津 Helen）