Monday, 11 November 2013

21 English accents in one take

不知大家有否看過YOUTUBE紅人Amy Walker的短片。她本身是一個演員,憑著演戲的天份,她學得「二十多口」地道的英語。以下是她的真人示範。


Accent 可以學習 (to acquire an accent),正常的情況下是從小培養(to cultivate an accent)出來,一個人又可以失去他的口音(to lose an accent)

一個人操某某口音(to have/ speak in/ speak with a ..... accent)時,口音可以是很明顯 (marked, pronounced) 或很重 (broad, strong, thick)又可以是很輕微 (slight),最厲害是一點口音的痕跡也沒有 (without a trace/ hint of an accent)
形容口音可以是鄉村的(country) 或上流社會的(posh/ plummy)Posh: typical of or belonging to the upper class {Oxford Online}
She had a posh accent

他又可以裝其他口音(to imitate/ affect/ assume/ put on a ..... accent)An Anglophile (熱愛英國的人) who had affected a British accent {Oxford Online}To assume an upper-class accent
To put on an English accent {Free Dictionary}

其他參考文章︰
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/dilemmas-i-hate-my-sons-workingclass-accent-1106479.html

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