Hey there! It's a Hadar and this is the Accents way. And today we're gonna talk about how to pronounce the 'b' sound and 'p' sound.
你们好！我是 Hadar，这里是 the Accents way 频道。今天我们要来讲讲‘b’和‘p’的发音。
And how to not confuse them. Now let's begin at the beginning.
以及怎么把它们区分开来。我们先从头开始。
These two consonants are a consonant pair where they're both pronounced the same except for one thing that distinguishes the pronunciation. Now that one thing is the voice.
这两个辅音是一对辅音，它们的发音是一样的，只是有一点不同。即声音上的不同。
The 'P' sound is produced with the lips closing, the air pressure builds up and then you release the air with a puff.Here it's just the air that comes out for your mouth.
‘P’的发音是在你双唇闭合、口腔里的空气压力增加，然后吹出气体时发出的。就是空气从口腔里喷出的声音。
For the 'B' sound, everything happens exactly the same way.Only this time, the vocal cords are vibrating.
在这方面，‘B’的发音也完全是一样的。不过你的声带要震动。
Take a look at my lips. Same thing, right?
看我的嘴唇。一样的，对吧？
"pay", "bay". The 'P' sound is usually aspirated in American English when it appears at the beginning of the word or at the beginning of a stressed syllable as in the word "pay".
“pay”、“bay”。在美式英语中，‘P’出现在单词的开头或重读音节的开头时，如单词“pay”，它的发音通常是送出气体而发出的。
So it feels like you have a little 'H' right after. It's like you're whispering before you are pronouncing the vowel that comes after the 'P'.
所以感觉就像是后面跟着一个‘H’。就像是你在发‘P’后面的音之前要低声说话一样。
Okay? So that's the 'P' sound. For the 'B', you want to activate your vocal cords.
这就是‘P’的发音。而‘B’呢，就需要你的声带震动起来。
Now to understand how to activate your vocal cords intentionally, let's try it with a different consonant pair. So let's start with an 'F' sound where the bottom lip touches the top teeth.
现在，为了让你理解如何有意识地激活你的声带，就让我们用不同的辅音对组来比较一下。从“F”音开始，下嘴唇要接触上齿。
Now put your hands here on your throat. Now turn it gradually to a 'V' sound.
现在把你的手放在你的喉咙处。慢慢地变成‘V’的音。
We created a different sound, but we haven't changed anything here, right? Let's do it again.
我们发出了一个不同的音，但嘴部并没有什么改变，对吧？我们再来试一次。
Now, did you feel the vibrations here, on your throat? These are the vocal cords vibrating creating a different sound but still while keeping everything the same.
现在，你们感觉到这里的振动了吗？就在喉咙这里。这就是声带振动造成的发音改变，但发音形式又都是一样的。
So same thing with a 'P' sound and the 'B'. To make the 'B' sound, you want to activate your vocal cords.
‘P’和‘B’的音也是如此。你需要声带振动以发出‘B’的音。
So again, let's start with a 'f-v' sound, for others maybe the 'S' verses 'Z' sound. 'S' versus 'Z' might be easier to practice.
我们再来试一下‘f-v’的音，其他的还有‘S’和‘Z’这一对。‘S’和‘Z’可能会更好练一些。
So try this: ss-zz. The most important thing is that you recognize when your vocal chords start vibrating: ss-zz, ff-vv.
试试：ss-zz。最重要的就是要知道声带在什么时候振动：ss-zz，ff-vv。
And then the same thing you want to start doing with 'P' sound and the 'B'. Activate the vocal cords: p-b.
‘P’和‘B’也是一样的。就是要激活你的声带：p-b。
Now what we've done here is we learned how to pronounce the 'B' sound for people who already know how to pronounce the 'P' sound and tend to substitute the 'B' with a 'P'. However, some speakers may do the other thing.
这些都是教已经会发‘P’音或常把‘B’发成‘P’的人如何发‘B’的音的。然而，有些人可能会是相反的。
They know how to pronounce the 'B', but the 'P' is difficult for them. So let's start now from the 'B' and understand how we pronounce a 'P' sound.
他们知道怎么发‘B’的音，但很难发‘P’的音。所以现在我们就从‘B’开始，学习如何发‘P’的音。
So let's start with a 'B', which might be easier for you. For example, for Arabic speakers, there's only 'B' in the language, and not a 'P'.
先从‘B’的发音开始，这可能对你们来说会简单一些。例如，阿拉伯语中就只有‘B’，而没有‘P’。
So let's start. Now say the word "bay".
那我们就开始吧。先说这个单词，“bay”。
"Bay", like "Baywatch", right? And now I want you to whisper this word.
“Bay”，就像“Baywatch（《海滩游侠》）”，对吧？现在，我希望你们能小声地说这个词。
Now when you're whispering a 'B' sound, you're actually pronouncing a 'P' sound. Listen.
你们现在是在低声说着‘B’，但实际上这就是‘P’的发音。听。
The beginning is the same, the whispered "bay" versus the word "pay" pronounce normally. So again, a whispered 'B' sound is actually a 'P' sound.
开头是一样的，小声的‘bay’和正常的‘pay’的发音是相同的。所以同样的，小声的‘B’音实际上就是‘P’的音。
So that's how you can start practicing it. Let's say you want to say the word "pack".
你就可以这样练。比如你想说“pack”这个词。
And what comes out is "back". So, let's start with whispering the word.
但说出来的却是“back”。所以我们就先小声地说这个词。
And then start with a whisper and move on to the word. And make sure that you control your vocal cords so they don't vibrate as you pronounce the 'P' sound.
然后再小声地说这个词的开头部分，最后就可以说出这个词。一定要控制好你的声带，发‘P’音的时候不要让它振动。
'Pay', 'picture', 'people' and 'pack'. Okay, that's it. Thank you so much for watching.
好了，就是这样。感谢你们的观看。现在我希望你们在下面的评论中写下尽可能多的‘B’和‘P’的单词组。
Now I want you to write down in the comments below as many minimal pairs as you can come up with of 'B' and 'P'. For example, 'bay-pay', 'back-pack'. Okay?
例如‘bay-pay’、‘back-pack’，好吗？我期待着你们的评论，这将成为学习区里一个很好的练习资源。
I'm waiting to see all your comments and also it's going to be an excellent practice resource for the community. If you like this video, then be sure to subscribe to my YoutTube channel and click the bell to get notifications.
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Have a beautiful week and I will see you next week in the next video! Bye!
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